Contents About the Editors xv Adenophora Nan Sha Shen फ≭খ 44 Lycium Gou Qi Zi 45 Contributors xvi ᶌᴲᄤ Lily Bai He ⱒড় 46 Preface xvii Ophiopogon Mai Men Dong 呺䮼ހ 48 Asparagus Tian Men Dong ໽䮼ހ 49 Acknowledgments xix Quinquefolium Xi Yang Shen 㽓⋟খ 50 Dendobium Shi Hu ⷇᭯ 51 Part One Chinese Veterinary Materia Polygonatum Yu Zhu ⥝ネ 52 Medica 3Polygonatum Huang Jing 咘㊒ 52 Ligustrum Nü Zhen Zi ཇ䋲ᄤ 53 Introduction to Chinese Herbal Testudinis Gui Ban 啳ᵓ 54 Medicine 5 Amyda Bie Jia 努⬆ 54 Huisheng Xie, Vanessa Preast Eclipta Han Lian Cao ᯅ㦆㤝 55 Chapter 1 Herbs to Tonify Defi ciency Tremella Bai Mu Er ⱑ᳼㘇 55 16 Sesame Hei Zhi Ma 咥㡱咏 55 Huisheng Xie, Min Su Kim, Herbs to Tonify Yang 56 Cheryl Chrisman Epimedium Yin Yang Huo ⎿㕞䳡 57 Herbs to Tonify Qi 17 Cistanche Rou Cong Rong 㙝㢕㪝 58 Ginseng Ren Shen Ҏখ 18 Morinda Ba Ji Tian Ꮘ៳໽ 60 Codonopsis Dang Shen ܮখ 20 Psoralea Bu Gu Zhi 㸹偼㛖 61 Astragalus Huang Qi 咘㡾 21 Eucommia Du Zhong ᴰӆ 63 Atractylodes Bai Zhu ⱑᴃ 23 Dipsacus Xu Duan 㓁ᮁ 64 Dioscorea Shan Yao ቅ㥃 25 Cuscuta Tu Si Zi 㦳ϱᄤ 66 Glycyrrhiza Gan Cao ⫬㤝 26 Cervus Lu Rong 呓㤌 67 Jujube Da Zao ໻ᵷ 28 Cervus Lu Jiao Jiao 呓㾦㛊 68 Ganoderma Ling Zhi ♉㡱COPYRIGHTED 28 Gecko MATERIAL Ge Jie 㲸㱻 69 Pseudostellaria Tai Zi Shen ໾ᄤখ 29 Drynaria Gu Sui Bu 偼⹢㸹 70 Gynostemma Jiao Gu Lan 㒲㙵㪱 29 Alpinia Yi Zhi Ren Ⲟᱎҕ 71 Rhodiola Hong Jing Tian 㑶᱃໽ 30 Astragalus Sha Yuan Zi ≭㢥ᄤ 71 Maltose Yi Tang 佈㊪ 30 Cordyceps Dong Chong Xia Cao ހ㰿໣㤝 71 Honey Feng Mi 㳖㳰 31 Cynomorium Suo Yang 䫕䰇 72 Curculigo Xian Mao ҭ㣙 72 Herbs to Tonify Blood 31 Walnut He Tao Ren Ḍḗҕ 73 Angelica Dang Gui ᔧᔦ 32 Trigonella Hu Lu Ba 㨿㡺Ꮘ 73 Rehmannia Shu Di Huang ❳ഄ咘 34 Actinolite Yang Qi Shi 䰇䍋⷇ 74 Paeonia Bai Shao Yao ⱑ㡡㥃 36 Polygonum He Shou Wu ԩ佪Р 38 Chapter 2 Herbs to Release the Exterior Asinum Gelatinum E Jiao 䰓㛊 39 77 Longan Long Yan Rou 啭ⴐ㙝 41 Xuguang Yang, Li Lin, Huisheng Xie Morus Sang Shen ḥἍ 41 Pungent-Warm Herbs to Release the Exterior 78 Herbs to Tonify Yin 42 Cinnamomum Gui Zhi Ḗᵱ 79 Glehnia Bei Sha Shen ࣫≭খ 43 Ephedra Ma Huang 咏咘 81 v vi Contents Ledebouriella Fang Feng 䰆亢 82 Eriobotrya Pi Pa Ye ᵛᵋ৊ 114 Schizonepeta Jing Jie 㤚㡹 83 Aristolochia Ma Dou Ling 偀ܰ䪗 115 Perilla Zi Su Ye ㋿㢣৊ 85 Notopterygium Qiang Huo 㕠⌏ 85 Chapter 4 Herbs to Clear Heat 117 Zingiberis Sheng Jiang ⫳ྰ 86 Huisheng Xie, Dayou Shi, Angelica Bai Zhi ⱑ㢋 86 Min Su Kim Magnolia Xin Yi Hua 䕯་㢅 86 Herbs to Clear Heat and Drain Fire 117 Xanthium Cang Er Zi 㢡㘇ᄤ 87 Gypsum Shi Gao ⷇㝣 117 Asarum Xi Xin 㒚䕯 87 Anemarrhena Zhi Mu ⶹ↡ 119 Ligusticum Gao Ben 㮕ᴀ 87 Gardenia Zhi Zi ᷔᄤ 121 Centipeda E Bu Shi Cao 吙ϡ亳㤝 88 Prunella Xia Ku Cao ໣ᶃ㤝 122 Pungent-Cool Herbs to Release the Exterior 88 Phragmites Lu Gen 㡺ḍ 123 Mentha Bo He 㭘㥋 89 Lophatherum Dan Zhu Ye ⎵ネ৊ 123 Chrysanthemum Ju Hua 㦞㢅 90 Herbs to Clear Heat and Cool Blood 124 Bupleurum Chai Hu ᷈㚵 92 Rehmannia Sheng Di Huang ⫳ഄ咘 124 Pueraria Ge Gen 㨯ḍ 94 Scrophularia Xuan Shen ⥘খ 126 Arctium Niu Bang Zi ⠯㩵ᄤ 95 Moutan Mu Dan Pi ⠵ЍⲂ 127 Cicada Chan Tui 㴝㳩 96 Lithosperm Zi Cao ㋿㤝 128 Morus Sang Ye ḥ৊ 96 Rhinoceros Xi Jiao ⡔㾦 129 Cimicifuga Sheng Ma छ咏 97 Bubali Shui Niu Jiao ∈⠯㾦 130 Soja Dan Dou Chi ⎵䈚䈝 97 Paeonia Chi Shao Yao 䌸㡡㥃 130 Chapter 3 Herbs to Transform Phlegm and Herbs to Clear Heat and Dry Dampness 130 Relieve Cough and Asthma Scutellaria Huang Qin 咘㡽 131 99 Coptis Huang Lian 咘䖲 132 Huisheng Xie, Yasu Xie, Phellodendron Huang Bai 咘ᶣ 134 Xiaolin Deng Gentiana Long Dan Cao 啭㚚㤝 135 Sophora Ku Shen 㢺খ 136 Herbs to Transform Cold-Phlegm 99 Dictamnus Bai Xian Pi ⱑ剰Ⲃ 136 Pinellia Ban Xia ञ໣ 99 Senecio Qian Li Guang ग䞠ܝ 136 Platycodon Jie Geng Ḩṫ 102 Fraxinus Qin Pi ⾺Ⲃ 137 Sinapsis Bai Jie Zi ⱑ㡹ᄤ 103 Arisaema Tian Nan Xing ໽फ᯳ 104 Herbs to Clear Heat and Release Toxins 137 Arisaema Dan Nan Xing 㚚फ᯳ 104 Lonicera Jin Yin Hua 䞥䫊㢅 137 Inula Xuan Fu Hua ᮟ㽚㢅 104 Forsythia Lian Qiao 䖲㖬 139 Cynanchum Bai Qian ⱑࠡ 105 Isatis Ban Lan Gen ᵓ㪱ḍ 140 Gleditsia Zao Jiao ⱖ㾦 105 Isatis Da Qing Ye ໻䴦৊ 141 Typhonium Bai Fu Zi ⱑ䰘ᄤ 106 Pulsatilla Bai Tou Weng ⱑ༈㖕 141 Oldenlandia Bai Hua She She Cao ⱑ㢅㲛㲛㤝 142 Herbs to Transform Heat-Phlegm 106 Lobelia Ban Bian Lian ञ䖍㦆 143 Fritillaria Chuan Bei Mu and Taraxacum Pu Gong Ying 㪆݀㣅 143 Zhe Bei Mu Ꮁ䋱↡ ⌭䋱↡ 106 Houttuynia Yu Xing Cao 剐㜹㤝 144 Trichosanthes Gua Lou ⪰ㆧ 107 Viola Zi Hua Di Ding ㋿㢅ഄϕ 144 Trichosanthes Gua Lou Ren Patrinia Bai Jiang Cao 䋹䝅㤝 144 and Gua Lou Pi ⪰ㆧҕ ⪰ㆧⲂ 108 Belamcanda She Gan ᇘᑆ 145 Trichosanthes Tian Hua Fen ໽㢅㉝ 108 Lasiosphaera Ma Bo 偀ࢗ 145 Bambusa Zhu Ru ネ㤍 108 Portulaca Ma Chi Xian 偀啓㢟 145 Bambusa Zhu Li and Rhaponticum Lou Lu ⓣ㡺 146 Tian Zhu Huang ネ≹ ໽ノ咘 109 Andrographis Chuan Xin Lian こᖗ㦆 146 Peucedanum Qian Hu ࠡ㚵 109 Smilax Tu Fu Ling ೳ㤃㢧 146 Lepidium Ting Li Zi 㩊㢜ᄤ 109 Brucea Ya Dan Zi 吁㚚ᄤ 147 Sargassum Hai Zao ⍋㯏 109 Fel Ursi Xiong Dan ❞㚚 147 Laminaria Kun Bu ᯚᏗ 110 Sterculia Pang Da Hai 㚪໻⍋ 110 Herbs to Clear Heat Due to Yin Defi ciency 147 Cyclina Hai Ge Ke ⍋㲸໇ 111 Artemisia Qing Hao 䴦㪓 148 Lycium Di Gu Pi ഄ偼Ⲃ 149 Herbs to Relieve Cough and Asthma 111 Stellaria Yin Chai Hu 䫊᷈㚵 150 Armeniaca Xing Ren ᴣҕ 111 Cynanchum Bai Wei ⱑ㭛 150 Perilla Su Zi 㢣ᄤ 112 Picrorrhiza Hu Huang Lian 㚵咘䖲 151 Morus Sang Bai Pi ḥⱑⲂ 113 Stemona Bai Bu ⱒ䚼 113 Herbs to Clear Summer Heat 151 Tussilago Kuan Dong Hua ℒހ㢅 114 Mosla Xiang Ru 佭㮋 151 Aster Zi Wan ㋿㦔 114 Dolichoris Bai Bian Dou ⱑ᠕䈚 152 Contents vii Nelumbo He Ye 㥋৊ 152 Luffa Si Gua Luo ϱ⪰㒰 185 Phaseolus Lu Dou 㓓䈚 152 Tripterygium Lei Gong Teng 䳋݀㮸 185 Citrullus Xi Gua 㽓⪰ 153 Acanthopanax Wu Jia Pi ѨࡴⲂ 186 Cibotium Gou Ji ⢫㛞 186 Chapter 5 Purgative Herbs 156 Saussurea Xue Lian Hua 䲾㦆㢅 186 Huisheng Xie, Min Su Kim, Elizabeth Fernandez Aromatic Herbs to Transform Damp 187 Herbs to Drain the Feces Downward 156 Atractylodes Cang Zhu 㢡ᴃ 187 Rheum Da Huang ໻咘 156 Magnolia Hou Po ८ᴈ 189 Mirabilitum Mang Xiao 㡦⸱ 159 Pogostemon Huo Xiang 㯓佭 190 Senna Fan Xie Ye ⬾⋏৊ 160 Amomum Sha Ren ⷖҕ 191 Aloe Lu Hui 㡺㤳 161 Amomum Bai Dou Kou ⱑ䈚㬏 191 Alpinia Cao Dou Kou 㤝䈚㬏 191 Herbs to Lubricate the Intestines 161 Eupatorium Pei Lan Խ݄ 192 Cannabis Huo Ma Ren ☿咏ҕ 161 Amomum Cao Guo 㤝ᵰ 192 Prunus Yu Li Ren 䚕ᴢҕ 162 Pinus Song Zi Ren ᵒᄤҕ 163 Herbs to Benefi t Urination and Drain Damp 192 Herbs to Purge Water Downward 163 Poria Fu Ling 㤃㢧 193 Pharbitis Qian Niu Zi ⡉⠯ᄤ 163 Alisma Ze Xie ⋑⋏ 194 Croton Ba Dou Ꮘ䈚 164 Polyporus Zhu Ling ⣾㢧 195 Phytolacca Shang Lu ଚ䰚 165 Plantago Che Qian Zi 䔺ࠡᄤ 196 Euphorbia Gan Sui ⫬䘖 165 Talcum Hua Shi ⒥⷇ 197 Genkwa Yuan Hua 㡿㢅 165 Akebia Mu Tong ᳼䗮 198 Tetrapanax Tong Cao 䗮㤝 199 Chapter 6 Herbs to Warm the Interior Artemisia Yin Chen Hao 㤉䰜㪓 200 167 Phaseolus Chi Xiao Dou 䌸ᇣ䈚 201 Huisheng Xie, Cheryl Chrisman, Coix Yi Yi Ren 㭣㢵ҕ 201 Min Su Kim Benincasa Dong Gua Ren ހ⪰ҕ 201 Aconite Fu Zi 䰘ᄤ 167 Benincasa Dong Gua Pi ހ⪰Ⲃ 202 Cinnamomum Rou Gui 㙝Ḗ 170 Zea Yu Mi Xu ⥝㉇乏 202 Zingiberis Gan Jiang ᑆྰ 171 Lagenaria Hu Lu 㨿㡺 202 Foeniculum Xiao Hui Xiang ᇣ㤈佭 172 Capsella Ji Cai 㤴㦰 203 Evodia Wu Zhu Yu ਈ㤅㨌 173 Dianthus Qu Mai ⶓ呺 203 Caryophyllum Ding Xiang ϕ佭 174 Kochia Di Fu Zi ഄ㙸ᄤ 203 Zanthoxylum Chuan Jiao ᎱỦ 174 Lygodium Hai Jin Sha ⍋䞥≭ 204 Piper Hu Jiao 㚵Ủ 174 Juncus Deng Xin Cao ♃ᖗ㤝 204 Alpinia Gao Liang Jiang 催㡃ྰ 174 Polygonum Bian Xu ᠕㪘 204 Pyrossia Shi Wei ⷇䶺 205 Chapter 7 Herbs to Dispel Damp 176 Malva Dong Kui Zi ހ㩉ᄤ 205 Huisheng Xie, Min Su Kim, Dioscorea Bi Xie 㧚㾷 205 Cheryl Chrisman Lysimachia Jin Qian Cao 䞥䪅㤝 206 Herbs to Dispel Wind-Damp 176 Polygonum Hu Zhang 㰢ᴪ 206 Angelica Du Huo ⣀⌏ 176 Abrus Ji Gu Cao 叵偼㤝 206 Gentiana Qin Jiao ⾺㡑 178 Loranthus Sang Ji Sheng ḥᆘ⫳ 179 Chapter 8 Herbs to Regulate (Stagnant) Qi Clematis Wei Ling Xian ࿕♉ҭ 179 209 Aconite Chuan Wu ᎱР 180 Huisheng Xie, Cheryl Chrisman, Aconite Cao Wu 㤝Р 180 Min Su Kim Chaenomeles Mu Gua ᳼⪰ 181 Citrus Chen Pi 䰜Ⲃ 209 Lycopodium Shen Jin Cao Ԍㄟ㤝 181 Citrus Ju Hong, Citrus Ju He, Bombyx Can Sha 㱩≭ 181 Citrus Ju Ye Ḩ㑶ḨḌḨ৊ 210 Agkistrodon Bai Hua She ⱑ㢅㲛 182 Saussurea Mu Xiang ᳼佭 211 Zaocys Wu Shao She РṶ㲛 182 Aurantium Zhi Shi ᶇᅲ 212 Piper Hai Feng Teng ⍋亢㮸 182 Cyperus Xiang Fu 佭䰘 213 Aconite Xue Shang Yi Zhi Hao 䲾Ϟϔᵱ㪓 183 Lindera Wu Yao Р㥃 214 Liquidambar Lu Lu Tong 䏃䏃䗮 183 Aurantium Zhi Ke (Zhi Qiao) ᶇ໇ 215 Siegesbeckia Xi Xian Cao 䈼㦊㤝 183 Citrus Qing Pi 䴦Ⲃ 215 Morus Sang Zhi ḥᵱ 184 Aquilaria Chen Xiang ≝佭 215 Erythrinia Hai Tong Pi ⍋ḤⲂ 184 Areca Da Fu Pi ໻㝍Ⲃ 216 Clerodentrum Chou Wu Tong 㟁ṻḤ 184 Kaki Shi Di ᷓ㩖 216 Stephania Han Fang Ji 䰆Ꮕ 185 Melia Chuan Lian Zi Ꮁἱᄤ 216 viii Contents Rosa Mei Gui Hua ⥿⩄㢅 217 Lycopus Ze Lan ⋑݄ 248 Litchi Li Zhi He 㤨ᵱḌ 217 Rosa Yue Ji Hua ᳜ᄷ㢅 248 Allium Xie Bai 㭸ⱑ 217 Eupolyphaga Tu Bie Chong ೳ努㰿 248 Santalum Tan Xiang ⁔佭 218 Strychnos Ma Qian Zi 偀䪅ᄤ 248 Citrus Fo Shou ԯ᠟ 218 Pyritum Zi Ran Tong 㞾✊䪰 249 Sappan Su Mu 㢣᳼ 249 Chapter 9 Herbs to Relieve Food Stagnation Artemisia Liu Ji Nu ߬ᆘ཈ 249 220 Hirudo Shui Zhi ∈㳁 250 Huisheng Xie, Min Su Kim, Tabanus Meng Chong 㱏㰿 250 Cheryl Chrisman Manitis Chuan Shan Jia こቅ⬆ 250 Crataegus Shan Zha ቅ἖ 220 Massa Fermentata Shen Qu ⼲᳆ 221 Chapter 12 Herbs to Calm Shen 252 Hordeum Mai Ya 呺㢑 221 Huisheng Xie, Vanessa Preast, Oryza Gu Ya 䈋⠭ 222 Min Su Kim Raphanus Lai Fu Zi 㦅㦨ᄤ 222 Light Herbs to Nourish the Heart Corneum Gigeria Ji Nei Jin 叵ݙ䞥 222 and Calm Shen 253 Ziziphus Suan Zao Ren 䝌ᵷҕ 253 Chapter 10 Herbs to Stop Bleeding 224 Biota Bai Zi Ren ᶣᄤҕ 254 Huisheng Xie, Min Su Kim, Polygala Yuan Zhi 䖰ᖫ 255 Cheryl Chrisman Heavy Substance to Anchor, Settle, Sanguisorba Di Yu ഄ὚ 224 and Calm Shen 256 Notoginseng Tian Qi or San Qi ⬄ϗ orϝϗ 225 Ostrea Mu Li ⠵㲢 256 Bletilla Bai Ji ⱑঞ 226 Draconis Long Gu 啭偼 257 Artemisia Ai Ye 㡒৊ 227 Polygonum Ye Jiao Teng ໰Ѹ㮸 258 Cephalanoplos Xiao Ji ᇣ㪳 228 Poria Fu Shen ӣ⼲ 258 Cirsium Da Ji ໻㪳 228 Albizzia He Huan