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This Dictionary is a list of Chinese Herbs and provides the basic introduction to their names and uses of many of the individual plants used in TCM. In addition to all the ingredients and herbs that are found in different Chinese medicines, you will find some of our informative blogs below. To find products that we have for a particular herb, click on one of the ingredients below.
Categories
- Anti-parasitic Herbs
- Aromatic Damp-Dissolving Herbs
- Astringent Herbs
- Blood-Invigorating and Stasis-Removing Herbs
- Blood-Tonifying Herbs
- Channel and Collateral Opening Herbs
- Cough- and Wheezing- Relieving Herbs
- Deficiency-Heat Clearing Herbs
- Digestive Herbs
- Dispel Wind-Damp Open Channels and Collaterals
- Downward Draining Herbs– Purgatives
- Downward Draining Herbs-Harsh Expellants (Cathartics)
- Downward Draining Herbs-Moist Laxatives
- Emetic Herbs
- Extinguish Wind/Stop Tremors
- Heat-Clearing and Blood-Cooling Herbs
- Heat-Clearing and Dampness-Drying Herbs
- Heat-Clearing and Fire-Purging Herbs
- Heat-Clearing and Toxin-Eliminating Herbs
- Herbs that Clear Heat and Cool Blood
- Interior-Warming Herbs
- Liver-Calming and Wind-Extinguishing Herbs
- Orifice-Opening Herbs
- Pain Relieving Herbs
- Phlegm-Resolving Herbs
- Purgatives
- Qi-Regulating Herbs
- Qi-Tonifying Herbs
- Shen Calming Herbs
- Stop-Bleeding Herbs
- Substances for Topical Application
- Tendon and Bone Strengthening Herbs
- Uncategorized
- Water-Regulating and Damp-Resolving Herbs
- Wind Damp Dispelling Herbs
- Wind-Cold Releasing Herbs
- Wind-Heat Releasing Herbs
- Wind-Heat relieving Herbs
- Yang-Tonifying Herbs
- Yin-Tonifying Herbs
Herbs
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Yin Chai Hu – Stellaria Root – Radix Stellariae
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Yin Chen Hao – Artemisia Scoparia – Herba Artemisiae Scopariae
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Yin Guo Ye – Ginkgo Leaf – Folium Ginkgo
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Ying Su Ke – Opium Husks – Pericarpium Papaveris
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Yu Li Ren – Bush Cherry Pit – Semen Pruni
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Yu Mi Xu – Corn Silk – Stigma Maydis
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Yu Xing Cao – Houttuynia – Herba Houttuyniae
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Yu Yu Liang – Limonite – Limonitum
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Yuan Hua – Genkwa Flower – Flos Genkwa
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Yuan Zhi – Polygala – Radix Polygalae
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Zao Jiao – Chinese Honey Locust Fruit – Fructus Gleditsiae
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Zao Jiao Ci – Chinese Honey Locust Spine – Spina Gleditsae
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Zao Xiu – Paris Rhizome – Rhizoma Paridis
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Ze Qi – Euphorbia – Herba Euphorbiae Helioscopiae
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Ze Xie – Alisma – Rhizoma Alismatis
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Zhang Nao – Camphor – Camphora
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Zhe Bei Mu – fritillaria thunbergii – Bulbus Fritillariae Thunbergii
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Zhen Zhu – Pearl – Margarita
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Zhen Zhu Mu – Mother of Pearl – Concha Margaritaferae
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Zhi Bei Mu – Thunbergy Fritilleria Bulb – Bulbus Fritillariae Thunbegrii
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Zhi Ke – Bitter Orange – Fructus Aurantii
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Zhi Mu – Anemarrhena – Radix Anemarrhenae
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Zhi Shi – Immature Bitter Orange – Fructus Aurantii Immaturus
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Zhi Shi – Immature Bitter Orange – Fructus Aurantii Immaturus
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Zhi Zi – Gardenia Fruit – Fructus Gardeniae
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Zhong Ru Shi – Stalactite (Tips) – Stalactitum
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Zhu Fan Hua Tou – Mirabilis – Rhizoma Mirabilidis
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Zhu Li – Dried Bamboo Sap – Succus Bambusae
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Zhu Ling – Polyporus – Polyporus
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Zhu Ru – Bamboo Shavings – Caulis Bambusae in Taenia
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Zhu Sha – Cinnabar – Cinnabaris
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Zhu Ye – Bamboo Leaves – Herba Phyllostachys
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Zhu Zi Cao – Thymifolia – Herba Euphorbiae Thymifoliae
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Zi Cao Gen – Lithospermum Root – Radix Lithospermi
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Zi Hua Di Ding – Viola – Herba Violae
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Zi Su Ye – Perilla Leaf – Folium Perillae
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Zi Wan – Aster Root – Radix Asteris