All Common Herbs

TCM: Listed under "Herbs that release the Exterior", in "Warm, Acrid Herbs",Perilla frutescens, leaf (zi su ye) enters the Lung and Spleen channels disperses Wind-Cold and induces diaphoresis, regulates Qi to harmonize the Stomach, calms the restless foetus. General: Treats common cold due to Wind-Cold, cough, fullness and oppression in the chest, nausea and vomiting, morning sickness, fish poisoning, headache and nasal obstruction. …

See Paeonia suffruticosa, root bark …

TCM: Listed under "Herbs that clear Heat", included in "Herbs that cool the Blood", acrid, bitter, slightly cold Paeonia suffruticosa (mu dan pi) enters the Heart, Kidney and Liver channels. It clears Heat and cools the Blood, clears Fire from deficiency, invigorates the Blood and dispels Blood stasis, clears ascending Liver Fire, drains pus and reduces swelling. General: For the treatment of eruptive febrile disease caused byvirulent pathogenic heat with symptoms such as nose bleed, blood in the sputum or vomit or subcutaneous bleeding, …

Peony is known simply as ‘shaoyao’ when not distinguishing between red and white peony. ‘Shao’ refers to the peony plant, while ‘yao’ means medicine; hence ‘shaoyao’ means: the medicine made from peony. The earliest mention of Peony (shaoyao) was listed in the ‘Divine Husbandman’s Classic of the Materia Medica’ (Shennong Bencao Jing) written in the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 CE) as one of the 120 drugs in the second or middle class ” If one wishes to prevent illnesses and to balance …