Ultimate Herbal Medicine Herbs Guide

Anemarrhena Rhizome

Anemarrhena Rhizome

This drug is the rhizome of Anamarrhena asphodeloides Bge.

Effects clearing away heat, purging fire, replenishing yin essence, moistening the viscera, and promoting the produc-tion of body fluid to quench thirst.

Indications 1. Epidemic febrile diseases due to excessive heat in the Ki system with symptoms of high fever, dire thirst. 2. Cough due to lung-heat or dry cough with yellow and thick sputum due to deficiency of yin. 3. Hyperactivity of fire marked by hectic fever due to yin deficiency(live yin or kidney yin), vexation and night sweating. 4. Diabetes due to yin deficiency with manifestations of dry mouth, thirst, polydipsia, polyuria, etc.

Dosage and administration 6-12g. stir-baked with salt water for nourishing yin and removing fire.

Precautions 1.It is improper to use it on cases of loose stools due to defiency of the spleen

Arborvitae Seed

Arborvitae Seed

This drug is the ripe kernel of Biota orientalis (L.) Endi. (family Cupressaceac) .

Effects nourishing the heart to tranquilize the mind and moistening the bowels to relieve constipation

Indications 1. 1. Insomnia, palpitation, amnesia, spontaneous and night sweating due to deficiency of both ki and blood. vexation, palpitation induced by terror, various diseases due to the failure of blood in nourishing the heart. 2. 1. Insomnia, palpitation, amnesia, spontaneous and night sweating due to deficiency of both ki and blood. vexation, palpitation induced by terror, various diseases due to the failure of blood in nourishing the heart.

Dosage and administration 10-20g,decocted in water for an oral dose.

Precautions 1.This drug should be used cautiously in cases of loose stool and profuse phlegm.

Antelope’s Horn

Antelope’s Horn

This drug is the horn of Saiga tatarica L. (family Bovidae)

Effects calming the liver to check endogenous wind, clearing away heat from the liver to improve acuity of vision and clearing away heat and toxins.

Indications 1. Epilepsy, convulsion and coma induced by upstirring of endogenous wind due to intense heat in the liver 2. For the treatment of headache, dizziness and blurred vision due to hyperactivity of the liver-yang 3. For headache and blood-shot eyes due to flaring-up of liver-fire 4. For the treatment of febrile diseases with symptoms of high fever, unconsciousness, delirium and madness, or skin eruptions due to toxic heat in both ki and blood division.

Dosage and administration 0.3~0.5g powder for infusion drinking; 1~3g in decoction

Precautions 1.It should not be used for patients who have no pathogenic heat of excess type in the interior.

Astragalus Root

Astragalus Root

This drug is tile root of Astragalus rnembranaceus Bge. var. mongholicus (Bge.) Hsiao or Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch.) Bge (family Leguminosae).

Effects tonifying the ki, lifting the sunken yang, streng­thening the defensive energy and superficial resistance, pro­moting pus discharge and tissue regeneration, and inducing diuresis to cure edema

Indications 1. Anorexia, loose stool and short breath due to spleen-ki and stomach-ki deficiency. 2. chronic diarrhea or anal prolapse due to sinking of ki in the middle energizer. 3. Spontaneous sweating and night sweat resulting from exterior deficiency due to deficiency of ki. 4. For the non-rupture of carbuncles or slow healing long after ulceration of carbuncles. 5. For the treatment of subcutaneous edema,. scanty urine resulting from the dysfunction of the spleen in transport due to deficiency of Ki

Dosage and administration 4~12g; 30~60g can be given in large dosage, decocted in water for oral use. For replenishing qi and invigorating yang, it should be stir-baked; for other purposes, it should be used unprepared.

Precautions 1. It should not be used in the following cir­cumstances: exterior syndrome of excess type with excessive pathogenic factors, stagnation of qi and retention of dampness in the interior, retention of food due to dyspepsia, hyperac­tivity of yang due to deficiency of yin, initial carbuncles and boils, or protracted ulceration still with excessive noxious heat. When it is given in big dosage, it may lead to stuffiness in the chest, abdominal distension, poor appetite, ect. Iii such cases drugs for promoting the circulation of qi and improving appetite such as tangerine peel, can be given according to the actual circumstances.

Atractylodes Rhizome

Atractylodes Rhizome

This drug is the rhizome of Atractylodes cancea DC. and A. chinensis(DC) koiclz. or A. japonica koiclz

Effects drying dampness, strengthening the spleen, dispelling wind and removing dampness, diminishing cataract and improving acuity of vision.

Indications 1. For retention of dampness in the middle energizer with manifestations of anorexia, epigastric distress, abdominal distension, loose stool, nausea and vomiting, mass in the abdomen, lassitude, white-turbid and greasy tongue coating, etc. 2. For arthralgia-syndrome due to wind-cold and dampness with pain in the joints and extremities. 3. Eye problems such as oculopathy, optic atrophy, night blindness, etc.

Dosage and administration 5-10g.

Precautions 1.For removing dampness and stregthening, it is used prepared; For dispelling wind it is used unprepared.

Agastache

Agastache

This drug is the whole plant of Pogostemon cablin Benth. Or Agastache rugosa(Fisch. et Mey.)O. Ktze.

Effects removing dampness, relieving exterior syndrome and summer-heat, promoting appetite and stopping vomiting.

Indications 1. For retention of dampness in the middle energizer with manifestations of anorexia, oppressive chest, epigastric distress, abdominal distension, loose stool, nausea and vomiting. 2. For syndromes by exopathogenic wind-cold or interior impairment by eating uncooked or cold food during summer months or by summer heat with manifestations of vomiting, diarrhea, fever, headache, dizziness, chest oppression, abdominal distension, aversion to cold, etc. 3. Various kinds of vomiting. Agastache is most suitable for vomiting resulting from adverse flow of stomach-ki due to pathogenic dampness in the spleen and stomach.

Dosage and administration 5-10g.

Precautions

Amomum Fruit

Amomum Fruit

This drug is the dried ripen fruit of Amomum villosum Lour. or Ammum lanthiodes Wall. (Family Zingiberaceae).

Effects resolving dampness to improve appetite, warming the spleen to stop diarrhea, and regulating the activities of ki to prevent abortions.

Indications 1. For epigastric fullness and abdominal distension, anorexia, vomiting and diarrhea due to retention of dampness in the middle energizer and stagnation of ki. 2. Diarrhea due to deficiency of the spleen and accumulation of cold-dampness in the intestines. 3. For Pernicious vomiting and threatened abortion.

Dosage and administration 3~6g Break into pieces, and then decoct.

Precautions

Aucklandia Root

Aucklandia Root

This drug is the root of Aucklandia lappa Decne and Vladimiria souliei Ling of family Compositae.

Effects promoting circulaton of ki, strengthening the spleen and stomach, and relieving pain, resolving food retention.

Indications 1. Various symptoms induced by stagnation of ki in colon and stomach, it has effect of promoting circulation of ki and relieving pain, such as abdominal distention, anorexia and vomiting. 2. For abdominal pain, diarrhea and tenesmus due to damp-heat or food retention.

Dosage and administration 3~10g It is usually used with unprepared for promoting circulation of ki to relieve pain ; roasting in fresh cinders for arresting diarrhea. not decocted for a long time.

Precautions

Bupleurum Root

Bupleurum Root

This drug is the root of Bupleurum chinense DC or Bupleurum scorzonerifolium Willd.

Effects expelling pathogenic factors from the exterior to reduce fever, soothing the depressed liver and invigorating the spleen-yang.

Indications 1. Fever of common cold and alternate spells of chills and fever, feeling of oullness and discomfort in the chest and hypochochondrium, bitter taste in the mouth and dryness in the throat due to pathogenic changes in the shaoyang channel in exo-genous febrile diseases. 2. Stagnation of the liver-qi shown as feeling of fullness and oppression in the chest and disphragm region, distending pain in the hypochondrium region, etc. In cases of irregular menstruation due to stagnation of the liver-qi and deficiency of the blood. 3. Proctoptosis, hysteroptosis, gastroptosis and short brea-th, fatigue and lassitude due to deficiency and sinking of qi.

Dosage and administration 3- 10g.

Precautions

Black Plum

Black Plum

This drug is the smoked immature fruit (green plum) of mume (Sieb.) Sieb. et Zucc. (family Rosaceae)

Effects astringing the lung to relieve cough, astringing the bowels to stop diarrhea, promoting the production of body fluid to quench thirst, and regulating the stomach to alleviate colic caused by ascariasis.

Indications 1. Chronic cough and asthma due to insufficiency of lung-ki. 2. For chronic diarrhea and dysentery due to deficiency of the spleen. 3. For the treatment of diabetes due to heat of deficiency type. 4. For abdominal colic and vomiting with concomitant cold limbscaused by ascariasis.

Dosage and administration 3-lOg

Precautions 1.Black plum has a strong astringent action, so it should not be prescribed to patients with residual pathogenic factors in the exterior and heat of excessive type and stagnancy in the interior

Bitter Cardamon

Bitter Cardamon

This drug is the ripe fruit of Alpinia oxyphylla Miq. (family Zingiberaceae).

Effects warming up the spleen, improving appetite and digestion, conserving saliva, warming up the kidney to keep the kidney essence and reduce urination.

Indications 1. For the treatment of abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, poor appetite, profuse salivation and others due to deficiency of yang-ki in the middle burner. 2. For treating spontaneous seminal emission, enuresis, dribbling urination, frequent nocturual urination and cold complexion due to deficiency of the kidney-yang or kidney-ki

Dosage and administration 3~10g, decocted in water for an oral dose.

Precautions

Cinnamon Twig

Cinnamon Twig

This drug is the tender twigs of Cinnamomum cassia Presl.

Effects dispelling pathogenic factors from the exterior of the body by diaphoresis, warming the channels to relieve pain, and reinforcing yang to promote the flow of qi.

Indications 1. Affection by wind-cold exopathogens with such sym-ptons and signs as headache, fever, aversion to cold, etc. For exterior syndrome of deficiency type with spontaneous sweatiog. For exterior syndrome of excess type with no sweat. 2. Arthralgia due to wind-cold-dampness manifested as aching joints of the shoulders and limbs. For the syndrome with wind-dampness in the exterior and with deficiency of exterior-yang. 3. For blood stasis due to pathogenic cold in the blood of women with manifestations of irregularr menstruation, amenor-rheal abdominal pain and mass in the abdomen. 4. For cold syndrome of deficiency type in the middle-jiao manifested as vague pain in the epigastric region which can be ameliorated by warmth and pressing. 5. For stagnation of yang-qi and retention of water in the body due to deficiency of the heart and spleen with manifestations of cold feeling in the back, hypochondriac distension, cough, dyspnea and vertigo. For stagnation of qi in the urinary bladder manifested as difficulty in urination and edema. 6. For obstruction of qi in the chest and chest pain. For palpitation and slow pulse with irregular intervals.

Dosage and administration 3- 10g.

Precautions

Chrysanthemum Flower

Chrysanthemum Flower

This drug is the anthodium of Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat and is divided into two types: white and yellow.

Effects expelling wind, clearing away heat, calming the liver and improving acuity of vision.

Indications 1. Affection by exopathogenic wind-heat and epidemic febrile diseases at the early stahe with symptoms of fever, diz-ziness, headache, etc. 2. Conjunctival congestion with swelling pain due to wind-heat in the liver or due to the flaming-up of excessive liver. 3. For the treatment of hyperactivity of the liver-yang marked by headache, dizziness, feeling of fullness in the head. For blurred vision due to deficiency of both the liver-yin and kidney-yin.

Dosage and administration 10- 15g.

Precautions

Capejasmine Fruit

Capejasmine Fruit

This drug is the ripe fruit of Gardenia jasminoides Ellis.

Effects purging fire, relieving dysphoria, clearing away heat, promoting diuresis, removing heat from the blood and stopping bleeding.

Indications 1. 1. For treating febrile diseases manifested as vexation, melancholia and restlessness 2. 2. For intense fire in the liver channel manifested as headache, dizziness or stagnation of damp-heat in the liver and gallbladder manifested as fever, jaundice, scanty dark urine, etc. 3. Bleeding due to invasion of blood by pathogenic heat, such as hematemesis, epistaxis, dysentery with bloody stool and hematuria.

Dosage and administration 3-10g. Unprepared for heat-clearing and carbonized for stopping bleeding

Precautions

Coptis Root

Coptis Root

The drug consists of the rhizome of Coptis chinensis Franch

Effects clearing away heat, drying dampness, purging fire and clearing away toxins.

Indications 1. Exopathogenic febrile diseases with excessive fire and heat in the blood manifested as high fever, dysphoria, unconsciousness and delirium. In cases with exuberant fire due to hyperactivity of the heart shown as restlessness and insomnia and canker sores in the mouth. 2. Damp-heat syndrome of the large intestine manifested as diarrhea, dysentery and tenesmus. In cases of excessive fire in the manifested as poor appetite, nausea and vomiting. 3. Superficial suppurative infections, such as sores, carbuncles, furuncles and boils, septicemia induced by furunculosis, swellings and pain in the ears and eyes, canker sores in the mouth, exudative skin infections and pruritus.

Dosage and administration 2-10g.

Precautions

Cow-bezoare

Cow-bezoare

This drug is the stones in the gallbladder or biliary ducts of Cow.

Effects checking endogenous wind to relieve convulsion, resolving phlegm to induce resuscitation and clearing away heat and toxins

Indications 1. . Febrile disease with symptoms of high fever, unconsciousness, spasm and convulsion, apoplexia, aphonia and hemiplegia due to endogenous heat or phlegm heat, acute infantile convulsion to high fever due to upstirring of liver wind.. 2. Sore throat, ulcers and swelling in the throat, oral cankers, carbuncles, boils and other pyogenic skin infections due to accumulation of toxic heat

Dosage and administration 0.2-0.5g,

Precautions 1.Cow-bezoare should be cautiously used for women in pregnancy and should not be used for patients without heat syndrome of excess type.

Chinese Yam

Chinese Yam

This drug consists of the rhizome of Dioscorea opposita Thunb. (family Dioscoreaceae).

Effects reinforcing the spleen and stomach, promoting the production of body fluid to nourish the lung and streng­thening the kidney to arrest spermatorrhea.

Indications 1. Anorexia,lassitude,loose stool and diarrhea due to deficiency of spleen and stomach. 2. Chronic cough, dyspnea and asthma due to deficiency of lung or kidney. 3. Spermatorrhea,leu­corrhagia, frequent urination due to deficiency of the kidney. 4. Thirst or Diabetes due to deficiency of yin

Dosage and administration 10~30g It is used stir-baked for replenishingspleen and quenching thirst; unprepared for other use.

Precautions

Cinnamon Bark

Cinnamon Bark

This drug is the bark of the trunk and thick branches of Cinnamomum cassia Presl.

Effects supplementing fire of the vital gate to strengthen yang, dispelling cold to relieve pain, warming up and clearing the channels.

Indications 1. For insufficiency of the kidney-yang and decline of vital fire energy shown as aversion to cold, cold limbs, cold pain in the waist and knees, impotence and frequent micturition. 2. For stomachache and diarrhea resulting from cold deficiency in the middle energizer due to deficiency of kidney-yang ; amenia and menorrhalgia due to cold ; arthralgia due to wind-cold. 3. Cinnamon Bark and Cinnamon Twig have same effects warming blood, helping Ki-system, dispersing coldness; Cinnamon Bark acts on lower energizer, replenishing kidney-yang, Twig acts on upper energizer, makes channel runs.

Dosage and administration 2~6g

Precautions 1.It should not be given to pregnant patients and those with excess yang and deficiency of yin.

Clove

Clove

This drug is the flower bud of the evergreen tree Eugenia Caryophyllata Thunb. of family Myrtaceae.

Effects Warming middle energizer and kidney, lowering the adverse rising, dispersing cold in stomach and lower abdomen.

Indications 1. For vomiting and hiccup resulting from upward reverse due to cold in the stomach and middle ki’s stop traspotation. 2. For vomiting, diarrhea and anorexia due to cold of deficiency type in spleen and stomach 3. For impotence, low limbs weakness and leukorrhea due to deficiency of kidney-yang.

Dosage and administration 2~5g

Precautions 1.should not be used for febrile disease and those with inferior heat and yin deficiency.

Common Fennel Fruit

Common Fennel Fruit

This drug is the ripe fruit of the perennial herbaceous plant Foeniculum vulgare Mill of family Umbelliferae.

Effects warming kidney and dispersing cold, alleviating pain, regulating the floe of Ki and normalizing functions of the stomach

Indications 1. For abdominal colic due to accumulation of cold in the liver channel of low abdomen region. 2. For dysmenorrhea and amenorrhea resulting from stagnation of blood during menstruation due to cold. 3. For anorexia, vomiting and cold pain in the stomach or abdomen resulting from failure of descending of stomach-ki due to cold of insufficiency type in the spleen and stomach.

Dosage and administration 3-6g

Precautions

Cyperus Tuber

Cyperus Tuber

This drug is the rhizome of Cyperus rotundus L. of family Cyperaceae.

Effects soothing the liver, regulating the circulation of qi and regulating menstruation and relieving pain.

Indications 1. For distension, fullness and pain in the chest, hypochondrium and abdomen due to the stagnation of the liver-ki. 2. Irregular menstruation and dysmenorrhea due to stagnation of the liver-ki. 3. For gastro-intestinal colic due to invasion of cold and abdominal pain. 4. For masses in the breast and its swelling before menstruation due to stagnation of ki in the liver channel.

Dosage and administration 6-12g if stir-baked with vinegar, it acts on liver, reinforces the effect of relieving pain. The herb is used unprepared for promting Ki circulation ; used stewed for arresting diarrhea.

Precautions 1.It should not be used those with deficiency of ki without stagnation of ki ; those with blood-heat due to deficiency of yin.

Chicken’s Gizzard Skin

Chicken’s Gizzard Skin

This drug is the internal skin of the gizzard of Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson. of family Phasianidae.

Effects activating the spleen to improve digestion, treating spontaneous emission, dissolving hard masses and inducing decomposition of calculi.

Indications 1. Abdominal distension and anorexia due to indigestion and retention of food, and infantile dyspepsia and malnutrition. 2. Enuresis, frequent urination and seminal emission due to deficiency of the kidney. 3. For diarrhea and dysentry due to deficiency of spleen.

Dosage and administration 4~12g

Precautions 1.It should not be used those with stomach-fire.

Chuanxiong Rhizome

Chuanxiong Rhizome

This drug is the rhizome of Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort. of family Umbelliferae

Effects promoting blood circulation and the flow of ki and eliminating wind to relieve pain.

Indications 1. It is a drug controling ki among herbs acting on blood, it can run through all over body. 2. It has the effect of promoting blood and eliminating wind, so it is used as a major ingredient curing headache due to wind-cold or wind-heat. 3. For irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, dystocia, postpartum tormina and abdominal pain due to the stagnation of ki and blood stasis. 4. For hypochondriac pain due to stagnation in the liver channel. 5. For Bi syndrome(numbness and pain of the extremities) due to wind-cold-dampness ; traumatic injuries, sores and other pyogenic skin infections, etc.

Dosage and administration 3-10g

Precautions 1.It should not be used those with hyperactivity of yang and deficiency of yin or ki-deficiency syndrome.

Corydalis Tuber

Corydalis Tuber

This herb is the stem tuber of the perennial herb Corydalis turtschaninovii Bess. f. yanhusuo Y.H. Chou et C. C. Hsu of the family Papaveraceae.

Effects promoting blood circulation, invigorating ki and relieving pain.

Indications 1. It acts on both ki division and blood division, so it can relieve not only stagnation of ki in blood division, also blood stasis in ki division. 2. Various pain due to stagnation of ki or blood such as pain in the stomach and abdomen, pain in the extremities and abdominal pain during menstruation.

Dosage and administration 4~12g It is used parching with vinegar for relieving pain.

Precautions 1.It should not be used in cases of blood deficiency after delivery, dysmenorrhea due to blood deficiency and pregnancy.

Curcuma Root

Curcuma Root

This herb is the root tuber of the perennial herb Curcuma aromatica Salisb. or Curcuma zedoaria Berg. Rose. or Curcuma longa L. of the family Zingiberaceae

Effects invigorating the flow of ki and removing blood stasis, clearing heat away in the heart, normalizing the gall bladder to treat jaundice..

Indications 1. For pain in the chest, hypochondrium, stomach and abdomen; dysmenorrhea due to stagnation of ki and blood. 2. For jaundice due to damp-heat syndrome 3. Various kinds of hemorrhage due to accumulation of heat in the blood or blood stasis such as hematemesis, epistaxis, hematuria and epistaxis during menstruation. 4. It has aromatic ingredient, it is for epilepsy or unconciousness due to retention of dirty phlegm.

Dosage and administration 4~12g

Precautions 1.It should not be used in cases of those with yin deficiency or pregnancy.

Dahurian Angelica Root

Dahurian Angelica Root

This drug is the root of Angelica dahurica Benth. et Hook.

Effects inducing diaphoresis to disperse cold, expelling wind to relieve pain, subduing swelling, promoting pus discharge, and removing dampness to stop leukorrhagia.

Indications 1. Common cold due to wind-cold pathogens manifested as headache, stuffy nose, etc. 2. Headache, toothache. especially pain in the foregead and superciliary region. For headache due to pathogenic wind. For headache caused by stuffy nose and rhinorrhea with tirbid puruloid nasal discharge. For toothache due to pathogenic wind-cold which is aggravated by cold air. 3. Various infections on the body syrface. For the trear-ment of acute mastitis. 4. Leukorrhagia. For patients with profuse clear and thin leukorrhea due to cold-dampness. 5. Stomachache.

Dosage and administration 3- 10g.

Precautions

Dried Rehmannia Root

Dried Rehmannia Root

This drug is the root tuber of Rehmannia glutinosa Libosch.

Effects removing heat from the blood and nourishing yin to promote the production of body fluid.

Indications 1. Epidemic febrile diseases with pathogenic heat in the ying and blood division manifested as fever and delirium, dryness in the mouth, indistinct eruptions or deep red tongue 2. 2. Bleeding due to invasion of the blood by pathogenic heat, such as hematemesis, epistaxis, hematuria, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis. 3. Febrile diseases in the later stage with lingering lowgade fever, or chronic diseases with fever due to deficiency of yin. 4. Syndromes of impairment of yin febrile diseases or diabetes due to yin deficiency. For impairment of yin in febrile diseases marked by thirst and dryness of the mouth, red tongue and dry lips. For impairment of yin due to exuberant heat and deficiency of body fluid with constipation. For diabetes marked by thirst and polydipsia.

Dosage and administration 10-30g.

Precautions

Dragon’s Bone

Dragon’s Bone

This drug is the skeleton fossil of prehistoric mammals like hipparion, rhinoceros, deer, oxen, elephants, etc.

Effects calming the liver and suppressing hyperactivity of the liver yang, inducing sedation and tranquilization, inducing astringency and promoting regeneration of tissues and healing of wounds.

Indications 1. Irritability, tendency to anger and insomnia caused by hyperactivity of yang and deficiency of yin. 2. Intranquility, dizziness and headache induced by hyperactivity of liver yang.. 3. 3. Seminal emission, leukorrhagia, sweating of deficiency type, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis. 4. In the treatment of protracted sores and ulcers, exudative skin infections, itching eruptions and cutting wounds with bleeding

Dosage and administration lO~3Og crushed before using and decocted earlier than other herbs

Precautions

Dangshen

Dangshen

This drug is the root of Codonopsis pilosula (Franch.) Nannf (family Campanulaceae)

Effects invigorating the spleen and replenishing ki, promoting the production of body fluid and nourishing the blood.

Indications 1. For las­situde and weakness, anorexia and loose stool due to de­ficiency of the spleen-ki and general debility. 2. Short breath, cough, dyspnea, weak and low voice due to deficiency of the lung-ki. 3. Consumption of both qi and body fluid in febrile diseases with symptoms such as short breath and thirst. 4. For dizziness or sallow complexion and edema due to blood deficiency.

Dosage and administration lO-30g decocted in water for an oral dose

Precautions 1.It should not be used for heat syndromes and syndromes of hyperactivity of yang due to yin deficiency.

Dogwood Fruit

Dogwood Fruit

This drug is the pulp of the ripe fruit of Cornus officinalis Sieb. et Zucc. (family Cornaceae).

Effects nourishing the liver and kidney, checking perspiration and reducing urination

Indications 1. For syndromes of deficiency of both the liver and kidney marked by dizziness, lassitude of the loins and knees, impotence, seminal emission, frequent urination, enuresis, etc. 2. For spontaneous sweating due to ki deficiency and night sweating due to yin deficiency. 3. For metrorrhagia, metrostaxis and menorrhagia due to deficiency of Throughfare(衝) and Conception vessel(任脈)

Dosage and administration 6~10g

Precautions 1.Dogwood fruit is warm and nourishing in property and can induce astringency, so it should not be used in cases of hyperactivity of the liver yang, or constitution of damp-heat or difficulty in micturition.

Dried Ginger

Dried Ginger

This drug is the rhizome of Zingiber officinale Rosc.

Effects warming the middle energizer, dispelling cold, warming the lung and resolving fluid retention.

Indications 1. Cold syndrome of deficiency type or excessive cold syndrome of the spleen and stomach characterized by gastric and abdominal cold pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, anorexia and loose stool. 2. Retention of cold phlegm in the lung manifested as cough, dyspnea, cold appearance, white, clear and thin sputum, chilly sensation in the back.

Dosage and administration 3~10g

Precautions 1.This drug should be used cautiously in cases of heat syndromes and pregnancy.

Ephedra

Ephedra

Ephedra is the herbaceous stem of Ephedra sinica Stapf

Effects dispelling pathogenic factors from the exterior of the body by diaphoresis, promoting the flow of the lung-qi to allay asthma, and inducing diuresis to reduce edema.

Indications 1. Exterior syndrome of excess type due to affection by exopathogenic wind-cold manifested as aversion to cold, fever, headache, stuffy nose, floating and tense pulse. 2. Cough with dyspnea due to impaired dispersion of the lung-qi. For cough and asthma with profuse thin clear sputum due to obstruction of the lung by cold-phlegm. For cough with dyspnea and fever due to retention of pathogenic heat in the lung. 3. Edema. For general edema with fever. For edema with deep pulse and cold mani-festations.

Dosage and administration Indications 1.5- 10g.

Precautions

Evodia Fruit

Evodia Fruit

This drug is the almost ripe fruit of Evodia rutaecarpa Benth.

Effects dispelling pathogenic cold, drying dampness, soothing the liver, lowering the adverse flow of ki, and relieving pain.

Indications 1. Various symptoms due to disorder of both liver and stomach. Headache resulting from upward flow of dirty yin due to cold deficiency type of liver and stomach ; hypochondriac pain, vomiting, acid regurgitation, atropic legs(flaccidity and pain) due to disharmony between liver and stomach.

Dosage and administration 2~8g

Precautions

Hawthorn Fruit

Hawthorn Fruit

This drug is the ripe fruit of Crataegus cuneata Sieb. et Zucc. or C. pinnatifida Bge var. majorN. E. Bi. of family Rosaceae.

Effects improving digestion, removing retention of food, promoting blood circulation and resolving blood stasis.

Indications 1. It has the effect of promoting digestion, espcially meat diet. 2. For indigestion and retention of food manifested as abdominal distension, anorexia, abdominal pain and diarrhea. 3. For hypertention. 4. For heart disease due to coronary arteriosclerosis. 5. It acts on blood, removes blood stasis and removes pain, so it is for irregular menstruation, abdomial pain or postpartum abdominal pain and lochiorrhea due to blood stasis.

Dosage and administration 4~20g If it is used in large dose, it may cause lassitude, teeth damage.

Precautions

Inula Flower

Inula Flower

This durg is the capitulum of Inula japonica Thunb., Inula britannica L.

Effects eliminating phlegm, promoting diuresis, and lowering the adverse flow of ki to stop vomiting

Indications 1. For the feeling of stuffiness and fullness in the chest and cough with dyspnea, asthma and profuse sputum due to retention of phlegm (phlegm-dampness or phlegm-heat) and fluid in the interior. Or cough, dyspnea and profuse sputum due to affection by cold exopathogens. 2. For epigastric fullness, vomiting and eructation due to deficiency of both the spleen-ki and stomach-ki and adverse rising of phlegm-dampness.

Dosage and administration 3-10g.

Precautions

Immature Bitter Orange

Immature Bitter Orange

This drug is the immature fruit of Citrus aurantium L. or Citrus wilsonii Tanaka and Poncirus trifoliate(L.) Raf. Of family Rutaceae.

Effects relieving stagnation of ki to remove food stagnation and resolving phlegm and masses.

Indications 1. For abdominal fullness and distending pain due to stagnation of Ki or abdominal distention, constipation and eructation due to stagnation of indigested food. 2. For diarrhea and dysentery with tenesmus due to ac-cumulation of damp-heat or abdominal fullness, constipation and fever due to accumulation of heat in stomach and colon. 3. Feeling of stiffness and fullness in the chest and upper abdomen due to obstruction of normal flow of ki by phlegm.

Dosage and administration 3-10g

Precautions

Ledebouriella Root

Ledebouriella Root

This drug is the root of Ledebouriella dioaricata Hiroe.

Effects relieving exterior syndromes by expelling patho-genic wind, removing dampness to relieve pain, and expelling endognous wind to relieve spasm.

Indications 1. For exterior syndromes due to affection by exopathogens manifested as headache and pantalgia : in case of wind-cold type. 2. German measles, pruritus and other skin troubles. 3. For arthralgia due to wind-cold-dampness with sym-ptoms of joint pain and spasm 4. For tetanus with symptoms of opisthotonus, trismus, spasm and convulsion.

Dosage and administration 3-10g

Precautions

Liquorice

Liquorice

This drug is the root and rhizome of the perennial herbaceous plant Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. of family Leguminosae.

Effects Tonifying the heart and the spleen, moistening the lung to arrest cough, purging fire

Indications 1. For short breath, asthenia, poor appetite and loose stool due to deficiency of spleen and stomach. 2. For palpitation or uneasiness due to deficiency of heart ki. 3. For cough due to pathogenic wind-cold or wind-heat. 4. Sores, ulcers and other pyogenic skin infections, swol­len and sore throat, and food or drug poisoning. 5. Epigastric and abdominal pains and muscular spasm and pain of the extremities

Dosage and administration 3~10g It is used stir-baked for harmonizing drugs or tonics; unprepared for clearing heat.

Precautions

Light Wheat

Light Wheat

Ihis drug is the unripe caryopsis of Triticum aestivurn L. (family Graminae).

Effects : replenishing ki; clearing away heat, and arresting perspiration.

Indications 1. For spontaneous sweating resulting from exterior deficiency due to Ki deficiency and night sweating due to yin deficiency. 2. In the treatment of bone-heat syndrome with hectic fever and consumptive fever due to yin deficiency.

Dosage and administration l0~3Og

Precautions 1.This drug should not be used in cases of pathogenic factors in the superficies.

Loranthus Mulberry Mistletoe

Loranthus Mulberry Mistletoe

This drug is the foliferous stem and branch of the Loranthus parasiticus(L.) Merr. or Viscum coloratum (Komar) Nakai (family Loranthaceae).

Effects expelling wind-dampness, invigorating the liver and kidney, strengthening the muscles and bones, and nourish-ing the blood to prevent abortion.

Indications 1. For arthralgia and aches due to wind-dampness, such as pains in loins and knees, or asthenia of muscles, aching and weakness of loins and knees due to deficiency of liver and kidney. 2. For threatened abortion or vaginal bleeding during pregnancy due to deficiency of blood or deficiency of liver and kidney.

Dosage and administration 10-20g.

Precautions

Lindera Root

Lindera Root

This herb is the root of the bush or dungarunga Lindera strychnifolia(Sieb. et Zucc) Villar of family Lauraceae.

Effects regulating ki, relieving pain, dispersing cold, opening stagnation

Indications 1. It acts on spleen and lung upward, relieves stagnation of ki in chest and abdomen ; also acts on kidney and bladder, warms kidney, disperses cold. therefore it removes cold in the bladder, relieves pain. 2. For distending pain in chest & abdomen and intestinal colic due to accumulation of cold in the liver channel. 3. For irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea and anemia due to cold accumulation and stagnation of ki. 4. For frequent urination or incontinence of urine due to hypofunction of urinary bladder with cold syndrome. 5. For abdominal pain during menstruation due to stagnation of ki in the liver channel.

Dosage and administration 6~12g

Precautions 1.It should not be used those with ki deficiency or inferior heat.

Mulberry Leaf

Mulberry Leaf

This drug consists of the leaves of Morus alba L.

Effects expelling pathogenic wind-heat, clearing away heat from the lung to arrest cough, and clearing up heat from the liver to improve acuity of vision.

Indications 1. Affection by exopathogenic wind- heat or epidemic febrile diseases at the early stage with manifestations of fever, dizziness, headache, cough, and swollen and sore throat. 2. Impairment of the lung by pathogenic dry-heat mani- fested as cough with thick sputum, dryness in the nose and throat, etc. 3. Conjunctival congestion with dryness, pain and delacri-mation due to the excess type of heat or wind-heat in the liver channel.

Dosage and administration 5- 10g

Precautions

Magnolia Bark

Magnolia Bark

This drug is the bark of the trunk or root of Magnolia officinalis Rehd. et Wils.

Effects promoting the flow of ki, eliminating dampness, removing food stagnation, and allaying asthma.

Indications 1. For gastric and abdominal distension of variuos causes, such as retention of dampness, stagnation of indigested food and stagnation of ki. 2. For abdominal distention, constipation due to heat accumulation. 3. For cough and asthma due to accumulation of phlegm in the lung and airway.

Dosage and administration 3~10g

Precautions

Medicated Leaven

Medicated Leaven

This herb is a yeasty mixture of flour and other medicinal materials; flour, bran, apricot kernel paste, red bean powder and natural juice from sweet wormwood.

Effects regulating both stomach and spleen, relieving food retention,

Indications 1. it is yeasty drug, so has the effect of promoting digestion. 2. For indigestion, poor appetite and distention in the stomach and abdomen due to food retention. 3. For anorexia and loose stool due to weakness of the spleen and stomach. 4. For indigestion due to common cold.

Dosage and administration 8~20g It is used with unprepared or slightly parching.

Precautions 1.It should not be used those with deficiency of spleen-yin or stomach-fire.

Motherwort

Motherwort

This herb is the whole plant of Leonurus heterophyllus Sweet of family Labiatae

Effects promoting blood circulation to regulate menstruation, removing blood stasis, subsiding edema by inducing diuresis.

Indications 1. Various syndromes due to blood stasis such as irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea and postpartum abdominal pain resulting from blood stasis due to insufficient lochia secretion, 2. If blood circulation gets weak, urinal production gets less. That\’s why it is used for edema and difficulty in urination. but its effect is not strong.

Dosage and administration 5~15g

Precautions

Notopterygium Root

Notopterygium Root

This drug is the rhizome and root of Notopterygium in-cisum Ting ex H. T. Chang or Notopterygium fobesii Boiss.

Effects inducing diaphoresis, dispersing cold, expelling wind, removing dampness and relieving pain.

Indications 1. Aversion to cold, fever, headache and general pain due to affection by exopathogenic wind-cold. 2. Arthralgia due to wind-cold-dampness with pains in the limbs and joints, especially pains in the upper part of the body.

Dosage and administration 3- 10g

Precautions

Oyster Shell

Oyster Shell

This drug is the shell of Ostrea gigas Thunb., or Ostrea talienwhanensis Crosse, or Ostrea rivularis Gould (family Ostreidae)

Effects calming the liver and suppressing hyperactivity of the liver yang, softening and dissolving hard masses and inducing astringency.

Indications 1. Irritability, palpitation, dreaminess, amnesia, insomnia and dizziness caused by hyperactivity of yang due to deficiency of yin, because it has the action of the suppressing the sthenic yang. 2. Scrofula and subcutaneous nodules due to accumulation of phlegm-fire, because it has the effect of softening and dissolving hard masses. 3. Sweating due to debility (of spontaneous sweating and night sweating), seminal emission, leukorrhagia, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis, because it has the effect of absorption(澁)

Dosage and administration 15-30g crushined before using and decocted earlier than other herbs. For calming the liver and suppressing hyperactivy of the liver-yang, and softening and resolving hard masses, it should be used unprepared; for inducing astringency and neutrlizing acidity, it should be used calcined.

Precautions

Oriental Water Plantain Rhizome

Oriental Water Plantain Rhizome

This drug is the tuber of perennial swamp plant Alisma orientalis.

Effects inducing diuresis, excreting dampness and expelling pathogenic kidney-heat.

Indications 1. Dysuria, edema, diarrhea and abdominal distension due to excessive dampness; diarrhea due to damp-heat; dizziness due to phlegm. 2. For stranguria and leulorrhagia due to downward flow of damp-heat; seminal emission, hectic fever and night sweating due to kidney-heat 3. It has effect of inducing diuresis similar to poria, Poria has the major effect replenishing both heart & spleen and minor effect expelling dampness, but Oriental Water Plantain Rhizome has the exclusive effect dispelling heat in kidney channel.

Dosage and administration 6~12g. It is usually used parching with wheat bran or salt solution.

Precautions 1.It may cause spermatorrhea if used for seminal emission due to kidney deficiency or in large dosage.

Peppermint

Peppermint

This drug is the above-ground part of Mentha haplocalyx Briq.

Effects dispelling wind-heat, clearing the head, im-proving eyesight, relieving sore throat, promoting skin erup- tion and relieving itching.

Indications 1. Affection by exopathogenic wind-heat or epidemic febrile diseases at the early stage, manifested as fever, slight aversion to cold, headache, no sweating, etc. For summer-heat with symptoms of fever, dizziness, thirst and scanty dark urine. 2. Common cold due to exopathogenic wind-heat or headache, conjunctival congestion and swollen and sore throat due to flaring up of pathogenic wind-fire. 3. Measles at the early stage or incomplete eruption of measles due to the attack of the body superficies by pathogenic wind-heat, and German measles or pruritus.

Dosage and administration 2- 10g.

Precautions

Pueraria Root

Pueraria Root

This drug is the root of Pueraria lobata Ohwi or Pueraria thomsonii Benth.

Effects dispelling pathogenic factors from the superficial muscles to allay fever, promoting the production of body fluid to quench thirst, promoting the eruption of measles and in-vigorating the spleen-yang to stop diarrhea.

Indications 1. Exterior syndromes due to affection by exopathogens with symptoms of fever, headache, anhidrosis, stiffness and pain in the neck and back, etc. For exterior syndrome due to exo-pathogenic wind-cold. 2. For the treatment of dire thirst in febrile diseases and polydipsia in diabetes. 3. For measles at the early stahe with fever, aversion to cold and inadequate eruption of measles. 4. Diarrhea due to pathogenic damp-heat or due to de-ficiency of the spleen.

Dosage and administration 10-20g.

Precautions

Phellodendron Bark

Phellodendron Bark

This drug is the bark of Phellodendron chinense Schneid.

Effects clearing away heat, removing dampness, purging fire, detoxicating, and cleaning away heat of deficiency type.

Indications 1. Various damp-heat syndromes. For dysentery due to damp-heat in large intestine with symptoms of fever, abdominal pain, diarrhea, purulent and bloody stool, and temesmus. For jaundice due to damp-heat. For profuse leukorrhea or arthritis (swelling pain in the knees and feet) due to a downward flow of damp-heat. 2. Suppurative infections on the body surface such as boils, sores, swelling, eczema, canker sores, hemorrhoids, burns and scalds. 3. Hyperactivity of ministrial fire due to kidney-yin deficiency marked by tidal fever, hectic fever with night sweating, and spermatorrhea.

Dosage and administration 2-10g.

Precautions

Pinellia Tuber

Pinellia Tuber

This drug is the stem tuber of Pinellia ternata Breit.

Effects eliminating dampness, resolving phlegm, lower-ing the adverse flow of ki to stop vomiting, and disintegrat-ing and resolving masses.

Indications 1. For profuse sputum, cough, adverse upward flow of ki, and vertigo due to hypofunction of the spleen to dispel accumulation and retention of water and phlegm. For treatment of retention of cold dampness in the lung with thin sputum and white greasy tongue fur. 2. For nausea and vomiting due to adverse rising of the stomach-ki(failure of descending of the stomach-ki). For vomiting due to cold phlegm, stomach deficiency or stomach-heat. 3. For feeling of stuffiness in the chest and upper abdomen and vomiting due to accumulation of heat phlegm. For globus hystericus, goiter, subcutaneous nodules, carbuncles and other suppurative infections on the body surface.

Dosage and administration 5-10g.

Precautions

Polygala Root

Polygala Root

This drug is the root of Polygala tenuifolia Wilid., or Polygala sibirica L. (family Polygalaceae

Effects relieving mental distress, tranquilizing the mind, removing phlegm to induce resuscitation, treating carbuncles and dissolving lumps.

Indications 1. Palpitation, insomnia and forgetfulness due to deficiency of heart-ki. 2. In the treatment of mental confusion, vague mind, epilepsy induced by terror or retention of phlegm in the heart(phlegm blockage of heart orifices 3. For cough with profuse sputum, thick and difficult to spit 4. In the treatment of carbuncles, poisoning swelling and other pyogenic skin infections and painful swelling in breasts

Dosage and administration 3- lOg, decocted in water for an oral dose; proper amount for external use.

Precautions 1.This drug should be cautiously used in cases of peptic ulcer and gastritis.

Pubescent Angelica Root

Pubescent Angelica Root

This drug is the root of Angelica pubescens Maxim. f. biserrata Shan et Yuan(family Umbelliferae)

Effects expelling pathogenic wind and dampness to relieve pain and dispersing pathogenic cold from the body superficies to relieve exterior syndrome

Indications 1. Artralgia due to wind-dampness, especially pain or arthralgia in the lower part of the body(waist and legs). 2. For syndromes of affection of the body superficies by exopathogenic wind-cold complicated by endogenic dampness manifested as aversion to cold, fever, headache, general pains, aching joints all over the body.

Dosage and administration 3-10g

Precautions 1.The sunlight dermatitis may happen patients who take this.

Poria

Poria

This drug is the sclerotium of the fungus(parasitic plant), Poria cocos Wolf.

Effects inducing diuresis, excreting dampness, invigorating the spleen, replenishing the middle energizer, and tranquilizing the mind.

Indications 1. For dysuria, edema, phlegm retention resulting from retention of water within the body due to insufficiency of the spleen. 2. For lassitude, anorexia and loose stool due to deficiency of the spleen. 3. For uneasiness, palpitation, insomnia and amnesia resulting from ki and blood deficiency due to insufficiency of the spleen and heart. Or for fright palpitation and insomnia due to phlegm retention in the interior

Dosage and administration 10-15g.

Precautions

Plantain Seed

Plantain Seed

This drug is the ripe seed of Plantago asiatica L. or P. depressa Willd.

Effects inducing diuresis to treat stranguria, excreting dampness to arrest diarrhea, clearing heat from the liver to improve the acuity of vision, clearing away heat in the lung to resolve phlegm.

Indications 1. Edema, dysuria or dribbling and painful micturition due to accumulation of damp-heat. 2. Diarrhea due to retention of excessive fluid & dampness. It benefits body fluid system(liquid wastes) to arrest diarrhea 3. Blood-shot eyes, swollen and painful eyes due to up-stirring excessive heat from the liver channel; nebula and blurred vision due to deficiency of liver and kidney. 4. For the treatment of cough with profuse sputum due to the heat in the lung.

Dosage and administration 12~20g

Precautions

Prepared Aconite Root

Prepared Aconite Root

This drug is the lateral roots of the perennial herbaceous plant Aconitum carmichaeli Debx. of family Ranunculaceae.

Effects recuperating depleted yang to rescue the patient from collapse, supplementing fire of the vital gate to strengthen yang, and dispelling cold to relieve pain.

Indications 1. For profuse spontaneous cold sweating, cold limbs and pulse as faint as none due to deficiency of yang-ki and excessive yin-cold. 2. For cold pain in the waist and knee, aversion to cold, cold limbs, impotence, sterility and frequent micturition due to deficiency of kidney-yang and decline of vital-fire; For cold pain in the stomach and abdomen, loose stool, cold body and limbs due to deficiency of yang-ki in the kidney and spleen; For edema and dysuria resulting from impaired water metabolism due to deficiency of kidney-yang. 3. Arthralgia syndrome marked by joint pains all over the body due to wind-cold oe excessive cold. 4. For dysmenorrhea and amenorrhearesulting from stagnation of blood due to inferior coldness.

Dosage and administration 3-15g. 30~60min. early decocted than any other herbs to reduce its toxicity.

Precautions 1.This drug should not be given to pregnant patients and those with excessive yang.

Schizonepeta

Schizonepeta

This durg is the above-ground part of Schizonepeta tenui-folia Briq.

Effects relieving exterior syndromes by dispelling pa-thogenic wind, promoting skin eruption by dispelling pathogens, and arresting bleeding.

Indications 1. affection by exopathogenic wind-cold shown as aversion to cold, fever, headache and anhidrosis. 2. German measles, pruritus, measles without ade-quate eruption. 3. hematemesis, epistaxis, hemafecia, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis,

Dosage and administration 3-10g.

Precautions

Scutellaria Root

Scutellaria Root

This drug is the root of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi.

Effects clearing away heat and dampness, purging fire, detoxicating, stopping bleeding, and preventing miscarriage.

Indications 1. For the treatment of damp-warm or syndrome with fever, feeling of fullness in the chest, and greasy tongue coating. For jaundice due to damp-heat in the liver and gallbladder. 2. Acute febrile diseases with such symptoms and signs as high fever, restlessness, yellow tongue coating, and rapid pulse. In cases of alternate attacks of fever and chills. 3. Cough due to heat in the lung, yellow and greasy sputum. 4. Bleeding due to the invasion of blood by excessive heat, such as hematemesis, epistaxis, hematuria or hemafecia, me-trorrhagia and metrostaxis. 5. Heat-syndrome during pregnancy and threatened abortion.

Dosage and administration 3-10g. Usually stir-baked for preventing abortion, stir-baked to charcoal for hemostasis.

Precautions

Scrophularia Root

Scrophularia Root

This drug is the root of Scrophularia ningpoensis Hemsl.

Effects clearing away heat, nourishing yin, purging fire and clearing away toxins.

Indications 1. Epidemic febrile diseases with heat invasion of the ying system marked by fever, thirst, restlessness, unconsciousness and delirium. In cases of excessive heat marked by maculas and eruptions. 2. Swollen and sore throat, scrofula, subcutaneous nodules and gangrene of fingers or toes. For swollen and sore throat due to affection by exopathogenic wind-heat. 3. 3. For the syndromes of deficiency of lung-yin and kidney-yin, flaming up of the fire of deficiency type, cough due to pulmonary tuberculosis.

Dosage and administration 10-15g.

Precautions

Schisandra Fruit

Schisandra Fruit

This drug is the ripe fruit of Schisandra chinensis Baill, or Schisandra sphinanthera Rehd. et Wi1s. (family Magnoliaceae).

Effects astringing the lung, nourishing the kidney, promoting the production of body fluid, arresting sweating, seminal emission and diarrhea, and tranquilizing the mind.

Indications 1. Chronic cough and asthma due to insufficiency of lung-ki or deficiency of both the lung and the kidney. 2. For irritability, thirst, fatigue, spontaneous or night sweating, lassitude and hectic fever due to injury of both Ki and yin. 3. For seminal emission and spermatorrhea or frequent urination due to kidney deficiency. 4. Dysporia, palpitation, insomnia and dreaminess due to insufficiency of the heart-blood (or yin) and deficiency of the kidney-yin. 5. For deficiency of both the spleen and ‘kidney with endopathic cold manifested as diarrhea before dawn.

Dosage and administration 3~10g

Precautions 1.patients with residual superficial pathogens and heat of excess type in the interior, or at the beginning of cough and onset of measles.

Tetrandra Root

Tetrandra Root

This drug is the root of Stephania tetrandra S. Moore. or of Aristolochia Fangcki Wu(family Aristolochiaceae).

Effects expelling wind to relieve pain and inducing diuresis to alleviate edema.

Indications 1. Arthralgia with redness, edema and hot pain of joints due to wind-dampness or sores joint pain due to cold-dampness. 2. Edema, ascites, difficult micturition diaphoresis and aversion of wind due to damp-heat or wind-dampness.

Dosage and administration 5~10g

Precautions

Tangerine Peel

Tangerine Peel

This drug is the peel of the ripe fruit of the evergreen dungarunga Citrus reticulata Blanco and many other species of the citrus genus of family Rutaceae.

Effects promoting and regulating circulation of ki, normalizing the function of the spleen and stomach, eliminating dampness, and relieving phlegm.

Indications 1. For gastro-abdominal distension, anorexia, belching, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea due to stagnation of ki in the stomach and spleen. 2. For abdominal distension, anorexia, lassitude, loose stool due to deficiency of spleen. 3. For cough, asthma, profuse sputum, feeling of chest fullness due to accumulation of phlegm-dampness in the lung. 4. For abdominal pain, diarrhea due to discord between liver and spleen.

Dosage and administration 3-10g.

Precautions

Umbellate Pore-fungus

Umbellate Pore-fungus

This is the sclerotium of the fungus Polyporus umbellatus Fries (family Polyporaceae).

Effects inducing diuresis and excreting dampness.

Indications 1. Dysuria, edema due to deficiency of ki and yang; diarrhea due to deficiency of spleen and excessive dampness; stranguria with turbid urine and leukorrhagia due to downward flow of dampness.

Dosage and administration 5-10g.

Precautions

White Mustard Seed

White Mustard Seed

This drug is the ripe seed of Sinapis alba L. or Brassica juncea Czern et Coss.

Effects eliminating sputum, promoting the flow of qi, dissolving lumps and subduing swelling.

Indications 1. For accumulation of phlegm-dampness (mainly cold-phlegm in the lung), obstruction of Ki activities, cough, asthma, profuse watery and thin sputum., chest pain and pleural effusion. 2. For treatment of numbness and pain of joints and limbs due to obstrustio I channels by phlegm-dampness. 3. Cold abscess and mycotic lesion due to cold of insufficiency type and multiple or metastatic abscesses due to phlegm-dampness, deep-rooted carbuncle of yin nature, and other pyogenic infections.

Dosage and administration 3-10g.

Precautions

White Atractylodes Rhizome

White Atractylodes Rhizome

This drug is the rhizome of Atraclylodes macrocephala Koidz. (Family Compositae)

Effects replenishing ki and reinforcing the spleen, eli­minating dampness and inducing diuresis, stopping sweating and preventing abortion.

Indications 1. For anorexia, loose stool, epigastric-abdo­minal distention, lassitude and asthenia due to deficiency of the spleen-ki and stomach-ki or failure of the spleen in transporting nutrients. 2. For edema and difficulty in urination due to deficiency of spleen yang and kidney yang. 3. For spontaneous sweating due to deficiency of the sp­leen-ki and exterior deficiency.

Dosage and administration 5~l5g, It is used stir-baked for invigorating Ki and spleen; used unprepared for removing dampness and others

Precautions 1.It should not be used for deficiency of yin with internal heat or dire thirst due to consumption of the body fluid.