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PCOM #07
PCOM Herbs 2 - Key Characteristics
| PIN YIN | KEY CHARACTERISTIC |
|---|---|
| Ma Huang | Induces sweating, calms wheezing, promotes urination. (2-9g) |
| Gui Zhi | Light and warm, releases the muscle layer, umblocks yang qi, warms the middle. (3-9g) |
| Zi Su Ye | Its acrid warmth disperses and discharges, and its aroma harmonizes the middle; it promotes qi movement and revives te SP. (5-9g) |
| Jing Jie | Harmonious in nature: aromatic and acrid, but not excessively so; slightly warm, but not drying; its light, ascending qualities allow it to be used for both wind-heat and wind-cold, while also for venting wind-heat from the blood. (4.5-9g) |
| Fang Feng | Moderate, slightly warm, and less drying than most wind-expelling herbs; used for all wind disorders; treats dampness, and also diarrhea and pain in the bowels. (4.5-9g) |
| Qiang Huo | With a clear, strong aroma it travels through the qi level; light in weight, it reaches to the vertex and upper body, travels through the limbs, and expels superficial dampness. (3-9g) |
| Gao Ben | Powerful ascending nature reaches the vertex where it treats headaches involving the teeth; relieves abdominal pain and diarrhea from cold-dampness, or gynecological swelling and masses. (3-9g) |
| Bai Zhi | Aromatic, warm, releases the exterior, opens th eorifices (especially the nose), dries dampness; frequently used for wind-cold frontal headaches. (3-9g) |
| Xi Xin | Powerfully aromatic, warm and piercing, disperses cold from both the greater yang and lesser yin, opens the orifices, relieves pain and reaches the head, lung, bones, and joints to disperse wind, cold, dampness, and phlegm. (1-3g) |
| Sheng Jiang | Dispersing in nature, benfits the ST, alleviates nausea, stops coughing, transforms phlegm. (3-9g) |
| Cong Bai | Lightweight, releases the exterior, unblocks the yang qi. (3-9g) |
| Cang Er Zi | Disperses wind, unblocks the orifices, removes painful obstruction, eliminates damp qi from the skin, treats sores. (3-9g) |
| Xin Yi | Disseminates and disperses upper burner wind-heat, clears the nasal passages, relieves sinus headaches. (3-9g) |
| Bo He | Facilitates the dispersal of upper burner wind-heat, cools and clears the eyes and head, soothes the throat, facilitates the flow of LV qi and expels turbid filth. (3-6g) |
| Niu Bang Zi | Disperses heat in the exterior and clears internal heat toxin; benefits the throat; its cold and slippery properties facilitate bowel movements (unless fried). (6-12g) |
| Chan Tui | Cold, light, and ascending, disperses exterior wind-heat, extinguishes internal wind, cools the LU and LV, vents rashes, stops itching, soothes the throat. (3-9g) |
| Sang Ye | Light, rising, cooling and moistening, sweet, bitter, and cold: disperses wind-heat, cools and drains the LU and LV. (4.5-9g) |
| Ju Hua | Cooling, aromatic and light; can ascend or descend, drain or tonify; particularly effective for dispersing wind-heat, cooling and tonifying the LV, and brightening the eyes; also resolves toxicity. (4.5-15g) |
| Man Jing Zi | Ascending, dispersing, and cooling, particularly for wind-heat in the face and eyes, but also useful for stiff and painful joints in wind-damp painful obstruction. (6-12g) |
| Dan Dou Chi | Ascending, vents and disperses exterior pathogens, disseminates and disperses constrained heat above the diaphragm. (6-12g) |
| Fu Ping | Clears, cools, and drains heat, disseminates LU qi, vents the pores to bring out sweat, unblocks and regulates the water passageways to promote urination; its acrid, dispersing nature expels wind. (3-9g) |
| Ge Gen | Raises the clear yang qi of yang brightness, encourages the ST qi and thus releases muscle layer heat and vents rashes; alleviates thirst by raising ST fluids, treats diarrhea. (9-21g) |
| Chai Hu | Treats alternating chills and fever, releases heat in the muscle layer, harmonizes lesser yang stage disorders, raises the clear qi of the ST and GB, relieves LV qi constraint. (3-9g) |
| Sheng Ma | Raises yang qi, disperses heat, resolves toxicity. (3-9g) |
| Shi Gao | Very cold; excels at cooling LU and ST fire, while also dispersing to vent to the exterior and release the muscle layer. (15-60g) |
| Zhi Mu | Clears fire and nourishes the yin of the LU, ST, KI. (6-12g) |
| Zhi Zi | Resolves constrained heat, directs damp-heat downward and out through the urine, cools the blood, breaks up toxic accumulations. (6-9g) |
| Dan Zhu Ye | Leaches out dampness and facilitates urination; also treats irritability associated with heat. (6-9g) |
| Xi Gua | Cools, moistens, facilitates urination. (15-30g) |
| Xia Ku Cao | Cools LV fire, disperses clumps, benefits the eyes. (9-15g) |
| Lian Zi Xin | Clears heat from the HT and PC. (1.5-3g) |
| Lu Gen | Cools the LU and ST, generates fluids without being cloying, alleviates nausea, promotes urination. (15-30g) |
| Tian Hua Fen | Cools heat, generates fluids, resolves toxicity, reduces swelling, invigorates the blood. (10-15g) |
| Jue Ming Zi | Disperses wind-fire to cool the eyes, moistens the Intestines, nourishes the LV and KI yin, with both ascending and descending actions. (9-15g) |
| Shui Niu Jiao | cools nutritive and blood level heat, clears heat from the HT channel, resolves toxic rashes and sores, stops bleeding due to heat in the blood. (30-120g in decoction; 6-15g as powder) |
| Xi Jiao | Clears heat, relieves fire toxicity, and cools the blood; clears heat and arrests tremors (1.5-6g in decoction; 1-2g as powder) |
| Sheng Di Huang | enriches the yin, cools the blood, clears heat. (9-15g) |
| Xuan Shen | Enriches the yin, moistens dryness, drains fire, resolves toxicity, softens hardness, transforms phlegm-heat. (9-15g) |
| Mu Dan Pi | Cools heat from either excess or deficiency, gently invigorates the blood without injuring the blood or yin, clears lurking fire from the blood. (6-12g) |
| Zi Cao | Cools and invigorates the blood, resolves toxicity, facilitates passage of stool and urine. (3-9g) |
| Huang Qin | Cools heat, dries dampness, stops bleeding, quiets the fetus in pregnancy. (3-9g) |
| Huang Lian | Cools heat, drains fire (especially in the HT and ST), dries dampness, resolves toxicity (1.5-9g) |
| Huang Bai | Directs fire downward, clears damp-heat in the lower burner. (3-12g) |
| Long Dan Cao | Drains fire from excess in the LV and GB, eliminates lower burner damp-heat. (3-9g) |
| Ku Shen | Expels wind, stops itching, promotes urination. (3-9g) |
| Qin Pi | Cools heat, drains dampness, benefits the eyes, binds the intestines. (6-12g) |
| Jin Yin Hua | Disperses heat, resolves toxicity, cools the blood, stops bleeding (if charred). (6-20g) |
| Ren Dong Teng | Expels heat, resolves toxicity, soothes the sinews, relieves abdominal pain due to inflammation. (9-30g) |
| Lian Qiao | cools and vents heat, particularly in the HT and upper burner, resolves toxicity, disperses clumps. (6-15g) |
| Da Qing Ye | Strongly cools heat toxin or pathogenic heat in both the qi and blood levels. (9-15g) |
| Bei Ban Lan Gen | Drains heat, resolves fire toxicity, cools the blood, benefits the throat. (9-15g) |
| Nan Ban Lan Gen | Cools heat and resolves toxicity, primarily in the treatment of epidemic disorders. (15-30g; 60-120g when a large dose is required). |
| Qing Dai | Clears heat, resolves toxicity, cools the blood, reduces maculae, drains the LV, clears the LU, dispels summerheat, settles convulsions. (1.5-3g, because it's difficult to dissolve in water, should be used in pill or powder form) |
| Pu Gong Ying | Cools heat, resolves toxicity, directs downward, facilitates urination. (9-30g) |
| Zi Hua Di Ding | Drains, disperses, cools, and resolves toxicity; especially indicated for deep-rooted sores and red swellings. (15-30g) |
| Si Gua Luo | Unblocks the collaterals, invigorates the blood, transforms phlegm. (6-15g) |
| Bai Jiang Cao | Resolves toxicity, expels pus, invigorates the blood, reduces abscesses. (6-15g) |
| Yu Xing Cao | Disperses heat, resolves toxicity, reduces swelling; acts especially on the LU. (15-30g; this herb should not be decocted longer than 5 min.) |
| Chuan Xin Lian | Cools, resolves toxicity. (6-15g) |
| Bai Hua She She Cao | Cools heat, resolves toxicity, promotes expulsion of dampness through the urine. (15-30g) |
| Bai Tou Weng | Clears heat and resolves toxicity; especially effective for cooling blood and alleviating dysenteric disorders. (6-15g) |
| Ma Chi Xian | Clears heat, resolves toxicity, eases the Intestines. (9-15g) |
| He Ye | Clears heat, resolves summerheat, raises clear yang, stops bleeding. (3-9g) |
| Lu Dou | Clears summerheat, alleviates thirst, resolves toxicity. (15-30g) |
| Bai Xian Pi | Expels damp-heat accumulated in the blood vessels of the muscles and flesh, leads damp-heat out through the urine, stops itching, clears sores, relieves painful obstruction. (4.5-9g) |
| Tu Fu Ling | Removes damp-heat, resolves toxicity, eases the joints. (15-60g) |
| She Gan | Clears heat toxin, reduces swelling of the throat, transforms phlegm. (3-9g) |
| Qing Hao | Clears all types of yin level heat without injuring the qi, blood, or yin. (6-12g. Do not subject to prolonged cooking) |
| Di Gu Pi | Eliminates heat from both excess and deficiency in the blood; used for steaming bone disorder with sweating, and to cool the LU. (6-15g) |
| Bai Wei | Cools the blood and reduces heat from deficiency without injuring the yin fluids or blood, vents pathogens, facilitates urination. (3-12g) |
| Yin Chai Hu | Clears heat from deficiency and heat due to childhood nutritional impairment. (3-9g) |
| Da Huang | purges clumped heat in the Intestines, cools the blood, removes blood stasis; in its charred form, can stop bleeding. (3-15g) |
| Mang Xiao | Softens hardened clumping of pathogenic heat in the Intestines. (6-18g) |
| Fan Xie Ye | Drains downward and guides out stagnant heat in the Intestines. (1.5-3g for a mild laxative effect; 4.5-9g for a strong purge. Usually taken as a tea, if decocted it should be added near the end) |
| Lu Hui | Cools the LV, relieves constipation, kills parasites. (1.5-4.5g. Used in pills or capsules, do not decoct). |
| Huo Ma Ren | Enriches the yin fluids, moistens the Intestines, unblocks dry constipation. (9-15g. Crush before decocting.) |
| Yu Li Ren | Moistens and drains downward; treats constipation and the retention of fluids. (3-9g. Crush before decocting.) |
| Feng Mi | Strengthens the middle-jiao, relieves spasm, moistens the lung to arrest cough and relaxes the bowel to relieve constipation |
| Qian Niu Zi | Unblocks and drains, via both the urine and stool, to clear and expel accumulated damp-heat in the qi level of the three burners. (3-6g. Crush before decocting. The dosage in pills or powders should not be greater than 3g per day.) |
| Gan Sui | Drives pathogenic water downward. |
| Ba Dou | Drives cold accumulation downward and out of the body. (administered in pills or capsules at a dosage of 0.1-0.3g per day, or for external use) |
| Fu Ling | Tonifies the SP, eliminates dampness, calms the HT spirit. (9-15g) |
| Chi Fu Ling | Only drains heat and mobilizes water (does not have all functions of white poria), for scanty, dark urine or urinary difficulty. Enters the blood aspect instead of the Qi aspect (white poria). |
| Fu Ling Pi | The blackish brown outer layer of the fungal node promotes urination and reduces edema without exhausting the Qi. |
| Fu Shen | The innermost part of the fungus, around and including the root, used primarily for its spirit-calming effect. |
| Zhu Ling | Promotes urination, leaches out dampness, facilitates fluid metabolism. (6-12g) |
| Ze Xie | Facilitates the fluid pathways, clears blazing ministerial fire. (4.5-9g) |
| Yi Yi Ren | Tonifies the SP and augments the LU; leaches out dampness from the bones, sinews, and muscles to treat painful obstruction disorder; cools heat and expels pus to treat sores and abscesses. |
| Che Qian Zi | Facilitates urination, separates the clear and turbid fluids, guides damp-heat downward and out of the body through the urine. (9-15g. Because these seeds are very small, to prevent them from making the decoction overly gelatinous, or leaking into the str |
| Hua Shi | Cools summerheat, clears hot painful urinary dribbling; applied topically for damp-heat rashes and sores. (9-15g. When decocted, it should be placed in a separate cloth bag to reduce residual sediment) |
| Mu Tong | Promotes urination, directs fire and damp-heat downward and out through the urine, facilitates lactation, unblocks blood stasis. (3-6g) |
| Deng Xin Cao | Clears heat in the HT and LU and directs heat downward and out through the urine. (1.5-4.5g) |
| Qu Mai | Cools heat, directs downward, invigorates the blood; leads heat and fire in the HT and SI out through the urine. (9-15g) |
| Bian Xu | Clears damp-heat and facilitates urination. (9-15g) |
| Di Fu Zi | Alleviates itching, removes damp-heat, unblocks painful urinary dribbling, clears wind-heat affecting the eyes and head. (9-15g) |
| Dong Gua Ren | Facilitates the removal of pathogenic water and dampness, clears heat. (9-15g) |
| Bei Xie | Expels dampness, especially from the lower burner, by separating the pure from the turbid. (9-15g) |
| Hai Jin Sha | Clears damp-heat in the blood level of the SI and UB to alleviate painful urination. (6-15g; decoct in a cheesecloth bag) |
| Yin Chen Hao | Treats jaundice by facilitating the removal of dampness and clearing heat. (9-30g) |
| Han Fang Ji | Clears damp-heat, facilitates the fluid pathways, treats painful obstruction. (4.5-9g) |
| Sheng Jiang Pi | This is the peel of fresh ginger. It is acrid and cooling, with its action focused on harmonizing the middle, promoting urination, and reducing edema, while also mobilizing the exterior. Thus, it is best used for edema just under the skin. |
| Du Huo | Treats painful obstruction in the lower body, dispels lurking wind in the KI channel. (3-9g) |
| Wei Ling Xian | Strongly mobilizes all twelve channels to unblock painful obstruction by dispelling wind, dampness, and phlegm, and to soften areas of hardness. (6-9g) |
| Hai Tong Pi | Treats wind-dampness in the lower half of the body; excels at alleviating pain. (6-15g) |
| Mu Gua | Transforms dampness, harmonizes the SP and ST, alleviates cramping. (6-12g) |
| Can Sha | Dries dampness, expels wind. (4.5-9g) |
| Sang Ji Sheng | Tonifies the LV and KI, nourishes yin and blood, expels wind-dampness, quiets the fetus in pregnancy. (9-15g) |
| Wu Jia Pi | Clears wind-dampness, warms the KD and LV, stops pain, strengthens the sinews. (4.5-9g) |
| Qin Jiao | Dispels wind-dampness, eliminates tidal fever and steaming bone disorders. (3-9g) |
| Sang Zhi | Dispels wind-dampness, unblocks the collaterals, treats pain, numbness, and itching, especially in the upper limbs, due to painful obstructions disorder. (9-15g, up to 30g in high doses) |
| Xi Xian Cao | Cools heat, dispels wind-dampness, stops itching, calms the spirit. (9-15g) |
| Qi She / Bai Hua She | Tracks down and eliminates wind. (3-9g in decoctions, 1-1.5g in pills or powders) |
| Qian Hu | Directs qi downward: assists the dissemination of LU qi, thereby expelling external pathogens; directs fire downward, thereby dissolving phlegm. (3-9g) |
| Chuan Bei Mu | Cools, moistens, directs the LU qi and HT fire downward to transform phlegm, alleviate cough, relieve constraint, and disperse clumped phlegm-heat. (3-9g) |
| Zhe Bei Mu | Cold, drains heat, transforms phlegm-heat, releases constraint, dissipates nodules, especially in the neck and breast. (4.5-9g) |
| Gua Lou | Cools and transforms phlegm-heat, moistens the Intestines, directs turbid phlegm downward. (9-21g) |
| Gua Lou Pi | Cools and transforms phlegm-heat, facilitates the flow of qi in the chest, disperses constrained clumping. (6-12g) |
| Gua Lou Ren | Slippery, moistens both the LU and Intestines, cools and transforms phlegm. (9-15g) |
| Zhu Ru | Cools the LU, ST, and GB; scours phlegm, releases constraint, alleviates nausea. (4.5-9g) |
| Kun Bu | Reduces phlegm and softens areas of hardness, promotes urination, eliminates edema. (6-15g) |
| Hai Zao | Softens areas of hardness, clears damp-heat, reduces edema. (6-15g) |
| Zhi Ban Xia | Acrid for opening, slippery for directing rebellious qi downward, and bitter for drying; best used for thin phlegm or dampness as well as rebellious ST qi. (3-9g only prepared herb is for internal use) |
| Tian Nan Xing | Very acrid, dispersing, warm, and drying; eliminates wind-phlegm in the channels and collaterals; toxic in its raw (unprepared) form. (3-9g) |
| Bai Jie Zi | Penetrates to the yin to restore movement to the yang, transforms cold-phlegm, dissipates clumps. (3-9g do not decoct for long period of time) |
| Jie Geng | Causes the qi and the actions of other herbs to rise, soothes the throat, releases the exterior, transforms phlegm, expels pus. (3-9g) |
| Xuan Fu Hua | Directs qi downward to stop cough, softens hardened phlegm to break up clumped accumulations, promotes the dissipation of pathogenic water. (3-9g) |
| Bai Qian | Directs the LU qi downward; suitable for any type of cough; especially good for phlegm in the throat. (3-9g) |
| Xing Ren | Directs the LU qi downward, disperses wind-cold, moistens the Intestines; slightly toxic. (3-9g) |
| Zi Wan | Acrid-dispersing, bitter-draining, yet warm and moistening without drying; stops coughs, facilitates urination, enters both the qi and blood aspects. (5-9g) |
| Kuan Dong Hua | Acrid and warm, but not drying; dispersing, but not draining; appropriate for any type of cough or wheezing. (4.5-9g) |
| Zi Su Zi (Su Zi) | Acrid, warm, aromatic, moistening; best at directing qi downward to disperse phlegm and calm wheezing; also moistens the Intestines, except in its prepared form. (3-9g) |
| Pi Pa Ye | Directs qi downward to stop coughs and alleviate nausea and vomiting. (6-15g) |
| Bai Bu | Excels at directing qi downward to alleviate all types of cough, particularly chronic and deficient types. (3-9g) |
| Sang Bai Pi | Drains the LU, especially heat in the LU, thereby alleviating cough and wheezing; also drains fluids and treats edema. (6-15g) |
| Cang Zhu | Dries dampness, induces sweating, strengthens the SP and ST, treats atrophy disorders from damp-heat in the lower burner, helps the vision. (3-9g) |
| Hou Po | Regulates the qi and directs it downward, disperses fullness, dries dampness, reduces phlegm. (3-9g) |
| Guang Huo Xiang | Releases the exterior, transforms dampness, harmonizes the middle, alleviates nausea. (3-9g. Double the dosage when used fresh. Do not decoct too long.) |
| Tu Huo Xiang | Releases the exterior, transforms dampness, harmonizes the middle, alleviates nausea. (3-9g. Double the dosage when used fresh. Do not decoct too long.) |
| Sha Ren | Promotes the flow of qi, warms the middle, transforms dampness, improves the appetite, calms the fetus. (3-6g. When decocted, it should be added near the end or its potency may suffer. For best results, crush before use.) |
| Bai Dou Kou | Disseminates the LU qi, awakens the SP, warms the middle, transforms dampness, pierces through and disperses turbidity. (3-6g) |
| Cao Dou Kou | Warms the middle, mobilizes the qi, dried turbid dampness. (3-6g. Should be added near the end of the decocting process. For best results, crush before using.) |
| Cao Guo | Treats constraint from cold-dampness in th emiddle burner, checks malarial disorders. (3-6g) |
| Shan Zha | Reduces food stagnation, especially from meat and greasy foods, invigorates the blood flow, alleviates diarrhea and dysentery. (9-12g) |
| Shen Qu | Treats food stagnation, promotes the flow of qi, alleviates diarrhea. (6-15g) |
| Mai Ya | Reduces food stagnation due to starches and fruits, softens areas of hardness, improves the appetite. (9-15g. For restraining lactation, use 30-60g.) |
| Gu Ya / Su Ya | Gently reduces food stagnation while strengthening the SP and improving appetite. (9-15g) |
| Gu Ya / Dao Ya | Gently reduces food stagnation while strengthening the SP and improving appetite. (9-15g) |
| Lai Fu Zi | Transforms phlegm, reduces food stagnation, promotes the flow of qi in the LU, SP, and LI. (4.5-9g; should be crushed prior to use.) |
| Ji Nei Jin | Reduces all types of food stagnation, stops enuresis, dissolves stones. (3-9g) |
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