Asia Naturals Raw Herbs

Tonifies the Kidneys, assists Yang, secures the Jing-Essence and contains the urine.* -Bensky, Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.

Mulberry gently nourishes and cools the blood and yin* - Benksy: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.

White Mulberry Leaf light, rising, cooling and moistening, sweet, bitter, and cold; disperses wind-heat, cools and drains the Lungs and Liver.

Mulberry Twig dispels wind-dampness, unblocks the collaterals,  especially in the upper limbs, due to painful obstruction disorder*. - Bensky

Astragalus Seed although warming, it is considered rather moistening and harmonious in its actions.* - Bensky

Bushy Sophora Root clears heat, resolves fire toxicity

Chinese Yam tonifies the qi and yin of the Lungs, Spleen, and Kidneys; secures the essence

Hawthorn Fruit reduces food stagnation, especially from meat and greasy foods, invigorates the blood flow, alleviates diarrhea and dysentery. - Bensky

Cornus Fruit augments the Liver and Kidneys, secures the primal qi, prevents abandonment

Strongly warms the Kidney yang, dries dampness* - Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica

Belamcanda Rhizome clears heat toxin, reduces swelling of the throat, transforms phlegm

Japanese Club-moss dispels wind-dampness, relaxes the sinews, invigorates the collaterals - Bensky

Rehmannia Root enriches the yin, cools the blood, clears heat

Black Cohosh Rhizome raises yang qi, disperses heat, resolves toxicity

Persimmon Calyx stops hiccouhg by directing rebellious Stomach qi downward. - Bensky

Gypsum cools Lung and Stomach fire, while also dispersing to vent to the exterior and release the muscle layer. - Bensky

Gypsum cools Lung and Stomach fire, while also dispersing to vent to the exterior and release the muscle layer. - Bensky

Calcined Shi Gao is typically applied externally and somewhat less cold as its dispersing qualities have been removed. It can however be used internally.

Nourishes the Stomach yin, expels heat from deficiency* - Bensky

Abalone Shell cools Liver heat, anchors Liver yang, extinguishes Liver wind, nourishes Liver yin

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Shi Nan Teng

Pyrrosia Leaf cools the Lungs above, facilitates the Bladder below, halts bleeding due to heat - Bensky

Cooked Rehmannia Root tonifies the blood, enriches the yin, generates essence, augments the marrow - Bensky

Leech breaks up blood stasis, disperses stagnation*

Nourishes the Heart yin and Liver blood, promotes sleep, inhibits sweating* - Bensky

Cynomorium Stem warms the Kidney yang, nourishes the Liver and Kidney yin, strengthens the sinews to treat atrophy disorders, moistens the Intestines.* - Bensky

Unblocks qi stagnation in the chest, stops pain, settles belching and nausea.*

Peach Kernal invigorates the blood, dispels stasis, moistens the Intestines, stops coughs and wheezing - Bensky

Trichosanthis Root cools heat, generates fluids, resolves toxicity, reduces swelling, invigorates the blood - Bensky

Bamboo Silica arrests palpitations, extinguishes wind, dislodges phlegm and opens the orifices - Bensky

Tou Gu Cao

Smilax removes damp-heat, resolves toxicity, eases the joints.

Chinese Dodder Seed warms the primal yang, nourishes the yin, secures the essence, tonifies the Kidneys, Liver, and Spleen without being cloying - Bensky

Ark Shell disperses blood stasis and old phlegm, absorbs acid, alleviates epigastric pain. - Bensky

Vaccaria Seed powerfully and rapidly invigorates the blood and disperses clumping and stasis*

Chinese Gall contains the Lung qi, binds up the Intestines, transforms phlegm and thin mucus, resolves fire toxicity. - Bensky

Wu Gong

Acanthopanax Bark clears wind-dampness, warms the Kidneys and Liver, stops pain, strenghtens the sinews - Bensky

Wu Ling Zhi

Lindera smooths the flow of qi, disperses cold, alleviates pain.

Evodia Fruit strongly warms the middle burner and lower burners, stops nausea and vomiting due to cold, alleviates cold pain in the chest and abdomen

Siegesbeckia cools heat, dispels wind-dampness, stops itching, calms the spirit*

Prunella cools Liver fire, disperses clumps, benefits the eyes.

Agrimony astringes, Tonifies Qi and Blood; Reduces swelling and eliminates pus *

Curculigo Rhizome vigorously warms the fire at the gate of vitality and the Kidney yang, expels cold-dampness* - Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica

Cyperus promotes the flow of qi in the Liver and Stomach channels, regulates menstruation, alleviates pain - Bensky

Fennel Fruit harmonizes the middle, warms the lower burner, treats bulging disorder - Bensky

Cirsium Thistle cools heat in the blood, stops bleeding, resolves toxicity, restrains and inhibits - Bensky

Chinese garlic unblocks the yang qi and disperses turbid phlegm; Directs the qi downward and reduces stagnation

Magnolia Flower expels wind-cold, clear the nasal passages, relieves sinus headaches.

Directs the Lung qi downward, disperses wind-cold, moistens the Intestines; slightly toxic.* - Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed

Japanese Teasal Root tonifies the Kidneys and Liver, gently invigorates the blood, calms the fetus during pregnancy

Inula flower directs qi downward to stop cough, softens hardened phlegm to break up clumped accumulations, promotes the dissipation of pathogenic water.

Mirabilite softens hardened clumping of pathogenic heat in the intestines

Scrophularia Root enriches the yin, moistens dryness, drains fire, resolves toxicity, softens hardness, transforms phlegm-heat.

Yan Dan Zi

Tonifies the primal yang at the gate of vitality, warms cold from deficiency in the lower burner.*

Polygonum nourishes the Heart, calms the spirit, unblocks the collaterals, expels wind.*

Alpinia Fruit warmly tonifies the Spleen and Kidney yang, secures the urine - Bensky

Stellaria Root clears heat from deficiency and heat due to childhood nutritional impairment - Bensky

Virgate Wormwood treats jaundice by facilitating the removal of dampness and clearing heat

Curcuma Tuber cools the blood, breaks up stasis, promotes the movement of qi, relieves constrain

Houttuynia clears heat, resolves toxicity, promotes urination, reduces swelling

Genkwa Flower  is a downward draining herb (Laxative): Harsh expellant / cathartics

Bugleweed gently invigorates the blood without injuring the normal qi, promotes urination*

Fritillaria Bulb cold, drains heat, transforms phlegm-heat, releases constraint, dissipates nodules, espcially in the neck and breast. - Bensky

Anemarrhena Rhizome clears fire and nourishes the yin of the Lungs, Stomach, and Kidneys

Unripe Bitter Orange Fruit promotes the flow of qi, unblocks plugs

Gardenia Fruit resolves constrained heat, directs damp-heat downward and out through the urine, cools the blood, breaks up toxic accumulation - Bensky

Polyporus Sclerotium promotes urination, leaches out dampness, facilitates fluid metabolism

Bamboo Shavings cools the Lungs, Stomach and Gallbladder, scours phlegm, releases constraint, alleviates nausea

Arnebia / Lithospermum Root clears Heat, cools the Blood, invigorates Blood circulation, relieves Fire toxins and encourages rashes; Moistens the Intestines, unblocks the bowels and promotes urination; Clears Damp-Heat from the skin (aids healing of tissues)*

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Invigorates blood circulation, disperses swelling, removes toxin, cleanses blood, regulates menstruation, promotes urination* - Hsu: Oriental Materica Medica, A Concise Guide

Pyrite dispels Blood Stasis, relieves pain and promotes healing of bones and sinews

Calms the spirit, nourishes Liver blood, warms the Penetrating vessel, Conception vessel, and Womb. Sweet and warm, with a moistening nature, the heaviness of Fluoritum (zi shi ying) calms the spirit and settles the mind, while also augmenting the Liver blood in the lower burner. Its major channel affiliations are the Heart and Liver, but several texts mention its effects on the extra channels. (Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 2nd ed)

Perilla Leaf disperses and discharges, harmonizes the middle; promotes qi movement, revives the Spleen. - Bensky

Perilla Semen acrid, warm, aromatic, moistening: best at directing qi downward to disperse phlegm and calm wheezing; also moistens the Intestines, except in its prepared form.