Asia Naturals Raw Herbs

Radish Seed transforms phlegm, reduces food stagnation, promotes the flow of qi in the Lungs, Spleen, and Large Intestine. - Bensky

Stops pain and itching due to wind, invigorates the blood, clears heat, resolves toxicity* - Bensky:  Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.

Forsythia Fruit cools and vents heat, particularly in the Heart and upper burner; resolves toxicity, disperses clumps. - Bensky

Lotus Seed tonifies and stabilizes the Spleen, Heart, and Kidneys; calms the spirti. - Bensky

Lotus Plumule clears heat from the Heart and Pericardium - Bensky

"Sour and cold, Campsis Flos (ling xiao hua) enters the blood level of the liver channel to cool the blood and expel stagnation.*

Ganoderma calms the spirit while augmenting the qi and nourishing the blood. - Bensky

Liu Huang

Long Chi

Gentiana Root drains fire from excess in the Liver and Gallbladder, eliminates lower burner damp-heat. - Bensky

Fossilized Bone settles anxiety and calms the spirit; Calms the Liver and anchors and preserves the floating yang; Prevents leakage of fluids..*

Fossilized Bone settles anxiety and calms the spirit; Calms the Liver and anchors and preserves the floating yang; Prevents leakage of fluids..*

Fossilized Bone settles anxiety and calms the spirit; Calms the Liver and anchors and preserves the floating yang; Prevents leakage of fluids..*

Long Kui

Longan Fruit nourishes the blood, tonifies the qi, and calms the spirit.*

Rhaponticum Root resolves toxicity, disperses clumps, expes pus, causes milk to descend - Bensky

Clears summerheat, alleviates thirst, resolves toxicity* - Bensky

Lu Gan Shi

Reed Rhizome cools the Lungs and Stomach, generates fluids without being cloying, alleviates nausea, promotes urination.

Very bitter and very cold, Aloe (lu hui) is yin by nature, moistening in texture, sinking and downward-directing. Entering the yang brightness channels, it drains fire and unblocks stool, dries dampness, and kills parasites. Here it is appropriate for habitual constipation due to clumped heat in the Intestine, vertigo, red eyes, restless insomnia, and abdominal pain due to bowel parasites. Entering the terminal yin channels, particularly the Liver, it cools the Liver, clears heat, and thus treats Liver channel heat. Applied externally, it resolves toxicity and treats sores. Among its three actions, cooling the Liver and relieving constipation are primary, while its ability to kill parasites is rather mild.

This substance works primarily by irritating the intestine, and its use may therefore be accompanied by colic. It is also excreted through the breast milk, and can act as a purgative for the breastfeeding infant. It is usually used in pill form together with other herbs.

Lu Jiao Shuang

Sweetgum Fruit invigorates the qi and blood, treats painful obstruction, facilitates urination.

Fortifies the primal yang, generates essence, augments the marrow.*

Momordica Fruit clears heat and moistens the Lungs, generates fluids to stop thirst, lubricates the Intestines to unblock the bowels. - Bensky