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CA Boards-247 Herbs-Category & Temperature

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*ma huang (ephedrae)   disperse w-c; warm  
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*gui zhi (cinnamomi)   disperse w-c; warm  
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*zi su ye (perlillae folium)   disperse w-c; warm, aromatic  
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*jing jie (schizonpetae herba)   disperse w-c; sl warm  
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*fang feng (saposhnikoviae radix)   disperse w-c; sl warm  
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*qiang huo (notopterygii rhizoma seu radix)   disperse w-c; warm, aromatic  
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gao ben (lingustici rhizoma)   disperse w-c; warm  
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*bai zhi (angelicae dahuricae radix)   disperse w-c; warm  
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*xi xin (asari herba)   disperse w-c; warm  
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xin yi hua (magnoliase flos)   disperse w-c; warm  
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cang er zi (xanthii fructus)   disperse w-c; warm, TOXIC  
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*sheng jiang (zingiberis rhizoma recens)   disperse w-c; sl warm  
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xiang ru (moslae herba)   disperse w-c; sl warm, acrid  
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*bo he (menthae haplocalycis herba)   disperse w-h; cool, aromatic  
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*niu bang zi (arctii fructus)   disperse w-h; cold  
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*chan tui (cicadae periostracum)   disperse w-h; sl cold  
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sang ye (mori folium)   disperse w-h; cold  
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*ju hua (chrysanthemi flos)   disperse w-h; sl cold  
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man jing zi (citcis fructus)   disperse w-h; cool  
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*dan dou chi (sojae semen preparatum)   disperse w-h; cold or warm  
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mu zei (equiseti hiemalis herba)   disperse w-h; neutral  
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*chai hu (bupleuri radix)   disperse w-h; cool  
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*sheng ma (cimicifugae rhizoma)   disperse w-h; sl cold  
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*ge gen (puerariae radix)   disperse w-h; cool  
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*shi gao (gypsum fibrosum)   clear & purge heat; VERY cold  
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*zhi mu (anemarrhenae rhizoma)   clear & purge heat; cold  
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*tian hua fen (trichosanthis radix)   clear & purge heat; cold  
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*lu gen (phragmitis rhizoma)   clear & purge heat; cold  
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*dan zhu ye (laphatheri herba)   clear & purge heat; cold  
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*zhi zi (gardeniae fructus)   clear & purge heat; cold  
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xia ku cao (prunellae spica)   clear & purge heat; cold  
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jue ming zi (cassiae semen)   clear & purge heat; sl cold  
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shui niu jiao (bubali cornu)   clear blood-heat; cold  
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*sheng di huang (rehmanniae radix)   clear blood-heat; cold  
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*xuan shen (scrophulariae radix)   clear blood-heat; cold  
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*mu dan pi (moutan cortex)   clear blood-heat; sl cold  
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zi cao (arnebiae/lithospermi radix)   clear blood-heat; cold  
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*huang qin (scutellariae radix)   clear d-h; cold  
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*huang lian (coptidis rhizoma)   clear d-h; cold  
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*huang bai (phellodendri cortex)   clear d-h; cold  
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*long dan cao (gentiana radix)   clear d-h; cold  
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*ku shen (sophorae flavescentis radix)   clear d-h; cold  
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*jin yin hua (lonicerae flos)   clear toxic-heat; cold  
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*lian qiao (forsythiae fructus)   clear toxic-heat; sl cold  
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she gan (belamcandae rhizoma)   clear toxic-heat; cold  
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ban lan gen (isatidis radix)   clear toxic-heat; cold  
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shan dou gen (sophorae radix)   clear toxic-heat; cold  
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tu fu ling (smilacis rhizoma)   clear toxic-heat; neutral  
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pu gong ying (taraxaci herba)   clear toxic-heat; cold  
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bai jiang cao (sl cold)   clear toxic-heat; sl cold  
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he ye (nelumbinis folium)   clear toxic-heat; neutral  
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*qing hao (artemisiae annuae herba)   clear def-heat; cold  
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di gu pi (lycili cortex)   clear def-heat; cold  
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bai wei (cynanchi atrati radix)   clear def-heat; cold  
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*da huang (rhei radix)   purgatives; cold  
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*man xiao (natrii sulfas)   purgatives; VERY cold  
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lu hui (aloe)   purgatives; cold  
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huo ma ren (cannabis semen)   laxatives; neutral  
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da ji (euphorbiae perkinensis radix)   cathartics; cold, TOXIC  
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*fu ling (poria)   diuretics; neutral  
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yi yi ren (coicisn semen)   diuretics; sl cold  
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*zhu ling (polyporus)   diuretics; sl cool  
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*ze xie (alismatis rhizoma)   diuretics; cold  
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dong gua ren (benincasae semen)   diuretics; cold  
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han fang ji (stephaniae tetrandrae radix)   diuretics; cold  
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yin chen (atremisiae scopariae herba)   diuretics; sl cold  
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*deng xin cao (junci medulla)   diuretics; sl cold  
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*mu tong (akebiae cauris)   diuretics; sl cold  
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dong kui zi (malvae fructus)   diuretics; cold  
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*qu mai (dianthi herba)   diuretics; cold  
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*bian xu (polygoni avicularis herba)   diuretics; sl cold  
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shi wei (pyrrosiae folium)   diuretics; sl cold  
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*che qian zi (plantaginis semen)   diuretics; cold  
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*hua shi (talcum)   diuretics; cold  
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di fu zi (kochiae fructus)   diuretics; cold  
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bi xie (dioscoreae hypoglaucae rhizoma)   diuretics; neutral  
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*du huo (angelicae radix)   dispel w-d; warm  
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wei ling xian (clematidis radix)   dispel w-d; warm  
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hai tong pi (erythrinae cortex)   dispel w-d; neutral  
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*qin jiao (gentianaie radix)   dispel w-d; sl cold  
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mu gua (chaenomelis fructus)   dispel w-d; warm  
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sang zhi (mori ramulus)   dispel w-d; neutral  
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xi xian cao (siegesbeckiae herba)   dispel w-d; cold  
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bai hua she (agkistrodon/bungarus)   dispel w-d; warm, TOXIC  
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wu jia pi (eleutherococci gracilistyli cortex)   dispel w-d; warm  
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*sang ji sheng (taxili herba)   dispel w-d; neutral  
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*qian hu (peucedani radix)   dissolve hot phlegm; sl cold  
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*chuan bei mu (fritillariae cirrhosae bulbus)   dissolve hot phlegm; sl cold  
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zhe bei mu (fritillariae thunderbergii bulbus)   dissolve hot phlegm; cold  
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gua lou pi (trichosanthis semen)   dissolve hot phlegm; cold  
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*gua lou (trichosanthis fructus)   dissolve hot phlegm; cold  
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gua lou ren (trichosanthis semen)   dissolve hot phlegm; cold  
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zhu ru (bambusae caulis in taeniam)   dissolve hot phlegm; sl cold  
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hai zao (sargassum)   dissolve hot phlegm; cold  
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*tian na xing (arisaematis rhizoma preparatum)   dissolve cold-phlegm; warm, TOXIC  
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*ban xia (pinelliae rhizoma preparatum)   dissolve cold-phlegm; TOXIC  
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xuan fu hua (inulae flora)   dissolve cold-phlegm; sl warm  
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*bai qian (cynanchi stauntonii rhizoma)   dissolve cold-phlegm; sl warm  
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bai jie zi (sinapis semen)   dissolve cold-phlegm; warm  
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*jie geng (platycodi radix)   dissolve cold-phlegm; neutral  
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*xing ren (armeniacae semen)   stop cough & wheezing; sl warm, SL TOXIC  
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*zi su zi (perillae fructus)   stop cough & wheezing; warm  
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*zi wan (asteris radix)   stop cough & wheezing; sl warm  
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*bai bu (stemonae radix)   stop cough & wheezing; sl warm  
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pi pa ye (eriobotrya folium)   stop cough & wheezing; neutral  
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*sang bai pi (mori cortex)   stop cough & wheezing; cold  
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*huo xiang (pogostemonis herba)   aromatics for damp; sl warm  
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*cang zhu (atractylodis rhizoma)   aromatics for damp; warm  
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*hou po (magnoliae cortex)   aromatics for damp; warm  
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bai dou kou (amomi fructus rotundus)   aromatics for damp; warm, aromatic  
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sha ren (amomi fructus)   aromatics for damp; warm, aromatic  
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cao dou kou (alpiniae katsumadai semen)   aromatics for damp; warm, aromatic  
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cao guo (tsaoko fructus)   aromatics for damp; warm  
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*shan zha (crataegi fructus)   digestives; sl warm  
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*mai ya (hordei fructus germinatus)   digestives; neutral  
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gu ya (setariae (oryzae) fructus)   digestives; neutral  
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*shen qu (massa medicata fermentata)   digestives; warm  
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ji nei jin (gigeriae galli endothelium corneum)   digestives; neutral  
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*lai fu zi (raphani semen)   digestives; neutral  
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*chen pi (citri reticulatae pericarpium)   regulate qi; warm, aromatic  
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qing pi (citri reticulatae viride pericarpium)   regulate qi; warm  
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*zhi shi (aurantii fructus immaturus)   regulate qi; sl cold  
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*zhi ke (aurantii fructus)   regulate qi; sl cold  
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*da fu pi (arecae pericarpium)   regulate qi; sl warm  
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*xiang fu (cyperi rhizoma)   regulate qi; neutral  
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chuan lian zi (toosendan fructus)   regulate qi; cold, SL TOXIC  
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wu yao (linderae radix)   regulate qi; warm  
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chen xiang (aquilariae lignum resinatum)   regulate qi; warm, aromatic  
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*mu xiang (aucklandiae radix)   regulate qi; warm  
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pu huang (typhae pollen)   stop bleeding; neutral  
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san qi (notoginseng radix)   stop bleeding; warm  
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qian cao gen (rubiae radix)   stop bleeding; cold  
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xian he cao (agrimoniae herba)   stop bleeding; neutral  
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bai ji (bletillae rhizoma)   stop bleeding; cool  
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huai hua mi (sophorae flos immaturus)   stop bleeding; cool  
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di yu (sanguisorbae radix)   stop bleeding; sl cold  
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ce bai ye (platycladi cacumen)   stop bleeding; sl cold  
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bai mao gen (imperatae rhizoma)   stop bleeding; cold  
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ai ye (artemisiae argyi folium)   stop bleeding; warm  
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*chuan xiong (chuanxiong rhizoma)   activate blood; warm  
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yan hu suo (corydalis rhizoma)   activate blood; warm  
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yu jin (curcumae radix)   activate blood; cold  
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*dan shen (salviae miltiorrhizae radix)   activate blood; sl cold  
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*chi shao (paeoniae radix rubra)   activate blood; sl cold  
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*yi mu cao (leonuri herba)   activate blood; sl cold  
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ze lan (lycopi herba)   activate blood; sl warm  
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*tao ren (persicae semen)   activate blood; neutral  
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*hong hua (carthami flos)   activate blood; warm  
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*mo yao (myrrha)   activate blood; neutral  
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*ru xiang (olibanum)   activate blood; warm  
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san leng (sparganii rhizoma)   activate blood; neutral  
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e zhu (curcumae rhizoma)   activate blood; warm  
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*huai niu xi (achyranthis bidentatae radix)   activate blood; neutral  
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*chuan niu xi (cyathulae radix)   activate blood; neutral  
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wang bu liu xing (vaccariae semen)   activate blood; neutral  
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*chuan wu (aconiti radix preparata)   warm interior; hot, VERY TOXIC  
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*cao wu (aconiti kusnezoffii preparata)   warm interior; hot, VERY TOXIC  
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*fu zi (aconiti radix lateralis preparata)   warm interior; hot, TOXIC  
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*gan jiang (zingiberis rhizoma)   warm interior; hot  
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*rou gui (cinnamomi cortex)   warm interior; hot  
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*hua jiao (zanthoxyli pericarpium)   warm interior; hot, SL TOXIC  
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*wu zhu yu (evodiae fructus)   warm interior; hot, SL TOXIC  
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xiao hui xiang (foeniculi fructus)   warm interior; warm  
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ding xiang (caryophylli flos)   warm interior; warm  
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gao liang jiang (alpiniae officinarum rhizoma)   warm interior; hot  
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bi ba (piperis longi fructus)   warm interior; hot  
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hu jiao (piperis fructus)   warm interior; hot  
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*ren shen (ginseng radix)   qi tonics; sl warm  
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*dang shen (codonopsis radix)   qi tonics; neutral  
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*huang qi (astragali radix)   qi tonics; sl warm  
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*bai zhu (atractylodis macrocephalae rhizoma)   qi tonics; warm  
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bai bian dou (lablab semen album)   qi tonics; neutral  
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*shan yao (dioscoreae rhizoma)   qi tonics; neutral  
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*da zao (jujubae fructus)   qi tonics; warm  
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*gan cao (glycyrrhizae radix)   qi tonics; neutral  
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*yi tang (maltosum)   qi tonics; sl warm  
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*feng mi (mel)   qi tonics; neutral  
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*geng mi (semen oryzae)   qi tonics; neutral  
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*shu di huang (rehmanniae radix preparata)   blood tonics; sl warm  
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*dang gui (angelicae sinensis radix)   blood tonics; warm  
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*bai shao (paeoniae radix alba)   blood tonics; sl cold  
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*e jiao (asini corii colla)   blood tonics; neutral  
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gou qi zi (lycii fructus)   blood tonics; neutral  
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sang shen (mori fructus)   blood tonics; cold  
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*long yan rou (longan arillus)   blood tonics; warm  
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lu rong (cervi cornu pantotrichum)   yang tonics; warm  
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rou cong rong (cistanches herba)   yang tonics; warm  
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suo yang (cynomorii herba)   yang tonics; warm  
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hu tao ren (juglandis semen)   yang tonics; warm  
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yin yang huo (epimedii herba)   yang tonics; warm  
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xian mao (curculiginis rhizoma)   yang tonics; hot, TOXIC  
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ba ji tian (morindae officinalis radix)   yang tonics; sl warm  
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*bu gu zhi (psoraleae fructus)   yang tonics; very warm  
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yi zhi ren (alpiniae oxyphyllae fructus)   yang tonics; warm  
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gou ji (cibotii rhizoma)   yang tonics; warm  
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gu sui bu (drynariae rhizoma)   yang tonics; warm  
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xu duan (dipsaci radix)   yang tonics; sl warm  
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*du zhong (eucommiae cortex)   yang tonics; warm  
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tu si zi (cuscutae semen)   yang tonics; neutral  
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bai he (lilii bulbus)   yin tonics; sl cold  
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*tian men dong (asparagi radix)   yin tonics; very cold  
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*mai men dong (ophiopogonis radix)   yin tonics; sl cold  
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sha shen (glehniae radix)   yin tonics; sl cold  
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shi hu (dendrobii herba)   yin tonics; sl cold  
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nu zhen zi (ligustri lucidi fructus)   yin tonics; cool  
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*hei zhi ma (sesami semen nigrum)   yin tonics; neutral  
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*gui ban (testudinis plastrum)   yin tonics; cold  
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*bie jia (trionycis carapax)   yin tonics; sl cold  
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*shan zhu yu (corni fructus)   astringents; sl warm  
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jin ying zi (rosae laevigatae fructus)   astringents; neutral  
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hai piao xiao (sepiae endoconcha)   astringents; sl warm  
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fu pen zi (rubi fructus)   astringents; neutral  
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qian shi (euryales semen)   astringents; neutral  
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lian zi (nelumbinis semen)   astringents; neutral  
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*wu wei zi (schisandrae fructus)   astringents; warm  
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*bai guo (ginkgo semen)   astringents; neutral, SL TOXIC  
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*wu mei (mume fructus)   astringents; warm  
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he zi (chebulae fructus)   astringents; neutral  
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chi shi zhi (halloysitum rubrum)   astringents; warm  
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*rou dou kou (myristicae semen)   astringents; warm  
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*chun pi (ailanthi cortex)   astringents; cold  
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*fu xiao mai (tritici fructus levis)   astringents; cool  
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long gu (fossilia ossis mastodi)   anchor & calm shen; neutral  
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mu li (ostreae concha)   anchor & calm shen; cool  
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ci shi (magnetitum)   anchor & calm shen; cold  
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zhen zhu (margarita)   anchor & calm shen; cold  
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*suan zao ren (ziziphi spinosae semen)   nourish & calm shen; neutral  
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*bai zi ren (platycladi semen)   nourish & calm shen; neutral  
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*yuan zhi (polygalae radix)   nourish & calm shen; sl warm  
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*ye jiao teng (polygoni multiflori caulis)   nourish & calm shen; neutral  
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niu huang (bovis calculus)   orifice opening aromatics; cool  
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*tian ma (gastrodiae rhizoma)   extinguish LV wind; neutral  
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*gou teng (uncariae ramulus cum uncis)   extinguish LV wind; sl cold  
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*shi jue ming (haliotidis concha)   extinguish LV wind; cold  
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bai ji li (tribuli fructus)   extinguish LV wind; neutral  
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dai zhe shi (haematitum)   extinguish LV wind; cold  
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*di long (pheretima)   extinguish LV wind; cold  
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bing lang (arecae semen)   expel parasites; warm  
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she chuang zi (cnidii fructus)   external use; warm, sl toxic  
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*zhu sha (cinnabaris)   obsolete substances; cool, TOXIC  
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ma dou ling (aristolochiae fructus)   obsolete substances; cold  
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guan mu tong (aristolochiae manshuriensis caulis)   obsolete substances; cold  
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guang fang ji (aristolochiae fangchi radix)   obsolete substances; cold  
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chuan shan jia (manitis squama)   obsolete substances, endangered species; cool  
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