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Herb Categories

Release Exterior (warm or cool)


Regulate Qi


Regulate Blood (invigorate or stop bleeding)


Tonify Qi; Blood; Yin


Tonigy Yang & Warm Interior


Clear Heat


Drain Damp


Transform Phlegm


Dispel Wind-Damp


Stabilize & Bind


Drain Downward


Calm Spirt



1

1

Gui Zhi




Pharmaceutical: Cinnamomi Ramulus


Category: Release Exterior (warm)




English: Cinnamon twig, cassia twig





2

2

Ma Huang




Pharmaceutical: Ephedrae Herba


Category: Release Exterior (warm)




English: ephedra stem, ma-huang

3

3

Chai Hu




Pharmaceutical: Bupleuri Radix


Category: Release Exterior (cool)




English: Bupleurum, hare's ear root, thorowax root

4

4

Fang Feng




Pharmaceutical: Saposhnikoviae Radix


Category: Release Exterior (warm)




English: Saposhnikovia root, ledebouriella root, siler

5

5

Chen Pi




Pharmaceutical: Citri reticulatae Pericarpium


Category: Regulate Qi




English: aged tangerine peel, citrus

6

6

Zhi Shi




Pharmaceutical: Aurantii Fructus immaturus


Category: Regulate Qi




English: unripe bitter orange

7

7

Chuan Xiong




Pharmaceutical: Chuanxiong Rhizoma


Category: Regulate Blood (Invigorate)




English: Szechuan lovage root

8

8

Dan Shen




Pharmaceutical: Salviae miltiorrhizae Radix


Category: Regulate Blood (Invigorate)




English: salvia root

9

9

Ru Xiang




Pharmaceutical: Olibanum


Category: Regulate Blood (Invigorate)




English: Frankincense, gum olibanum

10

10

Mo Yao




Pharmaceutical: Myrrha


Category: Regulate Blood (Invigorate)




English: Myrrh

11

11

Huang Qi




Pharmaceutical: Astragali Radix


Category: Tonify Qi




English: astragalus root, milk-vetch root

12

12

Bai Zhu




Pharmaceutical: Atractylodis macrocephalae


Rhizoma


Category: Tonify Qi




English: white atractylodes rhizome

13

13

Zhi Gan Cao (Gan Cao)




Pharmaceutical: Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fischer, Radix Preperata


Category: Tonify Qi




English: Licorice root

14

14

Shu Di Huang




Pharmaceutical: Rehmannia glutinosa Radix Preperata


Category: Tonify Blood




English: cooked rehmannia root, foxglove root

15

15

Dang Gui




Pharmaceutical: Angelicae sinensis Radix


Category: Tonify Blood




English: Chinese angelica root, tangkuei

16

16

Bai Shao




Pharmaceutical: Paeonia lactiflora Radix


Category: Tonify Blood




English: white peony root, peony