Common Herbs
(1)Cinnamon Twig (Ramulus Cinnamomi)
Effects: dispelling pathogenic factors from the exterior of the body by diaphoresis, warming the channels to relieve pain, and reinforcing yang to promote the flow of qi.
(2) Peppermint (Herba Menthae)
Effects:dispelling wind-heat,clearing the head ,improving eyesight,relieving sore throat,promoting skin eruption and relieving itching.
(3)Bupleurum Root (Radix Bupleuri)
Effects:expelling pathogenic factors from the exterior to reduce fever.soothing the depressed liver and invigorating the spleen-yang.
(4)Gentian Root (Radix Gentianae)
Effects:clearing away heat, removing dampness and purging fire in the liver and gallbladder.
(5)Dried Rehmannia Root (Radix Rehmanniae)
Effects: removing heat from the blood and nourishing yin to promote the production of body fluid.
(6)Bitter Apricot Kernel (Semen Armeniacae Amarum)
Effects:relieving cough and asthma,moistening the intestines to relax the bowels
(7)Agastache (Herba Agastachis)
Effects:removing dampness,relieving exterior syndrome and summer-heat,promoting appetite and stopping vomiting.
(8)Poria
Effects:inducing diuresis,excreting dampness, invigorating the spleen, replenishing the middle-jiao, and tranquilizing the mind.
(9)Dired Ginger (Rhizoma Zingiberis)
Effects:warming the middle-jiao, dispelling cold,warming the lung and resolving phlegm retention.
(10)Tangerine Peel (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae)
Effects:regulating qi,normalizing the function of the spleen and stomach, eliminating dampness, and resolving phlegm.
(11)Hawthorn Fruit (Fructus Crataegi)
Effects:improving digestion,removing retention of food, promoting blood circulation and resolving blood stasis.
(12)Argyi Leaf (Folium Artemisiae Argyi)
Effect:warming channels to arrest bleeding and dispelling cold to relieve pain.
(13)Chuanxiong Rhizome (Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanciong)
Effects:promoting blood circulation and the flow of qi and eliminating wind to relieve pain.
(14)Safflower (Flos Carthami)
Effects:invigorating circulation of blood, normalizing menstruation and eliminating blood stasis to relieve pain.
(15)Wild Jujube Seed (Semen Ziziphi Spinosae)
Effect: nourishing the heart to tranquilize the mind and tonifying yin to arrest sweating
(16)Ginseng (Radix Ginseng)
Effects:replenishing the primordial qi, restoring pulse and treating collapse, tonifying the spleen and lung,promoting the production of body fluid to quench thirst, tranquilizing the mind and improving mental power.
(17)Dangshen (Radix Codonopsis Pilosulae)
Effects:invigorating the spleen and replenishing qi, promoting the production of body fluid and nourishing the bloodl.
(18)liquorice (Radix Glycyrrhizae)
Effects:invigorating the spleen, replenishing qi, eliminating phlegm, arresting cough, clealing away heat and toxins, relieving spasm and pain, and moderating the properties of other drugs.
(19)Eucommia Bark (Cortex Eucommiae)
Effects:nourishing the liver and kidney, strengthening the bones and muscles and preverting abortion.
(20)Chinese Angelica Root (Radix Angelicae Sinensis)
Effects: tonifying the blood, peomoting blood circulation, relieving pain and moistening the bowels.
(21)Prepared Rehmannia Root (Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata)
Effects:nourishing the blood, tonifying yin, and replenishing the vital essence and marrow.
(22)Fleece-flower Root (Radix polygoni Multiflori)
Effects:replenishing the vital essence and blood, curing malaria, clearing away toxins, moistening the intestines and relieving constipation.
(23)Wolfberry Fruit (Fructus Lycii)
Effects:strengthening the kidney, replenishing the vital essence, nourishing the liver to improve the acuity of vision, and nourishing yin to moisten the lung.