Asia Naturals Raw Herbs

Bitter, sweet, and slightly cooling, Akebiae Fructus (ba yue zha) promotes the flow of Liver qi, harmonizes the Stomach, and disperses clumping; it also mildly facilitates urination.*

Hyacinth Bean; Dolichos Bean

Enriches the Ling yin, drains yin, drains heat from the Heart, stops coughs, quiets the spirit* - Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.

Tremella enriches the yin, moistens the Lungs, nourishes the Stomach, and generates fluids.*

Tonifies the Liver blood, extinguishes wind, stops pain, nourishes the Liver and Spleen yin* - Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.

Tonifies the Liver blood, extinguishes wind, stops pain, nourishes the Liver and Spleen yin* - Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.

Cynanchi atrati Radix (bai wei) enters the Lung, Stomach, and Kidney channels. It is bitter, but not drying, so it directs downward; it is salty, and can thus enter the blood, and also cold, enabling it to clear heat.

Key characteristics: nourishes the Heart blood and yin to calm the spirit, moistens the Kidneys and Large Intestine. Bensky Materia Medica

Key characteristics: promotes urination, coos the blood, resolves toxins. Bensky Materia Medica

Nourishes the Lung yin and clears heat; Nourishes the Stomach yin and generates fluids.*

Castor Bean; Ricinus Seed

Clears damp-heat from the Bladder; Promotes urination; unblocks painful urinary dribbling; Expels parasites and stops itching*

Acrid-dispersing, aromatically mobilizing and piercing, opens the orifices and disperses fire constraint* - Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.

Mentha; Field Mint

Cang Zhu

Cao Dou Cao

Bensky describes that "the leaves are dry-fried at a high temperature until scorched brown, but not deformed. They are then sprayed with water to cool them, and then dried. ... This method of preparation is thought to reduce the herb's cold property, and thus its ability to cool the blood, but also enhance its ability to stop bleeding; it can therefore be used for both hot and cold bleeding disorders. It is also less injurious to the Spleen and Stomach in this form." Chinese Herbal Medicine Materica Medica, 3rd ed.

Resolves lesser yang disorders and reduces fever; Spreads Liver qi and relieves constraint; Raises and lifts the yang qi; Restores harmony between the Liver and Spleen*

Che Qian Cao

Facilitates urination, separates the clear and turbid fluids, guides damp-heat downward and out of the body through the urine.* - Bensky

Promotes the flow of qi, dries dampness. - Bensky

Aquilariae Lignum resinatum (Chen Xiang) sinks and directs downward, but is not overly draining, nor is its warmth overly drying.*

This Chen Xiang is close to the bark, very dry, so it will float instead of sinking, and the smell is light.

The portion of the fungus that grows closer to the root is white in color and is thus known as white poria; that closer to the outer skin is pinkish in color and known as red poria.

chi shao

Halloysitum rubrum (chi shi zhi) is sweet and warm and thus augments the qi; heavy in weight, such that it enters the lower burner; reddish in color, such that it enters the blood level; and sour, such that it stablizes and binds.*

Invigorates the blood, clears the Liver, brightens the eyes.*

Chuanxiong Rhizoma enters the Liver channel to warm and unblock the blood vessels, yet its acrid flavor and its relatively light material substance enable it to promote the movement of qi at the blood level. (from Chinese Herbal Medicine Materica Medica, 3rd ed)

Chuanxiong Rhizoma enters the Liver channel to warm and unblock the blood vessels, yet its acrid flavor and its relatively light material substance enable it to promote the movement of qi at the blood level. This also allows it to disperse qi stagnation and externally-contracted wind. In so doing, it reaches upward to the head and eyes, outward to the muscles and skin, and laterally to the joints of the limbs. (from Chinese Herbal Medicine Materica Medica, 3rd ed)

Clears heat, dries dampness, cools the blood, and restrain bleeding.*

Salty, cold and heavy in weight, Magnetitum (ci shi) enters the Liver and Kidney channels to protect the true yin, anchor the yang which is floating upward, and quiet the Heart spirit.*

Salty, cold and heavy in weight, Magnetitum (ci shi) enters the Liver and Kidney channels to protect the true yin, anchor the yang which is floating upward, and quiet the Heart spirit.* 

Da Hui Xiang

Strongly cools heat toxin or pathogenic heat in both the qi and blood levels.*

Relies on its heaviness to suppress and direct downward rebellious qi, while cooling Liver fire. Treating Dai Zhe Shi reduces its cold, bitter nature.*

Prepared Soybean (prepared with sang ye and qing hao)

Transforms phlegm-heat; extinguishes wind*

Invigorates the blood, tonifies the blood, calms irritability due to blood heat.*

Tonifies the blood, invigorates the blood, regulates menstruation, alleviates pain* - Bensky:  Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.

Tonifies the blood, invigorates the blood, regulates menstruation* - Bensky:  Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.

This items consists of Dang Gui Root Head without the lateral roots. It is considered most tonifying and less invigorating to be blood.*

This consists of the root head without the lateral roots. Considered the most tonifying part of Dang Gui, but less effective invigorating the blood.

Tonifies the middle burner; augments the Spleen and Lung qi.*

Tonifies the middle burner, augments the Spleen and Lung qi.

Di Gu Pi - 100%

Drains heat, extinguishes wind, stops spasms and convulsions, calms wheezing, unblocks the collaterals, facilitates urination.

Cools heat in the blood, resolves toxicity, restrains and inhibits.* - Bensky

This herb is prepared by slicing and dry-frying until blackened externally. This method of preparation decreases its cold nature and increases it inhibiting and restraining properties. This method of preparation inhances the herb\\'s usefulness for stopping bleeding.

Facilitates urination and clears heat with its gentle, harmonious nature.

Promotes urination, benefits the breasts, moistens the Intestines.* -Bensky

Treats painful obstruction in the lower body, dispels lurking wind in the Kidney channel.

Tonifies the Liver and Kidneys, strengthens the sinews and bones, quiets the fetus.*

Promotes the movement of blood and qi, breaks up accumulations, reduces food stagnation.

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.*

Transforms phlegm, cools phlegm-heat in the Lungs, disperses clumps, treats painful urinary dribbling.

Augments the Heart qi, inhibits the Heart fluids, clears heat from the pores and interstices, and thus stops spontaneous sweating and nightsweats.

Tonifies the Spleen qi, moistens the Lungs, Moderates urgency and toxicity, drains fire.

Warms the Stomach, disperses cold, stops pain, directs rebellious qi downward.*

Tonifies the Liver and Kidneys, expels pathogenic wind, dampness, and cold.

Drains Liver heat, settles Liver wind* - Bensky

Tonifies the Kidneys, strengthens and repairs the bones, directs floating yang downward.

Gently reduces food stagnation while strengthening the Spleen and improving the appetite.

Cools and transforms phlegm-heat, moistens the Intestines, directs turbid phlegm downward.

Clears heat and resolves toxicity, cools the blood and dispels stasis, expels parasites.* - Bensky:  Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.

Reinforces vital yang; Warms the Spleen and Stomach; Dispels accumulated chill; Invigorates the blood vessels.*

Dispels wind-dampness, opens the collaterals.* - Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.

Cools heat, tranforms phlegm-fire, reduces edema and damp-heat, disperses clumps.*

Clears damp-heat in the blood level of the Small Intestine and Bladder.*

Stops bleeding, secures the essence, dries dampness, reduces gastric acidity* - Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Material Medica, 3rd ed.

Treats wind-dampness in the lower half of the body*