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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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Han Fang Ji – Stephania Root – Radix Stephaniae Tetrandrae
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Han Shui Shi – Mirabilite Crystal – Mirabilite
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He Cao Ya – Agrimonia – Gemma Agrimoniae
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He Huan Pi – Albizia Bark – Cortex Albizae
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He Shi – Carpesium Fruit – Fructus Carpesii
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He Ye – Lotus Leaf – Folium Nelumbinis
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He Zi – Chebule – Fructus Chebulae
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Hong Gu She – Kadsura – Radix Kadsura Japonicae
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Hong Qu – Red Yeast Rice – Monascus
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Hong Teng – Sargentodoxa Vine – Caulis Sargentodoxae
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Hou Po – Magnolia Bark – Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis
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Hu Gu – Tiger Bone – Os Tigris
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Hu Huang Lian – Figwort Flower Rhizome – Rhizoma Picrorhizae
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Hu Jiao – Black Pepper – Fructus Piper
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Hu Po – Amber – Succinum
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Hu Yao Huang – Leucas – Herba Leucas Mollissimae
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Hua Jiao – Prickly Ash Pepper Tree Peel – Pericarpium Zanthoxyli
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Hua Rui Shi – Ophicalcitum – Ophicalcitum
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Hua Shi – Talc – Talcum
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Hua Shi Cao – Cat’s Whiskers – Herba Orthosiphon Aristatus
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Huai Hua – Sophora Flower – Flos Sophorae
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Huang Jin Gui – Vanieria – Caulis Vanieriae
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Huang Shui Qie – Solanum – Herba Solani
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Huang Teng – fibraurea stem – Caulis Fibraurea
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Huang Yao Zi – Potato Yam Tuber – Herba Dioscoreae Bulbiferae
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Huo Ma Ren – Cannabis Seed – Fructus Cannabis
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Huo Xiang – Agastache – Herba Agastache
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Ji Gu Cao – Abrus – Herba Abri
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Ji Guan Hua – celosia flower – Flos Celosiae Cristatae
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Ji Nei Jin – Chicken Gizzard – Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli
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Ji Xiang Teng – Paederia – Caulis Paederiae