All Common Herbs

TCM: Listed under "Herbs that release the Exterior", in "Warm, Acrid Herbs", Notopterygium incisum, root and rhizome (qiang huo) enters the Bladder and Kidney channel. It releases the exterior and disperses Cold relieving headache stiff neck and sore shoulders, unblocks painful obstruction and alleviates pain. General: Notopterygium root and rhizome is used orally in formulas to treat common cold with headache and generalised body aches, headache and rheumatic disorders. It has been shown to have diaphoretic, anti-inflammatory and analgesic actions. …

Morus alba (sang ye) is sweet, bitter and cold and enters the Lung and Liver channels. It dispels Wind and clears Heat from the head, clears Lung Heat and Liver Fire, moistens the lungs, removes Blood Heat and improves eyesight. It treats the common cold caused by Wind Heat, cough due to Lung Heat,dizziness, headache, inflammation of the eyes and blurred vision. History The first known record of Morus alba leaf (sang ye) as a medicinal herb was in"Divine Husbandman's Clasic of the Materia Medica" …

Morinda root is used orally for debility, enuresis, polyuria, hernia, impotence and premature ejaculation, back pain, depression, increasing white blood cell count, stimulating the endocrine system, improving kidney function and strengthening the skeletal and nervous systems. It has been shown to have androgenic, immune stimulant and tonic actions as well as increasing the release of luteinising hormone. …

Listed under Herbs that release the Exterior, included in Cool, Acrid Herbs, it expels Wind-Heat from the head and the eyes, soothes the throat, facilitates the flow of Liver Qi, expresses rashes and expels turbidity. It is used in the treatment of common cold with heat signs, headache, inflammation of the eyes, upper respiratory infections and other epidemic febrille diseases in the initial stage, sore throat, itching skin, rubella, measles and ulcers in the mouth, toothache and urticaria. History Bo he was first listed medicinally in …