Blue Poppy Granules - Single Herbs

Sweet Wormwood clears all types of yin level heat with-out injuring the qi, blood, or yin.

Immature Tangerine Peel directs downward, dredges the Liver, breaks up qi stagnation and clumping, harmonizes the Stomach.

Celosia Seeds strongly clears fire from the Liver channel to benefit the eyes and ears, directs qi downward, eliminates superficial visual obstruction.

Dianthus cools heat, directs downward, invigorates the blood; leads heat and fire in the Heart and Small Intestine out through the urine.

Lonicera Caulis expels heat, resolves toxicity, soothes the sinews - Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed

Red Panax Ginseng powerfully tonifies the primal qi of the five organs, nourishes the yin, revives from collapse*

Nutmeg warms the Spleen and Stomach, promotes the movement of qi, binds up the intestines* - Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed

Cinnamon bark warms and tonifies the yang, disperses cold, promotes the movement of blood. - Bensky

Frankincense breaks up blood stasis to stop pain

Sparganium Rhizoma breaks up stagnation of both the qi and blood, disperses food stagnation.* - Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.

Pseudoginseng stops bleeding without causing blood stasis, transforms blood stasis, reduces swelling and stops pain.*

Mulberry Root Bark drains the Lungs, especially heat in the Lungs, thereby alleviating cough and wheezing; also drains fluids and treats edema. -Bensky

Mistletoe tonifies the Liver and Kidneys, nourishes the yin and blood, expels wind-dampness, quiets the fetus in pregnancy; Promotes lactation

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, treats pain, numbness, and itchin, especially in the upper limbs, due to painful obstruction disorder*. - Bensky

Chinese Amomum Fruit promotes the flow of qi, warms the middle, transforms dampness, improves the appetite, calms the fetus* - 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*

Cnidium Seed 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

Ginger is dispersing in nature, benefits the Stomach, transforms phlegm* - Chinese Herbal Medicine Formulas & Strategies

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

Acorus transforms dampness, strengthens the Spleen and Stomach, dislodges phlegm, opens the sensory orifices. - Bensky

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

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

Pomegranate Husk bind the Intestines, stops diarrhea and dysenteric disorders due to cold from deficiency, halts uterine bleeding - Bensky

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

Luffa unblocks the collaterals, invigorates the blood, transforms phlegm* - Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.

Sappan Wood invigorates the blood, expels stagnation, stops pain, reduces swelling, stops bleeding - bensky

Zizyphus Seed 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

Pseudostellaria Root tonifies the qi and yin, but rather weakly - Bensky

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

Asparagus Tuber tonifies the yin of the Lungs and Kidneys, generates fluids, cools heat due to yin deficiency - Bensky

Jack-in-the-Pulpit Root very Acrid, dispersing, warm, and drying: eliminates wind-phlegm in the channels and collaterals; toxic in its raw (unprepared) form.

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

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 Clematis Root strongly mobilizes all twelve channels to unblock painful obstruction by dispelling wind, dampness, and phlegm, and to soften areas of hardness.

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

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

Mume Fruit preserves the Lungs, binds up the Intestine, stops bleeding, generates fluids, quiets intestinal parasites.

Schisandra nourishes the Kidneys, stops diarrhea, nourishes the Liver, quiets the spirit, generates fluids - Bensky

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 leakage of Blood and stops bleeding; Astringes diarrhea and dysentery; Kills parasites; 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

Chinese Mosla assists the yang qi to throw off pathogenic wind, which has trapped the yang qi internally; especially appropriate during the hot summer months; also harmonizes the Spleen and transforms dampness - 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

Wheat Fruit nourishes Heart Qi and eliminates irritability

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.

Apricot Seed directs the Lung qi downward, disperses wind-cold, moistens the Intestines; slightly toxic.

Paniculate Cynanchum dispels wind, stops pain, invigorates the blood, reduces edema, alleviates itching

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.

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

Dragon's Blood internally: invigorates the blood, disperses stasis, stops pain; externally: generates flesh, assists sores and wounds to heal, stops bleeding - Bensky

Corydalis Tuber invigorates the blood, strongly stops pain - Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.

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

Wild Chrysanthemum Flower drains fire and resolves fire toxicity

Chinese Motherwort invigorates the blood, regulates menstruation, facilitates urination, resolves toxicity

Coix Seeds tonifes the Spleen and augments the Lungs; Leaches out dampness from the bones, sinews, and muscles to treat painful obstruction diosorder; cools heat and expels pus to treat sores and abscesses

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

Epimedium tonifies the Kidneys and fortifies the yang;Dispels wind-cold-dampness and warms and unblocks the flow of yang qi.

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

Prunus Seed moistens and drains downward; treats constipation and the retention of fluids

Corn Silk reduces edema and pain due to painful urinary dribbling

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

Polygonatum enriches the Lung and Stomach yin without being cloying, restores fluids injured by external pathogens without preventing the expulsion of those pathogens. - Benksy

Polygala transforms phlegm, opens the Heart orifice, reestablishes harmonious communication between the Heart and Kidneys

Gleditsia Spine draws out toxicity, discharges pus, invigorates the blood, reduces swelling

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

Alisma Rhizome facilitates the fluid pathways, clears blazing ministerial fire - Bensky

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

Mother of Pearl cools Liver heat, anchors ascendant Liver yang, brightens the eyes, quiets the spirit. - Bensky

Honey prepared licorice tonifies the Spleen qi, moistens the Lungs, moderates urgency and toxicity, drains fire*

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