Si Gua Luo (Dried Vegetable Sponge)

Filed under Chinese Herbs

Latin Name: Retinervus Fructae Luffus
Properties: sweet, neutral

Shui Zhi (Leech)

Filed under Chinese Herbs

Latin Name: Hirudo Medicinalis
Properties: salty, bitter, neutral, toxic

Shu Di Huang (Steamed Rehmania, Chinese Foxglove Root)

Filed under Chinese Herbs

Latin Name: Radix Gehmanniae Glutinosae
Properties: sweet, slightly warm

Shi Wei (Pyrrosia Leaf)

Filed under Chinese Herbs

Latin Name: Folium Pyrrosiae
Properties: bitter, sweet, slightly cold

Shi Liu Pi (Pomegranate Husk)

Filed under Chinese Herbs

Latin Name: Pericarpium Punicae Granati
Properties: sour, astringent, warm, toxic

Shi Jun Zi (Quisqualis Fruit)

Filed under Chinese Herbs

Latin Name: Fructus Quisqualis
Properties: sweet, warm

Shi Jue Ming (Abalone Shell)

Filed under Chinese Herbs

Latin Name: Concha Haliotidis
Properties: salty, cold

Shi Hu (Dendrobium Stem)

Filed under Chinese Herbs

Latin Name: Herba Dendrobii
Properties: sweet, bland, slightly cold

Shi Gao (Gypsum)

Filed under Chinese Herbs

Latin Name: Gypsum Fibrosum
Properties: acrid, sweet, very cold

Shi Di (Persimmon Calyx)

Filed under Chinese Herbs

Latin Name: Calyx Diospyri Kaki
Properties: bitter, astringent, neutral

Shi Chang Pu (Sweetflag Rhizome)

Filed under Chinese Herbs

Latin Name: Rhizoma Acori Graminei
Properties: acrid, slightly warm

Sheng Ma (Black Cohosh Rhizome, Bugbane Rhizome)

Filed under Chinese Herbs

Latin Name: Rhizoma Cimicifugae
Properties: sweet, acrid, slightly cold

Sheng Jiang (Fresh Ginger Rhizome)

Filed under Chinese Herbs

Latin Name: Rhizoma Zingiberis
Properties: acrid, warm