TCM Herbs with Bitter Properties

Ai Ye (Mugwort Leaf, Moxa)
Bai Bu (Stemona Root)
Bai Guo (Ginkgo Nut)
Bai He (Lily Bulb)
Bai Hua She She Cao (Heydyotis, Oldenlandia)
Bai Ji (Bletilla Rhizome)
Bai Ji Li (Caltrop Fruit, Puncture Vine Fruit)
Bai Jiang Cao (Patrina, Thiaspi)
Bai Shao (White Peony Root)
Bai Tou Weng (Chinese Anemone Root, Pulsatilla)
Bai Wei (Swallowwort Root)
Bai Xian Pi (Dictamnus Root Bark)
Bai Zhu (Atractylodes (White) Rhizome) - Chinese Herbal Medicine
Ban Lan Gen (Woad Root, Isatis Root)
Ban Zhi Lian (Barbat Skullcap, Scutellaria)
Bei Xie (Dioscorea Root)
Bian Xu (Knotweed, Polygonoum)
Bing Lang (Betel Nut, Areca Seeds)
Bing Pian (Borneol)
Bu Gu Zhi (Psoralea Fruit)
Cang Er Zi (Cocklebur Fruit, Xanthium)
Cang Zhu (Atractylodes)
Ce Bai Ye (Biota Leaves)
Chai Hu (Thorowax Root, Bupleurum)
Chang Shan (Dichroa Root)
Chao Huang Bai (Dry Fried Amur Cork Tree Bark)
Chen Pi (Tangerine Peel)
Chen Xiang (Aloeswood)
Chi Shao (Red Peony Root)
Chuan Bei Mu (Fritillaria Bulb)
Chuan Lian Zi (Sichuan Pagoda Tree Fruit)
Chuan Xin Lian (Green Chiretta)
Chun Pi (Bark or Root Bark of Ailanthus)
Da Huang (Rhubarb)
Da Qing Ye (Woad Leaf, Indigo)
Dai Zhe Shi (Hermatite)
Dan Dou Chi (Prepared Soybean)
Dan Nan Xing (Jack in the Pulpit Rhizome and Bile)
Dan Shen (Salvia Root)
Dang Gui (Chinese Angelica Root)
Di Fu Zi (Broom Cyprus Fruit)
Di Yu (Bloodwort Root)
Du Huo (Angelica Root)
E Zhu (Zedoaria Rhizome)
Fan Xie Ye (Senna)
Fo Shou (Finger Citron Fruit)
Gan Sui (Kan Sui Root)
Gou Ji (Chain Fern Rhizome)
Gu Sui Bu (Drynaria Rhizome)
Guan Zhong (Dryopteris Root)
Guang Fang Zi (Aristolochia Root, Stephania)
Hai Feng Teng (Kadsura Stem, Futokadsura Stem)
Hai Ge Ke (Clam Shell)
Hai Tong Pi (Coral Bean Bark)
Hai Zao (Sargassum, Seaweed)
Han Fang Zi (Stephania Root)
He Shou Wu (Polygonum, Fleeceflower Root)
He Ye (Lotus Leaf)
He Zi (Myrobalan Fruit, Terminalia, Chebula)
Hong Teng (Sargentadoxa Vine)
Hou Po (Magnolia Bark)
Hu Huang Lian (Pierorhizae Rhizome)
Hu Zhang (Bushy Knotweed Root)
Huai Hua Mi (Pagoda Tree Bud)
Huai Niu Xi (Achyranthes Root)
Huang Bai (Amur Cork Tree Bark, Phellodendron)
Huang Lian (Coptis Rhizome)
Huang Qin (Baical Skullcap Root, Scutellaria)
Huang Yao Zi (Dioscorea Bulbifera Tuber)
Ji Xue Teng (Millettia Vine)
Jiang Huang (Tumeric Rhizome)
Jie Geng (Balloon Flower Rhizome)
Jiu Chao Zhi Mu (Wine Fried Anemarrhena Rhizome)
Ju Hua (Chrysanthemum Flower)
Jue Ming Zi (Cao Jue Ming, Foetid Cassia Seeds)
Ku Shen (Sophora Root)
Lian (Zi) Xin (Lotus Plumule)
Lian Qiao (Forsythia Fruit)
Liu Ji Nu (Artemesia)
Long Dan Cao (Chinese Gentian Root, Gentiana)
Lu Hui (Dried Aloe Leaf Juice)
Lu Lu Tong (Sweetgum Fruit)
Luo Shi Teng (Star Jasmine Stem)
Ma Dou Ling (Birthwort Fruit)
Ma Huang (Ephedra)
Ma Qian Zi (Nux-Vomica Seeds)
Mai Men Dong (Ophiopogon Tuber)
Man Jing Zi (Vitex Fruit Seed)
Mang Xiao (Glauber's Salt)
Mei Gui Hua (Young Flower of Chinese Rose)
Mo Yao (Myrrh)
Mu Dan Pi (Tree Peony Root Cortex)
Mu Tong (Akebia Caulis)
Mu Xiang (Costus Root)
Mu Zei (Scouring Rush, Shave Grass)
Niu Bang Zi (Great Burdock Fruit, Arctium)
Niu Huang (Cattle Gallstone)
Nu Zhen Zi (Privet Fruit)
Pi Pa Ye (Loquat Leaf)
Pu Gong Ying (Dandelion)
Qian Cao Gen (Rubia Root)
Qian Hu (Hogfennel Root)
Qian Niu Zi (Morning Glory Seed)
Qiang Huo (Notopterygium Root)
Qin Jiao (Gentiana Macrophylla Root)
Qin Pi (Bark of Korean Ash Branch)
Qing Hao (Wormwood)
Qing Pi (Green Tangerine Peel)
Qu Mai (Dianthus)
Ren Shen (Ginseng Root)
Ru Xiang (Frankincense)
San Leng (Scirpus Rhizome)
San Qi or Tian Qi (Pseudoginseng Root)
Sang Ji Sheng (Mulberry Mistletoe Stem)
Sang Ye (White Mulberry Leaf)
Sang Zhi (Mulberry Twig)
Sha Shen (Glehnia Root)
Shan Dou Gen (Subprostrate, Sophora Root)
Shang Lu (Poke Root)
She Chuang Zi (Cnidium Seeds)
She Gan (Belamcanda Rhizome)
Sheng Di Huang (Rehmannia)
Shi Di (Persimmon Calyx)
Shi Wei (Pyrrosia Leaves)
Shui Zhi (Leech)
Tai Zi Shen (Pseudostellaria)
Tao Ren (Peach Seed)
Tian Hua Fen (Trichosanthes Root)
Tian Men Dong (Asparagus Tuber)
Tian Nan Xing (Arisaema)
Ting Li Zi (Descurainia Seeds)
Tu Niu Xi (Tuniuxi Root)
Wang Bu Liu Xing (Vaccaria Seeds)
Wu Jia Pi (Acanthopanax Root Bark)
Wu Ling Zhi (Flying Squirrel Feces)
Wu Zhu Yu (Evodia Fruit)
Xi Jiao (Rhinoceros Horn)
Xi Xian Cao (Siegesbeckia Plant)
Xi Yang Shen (American Ginseng Root)
Xia Ku Cao (Selfheal Spike, Prunella)
Xian He Cao (Agrimony Grass)
Xiang Fu (Nut Grass Rhizome)
Xie Bai (Chive Bulb)
Xing Ren (Apricot Seed)
Xiong Dan (Bear Gallbladder)
Xiong Huang (Realgar)
Xu Duan (Japanese Teasel Root)
Xuan Fu Hua (Inula Flower)
Xuan Shen (Ningpo Figwort Root)
Ya Dan Zi (Java Brucea Fruit, Brucea)
Yan Hu Suo (Corydalis Rhizome)
Ye Jiao Teng (Polygonum Vine, Fleeceflower Vine)
Ye Ju Hua (Wild Chrysanthemum Flower)
Yi Mu Cao (Chinese Motherwort)
Yin Chen Hao (Yin Chen Hao Shoots and Leaves)
Yu Jin (Tumeric Tuber)
Yu Li Ren (Bush Cherry Pit)
Yuan Hua (Genkwa Flower)
Yuan Zhi (Senega Root)
Ze Lan (Bugleweed)
Zhe Bei Mu (Fritillaria Bulb)
Zhi Ke (Ripe Fruit of Zhi Shi)
Zhi Mu (Anemarrhena Rhizome)
Zhi Shi (Immature Bitter Orange)
Zhi Yuan Zhi (Honey Fried Senega Root)
Zhi Zi (Cape Jasmine Fruit, Gardenia)
Zi Hua Di Ding (Yedeon's Violet)
Zi Ran Tong (Pyrite)
Zi Wan (Purple Aster Root)
Zi Zhu (Callicarpa Leaf)
Zong Lu Pi (Trachycarpus Stipule Fiber)

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