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Tong Cao - Rice Paper Pith
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Ai Ye (Mugwort Leaf, Moxa)
Ba Dou (Croton Seed)
Ba Ji Tian (Morinda Root)
Ba Qia (Chinaroot Greenbier Rhizome)
Bai Bian Dou (Hyacinth Bean)
Bai Bu (Stemona Root)
Bai Dou Kou (Round Cardamon Fruit, White Cardamon)
Bai Fu Zi (Typhonium Rhizome)
Bai Guo (Ginkgo Nut)
Bai He (Lily Bulb)
Bai Hua She (Agkistrodon, Bungarus Snake with Inner Organs Removed)
Bai Hua She She Cao (Heydyotis, Oldenlandia)
Bai Ji (Bletilla Rhizome)
Bai Ji Li (Caltrop Fruit, Puncture Vine Fruit)
Bai Jiang Cao (Patrinia, Thiaspi)
Bai Jie Zi (White Mustard Seed)
Bai Mao Gen (Wolly Grass Root)
Bai Qian (Cynanchum Rhizome)
Bai Shao (White Peony Root)
Bai Tou Weng (Chinese Anemone Root, Pulsatilla)
Bai Wei (Swallowwort Root)
Bai Xian Pi (Dictamnus Root Bark)
Bai Zhi (Angelica Root)
Bai Zhu (Atractylodes (White) Rhizome)
Bai Zi Ren (Arbor-Vitae Seed)
Ban Bian Lian (Lobelia)
Ban Lan Gen (Woad Root, Isatis Root)
Ban Mao (Cantharides, Mylabris)
Ban Xia (Pinellia Rhizome)
Ban Zhi Lian (Barbat Skullcap, Scutellaria)
Bei Xie (Dioscorea Root)
Bian Xu (Knotweed, Polygonoum)
Bie Jia (Chinese Soft Turtle Shell)
Bing Lang (Betel Nut, Areca Seeds)
Bing Pian (Borneol)
Bo He (Field Mint, Mentha)
Bu Gu Zhi (Psoralea Fruit)
Can Sha (Silkworm Feces)
Cang Er Zi (Cocklebur Fruit, Xanthium)
Cang Zhu (Atractylodes)
Cao Dou Kou (Katsumadai, Grass Cardamon)
Ce Bai Ye (Biota Leaves)
Chai Hu (Thorowax Root, Bupleurum)
Chan Tui (Cicada Moulting)
Chang Shan (Dichroa Root)
Chao Huang Bai (Dry Fried Amur Cork Tree Bark)
Che Qian Zi (Plantago Seeds)
Chen Pi (Tangerine Peel)
Chen Xiang (Aloeswood)
Chi Shao (Red Peony Root)
Chi Shi Zhi (Halloysite, Kaolin)
Chi Xiao Dou (Aduki Bean)
Chuan Bei Mu (Fritillaria Bulb)
Chuan Jiao (Szechuan Pepper)
Chuan Lian Zi (Sichuan Pagoda Tree Fruit)
Chuan Shan Jia (Pangolin Scales)
Chuan Xin Lian (Green Chiretta)
Chuan Xiong (Szechuan Lovage Root)
Chun Pi (Bark or Root Bark of Ailanthus)
Ci Shi (Magnetite)
Cong Bai (Spring Onion)
Da Fu Pi (Areca Peel, Betel Husk)
Da Huang (Rhubarb)
Da Ji (Japanese Thistle)
Da Qing Ye (Woad Leaf, Indigo)
Da Zao (Chinese Date, Jujube)
Dai Zhe Shi (Hermatite)
Dan Dou Chi (Prepared Soybean)
Dan Nan Xing (Jack in the Pulpit Rhizome and Bile)
Dan Shen (Salvia Root)
Dan Zhu Ye (Lophatherum Stem and Leaves)
Dang Gui (Chinese Angelica Root)
Dang Shen (Codonopsis Root)
Deng Xin Cao (Rush Pith)
Di Fu Zi (Broom Cyprus Fruit)
Di Gu Pi (Wolfberry Root Cortex)
Di Long (Earthworm)
Di Yu (Bloodwort Root)
Ding Xiang (Clove Flower Bud)
Dong Chong Xia Cao (Chinese Caterpillar Fungus, Cordyceps)
Dong Gua Ren (Winter Melon Seed)
Dong Kui Zi (Musk Mallow Seeds)
Du Huo (Angelica Root)
Du Zhong (Eucommia Bark)
E Jiao (Donkey-Hide Glue, Gelatin)
E Zhu (Zeodoaria Rhizome)
Fan Xie Ye (Senna)
Fang Feng (Ledebouriella root, siler)
Fo Shou (Finger Citron Fruit)
Fu Hai Shi (Pumice)
Fu Ling (Poria, China Root)
Fu Pen Zi (Chinese Raspberry)
Fu Ping (Duckweed, Spirodela)
Fu Xiao Mai (Un-Ripe Wheat Grain)
Fu Zi (Prepared Aconite Root)
Gan Cao (Licorice Root)
Gan Jiang (Dried Ginger Root)
Gan Sui (Kan Sui Root)
Gao Ben (Chinese Lovage Root, Ligusticum Root)
Gao Liang Jiang (Galangal Rhizome)
Ge Gen (Kudzu Root, Pueraria)
Ge Jie (Gecko)
Geng Mi (Rice)
Gou Ji (Chain Fern Rhizome)
Gou Qi Zi (Chinese Wolfberry Fruit)
Gou Teng (Gambir Vine Stems and Thorns)
Gu Jing Cao (Pipewort Scapus, Inflorescence)
Gu Sui Bu (Drynaria Rhizome)
Gu Ya (Rice Sprout)
Gua Lou (Trichosanthes Fruit)
Gua Lou Ren (Trichosanthes Fruit Seeds)
Guan Zhong (Dryopteris Root)
Guang Fang Zi (Aristolochia Root, Stephania)
Gui Ban (Fresh Water Turtle Shell)
Gui Zhi (Cinnamon Twig)
Hai Feng Teng (Kadsura Stem, Futokadsura Stem)
Hai Ge Ke (Clam Shell)
Hai Piao Xiao (Cuttlefish Bone)
Hai Tong Pi (Coral Bean Bark)
Hai Zao (Sargassum, Seaweed)
Han Fang Zi (Stephania Root)
Han Lian Cao (Eclipta)
Han Shui Shi (Calcitum)
He Huan Pi (Mimosa Tree Bark)
He Shou Wu (Polygonum, Fleeceflower Root)
He Ye (Lotus Leaf)
He Zi (Myrobalan Fruit, Terminalia, Chebula)
Hei Lao Hu Gen (Root of Scarlet Kadsura)
Hei Zhi Ma (Black Sesame Seeds)
Hong Hua (Safflower Flower)
Hong Qu (Red Yeast Rice)
Hong Teng (Sargentadoxa Vine)
Hou Po (Magnolia Bark)
Hu Huang Lian (Pierorhizae Rhizome)
Hu Po (Amber)
Hu Tao Ren (Walnut Nut)
Hu Zhang (Bushy Knotweed Root)
Hua Shi (Talcum Powder)
Huai Hua Mi (Pagoda Tree Bud)
Huai Niu Xi (Achyranthes Root)
Huang Bai (Amur Cork Tree Bark, Phellodendron)
Huang Jing (Siberian Solomon Seal Rhizome)
Huang Lian (Coptis Rhizome)
Huang Qi (Astragalus Root)
Huang Qin (Baical Skullcap Root, Scutellaria)
Huang Yao Zi (Dioscorea Bulbifera Tuber)
Huo Ma Ren (Hemp Seeds)
Huo Xiang (Patchouli)
Ji Nei Jin (Chicken Gizzard's Stomach Lining)
Ji Xue Cao (Asiatic Pennywort, Gotu Kola)
Ji Xue Teng (Millettia Vine)
Jiang Can (Silkworm)
Jiang Huang (Tumeric Rhizome)
Jiang Xiang (Dalbergia Heartwood)
Jie Geng (Balloon Flower Rhizome)
Jin Qian Cao (Lysimachia, Whole Plant)
Jin Sha Teng (Japanese Fern)
Jin Yin Hua (Honeysuckle Flower, Lonicera)
Jin Ying Zi (Cherokee Rosehip)
Jing Jie (Schizonepeta Stem)
Jiu Chao Zhi Mu (Wine Fried Anemarrhena Rhizome)
Jiu Ji Nu (Artemesia)
Jiu Jie Chang Pu (Altaica Rhizome)
Ju Hong (Tangerine Peel (Red Part))
Ju Hua (Chrysanthemum Flower)
Jue Ming Zi (Cao Jue Ming) (Foetid Cassia Seeds)
Ku Shen (Sophora Root)
Kuan Dong Hua (Coltsfoot Flower)
Kun Bu (Kelp)
Lai Fu Zi (Radish/Turnip Seeds)
Li Zhi He (Leechee Nut)
Lian (Zi) Xin (Lotus Plumule)
Lian Qiao (Forsythia Fruit)
Lian Zi (Lotus Seed)
Ling Yang Jiao (Antelope Horn)
Liu Huang (Sulphur)
Long Dan Cao (Chinese Gentian Root, Gentiana)
Long Gu (Fossilized Bones)
Long Yan Rou (Longan Fruit Flesh)
Lu Dou (Mung Bean)
Lu Feng Fang (Hornets Nest)
Lu Gan Shi (Smithsonite)
Lu Gen (Reed Rhizome)
Lu Hui (Dried Aloe Leaf Juice)
Lu Jiao Jiao (Deer Antler Glue)
Lu Lu Tong (Sweetgum Fruit)
Lu Rong (Elk/Deer Horn, Velvet)
Luo Han Guo (Momordica Fruit)
Luo Shi Teng (Star Jasmine Stem)
Ma Bo (Fruiting Body of Puffball, Lasiosphaera)
Ma Chi Xian (Purslane, Portulaca)
Ma Dou Ling (Birthwort Fruit)
Ma Huang (Ephedra)
Ma Huang Gen (Ephedra Root)
Ma Qian Zi (Nux-Vomica Seeds)
Mai Men Dong (Ophiopogon Tuber)
Mai Ya (Barley Sprout, Malt)
Man Jing Zi (Vitex Fruit Seed)
Mang Xiao (Glauber's Salt)
Mei Gui Hua (Young Flower of Chinese Rose)
Meng Shi (Lapis Stone)
Mi Meng Hua (Buddleia Flower Bud)
Mi Tuo Seng (Litharge, Galena)
Ming Fan (Alum)
Mo Yao (Myrrh)
Mu Dan Pi (Tree Peony Root Cortex)
Mu Gua (Quince Fruit)
Mu Hu Die (Oroxylum Seeds)
Mu Li (Oyster Shell)
Mu Tong (Akebia Caulis)
Mu Xiang (Costus Root)
Mu Zei (Scouring Rush, Shave Grass)
Nan Gua Zi (Pumpkin Seeds)
Niu Bang Zi (Great Burdock Fruit, Arctium)
Niu Huang (Cattle Gallstone)
Nu Zhen Zi (Privet Fruit)
Nuo Dao Gen Xu (Glutinous Rice Root)
Ou Jie (Lotus Rhizome Nodes)
Pang Da Hai (Boat Sterculia Seed)
Pei Lan (Orchid)
Pi Pa Ye (Loquat Leaf)
Pu Gong Ying (Dandelion)
Pu Huang (Cattail Pollen, Bulrush)
Qian Cao Gen (Rubia Root)
Qian Hu (Hogfennel Root)
Qian Jin Ba (Flemingia Philippinensis Root)
Qian Niu Zi (Morning Glory Seed)
Qian Shi (Euryale Seed)
Qiang Huo (Notopterygium Root)
Qin Jiao (Gentiana Macrophylla Root)
Qin Pi (Bark of Korean Ash Branch)
Qing Dai (Indigo Naturalis)
Qing Fen (Calomel)
Qing Hao (Wormwood)
Qing Pi (Green Tangerine Peel)
Qing Xiang Zi (Celosia Seeds)
Qu Mai (Dianthus)
Quan Xie (Scorpion)
Ren Dong Teng (Honeysuckle Stem)
Ren Shen (Ginseng Root)
Rou Cong Rong (Fleshy Stem of Broomrape)
Rou Dou Kou (Nutmeg Seeds)
Rou Gui (Dried Cinammon Bark)
Ru Xiang (Frankincense)
San Leng (Scirpus Rhizome)
San Qi (Tian Qi) (Pseudoginseng Root)
Sang Bai Pi (Mulberry Root Bark)
Sang Ji Sheng (Mulberry Mistletoe Stem)
Sang Piao Xiao (Ootheca Mantidis)
Sang Shen (Mulberry Fruit-Spike)
Sang Ye (White Mulberry Leaf)
Sang Zhi (Mulberry Twig)
Sha Ren (Cardamon)
Sha Shen (Glehnia Root)
Sha Yuan Ji Li (Milkvetch Seed, Astragalus Seed)
Shan Dou Gen (Subprostrate, Sophora Root)
Shan Yao (Chinese Yam)
Shan Zha (Hawthorn Fruit)
Shan Zhu Yu (Asiatic Cornelian Cherry Fruit)
Shang Lu (Poke Root)
She Chuang Zi (Cnidium Seeds)
She Gan (Belamcanda Rhizome)
She Xiang (Navel Gland Secretions of Musk Deer)
Shen Qu (Medicated Leaven)
Sheng Di Huang (Rehmannia)
Sheng Jiang (Fresh Ginger Rhizome)
Sheng Ma (Black Cohosh Rhizome, Bugbane Rhizome)
Shi Chang Pu (Sweetflag Rhizome)
Shi Di (Persimmon Calyx)
Shi Gao (Gypsum)
Shi Hu (Dendrobium Stem)
Shi Jian Chuan (Red Sage Herb)
Shi Jue Ming (Abolone Shell)
Shi Shang Bo (Doederlein's Spikemoss)
Shi Wei (Pyrrosia Leaves)
Shu Di Huang (Rehmannia, Chinese Foxglove Root)
Shui Zhi (Leech)
Si Gua Luo (Dried Vegetable Sponge)
Su He Xiang (Resin of Rose Maloes, Styrax)
Su Jiu Gui Ban (Deep Fried Fresh Water Turtle Shell)
Su Mu (Sappan Wood)
Su Zi (Purple Perilla Fruit)
Suan Zao Ren (Sour Jujube Seed)
Suo Yang (Fleshy Stem of Cynomorium)
Tai Zi Shen (Pseudostellaria)
Tan Xiang (Sandalwood)
Tao Ren (Peach Seed)
Tian Hua Fen (Trichosanthes Root)
Tian Ma (Gastrodia Root)
Tian Men Dong (Asparagus Tuber)
Tian Nan Xing (Arisaema)
Tian Zhu Huang (Siliceous Secretions of Bamboo)
Ting Li Zi (Descurainia Seeds)
Tong Cao (Rice Paper Pith)
Tu Bie Chong (Wingless Cockroach)
Tu Fu Ling (Glabrous Greenbrier Rhizome, Smilax)
Tu Niu Xi (Tuniuxi Root)
Tu Si Zi (Chinese Dodder Seeds)
Wa Leng Zi (Cockle Shell, Ark Shell)
Wang Bu Liu Xing (Vaccaria Seeds)
Wei Ling Xian (Clematis Root)
Wu Bei Zi (Gallnut of Chinese Sumac)
Wu Gong (Centipede)
Wu Jia Pi (Acanthopanax Root Bark)
Wu Ling Zhi (Flying Squirrel Feces)
Wu Mei (Mume Fruit)
Wu Shao She (Black Striped Snake)
Wu Wei Zi (Schisandra Fruit/Seed)
Wu Yao (Lindera Root)
Wu Zhu Yu (Evodia Fruit)
Xi Gua (Watermelon)
Xi Jiao (Rhinoceros Horn)
Xi Xian Cao (Siegesbeckia Plant)
Xi Xin (Chinese Wild Ginger)
Xi Yang Shen (American Ginseng Root)
Xia Ku Cao (Selfheal Spike, Prunella)
Xian He Cao (Agrimony Grass)
Xian Lu Gen (Fresh Reed Rhizome)
Xian Mao (Golden Eye Grass Rhizome)
Xiang Fu (Nut Grass Rhizome)
Xiang Ru (Aromatic Madder)
Xiao Hui Xiang (Fennel Seed)
Xie Bai (Chive Bulb)
Xin Yi Hua (Magnolia Flower)
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, Scrophularia)
Xue Jie (Dragons Blood)
Ya Dan Zi (Java Brucea Fruit, Brucea)
Yan Hu Suo (Corydalis Rhizome)
Ye Gu (Ghost Flower)
Ye Jiao Teng (Polygonum Vine, Fleeceflower Vine)
Ye Ju Hua (Wild Chrysanthemum Flower)
Ye Ming Sha (Bat Feces)
Yi Mu Cao (Chinese Motherwort)
Yi Yi Ren (Seeds of Job's Tears)
Yi Zhi Ren (Black Cardamon)
Yin Chai Hu (Stellaria Root)
Yin Chen Hao (Yin Chen Hao Shoots and Leaves)
Yin Yang Huo (Arial Parts of Epimedium, Horny Goat Weed)
Yu Jin (Tumeric Tuber)
Yu Li Ren (Bush Cherry Pit)
Yu Mi Xu (Cornsilk)
Yu Xing Cao (Houttuynia)
Yu Zhu (Solomon's Seal Rhizome, Polygonatum)
Yuan Hua (Genkwa Flower)
Yuan Zhi (Senega Root)
Yue Ji Hua (Partially Opened Flower of Chinese Tea Rose)
Zao Jiao (Chinese Honeylocust Fruit, Gleditsia)
Zao Jiao Ci (Spine of Honeylocust Plant)
Zao Xiu (Paris Rhizome)
Ze Lan (Bugleweed)
Ze Xie (Water Plantain Root)
Zhe Bei Mu (Fritillaria Bulb)
Zhen Zhu (Pearl)
Zhi Gan Cao (Honey Fried Licorice Root)
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)
Zhu Ling (Polyporus Sclerotium)
Zhu Ru (Bamboo Shavings)
Zhu Sha (Cinnabar)
Zi Cao (Groomwell Root, Lithospermum)
Zi Hua Di Ding (Yedeon's Violet)
Zi Ran Tong (Pyrite)
Zi Su Ye (Perilla Leaf)
Zi Wan (Purple Aster Root)
Zi Zhu (Callicarpa Leaf)
Zong Lu Pi (Trachycarpus Stipule Fiber)
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Clinical Applications
Promotes urination and clears heat - for damp warm febrile disease or damp-heat lin.
Promotes lactation.
Functional Category
Herbs That Drain Dampness
Temperature & Taste
Cold (Han)
Sweet (Gan)
Channels Influenced
Lung
Stomach
Dosage & Preparation
Dosage: 3-6g
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Ai Ye (Mugwort Leaf, Moxa)
Ba Dou (Croton Seed)
Ba Ji Tian (Morinda Root)
Ba Qia (Chinaroot Greenbier Rhizome)
Bai Bian Dou (Hyacinth Bean)
Bai Bu (Stemona Root)
Bai Dou Kou (Round Cardamon Fruit, White Cardamon)
Bai Fu Zi (Typhonium Rhizome)
Bai Guo (Ginkgo Nut)
Bai He (Lily Bulb)
Bai Hua She (Agkistrodon, Bungarus Snake with Inner Organs Removed)
Bai Hua She She Cao (Heydyotis, Oldenlandia)
Bai Ji (Bletilla Rhizome)
Bai Ji Li (Caltrop Fruit, Puncture Vine Fruit)
Bai Jiang Cao (Patrinia, Thiaspi)
Bai Jie Zi (White Mustard Seed)
Bai Mao Gen (Wolly Grass Root)
Bai Qian (Cynanchum Rhizome)
Bai Shao (White Peony Root)
Bai Tou Weng (Chinese Anemone Root, Pulsatilla)
Bai Wei (Swallowwort Root)
Bai Xian Pi (Dictamnus Root Bark)
Bai Zhi (Angelica Root)
Bai Zhu (Atractylodes (White) Rhizome)
Bai Zi Ren (Arbor-Vitae Seed)
Ban Bian Lian (Lobelia)
Ban Lan Gen (Woad Root, Isatis Root)
Ban Mao (Cantharides, Mylabris)
Ban Xia (Pinellia Rhizome)
Ban Zhi Lian (Barbat Skullcap, Scutellaria)
Bei Xie (Dioscorea Root)
Bian Xu (Knotweed, Polygonoum)
Bie Jia (Chinese Soft Turtle Shell)
Bing Lang (Betel Nut, Areca Seeds)
Bing Pian (Borneol)
Bo He (Field Mint, Mentha)
Bu Gu Zhi (Psoralea Fruit)
Can Sha (Silkworm Feces)
Cang Er Zi (Cocklebur Fruit, Xanthium)
Cang Zhu (Atractylodes)
Cao Dou Kou (Katsumadai, Grass Cardamon)
Ce Bai Ye (Biota Leaves)
Chai Hu (Thorowax Root, Bupleurum)
Chan Tui (Cicada Moulting)
Chang Shan (Dichroa Root)
Chao Huang Bai (Dry Fried Amur Cork Tree Bark)
Che Qian Zi (Plantago Seeds)
Chen Pi (Tangerine Peel)
Chen Xiang (Aloeswood)
Chi Shao (Red Peony Root)
Chi Shi Zhi (Halloysite, Kaolin)
Chi Xiao Dou (Aduki Bean)
Chuan Bei Mu (Fritillaria Bulb)
Chuan Jiao (Szechuan Pepper)
Chuan Lian Zi (Sichuan Pagoda Tree Fruit)
Chuan Shan Jia (Pangolin Scales)
Chuan Xin Lian (Green Chiretta)
Chuan Xiong (Szechuan Lovage Root)
Chun Pi (Bark or Root Bark of Ailanthus)
Ci Shi (Magnetite)
Cong Bai (Spring Onion)
Da Fu Pi (Areca Peel, Betel Husk)
Da Huang (Rhubarb)
Da Ji (Japanese Thistle)
Da Qing Ye (Woad Leaf, Indigo)
Da Zao (Chinese Date, Jujube)
Dai Zhe Shi (Hermatite)
Dan Dou Chi (Prepared Soybean)
Dan Nan Xing (Jack in the Pulpit Rhizome and Bile)
Dan Shen (Salvia Root)
Dan Zhu Ye (Lophatherum Stem and Leaves)
Dang Gui (Chinese Angelica Root)
Dang Shen (Codonopsis Root)
Deng Xin Cao (Rush Pith)
Di Fu Zi (Broom Cyprus Fruit)
Di Gu Pi (Wolfberry Root Cortex)
Di Long (Earthworm)
Di Yu (Bloodwort Root)
Ding Xiang (Clove Flower Bud)
Dong Chong Xia Cao (Chinese Caterpillar Fungus, Cordyceps)
Dong Gua Ren (Winter Melon Seed)
Dong Kui Zi (Musk Mallow Seeds)
Du Huo (Angelica Root)
Du Zhong (Eucommia Bark)
E Jiao (Donkey-Hide Glue, Gelatin)
E Zhu (Zeodoaria Rhizome)
Fan Xie Ye (Senna)
Fang Feng (Ledebouriella root, siler)
Fo Shou (Finger Citron Fruit)
Fu Hai Shi (Pumice)
Fu Ling (Poria, China Root)
Fu Pen Zi (Chinese Raspberry)
Fu Ping (Duckweed, Spirodela)
Fu Xiao Mai (Un-Ripe Wheat Grain)
Fu Zi (Prepared Aconite Root)
Gan Cao (Licorice Root)
Gan Jiang (Dried Ginger Root)
Gan Sui (Kan Sui Root)
Gao Ben (Chinese Lovage Root, Ligusticum Root)
Gao Liang Jiang (Galangal Rhizome)
Ge Gen (Kudzu Root, Pueraria)
Ge Jie (Gecko)
Geng Mi (Rice)
Gou Ji (Chain Fern Rhizome)
Gou Qi Zi (Chinese Wolfberry Fruit)
Gou Teng (Gambir Vine Stems and Thorns)
Gu Jing Cao (Pipewort Scapus, Inflorescence)
Gu Sui Bu (Drynaria Rhizome)
Gu Ya (Rice Sprout)
Gua Lou (Trichosanthes Fruit)
Gua Lou Ren (Trichosanthes Fruit Seeds)
Guan Zhong (Dryopteris Root)
Guang Fang Zi (Aristolochia Root, Stephania)
Gui Ban (Fresh Water Turtle Shell)
Gui Zhi (Cinnamon Twig)
Hai Feng Teng (Kadsura Stem, Futokadsura Stem)
Hai Ge Ke (Clam Shell)
Hai Piao Xiao (Cuttlefish Bone)
Hai Tong Pi (Coral Bean Bark)
Hai Zao (Sargassum, Seaweed)
Han Fang Zi (Stephania Root)
Han Lian Cao (Eclipta)
Han Shui Shi (Calcitum)
He Huan Pi (Mimosa Tree Bark)
He Shou Wu (Polygonum, Fleeceflower Root)
He Ye (Lotus Leaf)
He Zi (Myrobalan Fruit, Terminalia, Chebula)
Hei Lao Hu Gen (Root of Scarlet Kadsura)
Hei Zhi Ma (Black Sesame Seeds)
Hong Hua (Safflower Flower)
Hong Qu (Red Yeast Rice)
Hong Teng (Sargentadoxa Vine)
Hou Po (Magnolia Bark)
Hu Huang Lian (Pierorhizae Rhizome)
Hu Po (Amber)
Hu Tao Ren (Walnut Nut)
Hu Zhang (Bushy Knotweed Root)
Hua Shi (Talcum Powder)
Huai Hua Mi (Pagoda Tree Bud)
Huai Niu Xi (Achyranthes Root)
Huang Bai (Amur Cork Tree Bark, Phellodendron)
Huang Jing (Siberian Solomon Seal Rhizome)
Huang Lian (Coptis Rhizome)
Huang Qi (Astragalus Root)
Huang Qin (Baical Skullcap Root, Scutellaria)
Huang Yao Zi (Dioscorea Bulbifera Tuber)
Huo Ma Ren (Hemp Seeds)
Huo Xiang (Patchouli)
Ji Nei Jin (Chicken Gizzard's Stomach Lining)
Ji Xue Cao (Asiatic Pennywort, Gotu Kola)
Ji Xue Teng (Millettia Vine)
Jiang Can (Silkworm)
Jiang Huang (Tumeric Rhizome)
Jiang Xiang (Dalbergia Heartwood)
Jie Geng (Balloon Flower Rhizome)
Jin Qian Cao (Lysimachia, Whole Plant)
Jin Sha Teng (Japanese Fern)
Jin Yin Hua (Honeysuckle Flower, Lonicera)
Jin Ying Zi (Cherokee Rosehip)
Jing Jie (Schizonepeta Stem)
Jiu Chao Zhi Mu (Wine Fried Anemarrhena Rhizome)
Jiu Ji Nu (Artemesia)
Jiu Jie Chang Pu (Altaica Rhizome)
Ju Hong (Tangerine Peel (Red Part))
Ju Hua (Chrysanthemum Flower)
Jue Ming Zi (Cao Jue Ming) (Foetid Cassia Seeds)
Ku Shen (Sophora Root)
Kuan Dong Hua (Coltsfoot Flower)
Kun Bu (Kelp)
Lai Fu Zi (Radish/Turnip Seeds)
Li Zhi He (Leechee Nut)
Lian (Zi) Xin (Lotus Plumule)
Lian Qiao (Forsythia Fruit)
Lian Zi (Lotus Seed)
Ling Yang Jiao (Antelope Horn)
Liu Huang (Sulphur)
Long Dan Cao (Chinese Gentian Root, Gentiana)
Long Gu (Fossilized Bones)
Long Yan Rou (Longan Fruit Flesh)
Lu Dou (Mung Bean)
Lu Feng Fang (Hornets Nest)
Lu Gan Shi (Smithsonite)
Lu Gen (Reed Rhizome)
Lu Hui (Dried Aloe Leaf Juice)
Lu Jiao Jiao (Deer Antler Glue)
Lu Lu Tong (Sweetgum Fruit)
Lu Rong (Elk/Deer Horn, Velvet)
Luo Han Guo (Momordica Fruit)
Luo Shi Teng (Star Jasmine Stem)
Ma Bo (Fruiting Body of Puffball, Lasiosphaera)
Ma Chi Xian (Purslane, Portulaca)
Ma Dou Ling (Birthwort Fruit)
Ma Huang (Ephedra)
Ma Huang Gen (Ephedra Root)
Ma Qian Zi (Nux-Vomica Seeds)
Mai Men Dong (Ophiopogon Tuber)
Mai Ya (Barley Sprout, Malt)
Man Jing Zi (Vitex Fruit Seed)
Mang Xiao (Glauber's Salt)
Mei Gui Hua (Young Flower of Chinese Rose)
Meng Shi (Lapis Stone)
Mi Meng Hua (Buddleia Flower Bud)
Mi Tuo Seng (Litharge, Galena)
Ming Fan (Alum)
Mo Yao (Myrrh)
Mu Dan Pi (Tree Peony Root Cortex)
Mu Gua (Quince Fruit)
Mu Hu Die (Oroxylum Seeds)
Mu Li (Oyster Shell)
Mu Tong (Akebia Caulis)
Mu Xiang (Costus Root)
Mu Zei (Scouring Rush, Shave Grass)
Nan Gua Zi (Pumpkin Seeds)
Niu Bang Zi (Great Burdock Fruit, Arctium)
Niu Huang (Cattle Gallstone)
Nu Zhen Zi (Privet Fruit)
Nuo Dao Gen Xu (Glutinous Rice Root)
Ou Jie (Lotus Rhizome Nodes)
Pang Da Hai (Boat Sterculia Seed)
Pei Lan (Orchid)
Pi Pa Ye (Loquat Leaf)
Pu Gong Ying (Dandelion)
Pu Huang (Cattail Pollen, Bulrush)
Qian Cao Gen (Rubia Root)
Qian Hu (Hogfennel Root)
Qian Jin Ba (Flemingia Philippinensis Root)
Qian Niu Zi (Morning Glory Seed)
Qian Shi (Euryale Seed)
Qiang Huo (Notopterygium Root)
Qin Jiao (Gentiana Macrophylla Root)
Qin Pi (Bark of Korean Ash Branch)
Qing Dai (Indigo Naturalis)
Qing Fen (Calomel)
Qing Hao (Wormwood)
Qing Pi (Green Tangerine Peel)
Qing Xiang Zi (Celosia Seeds)
Qu Mai (Dianthus)
Quan Xie (Scorpion)
Ren Dong Teng (Honeysuckle Stem)
Ren Shen (Ginseng Root)
Rou Cong Rong (Fleshy Stem of Broomrape)
Rou Dou Kou (Nutmeg Seeds)
Rou Gui (Dried Cinammon Bark)
Ru Xiang (Frankincense)
San Leng (Scirpus Rhizome)
San Qi (Tian Qi) (Pseudoginseng Root)
Sang Bai Pi (Mulberry Root Bark)
Sang Ji Sheng (Mulberry Mistletoe Stem)
Sang Piao Xiao (Ootheca Mantidis)
Sang Shen (Mulberry Fruit-Spike)
Sang Ye (White Mulberry Leaf)
Sang Zhi (Mulberry Twig)
Sha Ren (Cardamon)
Sha Shen (Glehnia Root)
Sha Yuan Ji Li (Milkvetch Seed, Astragalus Seed)
Shan Dou Gen (Subprostrate, Sophora Root)
Shan Yao (Chinese Yam)
Shan Zha (Hawthorn Fruit)
Shan Zhu Yu (Asiatic Cornelian Cherry Fruit)
Shang Lu (Poke Root)
She Chuang Zi (Cnidium Seeds)
She Gan (Belamcanda Rhizome)
She Xiang (Navel Gland Secretions of Musk Deer)
Shen Qu (Medicated Leaven)
Sheng Di Huang (Rehmannia)
Sheng Jiang (Fresh Ginger Rhizome)
Sheng Ma (Black Cohosh Rhizome, Bugbane Rhizome)
Shi Chang Pu (Sweetflag Rhizome)
Shi Di (Persimmon Calyx)
Shi Gao (Gypsum)
Shi Hu (Dendrobium Stem)
Shi Jian Chuan (Red Sage Herb)
Shi Jue Ming (Abolone Shell)
Shi Shang Bo (Doederlein's Spikemoss)
Shi Wei (Pyrrosia Leaves)
Shu Di Huang (Rehmannia, Chinese Foxglove Root)
Shui Zhi (Leech)
Si Gua Luo (Dried Vegetable Sponge)
Su He Xiang (Resin of Rose Maloes, Styrax)
Su Jiu Gui Ban (Deep Fried Fresh Water Turtle Shell)
Su Mu (Sappan Wood)
Su Zi (Purple Perilla Fruit)
Suan Zao Ren (Sour Jujube Seed)
Suo Yang (Fleshy Stem of Cynomorium)
Tai Zi Shen (Pseudostellaria)
Tan Xiang (Sandalwood)
Tao Ren (Peach Seed)
Tian Hua Fen (Trichosanthes Root)
Tian Ma (Gastrodia Root)
Tian Men Dong (Asparagus Tuber)
Tian Nan Xing (Arisaema)
Tian Zhu Huang (Siliceous Secretions of Bamboo)
Ting Li Zi (Descurainia Seeds)
Tong Cao (Rice Paper Pith)
Tu Bie Chong (Wingless Cockroach)
Tu Fu Ling (Glabrous Greenbrier Rhizome, Smilax)
Tu Niu Xi (Tuniuxi Root)
Tu Si Zi (Chinese Dodder Seeds)
Wa Leng Zi (Cockle Shell, Ark Shell)
Wang Bu Liu Xing (Vaccaria Seeds)
Wei Ling Xian (Clematis Root)
Wu Bei Zi (Gallnut of Chinese Sumac)
Wu Gong (Centipede)
Wu Jia Pi (Acanthopanax Root Bark)
Wu Ling Zhi (Flying Squirrel Feces)
Wu Mei (Mume Fruit)
Wu Shao She (Black Striped Snake)
Wu Wei Zi (Schisandra Fruit/Seed)
Wu Yao (Lindera Root)
Wu Zhu Yu (Evodia Fruit)
Xi Gua (Watermelon)
Xi Jiao (Rhinoceros Horn)
Xi Xian Cao (Siegesbeckia Plant)
Xi Xin (Chinese Wild Ginger)
Xi Yang Shen (American Ginseng Root)
Xia Ku Cao (Selfheal Spike, Prunella)
Xian He Cao (Agrimony Grass)
Xian Lu Gen (Fresh Reed Rhizome)
Xian Mao (Golden Eye Grass Rhizome)
Xiang Fu (Nut Grass Rhizome)
Xiang Ru (Aromatic Madder)
Xiao Hui Xiang (Fennel Seed)
Xie Bai (Chive Bulb)
Xin Yi Hua (Magnolia Flower)
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, Scrophularia)
Xue Jie (Dragons Blood)
Ya Dan Zi (Java Brucea Fruit, Brucea)
Yan Hu Suo (Corydalis Rhizome)
Ye Gu (Ghost Flower)
Ye Jiao Teng (Polygonum Vine, Fleeceflower Vine)
Ye Ju Hua (Wild Chrysanthemum Flower)
Ye Ming Sha (Bat Feces)
Yi Mu Cao (Chinese Motherwort)
Yi Yi Ren (Seeds of Job's Tears)
Yi Zhi Ren (Black Cardamon)
Yin Chai Hu (Stellaria Root)
Yin Chen Hao (Yin Chen Hao Shoots and Leaves)
Yin Yang Huo (Arial Parts of Epimedium, Horny Goat Weed)
Yu Jin (Tumeric Tuber)
Yu Li Ren (Bush Cherry Pit)
Yu Mi Xu (Cornsilk)
Yu Xing Cao (Houttuynia)
Yu Zhu (Solomon's Seal Rhizome, Polygonatum)
Yuan Hua (Genkwa Flower)
Yuan Zhi (Senega Root)
Yue Ji Hua (Partially Opened Flower of Chinese Tea Rose)
Zao Jiao (Chinese Honeylocust Fruit, Gleditsia)
Zao Jiao Ci (Spine of Honeylocust Plant)
Zao Xiu (Paris Rhizome)
Ze Lan (Bugleweed)
Ze Xie (Water Plantain Root)
Zhe Bei Mu (Fritillaria Bulb)
Zhen Zhu (Pearl)
Zhi Gan Cao (Honey Fried Licorice Root)
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)
Zhu Ling (Polyporus Sclerotium)
Zhu Ru (Bamboo Shavings)
Zhu Sha (Cinnabar)
Zi Cao (Groomwell Root, Lithospermum)
Zi Hua Di Ding (Yedeon's Violet)
Zi Ran Tong (Pyrite)
Zi Su Ye (Perilla Leaf)
Zi Wan (Purple Aster Root)
Zi Zhu (Callicarpa Leaf)
Zong Lu Pi (Trachycarpus Stipule Fiber)
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