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[hua shi] Talcum It is a very soft mineral composed mainly of hydrous magnesium silicate. It is used as diuretic and to clear up summer dampheat for the treatment of acute diseases due to summer heat acute enteritis watery diarrhean oliguria and…

[sheng shi gao] Gypsum fibrosum A soft mineral composed of hydrated calcium sulphate. It is used as antipyretic for heat in the lung and stomach with high fever fidget and thirst.

[hou po]; [chuan po] Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis The dried barks of Magnolia officinalis Rehd. et Wils. or Magnolia officinalis var. biloba Rehd. et Wils.(family Magnoliaceae). 1. to promote the flow of vital energy for the treatment of…

[e jiao] or [lu pi jiao] Colla Corii Asini The glue prepared from the skin of Ass Eguus asinus L. (family Eguidae). 1. to nourish the blood and to stop bleeding for symptoms of deficiency of blood and all kinds of bleeding. 2. to nourish the vital…

[fang feng] Radix Ledebouriellae The dried root of Ledebouriella diraricate (Turcz.) Hiroe (family Umbelliferae). 1. as diaphoretic for affection due to wind and cold and rheumatic pain. 2.as spapsmolytic for tetanus.

[sang piao xiao] Ootheca Mantidis The steamed and dried egg-case of praying mantis Tenodera sinensis Saussure Statilja maculata (Thunb.) or Hierodula patellifera (Serrille) (family Mantidae). 1. an astringent for the treatment of freguent micturition…

[tian hua fen] Dadix Trichosanthis The dried root of Mongolian Snakegourd Trichosanthes kirilowii Maxim. or Japanese Snakegourd Trichosanthes japonica Regel (family Cucurbitaceae). It is used for relieving thirst (such as in diabetes mellitus) and…

[sheng di huang] Radix Rehmanniae The dried tuberous root of Rehmannia glutinosa Libosch (family Scrophulariaceae). The fresh root is used for the treatment of thirst exanthesis and bleeding due to existence of pathological heat. The dried root has…

[cang er zi] Fructus Xanthii The dried fruit of Xanthium sibiricum Patrin. (family Compositae). 1. as antiallergic antipruritic and antirheumatic for the treatment of allergic rhinitis nasosinusitis pruritus of the skin and rheumatism.

[wang bu liu xing] Semen Vaccariae The seeds of Cow-Soapwort (Cow Basil) Vaccaria segetalis (Neck.) Garcke (family Caryophyllaceae). 1. as emmenagogue and galactagogue for the treatment of amenorrhea and deficiency of lactation after child-birth. 2.…