54 Chinese herbs on classy cream paper seek colorist. Herb Apothecary has a wide appeal from students/practitioners of Chinese herbology to coloring book fans to people who just plain like plants. Put one in your waiting with colored pencils as a community art project !

Originally created using a brush with black and white ink the drawings were created for Herb Apothecary: The Game (to be published later in 2016 or 2017).  Though stylized they are more accurate than not. Each herb is shown in both plant and dried form. Some pages have more spaces to color and some have much less. These latter are for the colorist to explore their own esthetic in terms of design. Possibilities include a playground for stamping; color gradations; patterns.  They could serve as a place for students to write extra notes. There is also the space on the page facing the coloring page for notes. The following mediums work well on this paper: felt tip pens, colored pencils, water color 1 or 2 layers (don’t let the paint puddle),

You are welcome to try other mediums. There are some blank pages in the back for experimentation.

Opposite each herb is a materia medica type description. This is taken from the miniature Materia Medica written for Herb Apothecary: The Game. Information for each herb is listed as follows:

Chinese Characters

Pin Yin (easy pronunciation, not perfect but close)
Botanical Name
“translation”
Common name
Category
Flavor
Temperature
Channels
Colors of parts of the herb shown

In place of the usual scholarly description of the herb and it’s uses, is one which uses everyday language as an introduction to the characteristics of that herb. 

The Artist/Author

Diana Moll holds a BA in Art from the University of California Santa Cruz and a Masters in Traditional Chinese Medicine from Five Branches University. She has been drawing since she could pick up a crayon. As a middle aged Chinese medical student she drew herbs and created colorful meridian maps as study aids. 

The following herbs are depicted.

Bai Shao                                Radix Paeoniae Lactiflorae

Cang Er Zi                              Fructus Xanthii Sibirici

Chai Hu                  Radix Bupleuri

Che Qian Zi                           Semen Plantaginis

Chen Pi                  Pericardium Citri Reticulatae

Chuan Xiong         Radix Ligustici Chuanxiong

Da Huang                               Radix et Rhizoma Rhei

Da Zao                    Fructus Zizyphi Jujubae

Dan Shen                               Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae

Dang Gui                               Radix Angelicae Sinensis

Dang Shen                             Radix Codonopsitis Pilosulae

Du Huo                   Radix Angelicae Pubescentis

Du Zhong                              Cortex Eucommiae Ulmoidis

Fang Feng                             Radix Ledebouriella Divaricatae

Fu Ling                  Sclerotium Poriae Cocos

Gan Cao                 Radix Glycyrrhizae Uralensis

Gan Jiang                              Rhizoma Zingiberis Officinalis

Ge Gen                   Radix Puerariae

Gou Qi Zi                               Fructus Lycii

Gou Teng                              Ramulus cum Uncis Uncariae

Gui Zhi                   Ramulus Cinnamomi Cassiae

Huang Bai                              Cortex Phellodendri

Huang Lian                            Rhizoma Coptidis

Huang Qi                               Radix Astragali Membranaceous

Huang Qin                             Radix Scutellariae Baicalensis

Jie Geng                                Radix Platycodi Grandiflori

Jin Yin Hua                            Flos. Lonicerae Japonicae

Ju Hua                    Flos.Chrysanthemi Morifolii

Lian Qiao                               FructusForsythiae Suspensae

Mai Men Dong       Tuber Ophiopogonis Japonici

Mu Dan Pi                              Cortex Moutan Radicis

Mu Li                                      Concha Ostrae

Nu Zhen Zi                             Fructus Ligustri Lucidi

Pi Pa Ye                  Folium Eriobotryae Japonicae

Pu Gong Ying       Herba Taraxaci Mongolici cum Radice

Qian Hu                  Radix Peucedani

Qing Hao                               Herba Artemisiae Annuae

Ren Shen                               Radix Ginseng

Rou Gui                 Cortex Cinnamomi Cassiae

San Qi                    Radix Notoginseng 

Sheng di Huang    Rehmannia Glutinosa

Sheng Jiang                          Rhizoma Zingiberis 

Suan Zao Ren       Semen Zizyphus Spinosae

Wu Wei Zi                               Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis

Xiang Fu                                Rhizoma Cyperi Rotundi

Xing Ren                                Semen Pruni Armeniacae

Xu Duan                 Radix Dipsaci Asperi

Yan Hu Sou                           Rhizoma Corydalis Yanhusuo

Yu Jin                                     Tuber Curcumae

Ze Xie                                     Rhizoma Alimatis Orientalis

Zhe Bei Mu                            Bulbus Fritillariae Thunbergii

Zhi Shi                    Fructus Immaturus Citri Aurantii

Zhi Zi                                      Fructus Gardeniae Jasminoidis

Zhu Ru                   Caulis Banbusae in Taeniis