Clears heat and drains damp in the lower burner

Moistens and nourishes the Lungs

• Drains Dampness and Reduces Swelling
  For edema of any etiology.
• Promotes Urination
  For difficult urination and scanty urination due to Damp-Heat.
• Tonifies Spleen Qi
  For loose stool, lethargy, and low appetite.
• Transforms Phlegm

• Calms the Spirit
  For irritability, palpitations, insomnia, and forgetfulness.
• Promotes Urination
  This action is mild.

Strengthens the heart, purifies the blood, prevents arteriosclerosis, removes excess fat, lowers cholesterol, retards aging, regulates blood-sugar levels and blood pressure.

It protect, rejuvenate and restore liver function.

Works as an antiseptic, aids the healing of wounds and injuries, prevents inflammation, and stops itching.

Works as an expectorant and prevents cold. Good for chronic bronchitis.

Has an analgesic effect. Relieves insomnia and recurring headaches. Also good for arthritis

• Tonify Qi and Blood
• Raise Yang
• Tonify Wei Qi and Stabilize Exterior
• Promotes Urination and Reduces Edema
• Expels Pus, Generates Flesh
• Wasting and Thirsting (Xiao Ke)
• Numbness, Pain, or Paralysis
  

• Dispels Damp, Relieves Summer-Damp and Releases the Exterior
• Harmonizes the Middle Jiao, Awaken the Spleen, Relieves Nausea and Vomiting
• Treats Fungal Infections

• Reduces Food Stagnation, Strengthens Spleen
• Secures the Jing, Stops Enuresis
• Transforms hardness, Dissolves Stones
  

•  overcome numerous diseases and disorders relating to the immune system,
• cardiovascular system,
• digestion,
• weight management,
• diabetes,
• chronic and acute allergies,
• cataracts,
• hearing difficulties,
• stress syndrome,
• chronic fatigue,
• diarrhea,
• constipation,
• and disorders of the liver.

• Moves and Tonifies Blood
• Opens the Channels and Relaxes the Tendons
  

clears liver wind, stop pain – spasm, facial paralysis, seizures headache, red sore eyes, sore swollen throat, loss of speech

-transforms phlegm, clears heat – skin rash, nodules

• Opens and Disseminates Lung Qi, Dispels Phlegm, Benefits Throat
• Dispels Pus
• Raises Lung Qi and Large Intestine Qi
  

• Promotes Urination, Unblocks Stones, Clears Damp Heat
• Clears Liver and Gallbladder Damp Heat, Unblocks Stones
• Clears Heat and Toxins, Reduces Swelling
  

• Clears Heat and Reduces Toxins
• Expels Pathogenic Wind-Heat
• Expels Damp-Heat in the Lower Jiao
  

stabilize kidney –spermatorrhea, incontinence, leucorrhea, rectal prolapse

                  -binds intestines – stop diarrhea and dysentery

• Releases the Exterior and Stops Wind
• Alleviates Itching and Rashes
• Stops Bleeding
  

• Regulate Qi, Harmonizes the Middle Jiao and Dry Damp
• powerful cholesterol-lowering
• anti-inflammatory and anticancer properties

• Releases Wind and Heat
• Clears Heat in the Liver Channel
• Stops Wind
  

• Clears Wind-Heat in the Liver and Brightens the Eyes
• Clears Internal Heat in the Liver Channel
• Moistens the Intestines
  

• Eliminates Heat and Dries Dampness
• Stops Wind, Itching, and Kills Parasites
• Promotes Urination
  

• Dispels Wind Damp, Relaxes the Sinews
• Unblocks the Channels
  

• Dissolves Phlegm and Softens Hardness
• Promotes Urination, Regulates Water Circulation, Reduces Swelling

• Reduces Food Stagnation, Reduces Distension
• Descends Qi, Reduces Phlegm
  

• one of the most potent purgative herbs in existence,
• with an extremely acrid taste caused by the chemical helleborin.
• valuable in the treatment of some nervous disorders and hysteria,
• help remove poisons from the body.
• However, the herb is also toxic and a powerful narcotic, and must be used with extreme caution.

• Clears Heat Toxins and Disperses Lumps and Nodules
• Clears Wind-Heat
  

• Astringes the Kidneys
• Clears the Heart

• Sedates Heart Fire and Calms the Spirit
• Stops Bleeding and Astringes the Essence

• Ling Zhi Cao is rich in active organic compounds such as polysaccharides,
• amino acids,
• proteins,
• triterpenes,
• ascorbic acid,
• sterols, lipids,
• alkaloids,
• a glucose, a courmarine glycoside,
• volatile oil,
• riboflavin and more.
• These compounds are being studied for their positive effects on the immune system, including anti-tumor activity.

• Eliminates Heat and Damp from the Liver and Gallbladder Channels
• Sedates Liver Fire

Longan contains several vitamins and minerals, including iron, magnesium, phosphorus and potassium, and large amounts of vitamins A and C. In traditional Chinese medicine, longan is considered to have a sweet taste and warm energy, and is associated with the Heart and Spleen meridians. It is used to relieve rapid heartbeat, insomnia, forgetfulness and anxiety associated with blood and qi deficiency.

• Clears Heat and Promotes Fluids
  For high fever, irritability and thirst.
• Clears Lung Heat
  Especially useful in acute stages with thick, yellow sputum.
• Clears Stomach Heat
  For vomiting and belching.
• Promotes Urination
  For dark and scanty urine (from heat), especially if symptoms include thirst and irritability.
• Vents Rashes
  Encourages the expression of rashes during a febrile condition.

• Drains Fire and Reduces Accumulation
• Kills Parasites and Strengthens Digestion
  

Lu Jiao Jiao is noted for its adaptogenic, anti-inflammatory, immune-stimulating, and growth-enhancing properties, as well as healthy sexual functioning.  Studies have shown increased RBC count, hemoglobin, cardiac output, IGF-1, uterine tone, as well as increased energy, strength, and endurance for athletes.

• Moves Qi and Blood, Opens Channels, Opens Middle Burner
• Promotes Urination, Expels Wind, Treats Allergies
  

• tonify kidneys , strengthen Yang,
• tonify Governing-Penetrating-Conception vessels
• strengthen sinews/bones, stabilizes Dai Mai, reproductive disorders
• nourish Qi/blood – Yin type boils

• Moistens the Lungs, Clears Heat, and Stops Cough
• Generates Fluid to Stop Thirst
• Moistens Intestines to Unblock Bowels

Usage: For external use, appropriate quantity to be ground into powder and dabbed on the skin.

• Clears Heat and Disperses Wind
• Clears Wind and Heat in the Liver Channel
• Drains Dampness and Expels Wind
  

• Removes Accumulation and Reduces Stagnation
• Clears Heat and Reduces Inflammation

A single herb remedy for blood stagnation in the heart and blood vessels causing angina pain, respiratory distress, numbness in the limbs and poor blood circulation. Use as a treatment and preventative in heart disease, including atherosclerosis, stroke, and embolism.

• Moves Qi and Relieves Constraint
  Treats stifling sensation in chest, belching, poor appetite and pain and distension in the flanks and epigastrium. Promotes the movement of Qi and relieves constraint - liver-stomach disharmony with pain. 
• Harmonizes Blood and Disperses Stagnation
  Treats irregular menses, menstrual pain due to blood stasis, and premenstrual breast tenderness (PMS), menstrual pain; stasis from trauma.

• Relaxes the Sinews and Opens the Channels
• Harmonizes the Stomach and Transforms Damp
  

• Expels Wind-Heat and Relieves Sore Throat
• Promotes the Eruption of Measles
• Lubricates the Intestines

Is bitter and sour in taste, and enters the liver and kidney channels. It tonifies the liver and kidney (yin and yang), guides the other herbs downward, and is used for low back pain, knee pain, swelling ankles, and lower body problems. It invigorates the blood, expels blood stasis, and strengthens the sinews and bones. Used for dysmenorrhea, and amenorrhea with blood stasis pattern

• Transforms Damp, Awaken the Spleen
• Clear Summerheat, Transforms Damp

Modern uses of schefflera include the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, numbness in the limbs, abdominal pain, headaches, arthralgia, and sore and/or swollen throat. It can also help to relieve asthma. Externally, it can be ground into a paste to treat injuries and stop bleeding.

Considered sweet, astringent and neutral, and is associated with the Spleen And Kidney meridians. Its main functions are to tonify the spleen and stop diarrhea, to strengthen the kidneys and control the essence, or jing; and to dispel dampness.

• Eliminates Heat and Stops Diarrhea
• Clears Heat in the Liver Channel and Clears the Eyes
• Clears Wind-Damp
  

• Clears heat
• detoxifies Fire Poison of entire body,
•  but especially of throat and Lungs;
• especially useful for highly contagious Warm Disease.

• Clears Summer-Heat
• Treats Malaria and Resolves Heat
• Clears Yin Xu Heat and Blood Xu Heat
• Cools Blood and Stops Bleeding
• Clears Liver and Gall Bladder Heat and Brightens Eyes

• Spreads Liver Qi and Breaks Qi Stagnation
• Disperses Nodules and Resolves Stagnation

• Promotes Urination, Clears Heat
• Invigorates Blood

• Clears Heat and Toxin, Releases Exterior
• Dispels Wind Damp, Unblocks the Channels, and Soothes the Sinews
• Cools the Blood
  

The most common applications for nutmeg are diarrhea and gastroenteritis; according to traditional Chinese medicine principles, it helps stimulate the stomach and "bind" the intestines. Nutmeg also helps to reduce symptoms associated with digestive problems, such as nausea and vomiting, and can increase appetite. Externally, ointments created with nutmeg oil can treat rheumatic conditions and stimulate blood flow. In India, nutmeg is believed to act as an aphrodisiac and can increase sexual stamina.

• a potent anti-fungal,
• helping rid the body of oral candida infections
• to fight the bacteria that causes most ulcers
• help reduce allergies.

• Moves Blood and Qi, Relieves Pain, Relaxes the Sinews
• Reduces Swelling and Generates Flesh

• Purge lung heat
• calm wheezing,
• promote urination
• relieve edema

The egg casing of the Preying Mantis is a very useful Kidney/Liver tonic use primarily to conserve essence while building Yang. It is one of the Kidney Yang herbs most suitable and beneficial to women. It is often found in women's formulas where Kidney Yang is deficient manifesting in sluggishness, obesity, low sexual drive, infertility and premature aging. Many women claim that Mantis Egg Case is a female sexual stimulant.

Used as a blood tonic.

Properties: sweet, cold, Heart, Liver, Kidney. Action 1: Tonifies Blood and Enriches the Yin.

• Dispels Wind, Opens Channels, Benefits the Joints
  Treats hot joint pain and muscle spasms and pain. Also for muscle aches with heat in the upper extremities or hemiplegia or post stroke paralysis
• Promotes Diuresis, Reduces Swelling and Edema
  For edema and dysuria with painful limbs or joint pain by regulating the water passages
• anti-rheumatic and analgesic.
• lowering blood pressure

Shan Nai is used against rheumatism, bronchial catarrh, bad breath and ulcers whooping colds in children, throat infections, to control incontinence and fever. Alpinia species show promise as anti-fungals, hypotensives, enhancers of sperm count and motility. Anti-tumor and anti-dementia effects have been observed in rodents.

She Chuang Zi is most commonly used to treat itchy skin, rashes, eczema and ringworm, typically in the genital area. These conditions are treated by grinding cnidium seeds with water into a solution and applying to the skin. Cnidium seeds are also taken internally to treat vaginal discharges and/or increase sexual potency. Cnidium is often combined with herbs such as cuscuta and schisandra to treat infertility and impotence; in many classical traditional Chinese medicine texts, cnidium is used as a form of aphrodisiac.

• Strongly Reduces Phlegm and Clears the Lungs
  Treats cough with profuse sputum, wheezing, and phlegm obstruction. This herb's action on phlegm is so strong that it can be combined with warming herbs to treat phlegm cold.

Traditionally used as a diuretic, particularly for bladder health maintenance and urinary system problems, including painful, sandy, and bloody urination, and as a soothing, absorbent powder for skin irritations and inflammations in the case of herpes, dermatitis, eczema, ulcers, boils, nodes, swelling, and other skin infections and abrasions. Externally, the spores were also used as a styptic and as powders for baby's chafing. Shen Jin Cao is also used to treat gastritis, heartburn, indigestion and fevers, including those resulting from rare forms of malaria. Native American Indians also used the spores as a drying agent for wounds and a treatment for nosebleeds and diaper rash.  The spores are still used today to powder rubber products, including condoms, and as a body powder for babies and bedridden patients. Resent studies found that Shen Jin Cao contains an enzyme (Prolyl Endopeptidase-PEP) possibly effective for improving memory and reversing amnesia and Alzheimer's disease. Two species of club moss sought for as foods by the Chippewa also contain a compound called huperzine, recognized as a potential treatment for Alzheimer's disease. Huperzine inhibits the breakdown of acetylcholine in the brain, a neurotransmitter that plays a key role in recognition, reasoning and memory.

• Reduces Food Stagnation, Harmonizes the Stomach
  Treats poor digestion, poor appetite, borborygmus, epigastric or abdominal fullness and distension.
• Flatulence, diarrhea due to pixu (spleen deficient), stomach flu, reducing xue yu (blood stasis).

• Raises the Yang Qi
  Used for Middle Jiao Qi deficiency manifesting as fatigue, shortness of breath, and prolapse.
• Also used to guide other herbs to the upper regions of the body.

In ancient Chinese medicine, the root's warm pungent properties made it useful in treatin ailments of the heart, stomach, liver and spleen. It was also used for the treatment of mental disorders. Acorus is an antioxidant that has special effects on the central nervous system. It also has anti-inflammatory, decongestant, and sedative properties.

Persimmon is associated with the Lung and Stomach meridians, and has bitter and neutral properties. Its chief functions are to stop hiccups and belching, and to move stomach qi downward. It is often taken with cloves and fresh ginger or bamboo shavings. Some practitioners may also use fresh persimmon juice to lower blood pressure.  Whooping cough, urine with blood, influenza with vomiting.

• Binds intestines, stops diarrhea: chronic diarrhea, dysentery, rectal prolapse
• Stabilizes K, retains essence: spermatorrhea, premature ejaculation, excessive uterine bleeding [charred], leukorrhea
• Kills parasites: tapeworm, roundworm; ringworm [topical

Tai Zi Shen has a sweet flavor and neutral properties, and is associated with the Spleen and Lung meridians. Its main functions are to supplement qi, strengthen the spleen, generate fluids and suppress coughs. It is also used to improve the functioning of the immune system. Tai Zi Shen is especially effective in treating fatigue and lack of appetite.

In traditional Chinese medicine, Ting Li Zi has bitter, pungent and cold properties, and is associated with the Lung and Urinary Bladder meridians. Among the conditions Ting Li Zi is used to treat are asthma, edema and pleurisy. It can also be used to treat abdominal distention and dry mouth.

Is bitter and sour in taste, and enters the liver and kidney channels. It tonifies the liver and kidney (yin and yang), guides the other herbs downward, and is used for low back pain, knee pain, swelling ankles, and lower body problems. It invigorates the blood, expels blood stasis, and strengthens the sinews and bones. Used for dysmenorrhea, and amenorrhea with blood stasis pattern.

• Moves Blood, Opens Channels
• Reduces Swelling, Promotes Lactations, Drains Abscesses

Is pungent and bitter in taste, and warm. It enters the kidney and liver meridians. It dispels wind and dampness, and strenghtens the sinews, bones and muscles. It is a qi tonic, used to strengthen weakness of legs due to qi deficency. It is the southern form of Siberian Ginseng. It is especially useful when the smooth flow of qi and blood is obstructed. Used for the elderly. Commonly used soaked in wine.

An herb for exhaustion and depletion of vital energy from stress and burn out. It increases ability to handle stress and increases overall energy. An herb with large amounts of herbal growth factor that may be useful to human muscle growth and fat burning. It contains the natural anabolic herbal hormone "Saponin" or "Sapogenin" which resembles testosterone used to promote muscle retention and growth.

• Invigorates the Blood,
• Relieves Pain
• Dispels Blood Stasis,
• Stops Bleeding
• Treats childhood nutritional impairment,
• Eliminates Toxins

Medical Function:antibiotic effect on Staphylococcus. Stimulates the production of bile and induce contraction of bile duct which promote getting rid of round worms in the bile duct. Treatment of hook worms. Anti allergic effect of albumen shock of lab guinea pigs.

The fruit is antitussive, aphrodisiac, hepatic, astringent, cardiotonic, cholagogue, expectorant, hypotensive, lenitive, nervine, pectoral, sedative, stimulant and tonic. Low doses of the fruit are said to stimulate the central nervous system whilst large doses depress it. The fruit also regulates the cardiovascular system. It is taken internally in the treatment of dry coughs, asthma, night sweats, urinary disorders, involuntary ejaculation, chronic diarrhea, palpitations, insomnia, poor memory, hyperacidity, hepatitis and diabetes. Externally, it is used to treat irritating and allergic skin conditions. The fruit is harvested after the first frosts and sun-dried for later use.

• Releases the Exterior, Disperses Cold
• Stops Pain from cold
• Warms the Lungs

• Clears Heat From the Liver and Brightens the Eyes
  For Liver Fire ascending, high Blood pressure, red, painful, and swollen eyes. Also for headache, dizziness, and eye pain due to Liver deficiency (eyes sensitive to light and tender).
• Eliminates Nodules
  Treats swollen thyroid, swollen glands, or any neck swelling due to phlegm fire. Also used to treat nodules in the inguinal area and other parts of the body (mastitis,

• Regulates Qi and Spreads Liver Qi
• Regulates Menses and Relieves Pain
  

Scientific studies today are discovering evidence that supports the claims of ancient healers of China that Shiitake can be instrumental in helping to combat a host of conditions such as colds and flu, and serious ailments which includes heart disease, cancer, and life-threatening viral conditions. The active constituent in Shiitake is a polysaccharide called lentinan, which is currently under investigation for its potential anti-tumor effects, blood pressure-lowering effects, and cholesterol-lowering effects. Lentinan is also being studied for its ability to inhibit cancer. In recent years, Shiitake extracts have been tested for use as an adjunct to chemotherapy, and currently in Japan, a highly purified form of lentinan is being used in conjunction with standard chemotherapy agents in the treatment of cancer.

• Expels Summerheat From the Exterior and Dampness From the Interior
  For exterior disorders in the summer or dampness with chills, fever, headache, lack of sweat, diarrhea, and body ache.
• Promotes Urination
  For edema and dysuria, especially during an exterior disorder.

• Unblocks the Yang Qi, Disperses Cold Phlegm Stagnation
• Directs the Qi Down, Eliminates Stagnation
  

Have been used internally for respiratory problems, bronchitis and dry constipation. Apricot Kernels are used to stop coughing and wheezing and are used alone specifically for a dry cough, while they are mixed with other herbs to treat a productive cough. There has been some experimental work done on how Apricot Kernels can assist in cancer.

Xiong Can E extract has a long history in China of being used as a male sex tonic. Rich in unique proteins and male hormones, Xiong Can E is conducive to the normal growth of the body, and the formation and evolution of the male reproductive organs. It is used to nourish the Kidney, accelerate the growth of sperm and marrow and stimulate the nervous system. Xiong Can E is considered in Asia to be an extremely potent male sexual stimulant and tonic.
Xiong Can E tonic formulations are invariably very powerful. Xiong Can E extract is usually mixed with other powerful Kidney Yang tonics such as Deer Antler, Gecko, Cordyceps, Morinda, Epimedium, etc. and with Qi tonics such as Ginseng, Astragalus and Siberian Ginseng.

This Kidney tonic is primarily used to strengthen the skeletal structure. Dipsacus is one of the main herbs used in case of traumatic injury to the skeleton. It is an excellent herb for repairing structural tissue (bones and ligaments) that have been damaged as a result of trauma. Dipsacus helps relieve the swelling due to structural trauma. It is the perfect herb for those who have damaged spinal structure and for those who have experienced knee injuries. However, it is useful for any structural tissue damage to hasten repair.

• Reduces Phlegm, Regulates Water Circulation
  For accumulation of phlegm and fluids in the lungs. Treats symptoms of coughing, or wheezing along with stubborn phlegm that is white or yellow
• Descends Qi, Stops Vomiting
  For vomiting, nausea, hiccups, and belching due to Rebellious Stomach Qi caused by phlegm accumulation
• Today Elecampane root is regarded as a long term treatment for respiratory diseases such as bronchitis and asthma.
• Asthma and bronchitis herbal remedy
• Used with Echinacea for tuberculosis
• Externally used for scabies, herpes and other skin diseases

• Clears Heat, Cools the Blood, and Nourishes the Yin
  Use when heat has entered the Blood level causing fever, bleeding, dry mouth, and a red-purple tongue color. Also for Yin Deficiency heat, especially following a fever with dryness, constipation, irritability, and dry cough.
• Relieves Fire Toxicity and Inflammation
  For red or swollen eyes and severe sore throat.
• Resolves Nodules and Lumps
  For neck lumps, swollen tonsils, scrofula, and swollen throat from phlegm fire.

• Invigorates Blood, Dispels Blood Stasis, Relieves Pain
  For Blood Stasis due to trauma with swelling and pain. It enters the Xue level and is for amenorrhea, dysmenorrheal and postpartum chest congestion and dyspnea.
• Stops Bleeding, Generates Flesh, Protects Ulcer surface
  Used topically to stop bleeding from trauma. Used internally for upper digestive tract bleeding. For chronic non-healing ulcers, hemorrhoids with swelling and pain, open sores with pus.

• Treats Dysentery
• Treats Shao Yang Level Disorders

• Moves Qi and Blood,
• Relieves Pain,
• Reduces Masses
  

• powerful Spirit Stabilizing agent
• calm the Spirit,
• steady the mind
• promote sound sleep.

• Invigorates Blood, Dispels Blood Stasis, Reduces Masses
  A very important herb for gynecological disorders due to blood stagnation. It regulated blood in the chong and treats irregular menses, amenorrhea, postpartum abdominal pain, heavy menses with clots, fixed abdominal masses, infertility and traumatic pain.
• Promotes Urination, Reduces Swelling and Edema
  For acute systemic edema especially if blood in the urine. Treats dysuria, scanty urine, chronic edema, heavy sensation in the back and legs, abdominal distension, fullness after meals, sallow complexion, fatigue, listlessness and difficulty moving. For edema associated with chronic nephritis. Also for kidney stones.
• Clears Heat and Toxin
  For dermatological disorders including eczema, sores, lesions, ulcers, itchy rashes, and toxic swellings

• Tonifies the Spleen, Resolves Dampness
  For dysuria, edema, leg qi, diarrhea, and damp febrile disorders due to Spleen deficiency leading to dampness.
• Clears Wind-Damp, Relieves Pain and Spasms
  For stiff joints, muscle spasm and tendon pain due to wind damp painful obstruction.
• Clears Heat and Expels Pus
  For lung and intestinal abscesses and postulated carbuncles due to heat. Also for any damp-heat disorder with a greasy tongue and digestion problem.

• Clears Heat Caused by Yin Deficiency
  For afternoon fevers, steaming bone disorder, low grade fevers, and night sweats. Also effective at clearing residual heat in the aftermath of a high fever.
• Clears Heat, Reduces Childhood Malnutrition
  For fever, irritability, and thirst from childhood malnutrition.
• Stops Bleeding and Cools the Blood
  For epistaxis, coughing up of Blood, uterine bleeding, or Blood in the urine all caused by reckless movement of hot Blood.

• Clears Damp-Heat, Treats Yang Type Jaundice
  This is the best herb for treatment of jaundice due to damp-heat or damp-cold. Most commonly used for jaundice with bright orange-yellow skin usually referred to as yang-type. Also used with other herbs for yin-type jaundice with yellow, dull, and lusterless appearance although it is traditionally contraindicated for this type.
• Clears Damp-Heat from the Skin
  Especially for lower body skin diseases including sores, rashes, eczema, oozing sores, and urticaria due to damp-heat on the exterior.
• Treats Febrile diseases with Damp-Heat
  For fever, body aches, oppression in the chest, constipation, yellow urine and abdominal distension due to damp-heat.
• Promotes Urination
  Weakly promotes urination

• powerful sexual tonic
• stimulant
• aphrodisiac
• strengthen the bones and joints
• calm and relax the heart
• strong immune system regulator

• Moves Qi and Blood, Relieves Pain
  Especially for pain do to Qi and Blood Stasis including hypochondriac pain, irregular menses, masses (especially in abdomen and hypochondriac region), traumatic injuries, and dysmenorrhea. Also for liver cirrhosis, enlarged liver and spleen
• Clear Heat and Cool Blood
  For bleeding due to Heat in the Blood including epistaxis, hematemesis, hematuria, and epistaxis during menses
• Clear the Heart, Open Orifices
  For Shen disturbances associated with Damp, Phlegm and Heat in the Heart with symptoms like disorientation, epilepsy, mania, anxiety, agitation, seizures, and derangement
• Treats Jaundice, Benefits the Gallbladder
  Treats Damp-Heat jaundice and gall stones

• Stimulates the Intestines
  For constipation from Qi Stagnation in the intestines.
• Promotes Urination
  Used in treating edema, leg Qi, or difficulty with urination.

• Promote and Unblocks Urination, Reduce Edema
  For edema especially if due to nephritis, swelling, painful urination that is hot or burning with possible dribbling, and painful urination with stones. Also for diabetes.
• Clear Damp-Heat from Liver and Gallbladder
  For hepatitis, cholelithiasis, cholecystitis, and hypertension with signs of damp-heat.

• Eliminates Heat and Toxins
  Reduces Lung abscess, infections, cough with thick yellowish-green sputum, bronchitis, and pneumonia.
• Detoxifies and Expels Pus
  Used both internally and topically for purulent sores.
• Drains Dampness
  For Damp-Heat in the Large Intestine, colitis, or urinary tract infection.

• Nourishes Lung and Stomach Yin, Moistens Dryness
  Treats dry cough, dry throat, irritability, and thirst. Also for cough with scanty, sticky sputum or chronic respiratory disorders with a consumptive cough. Treats wasting and thirsting disorder with intense hunger and constipation. Treats symptoms of Stomach Yin Deficiency including hunger but no desire to eat, dull epigastric pain, stomach discomfort, dry mouth and dry tongue.
• Extinguishes Wind, Softens and Moistens the Sinews
  For Pain and spasms in the sinews due to wind generated by deficient Fluids. For dizziness due to internal wind.

• Invigorates Blood and Qi, Regulates Menses
  For scanty menses, amenorrhea, and chest and abdominal pain and distension.
• Reduces Swellings, Reduces Toxicity
  For neck swelling and scrofula

The entire mushroom (mycelium and fruiting body) is used to fortify the immune system. The polysaccharides found in the mycelium and from fermentation liquid each have significant anti-carcinogenic activity. This whole polysaccharide fraction is used as a drug against malignant tumors in Japan. Coriolus has been found to be an interferon-inducing substance. In China, Coriolus is used for viral infections of the liver, including hepatitis B and chronic hepatitis, and it is used as a preventive and curative drug for liver cancer. However, it is so safe that it is also sold over the counter as an immune system strengthening tonic in herb stores.

• Dispels Phlegm
  For cough, dyspnea and chest congestion with difficult to expectorate, copious sputum and/or phlegm nodules.
• Opens Orifices
  For resuscitation of unconscious patients with locked jaw, pale face, and difficulty breathing possibly due to stroke. Also for sudden loss of consciousness with seizures or facial paralysis due to excess phlegm.
• Reduces Swelling and Abscesses, Dissipates Clumps
  For initial stages of boils, abscesses and clumping prior to ulceration
• Unblocks Bowels, Expels Roundworms
  For constipation with roundworms by stimulating peristalsis

• Eliminates Toxins, Drains Pus, Invigorates Blood, and Reduces Swelling
  Treats sores, masses with pus, and carbuncles in early stages prior to suppuration.
• Expels Wind, Kills Parasites
  For leprosy and tinea

• Invigorates the Blood, Dispels Stasis
  For painful gynecological disorders by warming the channels which activates the blood. It has a mild effect to regulate menses, menses pain, irregular menses, postpartum abdominal pain, and amenorrhea. Also used topically and internally for traumatic injuries and abscesses.
• Promotes Urination, Regulates Water Circulation, Reduces Swelling
  It has a mild effect for dysuria, postpartum edema, postpartum painful urinary dribbling, and systemic or facial edema.

• Promotes Urination and Drains Damp
  For urinary disorders with pain, difficulty, or dribbling, edema, dizziness, vertigo, and diarrhea. For many disorders associated with damp and water in the lower jiao.
• Drains Kidney Deficiency Fire
  For spermatorrhea, premature ejaculation, and nocturnal emissions associated with Kidney fire possibly due to damp heat

• Transforms Phlegm Heat and Stops cough
  One of the best herbs for stopping coughs due to exterior pathogen or interior disharmony. For productive cough due to acute Lung Heat pattern
• Clears Heat and Disperses Nodules
  For neck swellings, scrofula, sores, carbuncles, goiter, and breast and lung abscesses. For sores and abscesses that have not ulcerated especially in the neck and breast area.

Pearl is a very special herbal substance used since ancient times. Powdered Pearl is used as a Spirit tonic to stabilize the emotions, allay fright, ease frustration and anger, brighten the eyes and help regenerate tissue. Pearl is also used as a major beauty tonic, because it is believed that oral consumption of Pearl powder results in lustrous, pure, beautiful skin. Pearl powder is also used topically in skin creams to purify the skin. The best pearls, for herbal purposes, are wild sea water pearls that come from cold northern waters. The smaller the pearls, the more powerful their effect. Hydrolyzed Pearl, which is almost totally water soluble, is also now available. This hydrolyzed pearl is highly assimilable and extremely effective.

• Calms the Liver
• Anchors Yang
• Clears the Liver
•  Improves Vision

• Clears Heat in the Qi Level
  For high fever. irritability, and a rapid and flooding pulse. Very effective at clearing heat in the stomach and Lungs, with intense thirst and thick yellow sputum.
• Moistens Dryness and Nourishes Yin
  For Lung and Kidney Yin deficiency with night sweats, five centers heat, afternoon fevers, steaming bone fever, or irritability. Also for spermatorrhea and leakage of vital essence.
• Generates Fluids
  For thirst, dry and ulcerated mouth, dry throat, and for wasting and thirsting disorder.

• Breaks Stagnant Qi and Reduces Accumulation
  Treats epigastric or abdominal pain and distension. Used for indigestion and focal distension with gas, belching, and foul breath. Effectively treats constipation, abdominal hardness, distension and pain, dysentery, and tenesmus.
• Transforms Phlegm and Relieves Distension
  Treats chest and epigastrium focal distension and fullness. Treats Xiong Bi (painful obstruction of the chest), coronary heart disorders or angina, poor appetite, shortness of breath, fatigue and weakness due to phlegm accumulation and Heart Yang Deficiency. Also used in cases with heat in the body, abdominal fullness, gas, pain, and irregular bowel movement.

• Clears Heat and Calms the Spirit
  For high fever, irritability, restlessness, insomnia, delirium, or chest constriction.
• Drains Damp-Heat
  For dysuria from Damp-Heat in the Lower Jiao, jaundice from Damp-Heat in the Liver and Gallbladder, and Damp-Heat in the San Jiao and Gallbladder channels affecting the face, nose, and eyes.
• Cools the Blood, Reduces Toxins, and Stops Bleeding
  For epistaxis, vomiting Blood, or Blood in the stool or urine.
• Reduces swelling and moves Blood Stagnation
  Can be mixed with egg whites and vinegar and applied topically for trauma.

• Clears Heat and Transforms Phlegm
  For cough with thick, yellow, viscous sputum, along with stifling sensation in the chest, or coughing up blood due to Lung heat. For irritability, insomnia nausea, chest congestion, hypochondriac distention and a bitter taste the mouth with profuse phlegm due to Gallbladder fire and Phlegm.
• Stops Vomiting and Clears heat
  Very effective for morning sickness, nausea, acid regurgitation, and vomiting with a bitter or sour taste and bad breath due to Stomach Heat of Excess or Deficiency

• Clears Heat, Cools Blood, and Relieves Fire Toxins
  For Fire Toxins in the skin causing very dark purple rashes. This herb encourages the rash to erupt, used when diseases (like mumps or chickenpox) are not progressing.
• Clears Damp-Heat Skin Lesions
  Used topically for skin lesions, vaginal itching, eczema, dermatitis, or burns.
• Unblocks the Bowels and Invigorates the Blood
  For mild constipation from heat in the Blood, or used to treat amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea.

• Eliminates Heat and Toxicity
  Reduces inflammation of the throat, eyes, and ears, especially effective for treating mumps. Also effective at clearing abscesses of the breast and intestines, and erysipelas.
• Relieves Sores from Heat
  Used topically or internally for boils, carbuncles, and other sores or abscesses, especially in the head and back.

• Releases the Exterior and Disperses Wind-Cold
  For cold invasion with symptoms of chills, fever, headache, nasal congestion, and cough.
• Promotes the Movement of Qi in the Middle Jiao
  For nausea, vomiting, and poor appetite. Also used in pregnancy to calm restless fetus or for morning sickness.
• Used either alone or with other herbs to counteract seafood poisoning.