1. Ma Huang (Ephedra): A key herb for inducing sweating and releasing the exterior. It is primarily used for treating lung qi obstruction with cough and wheezing.
2. Bai Zhi (Angelica Dahurica): A key herb for treating Yangming headache.
3. Xin Yi (Magnolia Flower): A key herb for treating nasal congestion, headache, and runny nose.
4. Zi Su (Perilla): A commonly used herb for treating wind-cold colds.
5. Sheng Jiang (Fresh Ginger): Enters the spleen meridian, good for warming the middle and stopping vomiting, known as the “sacred herb for vomiting.”
6. Jing Jie (Schizonepeta): A common herb for dispersing wind and inducing sweating.
7. Fang Feng (Siler): A general herb for treating wind. A moistening agent among wind herbs.
8. Cang Er Zi (Xanthium): A good herb for treating nasal congestion.
9. Xiang Ru (Elsholtzia): A Ma Huang substitute for summer use.
10. Xi Xin (Asarum): A key herb for treating various pain syndromes caused by wind-cold and wind-damp, as well as nasal congestion headaches; also used for treating cold phlegm obstructing the lungs.
11. Ge Gen (Pueraria): A key herb for treating stiffness and pain in the neck and back.
12. Chai Hu (Bupleurum): A key herb for treating Shaoyang syndrome and commonly used for treating malaria with alternating chills and fever. (Also a key herb for treating liver and gallbladder syndromes.)
13. Shi Gao (Gypsum): A key herb for clearing and draining excess heat from the lung and stomach meridians. (A key herb for treating high fever in the qi level and excess fire in the lung and stomach.)
14. Zhi Zi (Gardenia): A key herb for treating heat diseases with irritability and restlessness.
15. Xia Ku Cao (Selfheal Spike): A key herb for treating liver yang dizziness, eye pain at night, and swollen lymph nodes.
16. Huang Lian (Coptis): A key herb for treating damp-heat and fire stagnation; also a key herb for treating dysentery.
17. Zhi Mu (Anemarrhena): A key herb for clearing and draining excess heat from the lung and stomach meridians.
18. Ku Shen (Sophora): A commonly used herb for treating damp-heat related leukorrhea and certain skin diseases.
19. Sheng Di Huang (Rehmannia): A key herb for clearing heat, cooling blood, and stopping bleeding.
20. Jin Yin Hua (Honeysuckle): A key herb for treating all internal and external abscesses.
21. Pu Gong Ying (Dandelion): A key herb for treating breast abscesses.
22. Zi Hua Di Ding (Viola): Especially effective for treating carbuncles and toxic swellings.
23. Ye Ju Hua (Wild Chrysanthemum): A good herb for treating external carbuncles and abscesses.
24. Chong Lou (Corydalis): A commonly used herb for treating abscesses, swellings, and snake bites.
25. Lou Lu (Rhizoma Typhonii): A good herb for treating breast abscesses.
26. Tu Fu Ling (Smilax): A key herb for treating syphilis.
27. She Gan (Belamcanda): A commonly used herb for treating sore throat.
28. Long Dan Cao (Gentian): A key herb for treating damp-heat and excess fire in the liver meridian.
29. Lian Qiao (Forsythia): Known as the “sacred herb for sores.”
30. Da Qing Ye (Isatis Leaf): A key herb for treating various conditions caused by blood heat and toxicity.
31. Yu Xing Cao (Houttuynia): A key herb for treating lung abscesses.
32. Hong Teng (Sargentodoxa): A key herb for treating intestinal abscesses.
33. She Gan (Belamcanda): A commonly used herb for sore throat.
34. Shan Dou Gen (Sophora): A key herb for treating sore throat.
35. Ma Bo (Fungus): A commonly used herb for sore throat, especially suitable for cases with bleeding and ulceration.
36. Ma Chi Xian (Portulaca): A commonly used herb for treating dysentery.
37. Ban Bian Lian (Lobelia): A commonly used herb for treating sores and abscesses caused by heat toxicity. (Lobelia family)
38. Jin Qiao Mai (Houttuynia): Particularly effective for treating lung abscesses with thick, foul-smelling phlegm or purulent blood.
39. Bai Tou Weng (Pulsatilla): A good herb for treating blood dysentery due to heat toxicity.
40. Bai Lian (Alisma): Commonly used for treating burns from water and fire.
41. Si Ji Qing (Houttuynia): Especially suitable for treating burns from water and fire.
42. Lu Dou (Mung Bean): Sweet and cold, good for resolving heat toxicity, such as from aconite, croton, arsenic, etc. A good detoxifying herb.
43. Sheng Di (Rehmannia): A key herb for clearing heat and cooling blood, stopping bleeding.
44. Mu Dan Pi (Moutan): A key herb for treating night sweats and bone steaming.
45. Qing Hao (Artemisia Annua): Good for clearing malaria chills and fevers, a good herb for treating malaria.
46. Di Gu Pi (Lycium): Clears sweating and bone steaming, a great herb for treating deficiency heat and bone steaming.
47. Yin Chai Hu (Bupleurum): A commonly used herb for treating deficiency heat and bone steaming.
48. Da Huang (Rhubarb): A key herb for treating constipation due to accumulation. Especially suitable for constipation due to excess heat. A commonly used herb for blood stasis syndrome.
49. Mang Xiao (Sodium Sulfate): A key herb for treating internal heat accumulation in the stomach and intestines, especially for hard stools that are difficult to pass.
50. Wei Ling Xian (Clematis): A key herb for treating wind-cold-damp bi syndrome with limb stiffness or numbness.
51. Fan Xie Ye (Senna): Used for habitual constipation and constipation in the elderly.
52. Du Huo (Angelica): A key herb for treating wind-damp bi pain. Suitable for both acute and chronic cases.
53. Wei Ling Xian (Clematis): A key herb for treating wind-damp bi pain. Its nature is strong and mobile, able to travel through the twelve meridians.
54. Xu Chang Qing (Corydalis): A key herb for treating wind bi or severe bi pain.
55. Chuan Wu (Aconite): A good herb for treating wind-cold-damp bi syndrome, especially suitable for cases with predominant cold evil.
56. Qi She (Agkistrodon): Penetrates bones to dispel wind and eliminate internal and external wind evil, a key herb for stopping wind. Especially effective for chronic stubborn bi syndrome. Also commonly used for convulsions and spasms, effective for wind toxin obstructing the skin surface. Wu Shao She has similar effects but is less potent and non-toxic.
57. Mu Guo (Chaenomeles): A key herb for treating wind-damp bi pain and meridian stiffness. (Commonly used for treating wind-damp bi syndrome with heaviness, stiffness, numbness, and vomiting or diarrhea.)
58. Song Jie (Pine Resin): Especially effective for treating wind-damp bi syndrome with predominant cold and dampness, dispelling wind-damp from the muscles and bones.
59. Hai Feng Teng (Cayratia): A commonly used herb for treating wind-cold-damp bi, joint pain, muscle stiffness, and limited movement.
60. Kunming Mountain Begonia: A good herb for treating chronic joint pain and numbness due to wind-cold-damp.
61. Xue Shang Yi Zhi Hao (Artemisia): Excellent for pain relief, a good herb for treating various types of pain.
62. Qin Jiao (Gentian): A moistening agent among wind herbs. Suitable for both cold and heat, new and old cases, especially effective for heat bi. Also a key herb for treating deficiency heat.
63. Fang Ji (Stephania): A key herb for treating wind-damp bi syndrome, especially for cases with heavy limbs and joint swelling and pain due to damp-heat.
64. Sang Zhi (Mulberry Branch): Suitable for treating bi syndrome regardless of cold or heat, new or old cases, especially effective for wind-damp-heat bi. Good for the upper limbs.
65. Hai Tong Pi (Erythrina): Especially effective for treating joint pain in the lower limbs.
66. Lei Gong Teng (Tripterygium): A key herb for treating stubborn wind-damp bi. The skin is highly toxic. (Celosia family)
67. Wu Jia Pi (Acanthopanax): A strengthening herb for dispelling wind-damp. Especially suitable for the elderly and those with chronic illnesses.
68. Gou Ji (Cibotium): Suitable for treating lumbar pain and stiffness due to liver and kidney deficiency with wind-cold-damp evil.
69. Qian Nian Jian (Eclipta): “Especially suitable for the elderly,” often used in conjunction with Zuan Di Feng.
70. Xue Lian Hua (Saussurea): Especially suitable for wind-damp bi syndrome with predominant cold and dampness.
71. Sang Ji Sheng (Mulberry Parasitic): A key herb for treating liver and kidney deficiency with restless fetus.
72. Huo Xiang (Agastache): A key herb for transforming damp turbidity. Can stop vomiting, especially effective for vomiting caused by damp turbidity obstructing the middle.
73. Cang Zhu (Atractylodes): A key herb for treating damp obstruction in the middle jiao. When wind-cold with dampness attacks, use Cang Zhu instead of Qiang Huo.
74. Hou Po (Magnolia Bark): A key herb for regulating qi, eliminating stagnation, and relieving distension. (A key herb for eliminating distension.)
75. Sha Ren (Amomum): A key herb for awakening the spleen and regulating the stomach. Especially suitable for cold-damp qi stagnation. A good herb for treating pregnancy-related qi stagnation, nausea, and restless fetus.
76. Fu Ling (Poria): A key herb for promoting urination and reducing swelling.
77. Che Qian Zi (Plantago): Promotes urination and relieves painful urination. Facilitates urination while solidifying stools.
78. Hua Shi (Talc): A good herb for treating damp-heat painful urination; a good herb for treating summer dampness; a key herb for treating damp sores, eczema, and prickly heat.
79. Qu Mai (Dianthus): A commonly used herb for treating painful urination, especially effective for heat painful urination.
80. Bian Xu (Polygonum): “Good for killing three worms” – roundworm, pinworm, hookworm.
81. Mu Tong (Akebia): A key herb for treating damp-heat painful urination and heart fire rising or moving down to the small intestine causing sores on the tongue and mouth, irritability, and red urine; also a key herb for promoting lactation and treating heat bi.
82. Hai Jin Sha (Lygodium): A key herb for treating various painful urination conditions, commonly used as an adjunct herb.
83. Shi Wei (Pyrrosia): Especially suitable for blood-tinged painful urination.
84. Bi Xie (Dioscorea): Good for promoting urination and clearing dampness, a key herb for treating greasy dampness. (Dioscorea family)
85. Jin Qian Cao (Lysimachia): A key herb for treating sand and stone painful urination; a good herb for treating damp-heat jaundice and liver-gallbladder stones.
86. Yin Chen (Artemisia): A key herb for treating damp-heat jaundice. (A key herb for treating jaundice.)
87. Fu Zi (Aconite): A key herb for warming and assisting yang, reviving yang and rescuing from collapse. (The “best herb for reviving yang and rescuing from collapse.”)
88. Gan Jiang (Dried Ginger): A key herb for warming the middle and dispersing cold. (The main herb for warming the middle jiao.)
89. Rou Gui (Cinnamon): A key herb for treating lower jiao deficiency cold, deficiency yang rising, and other conditions; a good herb for treating spleen and kidney yang deficiency. (A key herb for treating kidney yang deficiency.)
90. Wu Zhu Yu (Evodia): A main herb for treating liver cold qi stagnation pain. A key herb for treating middle cold liver counterflow or cold stagnation in the liver meridian. (A key herb for treating liver cold qi stagnation pain; also commonly used for spleen and kidney yang deficiency, and early morning diarrhea.)
91. Ding Xiang (Clove): A key herb for treating stomach cold and hiccups.
92. Mu Dan Pi (Moutan): A key herb for treating night sweats and bone steaming.
93. Chen Pi (Tangerine Peel): A key herb for treating phlegm.
94. Mu Xiang (Aucklandia): A key herb for regulating qi and relieving pain; also a key herb for treating damp-heat diarrhea with urgency and heaviness.
95. Xiang Fu (Cyperus): A key herb for soothing the liver, relieving depression, regulating qi, and relieving bi pain. A key herb for gynecological conditions. “The commander of qi diseases, especially for women,” a key herb for blood in qi.
96. Xie Bai (Garlic Chives): A key herb for treating chest bi.
97. Da Fu Pi (Areca): A key herb for relaxing the middle and regulating qi.
98. Shan Zha (Hawthorn): A key herb for digesting greasy meat and food stagnation.
99. Shen Qu (Fermented Grain): A key herb for treating food stagnation and external pathogens.
100. Mai Ya (Barley): A key herb for treating food stagnation from rice, flour, and tubers, can also promote lactation.
101. Lai Fu Zi (Radish Seed): For food stagnation and qi stagnation.
102. Ji Nei Jin (Chicken Gizzard): A key herb for promoting digestion and regulating the spleen.
103. Shi Jun Zi (Quisqualis): A key herb for treating roundworm disease; also a key herb for treating childhood malnutrition. Especially suitable for children. Avoid with tea.
104. Ku Lian Pi (Melia): A broad-spectrum anthelmintic herb. Mainly used to expel roundworms.
105. Bing Lang (Areca Nut): Expels tapeworms and can also promote bowel movements.
106. Nan Gua Zi (Pumpkin Seed): Expels tapeworms, used together with Bing Lang.
107. He Cao Ya (Corydalis): A new herb for expelling tapeworms. (Rose family)
108. Lei Wan (Corydalis): A broad-spectrum insecticide, especially effective against tapeworms. Can directly kill worms.
109. Da Ji (Cirsium): A key herb for treating blood heat and excessive movement.
110. Xiao Ji (Cirsium): A key herb for treating blood heat and excessive movement, as well as sores and abscesses.
111. Di Yu (Sanguisorba): A key herb for treating blood heat bleeding, especially for lower body bleeding; also a key herb for treating burns from water and fire.
112. Ce Bai Ye (Platycladus): A key herb for treating various bleeding disorders, especially effective for blood heat.
113. Zhu Ma Gen (Ramie): Stops bleeding, clears heat, and calms the fetus, traditionally regarded as a key herb for calming the fetus. (Nettle family)
114. San Qi (Notoginseng): A key herb for treating bleeding and blood stasis. (A key herb for trauma.)
115. Qian Cao (Rubia): A key herb for regulating menstruation in gynecology.
116. Pu Huang (Cat Tail): A good herb for stopping bleeding and promoting blood circulation. Effective for all blood conditions, regardless of cold or heat, with or without stasis, especially suitable for cases with stasis. Commonly used in gynecology.
117. Jiang Xiang (Frankincense): A commonly used herb for internal and external bleeding due to trauma.
118. Bai Ji (Bletilla): A key herb for stopping bleeding and promoting healing. Especially used for lung and stomach bleeding. Also commonly used for external ulcers to reduce swelling and promote tissue regeneration.
119. Zong Lan (Palm Charcoal): A key herb for stopping bleeding, especially effective for menorrhagia. Strong astringent properties, should be used for cases without stasis.
120. Ai Ye (Mugwort): A key herb for warming the meridians and stopping bleeding. A key herb for gynecological conditions with deficiency cold or cold obstructing the uterus; also a key herb for calming the fetus.
121. Pao Jiang (Fried Ginger): A key herb for treating bleeding disorders due to spleen not controlling blood.
122. Zao Xin Tu (Clay): A key herb for warming the meridians and stopping bleeding. Especially effective for vomiting and bloody stools.
123. Chuan Xiong (Ligusticum): Known as the “qi herb in blood.” “Regulates menstrual flow, opens up stagnation,” a key herb for gynecology. A key herb for treating blood stasis and qi stagnation; can also “ascend to the head” and is a key herb for treating headaches. “For headaches, use Chuan Xiong.”
124. Yan Hu Suo (Corydalis): Can “move blood and qi stagnation, and qi and blood stagnation, thus treating various pains throughout the body,” a good herb for activating blood and relieving pain. “For heart pain, seek Yan Hu Suo quickly.”
125. Yu Jin (Curcuma): A key herb for activating blood, regulating qi, and cooling blood.
126. Hu Zhang (Polygonum): A key herb for treating burns and snake bites.
127. Jiang Huang (Turmeric): Excellent for moving limbs and relieving bi pain.
128. Ru Xiang (Frankincense): A key herb for treating trauma. It can disperse stasis and relieve pain, activate blood circulation, and promote healing.
129. Mo Yao (Myrrh): A key herb for treating trauma, especially effective for severe blood stasis and qi stagnation causing stomach pain.
130. Wu Ling Zhi (Flying Squirrel Feces): A key herb for treating stasis pain. Often used in conjunction with Pu Huang, as in the formula “Shi Xiao San.”
131. Dan Shen (Salvia): A commonly used herb for regulating menstruation in gynecology. A good herb for activating blood and regulating menstruation. It can remove stasis and generate new blood without harming the normal qi. “One herb, Dan Shen, has the same effect as the Four Substance Decoction.” Additionally, the Four Substance Decoction consists of: Dang Gui, Chuan Xiong, Shu Di, and Bai Shao.
132. Hong Hua (Carthamus): A key herb for activating blood, dispelling stasis, and relieving pain; also commonly used for gynecological blood stasis conditions; and for treating trauma, stasis, and swelling.
133. Tao Ren (Peach Kernel): A good herb for treating constipation, intestinal abscesses, and lung abscesses. (A commonly used herb for treating various blood stasis conditions.)
134. Yi Mu Cao (Leonurus): A key herb for treating gynecological conditions related to menstruation and childbirth.
135. Ze Lan (Lycopus): A commonly used herb for treating gynecological conditions related to menstruation and childbirth. Especially suitable for edema caused by water and stasis.
136. Niu Xi (Achyranthes): A key herb for treating gynecological conditions. It activates blood and dispels stasis while promoting downward movement. Good for guiding fire (blood) downward.
137. Ji Xue Teng (Spatholobus): A commonly used herb for treating obstruction in the meridians and disharmony in the collaterals. (Legume family)
138. Wang Bu Liu Xing (Vaccaria): A key herb for promoting lactation. Also effective for treating sores and swelling.
139. Tu Bie Chong (Eupolyphaga): A commonly used herb for trauma. Especially effective for fractures, muscle injuries, and blood stasis swelling.
140. Ma Qian Zi (Strychnos): A good herb for reducing swelling, dispersing lumps, and relieving pain, commonly used for treating trauma and pain. Also effective for treating stubborn wind-damp bi, stiffness, pain, and numbness.
141. Zi Ran Tong (Copper): Promotes healing of fractures, a key herb for trauma.
142. Su Mu (Sappan Wood): A commonly used herb for treating blood stasis in gynecological conditions and other stasis-related conditions.
143. Gu Sui Bu (Drynaria): A key herb for trauma, known for its ability to enter the kidney and treat bone injuries, hence its name.
144. Xue Jie (Dragon’s Blood): A key herb for treating trauma and other stasis-related pain conditions.
145. E Zhu (Curcuma): Specializes in blood within qi, another “qi and blood herb” alongside Xiang Fu. Suitable for conditions caused by prolonged qi stagnation and blood stasis, as well as various bi pains caused by food stagnation and cold congealing. Often used in conjunction with San Leng.
146. San Leng (Sparganium): Similar to E Zhu, both can break qi and move blood, dispel accumulation, and relieve pain. San Leng is more focused on breaking blood, while E Zhu is more focused on breaking qi.
147. Ban Xia (Pinellia): A key herb for treating damp phlegm and cold phlegm. (A key herb for drying dampness and transforming phlegm, warming and transforming cold phlegm.) Especially suitable for treating damp phlegm in the organs. Its bitter taste can descend and harmonize the stomach, making it a key herb for stopping vomiting, especially effective for vomiting caused by phlegm-damp or stomach cold.
148. Yu Bai Fu (Corydalis): Disperses wind phlegm and stops pain, its nature is upward-moving. Especially effective for treating various diseases of the head and face.
149. Bai Jie Zi (White Mustard Seed): Good for eliminating “phlegm beneath the skin,” promoting qi and clearing phlegm.
150. Zao Jiao (Soapberry): Effective for stubborn phlegm obstructing the lungs, especially for cough with upward qi, thick phlegm, and difficulty lying flat.
151. Xuan Fu Hua (Inula): A key herb for treating lung and stomach qi counterflow. “All flowers rise, but Xuan Fu alone descends.” It can descend qi, transform phlegm, and stop vomiting.
152. Bai Qian (Cynanchum): Suitable for both cold and heat, external and internal injuries, new and chronic coughs, especially effective for phlegm-damp or cold phlegm obstructing the lungs, causing loss of descending lung qi. It can descend qi, transform phlegm, and warm cold phlegm.
153. Chuan Bei Mu (Fritillaria): Known for its moistening properties, especially suitable for chronic cough due to internal injury, dry phlegm heat, and cough with thick phlegm. A commonly used herb for treating heat phlegm and dry phlegm cough.
154. Zhe Bei Mu (Fritillaria): Known for its draining properties, commonly used for treating wind-heat cough and phlegm-heat obstructing the lungs. A commonly used herb for treating lung heat cough.
155. Zhu Li (Bamboo Juice): A key herb for treating phlegm-heat cough, especially effective for thick phlegm that is difficult to expectorate.
156. Zhu Ru (Bamboo Shavings): A key herb for treating stomach heat and vomiting.
157. Tian Zhu Huang (Bamboo Sugar): Clears and transforms heat phlegm, calms the heart and settles the spirit. Similar to Zhu Li but without the cold slippery drawbacks.
158. Qian Hu (Peucedanum): Used in conjunction with Bai Qian, but its phlegm-transforming power is not as strong. Its nature is cool, suitable for treating external cough without heat.
159. Jie Geng (Platycodon): Its nature is good for ascending. “One serves as a boat for all herbs, and one guides the medicine to the lungs.” It can carry medicine upward.
160. Meng Shi (Ming Stone): A good herb for treating seizures. It can dispel phlegm accumulation and calm the liver. As in the formula “Duo Ming San.”
161. Xing Ren (Apricot Kernel): A key herb for treating cough and wheezing.
162. Bai Bu (Stemona): Specializes in moistening the lungs and stopping cough. A key herb for treating both new and chronic coughs. It can also kill parasites and lice.
163. Zi Wan (Aster): Sweet and moist, warm but not hot, moist but not dry. Good for moistening the lungs, descending qi, opening lung stagnation, and transforming turbid phlegm. Suitable for all cough conditions, regardless of external or internal causes, duration, or nature.
164. Ma Dou Ling (Aristolochia): Especially suitable for cough and wheezing due to heat stagnation in the lungs, causing loss of descending lung function.
165. Sang Bai Pi (Mulberry Bark): Clears the lungs and calms wheezing, promotes urination and reduces swelling. Its effect is gentle. Clears lung heat and reduces lung fire, especially suitable for cases of wind-water and other yang water conditions.
166. Ting Li Zi (Ting Li): Clears the lungs and calms wheezing, promotes urination and reduces swelling. Its effect is strong. Clears water vapor and phlegm from the lungs, especially suitable for cases of severe wheezing and fullness that prevents lying down.
167. Bai Guo (Ginkgo): Especially suitable for women with leukorrhea due to spleen and kidney deficiency with clear and thin discharge. It can astringe the lungs, transform phlegm, and calm wheezing. When combined with Ma Huang, it can “astringe the lungs without retaining evil, and disperse the lungs without depleting qi.”
168. Yang Jin Hua (Datura): An anesthetic and cough suppressant. Used for adults and elderly patients with cough and wheezing without phlegm or with little phlegm, especially when other treatments are ineffective.
169. Gua Lou (Trichosanthes): A key herb for treating chest bi due to heat phlegm.
170. Qing Qing Zi Pei, You You Wo Si. Even if I do not go, will you not come?
171. Zhu Sha (Cinnabar): Both a heavy tranquilizer and a heart-clearing agent. A key herb for calming the heart and clearing fire, settling the spirit.
172. Long Gu (Dragon Bone): A commonly used herb for heavy tranquilization.
173. Suan Zao Ren (Sour Jujube Seed): A key herb for nourishing the heart and calming the spirit.
174. Xie Cao (Valerian): Calms the spirit, relaxes muscles, and relieves spasms.
175. He Huan Pi (Mimosa): Good for relieving liver depression and calming the spirit.
176. Yuan Zhi (Polygala): Connects the heart and kidneys, stabilizes the spirit, and enhances intelligence and memory.
177. Shi Jue Ming (Abalone Shell): Cools the liver and calms the liver. Especially suitable for liver and kidney yin deficiency with dizziness.
178. Dai Zhe Shi (Hematite): A key herb for heavy tranquilization and descending qi. Especially effective for descending rebellious stomach qi.
179. Ci Ji Li (Tribulus): A key herb for dispelling wind and brightening the eyes. Its taste is spicy, good for dispersing wind-heat in the liver meridian.
180. Sheng Tie Luo (Iron Filings): Used for anger and mania due to excessive liver fire.
181. Ling Yang Jiao (Antelope Horn): A key herb for treating internal wind movement, seizures, and convulsions. Especially suitable for cases caused by extreme heat generating wind.
182. Niu Huang (Cattle Gallstone): A good herb for clearing heat and detoxifying. Commonly used for treating children’s high fever, delirium, and convulsions.
183. Zhen Zhu (Pearl): Commonly used for treating various eye diseases.
184. Gou Teng (Uncaria): Especially suitable for treating liver yang transforming into wind, especially effective for convulsions and high fever in children. (A commonly used herb for treating internal wind movement, seizures, and convulsions.)
185. Tian Ma (Gastrodia): Can pacify liver yang and calm liver wind, its properties are gentle, suitable for various causes of internal wind movement, seizures, and convulsions, regardless of cold or heat. (A key herb for treating dizziness and headaches, suitable for both cold and heat.)
186. Quan Xie (Scorpion): A key herb for treating spasms and convulsions. Its potency is comparable to that of Ling Yang Jiao. Its nature is gentle.
187. Wu Gong (Centipede): Strongly penetrates both internal and external, dispelling wind and stopping convulsions. Both Quan Xie and Wu Gong are key herbs for calming wind. Its nature is dry and fierce.
188. Jiang Can (Silkworm): Especially suitable for treating seizures and epilepsy with phlegm-heat.
189. She Xiang (Musk): A key herb for reviving consciousness. Effective for various causes of closed syndrome and unconsciousness, regardless of cold or heat. Can also induce labor.
190. Su He Xiang (Liquid Amber): A key herb for treating cold-induced unconsciousness with pale complexion, cold body, white tongue coating, and slow pulse.
191. Bing Pian (Borneol): A cooling and opening herb.
192. Shi Chang Pu (Acorus): Specializes in treating phlegm-damp turbidity obstructing the clear orifices, causing confusion of consciousness.
193. Ren Shen (Ginseng): Greatly tonifies original qi, a key herb for rescuing from collapse (a key herb for rescuing from danger; a key herb for tonifying the lungs; a key herb for tonifying the spleen).
194. Xi Yang Shen (American Ginseng): A cooling tonic among qi tonics. Its nature is cool. Tonifies both qi and yin. Especially suitable for severe cases of qi and yin deficiency with excessive heat.
195. Dang Shen (Codonopsis): Tonifies both qi and blood.
196. Tai Zi Shen (Pseudostellaria): A cooling tonic among qi tonics. Its nature is neutral. Suitable for mild cases of qi and yin deficiency without excessive heat, especially for children.
197. Huang Qi (Astragalus): A key herb for tonifying the middle and benefiting qi. A key herb for treating qi deficiency and edema. Known as the “leader of tonics.”
198. Bai Zhu (Atractylodes): A key herb for tonifying qi and strengthening the spleen (the “first herb for tonifying and strengthening the spleen”).
199. Shan Yao (Dioscorea): A good herb for tonifying both qi and yin.
200. Gan Cao (Licorice): Tonifies the spleen and benefits qi, dispels phlegm and stops cough, alleviates pain, clears heat and detoxifies, harmonizes various herbs. Known as the “national elder.”
201. Da Zao (Jujube): A key herb for treating heart deficiency and nourishing the heart spirit, preventing “dryness of the organs.”
202. Sha Ji (Sea Buckthorn): Commonly used in Tibetan and Mongolian medicine for treating cough, wheezing, and excessive phlegm.
203. Yi Tang (Maltose): Especially suitable for treating abdominal pain due to spleen and stomach deficiency cold, with pain that worsens when hungry and improves after eating. Also used for developmental delays in children.
204. Lu Rong (Deer Antler Velvet): Strongly assists yang but acts slowly, used for treating chronic yang deficiency. Less effective for acute cases. A key herb for warming the kidneys, strengthening yang, tonifying the governor vessel, and benefiting essence and blood.
205. Yin Yang Huo (Epimedium): Also known as “Xian Ling Pi” or “Abandoning Staff Grass.” Tonifies the kidneys and strengthens yang, dispels wind and dampness.
206. Ba Ji Tian (Morinda): Especially suitable for treating kidney yang deficiency with wind-damp.
207. Du Zhong (Eucommia): A key herb for treating kidney deficiency with lumbar and knee pain or weakness in the muscles and bones; also effective for treating liver and kidney deficiency with threatened miscarriage.
208. Rou Cong Rong (Cistanche): A key herb for tonifying kidney yang and benefiting essence and blood.
209. Tu Si Zi (Cuscuta): Also a good herb for tonifying both yin and yang. Functions to tonify kidney yang, benefit kidney essence, stabilize essence, and reduce urination, and calm the fetus.
210. Ge Jie (Gecko): A good herb for treating various deficiency syndromes and cough. It has the ability to strengthen the foundation and cultivate the original qi.
211. Yi Zhi Ren (Alpinia): A key herb for treating spleen cold diarrhea or excessive salivation.
212. Dong Chong Xia Cao (Cordyceps): Has the ability to invigorate yang and restore vitality, also a good herb for tonifying both lung and kidney, especially suitable for cough with phlegm and blood.
213. Hai Ma (Seahorse): Has the ability to guide fire back to its source and restore true qi. Used for treating kidney deficiency with wheezing.
214. Dang Gui (Angelica): A key herb for regulating menstruation in gynecology; a good herb for tonifying blood (the “sacred herb for tonifying blood, a key herb for tonifying blood and regulating menstruation in gynecology”). A key herb for activating blood and dispelling stasis.
215. Wu Zei Gu (Cuttlefish Bone): A good herb for gynecological conditions.
216. Shu Di Huang (Rehmannia): A key herb for nourishing blood and tonifying deficiency; a key herb for tonifying kidney yin. “Greatly tonifies the true yin of the five organs,” “greatly tonifies true water.”
217. Bai Shao (White Peony): A key herb for treating liver yang hyperactivity, headaches, and dizziness.
218. E Jiao (Donkey-hide Gelatin): Sweet, neutral, and moist, a key herb for tonifying blood, especially effective for treating blood deficiency due to bleeding.
219. He Shou Wu (Polygonum Multiflorum): Not cold, not dry, not greasy, a good herb for tonifying.
220. Gou Qi Zi (Goji Berry): A good herb for tonifying kidney essence and liver blood.
221. Ma Huang Gen (Ephedra Root): A key herb for astringing the lungs, securing the exterior, and stopping sweating.
222. Fu Xiao Mai (Wheat): A good herb for nourishing the heart, securing fluids, and stopping sweating.
223. Wu Wei Zi (Schisandra): A key herb for treating chronic cough and deficiency wheezing. A commonly used herb for treating kidney deficiency with unstable essence leading to nocturnal emissions and premature ejaculation.
224. Wu Mei (Mume): A commonly used herb for treating chronic diarrhea and dysentery.
225. Ying Su Ke (Poppy Husk): A sacred herb for astringing the intestines and stopping diarrhea. Suitable for chronic diarrhea and dysentery without evil stagnation.
226. He Zi (Terminalia): A commonly used herb for treating chronic diarrhea and dysentery. A key herb for treating loss of voice.
227. Shi Liu Pi (Pomegranate Peel): A commonly used herb for treating chronic diarrhea and dysentery.
228. Chi Shi Zhi (Red Stone Fat): A commonly used herb for treating chronic diarrhea and dysentery, especially for dysentery with pus and blood. Often used in conjunction with Yu Yu Liang.
229. Shan Zhu Yu (Cornus): A key herb for tonifying both yin and yang; a key herb for stabilizing essence and stopping leakage; a key herb for preventing loss of original qi.
230. Sang Piao Xiao (Mantis Egg Case): A good herb for treating kidney deficiency with unstable essence, leading to nocturnal emissions, frequent urination, and leukorrhea.
231. Hai Piao Xiao (Cuttlefish Bone): A good herb for treating stomach pain and excessive stomach acid.
232. Lian Zi (Lotus Seed): A key herb for treating spleen and kidney deficiency with leukorrhea.
233. Qian Shi (Euryale): A good herb for treating leukorrhea.
234. Chun Pi (Ailanthus): A commonly used herb for stopping leukorrhea, especially effective for blood heat, menorrhagia, and bloody stools.
235. Ji Guo Hua (Cockscomb Flower): A commonly used herb for treating leukorrhea.
236. Chang Shan (Dichroa): A key herb for treating malaria. Especially effective for intermittent malaria and three-day malaria.
237. Liu Huang (Sulfur): A key herb for treating scabies.
238. She Chuang Zi (Cnidium): A commonly used herb for skin and gynecological conditions.
239. Feng Fang (Beehive): A commonly used herb for surgical conditions.
240. Sheng Yao (Surgical Powder): One of the commonly used herbs for external use in surgery.
241. Boro (Borax): A commonly used herb in otolaryngology and ophthalmology, mostly for external use.