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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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Xi Xin – Asarum – Herba Asari
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Xia Ku Cao – Prunella – Spica Prunellae
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Xia Tian Wu – Decumbent Corydalis Rhizome – Rhizoma Corydalis Decumbentis
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Xian Feng Cao – Bidens – Herba Bidentis
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Xian He Cao – Agrimony – Herba Agrimoniae
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Xiang Fu – Nutgrass Rhizome – Rhizoma Cyperi
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Xiang Ru – Elsholtzia – Herba Elsholtziae seu Moslae
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Xiang Si Cao – Eupatorium – Herba Eupatorii Formosani
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Xiang Yuan – Citrus Fruit – Fructus Citri
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Xiao Hui Xiang – Fennel Seed – Fructus Foeniculi
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Xiao Ji – Field Thistle – Herba Cirisii
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Xiao Jin Ying – Small Fruit Rose – Fructus Rosae Cymosae
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Xiao Mai – Wheat Berry – Fructus Tritici
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Xie Bai – Long Stamen Onion Bulb – Bulbus Allii Macrostemonis
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Xie Cao – Valerian Root – Radix et Rhizoma Valerianae
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Xin Yi Hua – Magnolia Flower – Flos Magnoliae
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Xing Ren – Apricot Seed – Semen Armeniacae Amarum
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Xiong Dan – Bear Gallbladder – Fel Ursi
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Xiong Huang – Realgar – Realgar
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Xu Chang Qing – Paniculate Swallowwort Root – Radix Cynanchi Paniculati
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Xuan Fu Hua – Inula Flower – Flos Inulae
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Xuan Shen – Scrophularia – Radix Scrophulariae
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Xue Jie – Dragon’s Blood – Sanguis Draconis
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Xue Yu Tan – Charred Human Hair – Crinis Carbonisatus
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Xun Gu Feng – Aristolochia – Herba Aristolochiae Mollissimae
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Ya Dan Zi – Brucea Seed – Fructus Bruceae
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Ya Ma Zi – Common Flax Seed – Semen Linum Usitatissimum
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Ya She Huang – Lippia – Herba Lippiae
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Ye Jiao Teng – Polygonum Vine – Caulis Polygoni Multiflori
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Ye Ju Hua – Wild Chrysanthemum Flower – Flos Chrysanthemi Indici
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Ye Ying Pi – Wild Black Cherry Bark – Preicarpium Prunus Pseudocerasus
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Yi Tiao Gen – Moghania Root – Radix Moghaniae
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Yi Wu Gen – Elaeagnus Root – Radix Elaeagni
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Yi Yi Ren – Job’s Tears – Semen Coicis
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Yi Zhi Xiang – Vernonia – Herba Vernoniae Cinereae