Bitter (Ku) property herbs traditional chinese medicine 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 Jiang Cao Patrinia, Thiaspi Bai Ji Li Caltrop Fruit, Puncture Vine Fruit 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 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 Dai Zhe Shi Hermatite Dan Dou Chi Prepared Soybean Dang Gui Chinese Angelica Root Dan Nan Xing Jack in the Pulpit Rhizome and Bile Dan Shen Salvia Root Da Qing Ye Woad Leaf, Indigo Di Fu Zi Broom Cyprus Fruit Di Yu Bloodwort Root Du Huo Angelica Root E Zhu Zeodoaria Rhizome Fan Xie Ye Senna Fo Shou Finger Citron Fruit Gan Sui Kan Sui Root Gou Ji Chain Fern Rhizome Guang Fang Zi Aristolochia Root, Stephania Guan Zhong Dryopteris Root Gu Sui Bu Drynaria Rhizome 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 Hei Lao Hu Gen Root of Scarlet Kadsura He Shou Wu Polygonum, Fleeceflower Root He Ye Lotus Leaf He Zi Myrobalan Fruit, Terminalia, Chebula Hong Teng Sargentadoxa Vine Hou Po Magnolia Bark 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 Hu Huang Lian Pierorhizae Rhizome Hu Zhang Bushy Knotweed Root Jiang Huang Tumeric Rhizome Jie Geng Balloon Flower Rhizome Jiu Chao Zhi Mu Wine Fried Anemarrhena Rhizome Jiu Ji Nu Artemesia Ji Xue Cao Asiatic Pennywort, Gotu Kola Ji Xue Teng Millettia Vine Jue Ming Zi (Cao Jue Ming) Foetid Cassia Seeds Ju Hong Tangerine Peel (Red Part) Ju Hua Chrysanthemum Flower Ku Shen Sophora Root Lian Qiao Forsythia Fruit Lian (Zi) Xin Lotus Plumule 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 Mai Men Dong Ophiopogon Tuber Mang Xiao Glauber's Salt Man Jing Zi Vitex Fruit Seed Ma Qian Zi Nux-Vomica Seeds 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 Qiang Huo Notopterygium Root Qian Hu Hogfennel Root Qian Niu Zi Morning Glory Seed Qing Hao Wormwood Qing Pi Green Tangerine Peel Qin Jiao Gentiana Macrophylla Root Qin Pi Bark of Korean Ash Branch Qu Mai Dianthus Ren Shen Ginseng Root Ru Xiang Frankincense Sang Ji Sheng Mulberry Mistletoe Stem Sang Ye White Mulberry Leaf Sang Zhi Mulberry Twig San Leng Scirpus Rhizome San Qi (Tian Qi) Pseudoginseng Root Shan Dou Gen Subprostrate, Sophora Root Shang Lu Poke Root Sha Shen Glehnia Root She Chuang Zi Cnidium Seeds She Gan Belamcanda Rhizome Sheng Di Huang Rehmannia Shi Di Persimmon Calyx Shi Jian Chuan Red Sage Herb Shi Shang Bo Doederlein's Spikemoss 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 Xia Ku Cao Selfheal Spike, Prunella Xiang Fu Nut Grass Rhizome Xian He Cao Agrimony Grass Xie Bai Chive Bulb Xi Jiao Rhinoceros Horn Xing Ren Apricot Seed Xiong Dan Bear Gallbladder Xiong Huang Realgar Xi Xian Cao Siegesbeckia Plant Xi Yang Shen American Ginseng Root Xuan Fu Hua Inula Flower Xuan Shen Ningpo Figwort Root, Scrophularia Xu Duan Japanese Teasel 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 Yuan Hua Genkwa Flower Yuan Zhi Senega Root Yu Jin Tumeric Tuber Yu Li Ren Bush Cherry Pit Zao Xiu Paris Rhizome 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 Zhong Jie Feng Sarcandra Herb 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