Black pepper (Hú Jiāo) Nature: Hot Taste(s): Pungent Meridians: Stomach, Large intestine Category: Herbs that warm the Interior and/or expel Cold
Fresh ginger (Shēng Jiāng) Nature: Warm Taste(s): Pungent Meridians: Spleen, Stomach, Lung Category: Warm/Acrid herbs that release the Exterior
Dried ginger (Gān Jiāng) Nature: Hot Taste(s): Pungent Meridians: Stomach, Heart, Kidney, Lung Category: Herbs that warm the Interior and/or expel Cold
Radish seed (Lái Fú Zi) Nature: Neutral Taste(s): Pungent, Sweet Meridians: Spleen, Stomach, Lung Category: Herbs that relieve Food Stagnation
Common reed rhizome (Lú Gēn) Nature: Cold Taste(s): Sweet Meridians: Stomach, Lung Category: Herbs that clear Heat and purge Fire and/or clear Summer Heat
Long-stamen onion bulb (Xiè Bái) Nature: Warm Taste(s): Bitter, Pungent Meridians: Stomach, Large intestine, Lung Category: Warm/Acrid herbs that release the Exterior
Coriander (Hú Suī) Nature: Warm Taste(s): Pungent Meridians: Stomach, Lung Category: Warm/Acrid herbs that release the Exterior
Perilla seed (Zǐ Sū Zǐ) Nature: Warm Taste(s): Pungent Meridians: Lung Category: Warm herbs that transform Phlegm and stop Cough
Snake gourd (Guā Lóu) Nature: Cold Taste(s): Sweet Meridians: Stomach, Large intestine, Lung Category: Cool herbs that transform Phlegm and stop Cough
Fritillary bulb (Chuān Bèi Mǔ) Nature: Cool Taste(s): Bitter, Sweet Meridians: Heart, Lung Category: Cool herbs that transform Phlegm and stop Cough
Tangerine peel (Chén Pí) Nature: Warm Taste(s): Bitter, Pungent Meridians: Spleen, Lung Category: Herbs that regulate Qi
Crow-dipper rhizome (Bàn Xià) Nature: Warm Taste(s): Pungent Meridians: Spleen, Stomach, Lung Category: Warm herbs that transform Phlegm and stop Cough
Gypsum (Shí Gāo) Nature: Cold Taste(s): Pungent, Sweet Meridians: Stomach, Lung Category: Herbs that clear Heat and purge Fire and/or clear Summer Heat
Plantain seed (Chē Qián Zi) Nature: Cool Taste(s): Sweet Meridians: Kidney, Liver, Lung, Small intestine Category: Herbs that drain Dampness
Wax gourd (Dōnɡ Guā) Nature: Cool Taste(s): Sweet Meridians: Bladder, Gallbladder, Lung Category: Herbs that clear Heat and relieve Toxicity