CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE DATABASE

Lily bulb (Bai He) Nature: Cold
Taste(s): Sweet
Meridians: Heart, Lung
Category: Tonic herbs for Yin Deficiency

Atractylodes rhizome (Bai Zhu) Nature: Warm
Taste(s): Bitter, Sweet
Meridians: Spleen, Stomach
Category: Tonic herbs for Qi Deficiency

Biota seed (Bai Zi Ren) Nature: Neutral
Taste(s): Sweet
Meridians: Heart, Kidney, Large intestine
Category: Herbs that nourish the Heart and calm the Spirit

Crow-dipper rhizome (Ban Xia) Nature: Warm
Taste(s): Pungent
Meridians: Lung, Spleen, Stomach
Category: Warm herbs that transform Phlegm and stop Cough

Jujube date (Da Zao) Nature: Warm
Taste(s): Sweet
Meridians: Spleen, Stomach
Category: Tonic herbs for Qi Deficiency

Codonopsis root (Dang Shen) Nature: Neutral
Taste(s): Sweet
Meridians: Lung, Spleen
Category: Tonic herbs for Qi Deficiency

Unprepared Rehmannia (Di Huang) Nature: Cold
Taste(s): Sweet
Meridians: Heart, Kidney, Liver
Category: Herbs that cool the Blood

Donkey-hide gelatin (E Jiao) Nature: Neutral
Taste(s): Sweet
Meridians: Kidney, Liver, Lung
Category: Herbs that invigorate the Blood

Poria-cocos mushroom (Fu Ling) Nature: Neutral
Taste(s): Sweet
Meridians: Heart, Kidney, Lung, Spleen
Category: Herbs that drain Dampness

Host-wood Poria (Fu Shen) Nature: Neutral
Taste(s): Sweet
Meridians: Spleen, Heart
Category: Herbs that nourish the Heart and calm the Spirit

Liquorice (Gan Cao) Nature: Neutral
Taste(s): Sweet
Meridians: Heart, Lung, Spleen, Stomach
Category: Tonic herbs for Qi Deficiency

Cinnamon twig (Gui Zhi) Nature: Warm
Taste(s): Pungent, Sweet
Meridians: Heart, Lung, Spleen
Category: Warm/Acrid herbs that release the Exterior

Talc (Hua Shi) Nature: Cold
Taste(s): Sweet
Meridians: Bladder, Stomach
Category: Herbs that drain Dampness

Lotus seed (Lian Zi) Nature: Neutral
Taste(s): Sour, Sweet
Meridians: Heart, Kidney, Spleen
Category: Herbs that stabilize and bind

Lingzhi mushroom (Ling Zhi) Nature: Neutral
Taste(s): Sweet
Meridians: Heart, Kidney, Liver, Lung
Category: Tonic herbs for Qi Deficiency