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