Herbs of Chinese medicine
86 herbs and substances from the Chinese materia medica with their nature, flavor, meridians, doses, contraindications and drug interactions.
Astringent
Blood Moving
Blood Tonifying
Cool Exterior-Releasing
Dampness Draining
Digestives
Exterior-releasing herbs
Heat Clearing
Shí GāoGypsumDì Gǔ PíWolfberry Root Bark
Bái Máo GēnWoolly Grass Rhizome
Xià Kū CǎoPrunella Spike
Lú GēnReed RhizomeHeat Clearing (Exterior)
Heat-Clearing and Toxin-Resolving
Interior Warming
Phlegm-transforming herbs
Qi Tonifying
Qi-regulating herbs
Spirit Calming
Spirit-calming herbs
Warm Exterior-Releasing
Yang Tonifying
Yin Nourishing
Yin Tonifying
The categories of the materia medica
Herbs that tonify and supplement Qi, treating Qi deficiency patterns
Herbs that tonify Yang, especially Kidney Yang, treating Yang deficiency patterns
Herbs that nourish and build blood, treating blood deficiency patterns
Herbs that nourish Yin, treating Yin deficiency patterns with heat signs
Acrid warming herbs that release exterior wind-cold patterns
Acrid cooling herbs that release exterior wind-heat patterns
Herbs that clear interior heat in various forms
Herbs that clear heat toxins, treating infections and inflammations
Herbs that clear deficiency heat and exterior wind-heat
Herbs that warm the interior and dispel cold
Herbs that invigorate blood circulation and dispel blood stasis
Herbs that calm the spirit and settle restlessness
Herbs that stabilize and bind, preventing leakage
Herbs that moisten and nourish, generating body fluids
Herbs that promote urination and drain dampness from the body







