Swallow-wort root (Bai Wei) Nature: Cold Taste(s): Bitter, Salty Meridians: Stomach, Kidney, Liver Category: Herbs that clear Heat and dry Dampness
Glehnia root (Bei Sha Shen) Nature: Cool Taste(s): Bitter, Sweet Meridians: Stomach, Lung Category: Tonic herbs for Yin Deficiency
Castor bean (Bi Ma Zi) Nature: Neutral Taste(s): Pungent, Sweet Meridians: Large intestine, Lung Category: Herbs that clear Heat and relieve Toxicity
Borneol (Bing Pian) Nature: Cool Taste(s): Bitter Meridians: Spleen, Heart, Lung Category: Herbs that open the Orifices
Wild mint (Bo He) Nature: Cool Taste(s): Pungent Meridians: Liver, Lung Category: Cool/Acrid herbs that release the Exterior
Woad leaf (Da Qing Ye) Nature: Cold Taste(s): Bitter Meridians: Stomach, Heart Category: Herbs that cool the Blood
Liquorice (Gan Cao) Nature: Neutral Taste(s): Sweet Meridians: Spleen, Stomach, Heart, Lung Category: Tonic herbs for Qi Deficiency
Platycodon root (Jie Geng) Nature: Neutral Taste(s): Bitter, Pungent Meridians: Lung Category: Warm herbs that transform Phlegm and stop Cough
Honeysuckle flower (Jin Yin Hua) Nature: Cold Taste(s): Sweet Meridians: Stomach, Heart, Lung Category: Herbs that clear Heat and relieve Toxicity
Forsythia fruit (Lian Qiao) Nature: Cool Taste(s): Bitter Meridians: Heart, Lung, Small intestine Category: Herbs that clear Heat and relieve Toxicity
Monk fruit (Luo Han Guo) Nature: Cool Taste(s): Sweet Meridians: Large intestine, Lung Category: Tonic herbs for Yin Deficiency
Greater burdock fruit (Niu Bang Zi) Nature: Cold Taste(s): Bitter, Pungent Meridians: Stomach, Lung Category: Cool/Acrid herbs that release the Exterior
Malva nut (Pang Da Hai) Nature: Cold Taste(s): Sweet Meridians: Large intestine, Lung Category: Cool herbs that transform Phlegm and stop Cough
Dandelion (Pu Gong Ying) Nature: Cold Taste(s): Bitter, Sweet Meridians: Stomach, Liver Category: Herbs that clear Heat and relieve Toxicity
Chinese white olive (Qing Guo) Nature: Neutral Taste(s): Sour, Sweet Meridians: Stomach, Lung Category: Herbs that clear Heat and relieve Toxicity
Cinnamon bark (Rou Gui) Nature: Hot Taste(s): Pungent, Sweet Meridians: Spleen, Heart, Kidney, Liver Category: Herbs that warm the Interior and/or expel Cold