Introduction:The complete collection of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine illustrations is here, and it is worth your permanent collection! Below is a compilation of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine illustrations along with their properties, meridian affiliations, and therapeutic functions for your appreciation and reference. Additionally, each herb is accompanied by its aliases for easier application in daily practice.
1. Wind-Dispelling Herbs
1. Ginger (Sheng Jiang) Aliases: Big Ginger, Fresh Ginger
Angelica Dahurica (Bai Zhi) Aliases: Fragrant, Ze Fen
Saposhnikovia Divaricata (Fang Feng) Aliases: Copper Grass, Fennel Grass, Bai Zhi, Ping Feng
Xanthium (Cang Er) Aliases: Common Cang Er, Earth Cang Er, Dao Ren Tou, Pig Ear, Thorny Plant
Notopterygium (Qiang Huo) Aliases: Qiang Qing, Protector of Qiang, Qiang Huo, Wind-Dispersing Messenger
Asarum (Xi Xin) Aliases: Small Xin, Fine Grass, Shao Xin, Single Leaf Grass, Mountain Ginseng
Schizonepeta (Jing Jie) Aliases: Fragrant Schizonepeta, False Perilla, Ginger Schizonepeta, Four-Ribbed Artemisia, Stable Tooth Vegetable
Cinnamon Twig (Gui Zhi) Aliases: Willow Cinnamon
Ephedra (Ma Huang) Aliases: Dragon Sand, Dog Bone, Lowly Xiang, Lowly Salt
2. Wind-Dispersing Heat Herbs
Burdock Seed (Niu Bang Zi) Aliases: Mouse Sticky Seed, Big Power Seed, Evil Seed
Rheum (Sheng Ma) Aliases: Zhou Ma, Chicken Bone Sheng Ma, Ghost Face Sheng Ma
Bupleurum (Chai Hu) Aliases: Earth Xun, Chai Grass, Chai Grass, Zi Hu
Pueraria (Ge Gen) Aliases: Sweet Ge, Dry Ge, Powder Ge, Ge Tiao Gen
Mulberry Leaf (Sang Ye) Aliases: Iron Fan, Silkworm Leaf
Chrysanthemum (Ju Hua) Aliases: Sweet Chrysanthemum, Golden Petal, True Chrysanthemum, Medicinal Chrysanthemum
Peppermint (Bo He) Aliases: Fan Mint, Earth Mint, South Mint, Ren Dan Grass, Wild Mint
3. Fire-Clearing Herbs
Trichosanthes (Tian Hua Fen) Aliases: Gourd Root, Flower Powder, White Medicine, Auspicious Snow
Cassia Seed (Jue Ming Zi) Aliases: Grass Jue Ming, Horse Hoof Jue Ming, Thousand Mile Light, False Green Bean
Anemarrhena (Zhi Mu) Aliases: Lian Mu, Water Beard, Ground Dragon, Sheep Whiskers
Gardenia (Zhi Zi) Aliases: Wood Dan, Yue Peach, Mountain Gardenia, Yellow Chicken, Yellow Gardenia
Lotus Seed Heart (Lian Zi Xin) Aliases: Bitter Yi, Lian Yi, Lotus Heart
Summer Caltrop (Xia Ku Cao) Aliases: Iron Color Grass, Stick Column Head Flower, Hammer Grass, Stick Hammer Grass, Cow Dried Grass
2. Heat-Clearing and Dampness-Drying Herbs
Gentiana (Long Dan) Aliases: Ling You, Grass Gentiana, Bitter Earth Gentiana, Mountain Gentiana, Water Gentiana
White Fresh Skin (Bai Xian Pi) Aliases: Wild Pepper Skin, White Sheep Fresh, Northern Fresh Skin, Stinky Root Skin, Eight-Section Cow, Eight-Section Cow, Hero Pull
Bitter Herb (Ku Shen) Aliases: Earth Sophora, Bitter Bone, Penetrating Herb, Cow Herb, Earth Herb, Wild Sophora, Mountain Sophora
Yuan Zhi (Ya Dan Zi) Aliases: Old Yuan Zhi, Yuan Egg, Small Bitter Neem, Bitter Neem Seed
Scutellaria (Huang Qin) Aliases: Mountain Tea Root, Huang Qin Tea, Earth Gold Tea Root
Huang Bai (Huang Bai) Aliases: Huangbo, Round Huang, Bo Mu, Chuan Huang Bai
Huang Lian (Huang Lian) Aliases: Chuan Lian, Chuan Huang Lian, Jiang Huang Lian, Wu Yu Huang Lian, Jiu Lian
3. Heat-Clearing and Fire-Clearing Herbs Big Green Leaf (Da Qing Ye) Aliases: Big Green, Northern Board Root, Big Indigo
Mountain Bean Root (Shan Dou Gen) Aliases: Bean Root, Northern Bean Root, Broad Bean Root, Bitter Bean Root
North Bean Root (Bei Dou Gen) Aliases: Bat Ge Root, Northern Mountain Bean Root, Mountain Sweet Potato Vine, Bat Vine
White Head (Bai Tou Weng) Aliases: Wild Elder, Head Public, Hairy Aunt Flower, Old Man Flower
White Root (Bai Lian) Aliases: White Root, Mountain Sweet Potato, Goose Egg, Earth Mouse, Cat Egg
