銀 翹 散

Yín Qiáo Sǎn

jīn yín huā 30g, lián qiáo 30g, jié gěng 18g, bò hé 18g, 

niú bàng zǐ 18g, dàn zhú yè 12g, jīng jiè 12g,

dàn dòu chì 15g, gān cǎo 15g

lú gēn

金 銀 花

jīn yín huā

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Category: * Clear Heat Toxins

Honey Suckle Flower - Flos Lonicerae Japonicae

Properties: Sweet, Cold

Jīng Luò: Lung, Heart, Stomach (Feì, Xīn, Weì)

1- Clear Heat & Toxins

2- Cools Blood (Xuè), Stops dysentery

连 翘

lián qiáo

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Category: * Clear Heat Toxins

Fruit - Forsythiae Suspensae

Properties: Slightly Cold

Jīng Luò: Heart, Lung, Gall Bladder (Xīn, Feì, Dǎn)

1- Clear Heat & Toxins

2- Relieves Swelling, Disperses

薄 荷

bò hé

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Category: Relieve the Exterior caused by Wind-Heat

Mint - Menthae Haplocalycis, Herba

Properties: Pungent, Cool

Jīng Luò: Lung, Liver (Feì, Gān)

1- Promote Sweating, Release the Exterior

2- Eliminates Wind-Heat

3- Moves Qì, Relieves depression

牛 蒡 子

niú bàng zǐ

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Category: Relieve the Exterior caused by Wind-Heat

Arctii Lappae, Fructus

Properties: Pungent, Bitter, Cool

Jīng Luò: Lung, Stomach (Feì, Weì)

1- Eliminates Wind-Heat

2- Clears Heat Toxins

桔 梗

jié gěng

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Category: * Resolve Phlegm-Heat

Platycodi Grandiflori, Radix

Properties: Bitter, Pungent, Neutral

Jīng Luò: Lung (Feì)

1- Promotes Dispersing function of Lung, Eliminates Phlegm

2- Move Qì (of Lung/Chest)

淡 竹 葉

dàn zhú yè

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Category: Clear Heat

Lophatheri Gracilis, Herba

Properties: Sweet, Cool, Bland (Drain Dampness)

Jīng Luò: Heart, Small Intestine, Stomach (Xīn, Xiǎo Cháng, Weì)

1- Clear Heat, Relieve restlessness

2- Promotes diureses by promoting urination

荊 芥

jīng jiè

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Category: Relieve the Exterior caused by Wind-Cold

Schizonepetae Tenuifoliae, Herba seu Flos

Properties: Pungent, Slightly Warm

Jīng Luò: Lung, Liver (Feì, Gān)

1- Can cause Sweating, Relieve (Wind/Cold Invasion) the Exterior

2- Eliminate Wind, Clear Toxins

3- Harmonizes Blood, Stop bleeding

淡 豆 豉

dàn dòu chì

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Category: Relieve the Exterior caused by Wind-Heat

 Sojae Praeparatum, Semen

Properties: Bitter, Sweet, Pungent, Neutral

Jīng Luò: Lung, Stomach (Feì, Wèi)

1- Promotes Lung's function of Dispersing, Relieve the Exterior

2- Harmonize Middle, Clear Heat

甘 草

gān cǎo

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Category: * Tonify Qì

Glycyrrhizae Uralensis, Radix

Properties: Sweet, Neutral

Jīng Luò: Enters all 12 Channels

1- Tonifies Qì of the Middle

2- Clears Heat Toxins

3- Stop cough, Eliminates Phlegm

4- Harmonizes actions of other herbs

蘆 根

lú gēn

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Category: Clear Heat

Phragmitis Communis, Rhizoma

Properties: Very Sweet, Cold

Jīng Luò: Lung, Stomach (Feì, Wèi)

1- Clears Heat in Lung (Feì ZF)

2- Clears Heat in Stomach (Wèi ZF)

清 氣 化 痰 丸

Qīng Qì Huà Tán Wán

guā lòu 30g, chén pí 30g, huáng qín, 30g, xìng rén 30g, zhǐ shí 30g, fú líng 30g, dan nán xīng 45g, bàn xià 45g

瓜 蔞

gūa lóu

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Category: * Resolve Phlegm-Heat

Trichosanthis, Fructus

Properties: Sweet, Bitter, Cold

Jīng Luò: Lung, Stomach, Large Intestine (Fèi, Weì, Dà Cháng)

1- Clear Heat, Resolve Phlegm

2- Relax Chest, Disperse masses

陳 皮

chén pí

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Category: * Move Qì

Citri Reticulatae. Pericarpium

Properties: Pungent, Bitter, warm

Jīng Luò: Spleen, Lung (Pí, Feì)

1- Tonify Spleen, Move Spleen Qì

2- Dries Damp, Resolves Phlegm

黃 苓

huáng qín

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Category: Clear Heat

Scutellariae Baicalensis, Radix

Properties: Bitter, Cold

Jīng Luò: Heart, Lung, Gall Bladder, Large Intestine, Small Intestine (Xīn, Fèi, Dǎn, Dà Cháng, Xiǎo Cháng)

1- Clear Heat, Reduce Fire

2- Dry Damp

3- Cool Blood, prevent miscarriage

杏 仁

xìng rén

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Category: * Stops cough

Pruni Armeniacae, Semen

Properties: Bitter, Pungent, Slightly Warm, Slightly Toxic

Jīng Luò: Lung, Large Intestine (Fèi, Dà Cháng)

1- Stop cough and asthma

2- Moisten intestines, Relieve constipation

枳 實

zhǐ shí

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Category: * Move Qì

Citri Aurantii, Fructus Immaturus

Properties: Bitter, Pungent, Slighlty Cold

Jīng Luò: Spleen, Stomach (Pí, Weì)

1- Move Qì, Relieve accumulation

2- Resolve Phlegm

茯 苓

fú líng

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Category: * Promote diuresis

Poriae Cocos, Sclerotium

Properties: Sweet, Bland, Neutral

Jīng Luò: Heart, Lung, Spleen, Kidney (Xīn, Fèi, Pí, Shèn)

1- Promote diuresis, Eliminate Damp

2- Invigorate Spleen, Tonify Middle

3- Calm Mind

膽 南 星

dan nán xīng

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Category: Resolve Phlegm-Heat

Arisaematis, Rhizoma (prepared with pig's bile - Cold by nature) 

Properties: Bitter, Pungent, Warm, Toxic

Jīng Luò: Lung, Spleen, Liver (Fèi, Pí, Gān)

1- Resolve Phlegm, Dry Damp

2- Eliminate Wind, Resolve convulsion

3- Relieve swelling, Disperse Cramps

半 夏

bàn xià

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Category: * Resolve Cold-Phlegm

Pinelliae Ternatae, Rhizoma 

Properties: Pungent, Warm, Toxic

Jīng Luò: Spleen, Stomach, Lung (Pí, Wèi, Fèi)

1- Dry Dampness, Resolve Phlegm

2- Send Stomach Qì downwards, Stop vomiting

3- Disperse lumps

天 南 星

tiān nán xīng

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Category: Resolve Cold-Phlegm

Arisaematis, Rhizoma (prepared with Sheng Jiang - fresh ginger) 

Properties: Bitter, Pungent, Warm, Toxic

Jīng Luò: Lung, Spleen, Liver (Fèi, Pí, Gān)

1- Resolve Phlegm, Dry Damp

2- Eliminate Wind, Resolve convulsion

3- Relieve swelling, Disperse Cramps

生 薑

Shēng Jiāng

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Category: * Relieve the Exterior caused by Wind-Cold

Zingiberis Officinalis Recens, Rhizoma 

Properties: Pungent, Warm

Jīng Luò: Lung, Spleen, Stomach (Fèi, Pí, Wèi)

1- Warm the Lung, Relieve the Exterior (treats Wind/Cold invasion)

2- Warm Middle, Stop vomiting (sends Wèi ZF Qì downwards)

荊 防 敗 毒 散

Jīng Fáng Bài Dú Sǎn

qiāng huó 9g, dú huó 9g, chái hú 9g, qián hú 9g,

zhǐ ké 9g, fú líng 9g, jīng jiè 9g, fáng fēng 9g, 

jié gěng 9g, chuān xiōng 9g, gān cǎo 9g

羌 活

qiāng huó

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Category: * Relieve the Exterior caused by Wind-Cold

Notopterygii, Rhizome et Radix

Properties: Pungent, Bitter, Warm

Jīng Luò: Bladder, Liver, Lung, Kidney (Páng Guāng, Gān, Feì, Shèn)

1- Promote sweating, Relieve the Exterior

2- Eliminate Wind & Damp

獨 活

dú huó

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Category: * Relieve the Exterior caused by Wind-Damp

Angelicae Pubescentis, Radix

Properties: Pungent, Bitter, Warm

Jīng Luò: Liver, Kidney, Bladder (Feì, Shèn, Páng Guāng)

1- Eliminate Wind-Damp (arthritis in TCM)

2- Eliminate Cold, Relieve the Exterior

柴 胡

chái hú

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Category: * Relieve the Exterior caused by Wind-Heat

Bupleuri, Radix

Properties: Slightly Bitter, Slightly Cold

Jīng Luò: Liver, Gall Bladder, Spleen, Stomach, Sān Jiāo

(Gān, Dǎn, Pí, Wèi, Sān Jiāo)

1- Disperse Pathogens, Relieve the Exterior

2- Move Liver Qì, Clear Liver Heat

3- Lift Qì

羌 活

qián hú

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Category: Resolve Phlegm-Heat

 Peucedani, Radix

Properties: Bitter, Pungent, Slightly Cold

Jīng Luò: Lung (Fèi)

1- Send Lung Qi Downwards, Eliminate Phlegm

2- Eliminate Wind

枳 殼

zhǐ ké

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Category: * Move Qì

Citri Aurantii, Fructus

Properties: Bitter, Pungent, Slighlty Cold

(same as "zhi shi", but stronger)

Jīng Luò: Spleen, Stomach (Pí, Weì)

1- Move Qì, Relieve accumulation

2- Resolve Phlegm

防 風

fáng fēng

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Category: * Relieve the Exterior caused by Wind-Cold

Ledebouriellae Divaricatae, Radix

Properties: Pungent, Sweet, Slightly Warm

Jīng Luò: Lung, Liver, Spleen, Bladder (Feì, Gān, Pí, Páng Guāng)

1- Relieve the Exterior

2- Eliminate Wind, Relieve pain

3- Eliminate Damp, Relieve pain

川 芎

chuān xiōng

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Category: * Move Blood (Xuè)

Ligustici Chuanxiong, Radix

Properties: Pungent, Warm

Jīng Luò: Liver, Bladder (Gān, Páng Guāng)

1- Move Qì

2- Eliminate Wind-Damp

3- Move Blood, Relieve pain

蒼 耳 于 散

Cān Ér Zǐ Sǎn

cāng ěr zǐ 60g, xǐn yí huā 15g, bái zhǐ 30g, bò hé 15g

鼻 炎 片

Bí Yán Piàn

cāng ěr zǐ 9g, bái zhǐ 9g, qiāng huó 9g, xǐn yí huā 8g,

yě jú huā 8g, fáng fēng 8àg, xìng rén 8g, bò hé 8g,

bái zhú 8g, chuān xiōng 6g, huáng qín 6g

蒼 耳 子

cāng ér zǐ

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Category: Relieve the Exterior caused by Wind-Cold

Xanthii Sibirici, Fructus

Properties: Pungent, Bitter, Warm, Slightly Toxic

Jīng Luò: Lung, Liver (Feì, Gān)

1- Relieve the Exterior, Open nasal orifices

2- Eliminate Damp, Relieve pain

3- Eliminate Wind, Relieve toxin

白 芷

bái zhǐ

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Category: Relieve the Exterior caused by Wind-Cold

Angelicae Dahuricae, Radix

Properties: Pungent, Warm

Jīng Luò: Lung, Spleen, Stomach (Feì, Pí, Wèi)

1- Eliminate Wind, Relieve the Exterior

2- Eliminate Cold, Relieve pain

3- Eliminates Damp-Toxins

辛 夷 花

xīn yí huā

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Category: Relieve the Exterior caused by Wind-Cold

Magnoliae, Flos

Properties: Pungent, Warm

Jīng Luò: Lung, Stomach (Feì, Wèi)

1- Eliminate Cold, Open nasal orifices

野 菊 花

yě jú huā

[image]

Category: Clear Heat-Toxins

Chrysanthemi Indici, Flos

Properties: Bitter, Pungent, Cold

Jīng Luò: Lung, Liver (Feì, Gān)

1- Clear Heat-Toxins

桂 枝

guì zhī

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Category: * Relieve the Exterior caused by Wind-Cold

Cinnamomi Cassiae, Ramulus

Properties: Pungent, Sweet, Warm

Jīng Luò: Lung, Spleen, Heart, Bladder (Feì, Pí, Xīn, Páng Guāng)

1- Promote Sweating, Relieve the Exterior

2- Warm Yáng, Relieve pain

3- Circulates body fluid

白 术

bái zhú

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Category: * Tonify Qì

Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Rhizoma

Properties: Sweet, Bitter, Warm

Jīng Luò: Spleen, Stomach (Pí, Wèi)

1- Tonify Pi Qi (Spleen Qi)

2- Dry Damp, Promote diuresis

3- Consolidate body surface, Stop sweating