Common Clubmoss Herb
Source Common Clubmoss Herb is the dried whole plant of Lycopodium japonicum Thunbs. (Fam. Lycopodiaceae) Producing Areas Northeast China, North China, Central ...
Month: August 2022
Silkworm Faeces
Source Can Sha is the dried defecation of the silkworm. Producing Areas Mainly produced in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Properties Sweet, Spicy, Warm Channels Liver, S...
Common Floweringqince Fruit
Source Chinese Quince Fruit is the dried fruit of Chaenomeles speciosa (Sweet) Nakai or C sinensis (Thouin) Koehne, family Rosaceae. Producing Areas Sichuan, An...
Black-tail Snake
Source Black Strip Snake is the dried body of Zaocysdhumnades (Cantor) (Fam. Colubridae) Producing Areas East, South and West China; Hubei, Hunan, Shanxi and He...
Long-nosed Pit Viper
Source Long-nosed Pit Viper is from the viscerated and dried body of Agkistrodon acutus (Guenther), family Grotalidae. Producing Areas Hubei, Zhejiang, Jiangxi ...
Common Monkshood Mother Root
Source Common Monkshood Mother Root is the dried parent root tuber of Aconitum carmichaeli Debx. (Fam. Ranunculaceae) Producing Areas Sichuan, Yunnan, Shaanxi a...
Doubleteeth Pubescent Angelica Root
Source Doubleteeth Pubescent Angelica Root is the dried root of Angelica pubescens Maxim. f. biserrata Shan. et Yuan, (Fam Umbelliferae.) Producing Areas Hubei ...
Chinese Clematis Root
Source Chinese Clematis Root is the dried root and rhizome of Clematis chujensis Osbeck and the other species of the same genus, Fam. Ranunculaceae. Producing A...
Flavouring as interior-warming herbs
Flavouring herbs such as dry ginger, cinnamon bark, pepper, pricklyash peel, fennel and cloves are also used as medicines as they possess great curative effects...
Indian Bread (Poria) as a Diuretic Herb
Poria has always been regarded as a nourishing food well-liked by people. It is said that poria pastry used to be old Empress Dowager Ci Xi’s favourite snack. D...