Herbs 2

Front 1

Underground Root shoot that has modified leaves and is used as storage for dormant plant

Back 1

Bulb
Latin: Bulbus

Front 2

Dorsal Aspect of a turtle shell

Back 2

part used:Turtle Shell
Latin:Carsapax

Front 3

Part attaching Fruit to stem

Back 3

Carapax

Front 4

Tails of Root

Back 4

Caulis(Cs)

Front 5

Sea Shell

Back 5

Concha

Front 6

Bark

Back 6

Cortex

Front 7

Flos (Fl)

Back 7

Flowers

Front 8

Folium (Fm)

Back 8

Leaves

Front 9

Fructus (Fr)

Back 9

fruit

Front 10

Herba

Back 10

leaf,stem, sometimes flowers of short plant-everything above the ground

Front 11

Lignum

Back 11

heartwood

Front 12

Medulla

Back 12

pith:center of stem

Front 13

Os

Back 13

Bone

Front 14

Pericarpium (Pc)

Back 14

peel or skin

Front 15

Periostracum (Psm)

Back 15

slough: thin coating or shell of insects or mollusks

Front 16

Plastrum

Back 16

ventral aspect of turtle shell

Front 17

Radix (Rx)

Back 17

root

Front 18

Ramulus (Rml)

Back 18

twig

Front 19

Ramus (Rm)

Back 19

branch

Front 20

Rhizoma (Rz)

Back 20

rhizome: a part of a plant that may run both above and below ground put out its own roots and leaves/shoots

Front 21

Semen (Sm)

Back 21

seed or kernal

Front 22

Spica

Back 22

flower spike

Front 23

Squama

Back 23

scales

Front 24

Tuber

Back 24

tuber: larger swelling then rhizoma

Front 25

cum

Back 25

with

Front 26

seu

Back 26

or

Front 27

et

Back 27

and

Front 28

Conquitae

Back 28

cooked

Front 29

Recens

Back 29

fresh & undried

Front 30

et

Back 30

and

Front 31

Flavor

penetrates turbidity
1.material:phlegm, damp, turbidity
2.immaterial: loss of consciousness
Awakes the spleen/MJ
moving and very light

Back 31

Aromatic

Front 32

Herbs that stabalize/bind/hold in fluids or qi

Back 32

Astringent

Front 33

Metal, Yang, Dispersing, moving, stimulating, Upward, opens surfaces/causes sweating

Back 33

Acrid/Pungent/Spicy

Front 34

Earth, Yang Tonifying, harmonizing, nourishing, sometimes moistening Calm spirit & Moderate harsh herbs
Calms spasms

Back 34

Sweet

Front 35

Yin; Leach out dampness and promotes urination

Back 35

Bland

Front 36

Fire, Yin, Drains downward, dries, sometimes cooling

Back 36

Bitter

Front 37

Wood, Yin. Holds in leakage of fluids or qi esp xu

Back 37

Sour

Front 38

Water, Yin. Softens, dissolves, moistens, cooling and descending, mild purging

Back 38

Salty