KPC Granules - Single Herbs

Warms the Womb; Disperses cold; Eliminates dampness*

Warms the womb; Disperses cold; Eliminates dampness; Dispels cold-dampness*

Disseminates the Lung qi, awakens the Spleen, warms the middle, transforms dampness, pierces through and disperses turbidity.*

Preserves the Lungs and arrests wheezing;Eliminates dampness, stops discharge, and contains the urine.*

Clears heat, strongly resolves fire toxicity; Clears heat and facilitates resolution of dampness by promoting urination.*

Expels Wind; Brightens the Eyes; Calms Ascendant Liver Yang; Stops Itching; Breaks up stagnation of qi and blood*

Resolves toxicity, expels pus, invigorate the blood, reduces abscesses* - Bensky

Tonifies the Liver Blood; Extinguishes Wind; Nourishes the Liver and Spleen yin; adjusts the nutritive and protective levels*

Expels damp-heat accumulated in the blood vessels of the muscles and flesh, leads damp-heat out through the urine*

Releases the exterior, opens the orifices (especially the nose), dries dampness*- Bensky

Nourishes the Heart and calms the spirit; Moistens the Intestines and unblocks the bowels*

Drains heat; Resolves fire toxicity; Cools the blood; Benefits the throat*

Dries Dampness; Transforms Phlegm; Directs rebellious Qi downward; Dissipates Nodules and Reduces Clumps*

Clears heat; Resolves toxicity; invigorates the blood; Promotes urination; Mildly dispels blood stasis*

Cold, drains heat, transforms phlegm-heat, releases constraint, dissipates nodules, especially in the neck and breast. - Bensky

Separates the pure from the turbid; Expels wind-dampness; Relaxes the Sinews; Unblocks the collaterals; Clears damp-heat from the skin*

Clears damp-heat from the Bladder; Promotes urination*

Facilitates the dispersal of upper burner wind-heat, cools and clears the eyes and head, soothes the throat, facilitates the flow of Liver qi and expels turbid filth - Bensky

Tonifies the Kidneys and fortifies the yang; Tonifies and warms the Spleen yang.

Disperses wind, unblocks the orifices, removes obstruction, eliminates damp qi from the skin - Bensky

Dries dampness, induces sweating, strengthens the Spleen and Stomach, treats atrophy disorders from damp-heat in the lower burner, helps the vision.*

Treats constraint from cold-dampness in the middle burner*

Bupleurum treats alternating chills and fever, releases heat in the muscle layer, harmonizes lesser (shao) yang stage disorders, raises the clear qi of the Stomach and Gallbladder, relieves Liver qi constraint.* - Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Formulas & Strategies

Dispels water, clears heat, brightens the eyes, dispels phlegm* - Chen

Aged Tangerine Peel promotes the flow of qi and dries dampness.* Bensky - Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed

Invigorates the blood and regulates the menses; Clears heat and clears the eyes*

Warms the middle, disperses cold, tonifies fire at the gate of vitality.*

Cools heat, regulates the qi - Bensky

Clears heat and resolves fire toxicity; Clears heat, dries dampness*

Invigorates the blood and promotes the movement of qi; Expels wind*

Clears heat, dries dampness, and binds up the Intestines*

Tonifies the Spleen and Stomach qi to aid transportation and transformation: Warms the Kidneys to aid the yang in warming the Spleen; Calms the spirit; Invigorates the blood; Unblocks the collaterals; Augments the Heart qi and calms the spirit.*

Cools the blood*

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 cooing Liver fire.*

Clears heat, dissolves Phlegm, calms Wind*

Tonifies the blood and regulates the menses; Invigorates and harmonizes the blood and disperses cold; Moistens the Intestines* - Bensky

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

Facilitates the removal of pathogenic water and dampness, clears heat.* - Bensky

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

Disperses wind-cold and unblocks the nasal passages; Disperses pathogens, resolves toxicity, and reduces swelling

Breaks up blood stasis, promotes the movement of qi, and alleviates pain; Dissolves accumulations and alleviates pain*

Drains downward and guides out stagnant heat in the Intestines*

Releases the exterior and expels wind; Expels wind-dampness, Expels wind.* - Bensky

Clears damp-heat, facilitates the fluid pathways - Bensky

Promotes urination and leaches out dampness; Strengthens the Spleen and harmonizes the middle burner; Strengthens the Spleen and transforms phlegm; Quiets the Heart and calms the spirit*

Induces sweating and releases the exterior (unblocks the muscle layer), Vents rashes and relieves itching, Promotes urination and reduces swelling*

Revives the yang and rescues from rebellion; Warms the fire and assists the yang; Disperses cold, warms the channels, and alleviates pain*

Tonifies the Spleen and augments the qi; Moistens the Lungs and stops cough; Moderates spasms and alleviates pain; Clears heat and resolves fire toxicity; Used as an antidote for a variety of toxic substances; Moderates and harmonizes the characteristics*

Discharges exterior conditions and disperses cold; Dispels wind, overcomes dampness, and alleviates pain*

Warms the middle and alleviates pain*

Raises the clear yang of yang brightness, encourages the Stomach qi and thus releases muscle layer heat and vents rashes; alleviates thirst by raising Stomach fluids, treats diarrhea. - Bensky*

Nourishes and tonifies the Liver and Kidneys; Benefits the essence and brightens the eyes; Enriches the yin and moistens the Lungs*

Disperses Wind and Heat in the Liver Channel, Brightens the Eyes and Removes Superficial Visual Obstruction*

Transforms stubborn phlegm, cools phlegm-heat in the Lungs.* - Bensky

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

Stops bleeding, secures the essence, dries dampness, reduces gastric acidity*

Nourishes the blood and yin, preserves the essence. - Bensky:  Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica

Clears heat, resolves summerheat, raises clear yang - Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica

Directs the Lung qi downward and transforms phlegm to stop coughs and benefit the throat; restrains the Spleen and Intestinal qi to stop chronic diarrhea.*

One of the most popular new medicinals in Chinese medicine today is rhodiola (hong jing tian), which came from the arsenal of Tibetan medicine. It is most famous for its use in patients suffering from altitude sickness. *

Tonifies the qi and stabilizes the exterior, promotes urination, draws out toxicity, expels pus, restrains sores, generates flesh. *

Clears heat, resolves toxicity, clears stasis, stops pain. - Bensky *

Promotes the movement of qi in the middle burner and resolves stagnation;Promotes the movement of qi downward, dries dampness, and transforms phlegm;Directs qi downward, reduces phlegm, and calms wheezing *

Clears heat from both excess and deficiency, cools the blood, dries dampness: especially indicated for cooling steaming bones and reducing childhood nutritional impairment. *

Fortifies the primal yang, drives out cold and dampness from the lower burner, treats pain from cold-type bulging disorders - Bensky *

Tonifies the Liver and Kidneys, augments the yin and blood, lubricates the Intestines. - Bensky *

Settles and calms the spirit, unblocks blood stagnation, facilitates urination* - Bensky:  Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica

Tonify kidney, warm yang and moisten intestine. *

Tonify kidney, warm yang and moisten intestine. *

Promotes urination, reduces inflammation, dissolves stones and lowers blood pressure.*

For urinary tract infection with pain, burning, and dribbling. It will alleviate thirst. Also for watery diarrhea, heavy sensation in the body and limbs, unremitting fever and a yellow tongue coat. *

Cools heat, stops bleeding, moistens the Liver, brightens they eyes -Bensky *

Breaks up blood stasis, unblocks menstruation, guides blood to descend, direct fire downward - Bensky*

Directs fire downward, clears damp-heat in the lower burner. - bensky *

Tonifies the qi, nourishes yin, augments the essence - Bensky *

Cools heat, drains fire (especially in the Heart and Stomach), dries dampness, resolves toxicity - Bensky

Cools heat, dries dampness*

Releases the exterior, transforms dampness, harmonizes the middle, alleviates nausea - Bensky*

Cools the Liver, resolves toxicity, reduces stagnation *

Disperses stasis - Bensky

Move qi, dissipate nodulation and alleviate pain*

Regulates qi, opens the middle jiao, dries dampness, dissolves phlegm, and relieves food stagnations* - Chen

Disperses wind-fire to cool the eyes, moistens the Intestines, nourishes the Liver and Kidney yin - Bensky *

Expels wind, stops itching, promotes urination. - Bensky *

Acrid and warm, but not drying: dispersing, but not draining: appropriate for any type of cough or wheezing *

Reduces phlegm and softens areas of hardness, promotes urination, eliminates edema. *

Transforms phlegm, reduces food stagnation, promotes the flow of qi in the Lungs, Spleen, and Large Intestine. - Bensky *

Disperses qi stagnation and cold obstruction in the Liver channel. - Bensky *

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

Tonifies and stabilizes the Spleen, Heart, and Kidneys; calms the spirit.* - Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.

Clears heat from the Heart and Pericardium - Bensky *

Calms the spirit while augmenting the qi and nourishing the blood. - Bensky *

Breaks up blood stasis, treats trauma with blood stasis, reduces accumulations from food stagation - Bensky *

Relieves pain, reduces inflammation, and opens the channels reduces swelling and eliminates toxins *

Calms the spirit, cools heat, suppresses childhood convulsions - Bensky *