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虎杖

ENG: Giant Knotweed Rhizome
LATIN: Polygoni Cuspidati Rhizoma et Radix

Medicinal Group: Dampness-draining anti-icteric medicinal
Family: Polygonaceae
Part used: Root and Rhizome
Nature: slightly cold
Flavor: slightly bitter
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Liver, Lung, Gallbladder

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製何首烏

ENG: Prepared Fleeceflower Root
LATIN: Polygoni Multiflori Praeparata Radix

Medicinal Group: Blood-tonifying medicinal
Family: Polygonaceae
Part used: Root and Rhizome
Nature: warm
Flavor: bitter, sweet, astringent
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Liver, Heart, Kidney

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委陵菜

ENG: Chinese Cinquefoil
LATIN: Potentillae Chinensis Herba

Medicinal Group: Heat-clearing and detoxicating medicinal
Family: Rosaceae
Part used: Herb
Nature: cold
Flavor: bitter
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Liver, Large intestine

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夏枯草

ENG: Common Selfheal Fruit-Spike
LATIN: Prunellae Spica

Medicinal Group: Heat-clearing and fire-purging medicinal
Family: Labiatae
Part used: Flower
Nature: cold
Flavor: pungent, bitter
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Liver, Gallbladder

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鬱李仁

ENG: Chinese Dwarf Cherry Seed
LATIN: Pruni Semen

Medicinal Group: Laxative medicinal
Family: Rosaceae
Part used: Seed
Nature: neutral
Flavor: pungent, bitter, sweet
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Spleen, Large intestine, Small intestine

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太子參

ENG: Heterophylly Falsestarwort Root
LATIN: Pseudostellariae Radix

Medicinal Group: Qi-tonifying medicinal
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Part used: Root and Rhizome
Nature: neutral
Flavor: sweet, slightly bitter
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Spleen, Lung

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補骨脂

ENG: Malaytea Scurfpea Fruit
LATIN: Psoraleae Fructus

Medicinal Group: Yang-tonifying medicinal
Family: Leguminosae
Part used: Fruit
Nature: warm
Flavor: pungent, bitter
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Spleen, Kidney

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白頭翁

ENG: Chinese Pulsatilla Root
LATIN: Pulsatillae Radix

Medicinal Group: Heat-clearing and detoxicating medicinal
Family: Ranunculaceae
Part used: Root and Rhizome
Nature: cold
Flavor: bitter
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Stomach, Large intestine

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鹿銜草

ENG: Pyrola Herb
LATIN: Pyrolae Herba

Medicinal Group: Wind-dampness-dispelling and strenghten tendon and bone medicinal
Family: Pyrolaceae
Part used: Herb
Nature: warm
Flavor: sweet, bitter
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Liver, Kidney

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石韋

ENG: Shearer's Pyrrosia Leaf
LATIN: Pyrrosiae Folium

Medicinal Group: Strangury-relieving diuretic medicinal
Family: Polypodiaceae
Part used: Leaf
Nature: slightly cold
Flavor: sweet, bitter
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Lung, Bladder

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大黃

ENG: Rhubarb
LATIN: Rhei Radix et Rhizoma

Medicinal Group: Induce catharsis medicinal
Family: Polygonaceae
Part used: Root and Rhizome
Nature: cold
Flavor: bitter
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Liver, Spleen, Pericardium, Stomach, Large intestine

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玫瑰花

ENG: Rose Flower
LATIN: Rosae Rugosae Flos

Medicinal Group: Qi-regulating medicinal
Family: Rosaceae
Part used: Flower
Nature: warm
Flavor: sweet, slightly bitter
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Liver, Spleen

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茜草

ENG: Indian Madder Root
LATIN: Rubiae Radix et Rhizoma

Medicinal Group: Stasis-resolving hemostatic medicinal
Family: Rubiaceae
Part used: Root and Rhizome
Nature: cold
Flavor: bitter
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Liver

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丹參

ENG: Danshen Root
LATIN: Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix et Rhizoma

Medicinal Group: Blood-activating menstruation regulating medicinal
Family: Labiatae
Part used: Root and Rhizome
Nature: slightly cold
Flavor: bitter
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Liver, Heart

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地榆

ENG: Garden Burnet Root
LATIN: Sanguisorbae Radix

Medicinal Group: Blood-cooling hemostatic medicinal
Family: Rosaceae
Part used: Aerial part
Nature: slightly cold
Flavor: bitter, sour, astringent
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Liver, Large intestine

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腫節風

ENG: Glabrous Sarcandra Herb
LATIN: Sarcandrae Herba

Medicinal Group: Heat-clearing and blood-cooling medicinal
Family: Chloranthaceae
Part used: Herb
Nature: neutral
Flavor: bitter, pungent
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Heart, Liver

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海藻

ENG: Seaweed
LATIN: Sargassum

Medicinal Group: Phlegm resolving medicinal
Family: Sargassaceae
Part used: Alga
Nature: cold
Flavor: bitter, salty
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Liver, Kidney, Stomach

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大血藤

ENG: Sargentgloryvine Stem
LATIN: Sargentodoxae Caulis

Medicinal Group: Heat-clearing and detoxicating medicinal
Family: Lardizabalaceae
Part used: Stem
Nature: neutral
Flavor: bitter
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Large intestine, Liver

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天山雪蓮

ENG: Snow Lotus Herb
LATIN: Saussureae Involucratae Herba

Medicinal Group: Blood-activating menstruation regulating medicinal
Family: Compositae
Part used: Aerial part
Nature: warm
Flavor: slightly bitter
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Liver, Spleen, Kidney

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玄參

ENG: Figwort Root
LATIN: Scrophulariae Radix

Medicinal Group: Heat-clearing and blood-cooling medicinal
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Part used: Root and Rhizome
Nature: slightly cold
Flavor: sweet, bitter, salty
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Lung, Kidney, Stomach

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半枝蓮

ENG: Barbated Skullcup Herb
LATIN: Scutellariae Barbatae Herba

Medicinal Group: Heat-clearing and detoxicating medicinal
Family: Labiatae
Part used: Herb
Nature: cold
Flavor: sweet, bitter
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Liver, Lung, Kidney

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黃芩

ENG: Baical Skullcap Root
LATIN: Scutellariae Radix

Medicinal Group: Heat-clearing and dampness-drying medicinal
Family: Labiatae
Part used: Root and Rhizome
Nature: cold
Flavor: bitter
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Spleen, Lung, Gallbladder, Small intestine, Large intestine

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天葵子

ENG: Muskroot-like Semiaquilegia Root
LATIN: Semiaquilegiae Radix

Medicinal Group: Heat-clearing and detoxicating medicinal
Family: Ranunculaceae
Part used: Root and Rhizome
Nature: cold
Flavor: sweet, bitter
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Liver, Kidney

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番瀉葉

ENG: Senna Leaf
LATIN: Sennae Folium

Medicinal Group: Induce catharsis medicinal
Family: Leguminosae
Part used: Leaf
Nature: cold
Flavor: sweet, bitter
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Large intestine

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豨薟草

ENG: Siegesbeckia Herb
LATIN: Siegesbeckiae Herba

Medicinal Group: Wind-dampness-dispelling and heat-clearing medicinal
Family: Compositae
Part used: Aerial part
Nature: cold
Flavor: pungent, bitter
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Liver, Kidney

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菝葜

ENG: Chinaroot Greenbrier Rhizome
LATIN: Smilacis Chinae Rhizoma

Medicinal Group: Wind-dampness-dispelling and heat-clearing medicinal
Family: Liliaceae
Part used: Root and Rhizome
Nature: neutral
Flavor: sweet, slightly bitter, slightly astringent
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Liver, Kidney

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淡豆豉

ENG: Fermented Soybean
LATIN: Sojae Praeparatum Semen

Medicinal Group: Wind-heat dispersing medicinal
Family: Leguminosae
Part used: Seed
Nature: cool
Flavor: pungent, bitter
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Lung, Stomach

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苦參

ENG: Lightyellow Sophora Root
LATIN: Sophorae Flavescentis Radix

Medicinal Group: Heat-clearing and dampness-drying medicinal
Family: Leguminosae
Part used: Root and Rhizome
Nature: cold
Flavor: bitter
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Liver, Heart, Stomach, Large intestine, Bladder

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槐花

ENG: Pagodatree Flower
LATIN: Sophorae Flos

Medicinal Group: Blood-cooling hemostatic medicinal
Family: Leguminosae
Part used: Flower
Nature: slightly cold
Flavor: bitter
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Liver, Large intestine

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槐角

ENG: Japanese Pagodatree Pod
LATIN: Sophorae Fructus

Medicinal Group: Blood-cooling hemostatic medicinal
Family: Leguminosae
Part used: Fruit
Nature: cold
Flavor: bitter
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Liver, Large intestine

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山豆根

ENG: Vietnamese Sophora Root
LATIN: Sophorae Tonkinensis Radix et Rhizoma

Medicinal Group: Heat-clearing and detoxicating medicinal
Family: Leguminosae
Part used: Root and Rhizome
Nature: cold
Flavor: bitter
Toxicity: toxic
Meridian Affinity: Lung, Stomach

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三棱

ENG: Common Burreed Tuber
LATIN: Sparganii Rhizoma

Medicinal Group: Blood-breaking mass eliminating medicinal
Family: Sparganiaceae
Part used: Root and Rhizome
Nature: neutral
Flavor: pungent, bitter
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Liver, Spleen

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雞血藤

ENG: Suberect Spatholobus Stem
LATIN: Spatholobi Caulis

Medicinal Group: Blood-activating menstruation regulating medicinal
Family: Leguminosae
Part used: Stem
Nature: warm
Flavor: bitter, sweet
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Liver, Kidney

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百部

ENG: Stemona Root
LATIN: Stemonae Radix

Medicinal Group: Cough-suppressing and panting-calming medicinal
Family: Stemonaceae
Part used: Root and Rhizome
Nature: slightly warm
Flavor: sweet, bitter
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Lung

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防己

ENG: Fourstamen Stephania Root
LATIN: Stephaniae Tetrandrae Radix

Medicinal Group: Wind-dampness-dispelling and heat-clearing medicinal
Family: Menispermaceae
Part used: Root and Rhizome
Nature: cold
Flavor: bitter
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Bladder, Lung

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馬錢子

ENG: Nux Vomica
LATIN: Strychni Semen

Medicinal Group: Blood-activating trauma-curing medicinal
Family: Loganiacea
Part used: Seed
Nature: warm
Flavor: bitter
Toxicity: strongly toxic
Meridian Affinity: Liver, Spleen

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蒲公英

ENG: Dandelion
LATIN: Taraxaci Herba

Medicinal Group: Heat-clearing and detoxicating medicinal
Family: Compositae
Part used: Herb
Nature: cold
Flavor: sweet, bitter
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Liver, Stomach

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桑寄生

ENG: Chinese Taxillus Herb
LATIN: Taxilli Herba

Medicinal Group: Wind-dampness-dispelling and strenghten tendon and bone medicinal
Family: Loranthaceae
Part used: Stem and leaf
Nature: neutral
Flavor: sweet, bitter
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Liver, Kidney

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金果欖

ENG: Tinospora Root
LATIN: Tinosporae Radix

Medicinal Group: Heat-clearing and detoxicating medicinal
Family: Menispermaceae
Part used: Root and Rhizome
Nature: cold
Flavor: bitter
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Lung, Large intestine

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川楝子

ENG: Szechwan Chinaberry Fruit
LATIN: Toosendan Fructus

Medicinal Group: Qi-regulating medicinal
Family: Meliaceae
Part used: Fruit
Nature: cold
Flavor: bitter
Toxicity: toxic
Meridian Affinity: Liver, Small intestine, Bladder

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絡石藤

ENG: Chinese Starjasmine Stem
LATIN: Trachelospermi Caulis

Medicinal Group: Wind-dampness-dispelling and heat-clearing medicinal
Family: Apocynaceae
Part used: Stem
Nature: slightly cold
Flavor: bitter
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Heart, Liver, Kidney

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棕櫚

ENG: Fortune Windmillpalm Petiole
LATIN: Trachycarpi Petiolus

Medicinal Group: Astringent hemostatic medicinal
Family: Palmae
Part used: Petiole
Nature: neutral
Flavor: bitter, astringent
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Lung, Liver, Large intestine

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蒺藜

ENG: Puncturevine Caltrop Fruit
LATIN: Tribuli Fructus

Medicinal Group: Liver-pacifying and wind-extinguishing medicinal
Family: Zygophyllaceae
Part used: Fruit
Nature: slightly warm
Flavor: pungent, bitter
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Liver

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瓜蔞

ENG: Snakegourd Fruit
LATIN: Trichosanthis Fructus

Medicinal Group: Phlegm resolving medicinal
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Part used: Fruit
Nature: cold
Flavor: sweet, slightly bitter
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Lung, Stomach, Large intestine

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天花粉

ENG: Snakegourd Root
LATIN: Trichosanthis Radix

Medicinal Group: Heat-clearing and fire-purging medicinal
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Part used: Root and Rhizome
Nature: slightly cold
Flavor: sweet, slightly bitter
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Lung, Stomach

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五靈脂

ENG: Trogopterus Dung
LATIN: Trogopteri Faeces

Medicinal Group: Blood-activating analgesic medicinal
Family: Sciuridae
Part used: Others
Nature: warm
Flavor: bitter, sweet
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Liver, Spleen

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王不留行

ENG: Cowherb Seed
LATIN: Vaccariae Semen

Medicinal Group: Blood-activating menstruation regulating medicinal
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Part used: Seed
Nature: neutral
Flavor: bitter
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Liver, Stomach

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馬鞭草

ENG: European Verbena Herb
LATIN: Verbenae Herba

Medicinal Group: Blood-activating trauma-curing medicinal
Family: Verbenaceae
Part used: Aerial part
Nature: cool
Flavor: bitter
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Liver, Spleen

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紫花地丁

ENG: Tokyo Violet Herb
LATIN: Violae Herba

Medicinal Group: Heat-clearing and detoxicating medicinal
Family: Violaceae
Part used: Herb
Nature: cold
Flavor: bitter, pungent
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Heart, Liver

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槲寄生

ENG: Coloured Mistletoe Herb
LATIN: Visci Herba

Medicinal Group: Wind-dampness-dispelling and strenghten tendon and bone medicinal
Family: Loranthaceae
Part used: Stem and leaf
Nature: neutral
Flavor: bitter
Toxicity: -
Meridian Affinity: Liver, Kidney

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