Ingredients
Traditional Chinese Medicine uses these medicinals as the back bone for prescribing formulas. These herbs and other herbal medicinals are rarely used alone as they are combined together to create a specific formula.
Knowledge of these basic Chinese Medicine formula ingredients is a necessity when prescribing to a patient. Information for each herbs functions, contraindications, properties and dosages is found in the following pages.
Chinese Medicine:
Properties - Chinese herbal medicinals can either be Hot, Warm, Neutral, Cool or Cold in nature. Each medicinal has a thermal property, as Mint can make your lips tingle with coolness when drinking warm tea, or peppers make your lips burn even when they're cool.
Meridian - The meridians each herb has an affinity for.
Dosage - this is how much of the herb can be used. Please note that different preparations can change the dosage amount as certain toxic herbs can have less or more toxicity depending on how they are prepared.
Contraindication - note that some herbs should not be used in certain conditions. Even if a herb does not have any contraindications, if it is not suited for the patient, negative results can occur. Each herb must be appropriate for the pattern diagnosed.
Please use the links below to research individual Chinese Medicinals:
Pinyin Name | English Name |
|---|---|
| Yu Zhu | |
| Yuan Hua | Genkwa Flower |
| Yuan Zhi | Senega Root |
| Zao Jiao Ci | Chinese Honeylocust Fruit Spine |
| Zao Xin Tu | Ignited Yellow Earth |
| Ze Xie | Water Plantain Root |
| Zhe Bei Mu | fritillariae bulb |
| Zhe Chong | Cockroach |
| Zhen Zhu | Crushed Pearl |
| Zhi Gan Cao | Dry Fried Licorice Root |
| Zhi Ke (Qiao) | Mature Bitter Orange |
| Zhi Mu | Anemarrhena Rhizome |
| Zhi Shi | Bitter Orange Flower |
| Zhi Zi | Gardenia |
| Zhu Ling | Fungus Nucleus |
| Zhu Ma Gen | White Ramie Root |
| Zhu Ru | Bamboo Shavings |
| Zhu Sha | Mercury |
| Zi Bei Tian Kui | Begonia |
| Zi Cao | Groomwell Root |
| Zi He Che | Human Placenta |
| Zi Hua Di Ding | |
| Zi Ran Tong | Pyrite |
| Zi Shi Ying | Fluoritum |
| Zi Su Ye | Beefsteak Plant |
| Zi Wan | Purple Aster Root |
