All Common Herbs

TCM:Listed under "Herbs that clear Heat", included in "Herbs that clear Heat and resolve Toxicity", sweet, bland, neutral Smilax glabra (tu fu ling) enters the Liver and stomach channels. It clears Heat and Toxins, eliminates Dampness, clears Damp-Heat from the skin and eases joint movements. General: For the treatment of aching joint pain, urinary tract  infections, leukorrhea, eczema, syphilis, psoriasis. …

TCM: Listed under ‘Herbs that clear Heat’, included in ‘Herbs that drain Fire’, bitter, sweet, salty, slightly cold Senna tora enters the Liver, Large Intestine and Kidney channels. It clears Heat, cools Wind-Heat or Heat in the Liver,relieves Liver Yang rising and moistens the intestines to ease bowel movements. General: Eye problems such as red, swollen, painful eyes, photosensitivity, blurred vision, headaches and dizzziness from rising Liver Yang, constipation, lowers cholesterol and blood pressure, …

TCM: Listed under "Herbs that drain downwards", included in "Purgatives", sweet, bitter, cold Senna alexandrina enters the Large Intestine channel. It purges stagnation, guides out stagnant Heat in the Intestines and promotes urination. General: For the treatment of Heat accumulation, food stagnation, constipation, abdominal pain and edema. …

History Scutellaria baicalensis has been used in Chinese medicine for more than two thousand years. It was first mentioned in the ‘Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing’ / Divine Husbandman’s Classic of the Materia Medica from the Qin or Eastern Han dynasty (25 – 220CE). It was listed in the middle class of drugs ie. therapeutic substances with limited toxicity, intended to the treat the sick. The formulas in the ‘Discussion of Cold-Induced Disorders’ (shang han lun), by  Zhang Zhong-Jing, ( Han Dynasty, …

TCM: Listed under "Herbs that clear Heat’", included in "Herbs that cool the Blood", salty, sweet, bitter, cold Scrophularia ningpoensis root nourishes the Yin, detoxifies, extinguishes Fire, moistens dryness, softens hardness and dissipates nodules, transforms Phlegm Heat. General: For the treatment of Warm Heat pathogens causing bleeding and fever, for thirst, insomnia, night sweats, sore throat, skin eruptions, scrophula, goitre and nodules,  constipation due to lack of body fluids. …

TCM: Listed under "Herbs that release the Exterior", in "Warm, Acrid Herbs", Schizonepeta tenuifolia, herb top flowering (jing jie) enters the Lung and Liver channels. Used for both Wind-Heat and Wind-Cold, it induces diaphoresis, regulates blood circulation and promotes eruption of rashes, vents rashes and alleviates itching and stops bleeding when carbonized. General: It treats fever due to common cold, headache, swelling and pain of the throat, lockjaw, measles without full expression, uticaria due to contact with plants, carbuncles and sores and haematemesis, non-traumatic hemorrhaging and …

TCM: Listed under "Herbs that release the Exterior", in "Warm, Acrid Herbs", Saposhnikovia divaricata, root (fang feng) enters the Bladder, Liver and Spleen channels. It treats all Wind disorders, expelling Wind, Wind-Damp and alleviating pain. It expels Wind and relieves spasms, treating dampness, diarrhoea and pain in the bowels. General:  Treats common cold, headache, fever, lack of sweat, joint pain, spasmodic pain of the limbs, tetanus. …