Yin-Tonifying Herbs

Han Lian Cao English Name: eclipta Pharmaceutical Name: Herba Ecliptae Medica Category: Yin-Tonifying Herbs Properties: Han Lian Cao enters the Liver and Kidney channels; it is sweet and sour in nature and cold in temperature. What is Han Lian Cao?: The Chinese Herb Han Lian Cao is the dried, aerial parts of eclipta (Eclipta prostrata… read more

Gui Ban English Name: tortoise shell Pharmaceutical Name: Plastrum Testudinis Medica Category: Yin-Tonifying Herbs Properties: Gui Ban enters the Liver, Kidney, and Heart channels; it is salty and sweet in nature and cold in temperature. What is Gui Ban?: The Chinese Herb Gui Ban is the plastron of the Chinese pond turtle (aka Reeve’s turtle–… read more

Gou Qi Zi English Name: lycium fruit Pharmaceutical Name: Fructus Lycii Medica Category: Yin-Tonifying Herbs Properties: Gou Qi Zi enters the Liver, Kidney, and Lung channels; it is sweet in nature and neutral in temperature. What is Gou Qi Zi?: The Chinese Herb Gou Qi Zi is the mature, dried fruit of a woody shrub… read more

Chu Shi Zi English Name: broussonetia, paper mulberry fruit Pharmaceutical Name: Fructus Broussonetiae Medica Category: Yin-Tonifying Herbs Properties: Chu Shi Zi enters the Kidney and Liver channels; it is sweet in nature and cold in temperature. What is Chu Shi Zi?: The Chinese Herb Chu Shi Zi is the dried, mature fruit of the paper… read more

Bie Jia English Name: turtle shell Pharmaceutical Name: Carapax Trionycis Medica Category: Yin-Tonifying Herbs Properties: Bie Jia enters the Liver channel; it is salty in nature and cold in temperature. What is Bie Jia?: The Chinese Herb Bie Jia is the outer shell (or carapace) of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Trionyx sinensis Wiegmann), a freshwater… read more

Bai Mu Er English Name: white woodear, snow ear mushroom, fruiting body of tremella Pharmaceutical Name: Fructificatio Tremellae Fuciformis Medica Category: Yin-Tonifying Herbs Properties: Bai Mu Er enters the Lung and Stomach channels; it is sweet and bland in nature and neutral in temperature. What is Bai Mu Er?: The Chinese Herb Bai Mu Er… read more

Bai He English Name: lily bulb Pharmaceutical Name: Bulbus Lilii Medica Category: Yin-Tonifying Herbs Properties: Bai He enters the Lung and Heart channels; it is sweet in nature and cool in temperature. What is Bai He?: The Chinese Herb Bai He is the fleshy bud scales of lily bulb. In the traditional practice of TCM,… read more