Chinese Name |
Common Name |
Function |
Taste |
Channels |
Contraindications |
Ma Huang
|
Ephedra
(Currently banned in Australia) |
Diaphoresis
Asthma
Urination |
Bitter |
LU
BL |
Heavy Sweating
Hbp, insomnia
Xu cond with sweating
Kid not grasping qi |
Gui Zhi
|
Cinnamon Twig
|
Diaphoresis
Blood Circulation
Warm Channels
Disperse cold
Edema, wlcld Pos. AR. |
Sweet |
HT
BL
LU |
Caution : pregnancy
Febrile disease
Yin xu with heat s/s |
Zi Su Ye
|
Perilla Leaf
|
Release Ext & disperse cold
↑ Flow of SP/ST qi
Seafood Poisoning
Calm Fetus |
Pungent |
LU
SP |
Don’t boil for long time |
Jing Jie
|
Schizonepeta
|
Expel W/H & W/C
Stop bleeding (carbonize)
Vent rashes/itching |
Pungent
|
LU
LVR |
LVR wind patterns
Fully erupted
Measles or wounds |
Fang Feng
|
Ledebouriella Siler
|
Expel Wind (LVR)
Expel WC
Pain, Spasms & Tremours |
Pungent
Sweet |
LU
LVR
SP
BL |
Spasms due to blood xu
Yin xu with heat s/s |
Bai Zhi
|
Dahuarian angelica root
|
Wind Damp
Pus & Swellings
Pain
Opens Nose |
Pungent |
LU
ST |
Yin xu
|
Xin Yi
|
Magnolia Flower
|
Toxic to ST
Clears Nose
W/C |
Pungent |
LU
ST |
Overdosing = red eyes / dizzyness |
