Tu Bie Chong (Wingless Cockroach)

Filed under Chinese Herbs

Latin Name: Eupolyphaga Seu Steleophaga
Properties: salty, cold, slightly toxic

Tong Cao (Rice Paper Pith)

Filed under Chinese Herbs

Latin Name: Tetrapanacis Medulla
Properties: sweet, bland, cold

Ting Li Zi (Descurainia Seed)

Filed under Chinese Herbs

Latin Name: Semen Descurainiae Seu Lepidii
Properties: acrid, bitter, cold
Actions: drains lung heat, relieves phlegm, moves water, reduces edema
Medical Indications: cough with excess wheezing, excess sputum, and gurgling sound in throat, ascites, pulmonary edema, urinary difficulty, acute nephritis in children
Contraindications: not to be used in cases of cough due to lung Qi deficiency, not to [...]

Tian Zhu Huang (Bamboo Sugar)

Filed under Chinese Herbs

Latin Name: Bambusae Concretio Silicea
Properties: sweet, cold

Tian Men Dong (Asparagus Root)

Filed under Chinese Herbs

Latin Name: Radix Asparagi
Properties: sweet, bitter, very cold

Tian Ma (Gastrodia Root)

Filed under Chinese Herbs

Latin Name: Rhizoma Gastrodiae
Properties: sweet, neutral

Tian Hua Fen (Trichosanthes Root)

Filed under Chinese Herbs

Latin Name: Radix Trichosanthis
Properties: bitter, slightly sweet, cold

Tao Ren (Peach Kernel)

Filed under Chinese Herbs

Latin Name: Semen Persicae
Properties: bitter, sweet, neutral

Tan Xiang (Sandalwood)

Filed under Chinese Herbs

Latin Name: Lignum Santali Albi
Properties: acrid, warm, aromatic

Tai Zi Shen (Pseudostellaria)

Filed under Chinese Herbs

Latin Name: Radix Pseudostellariae
Properties: bitter, sweet, neutral

Suo Yang (Fleshy Stem of Cynomorium)

Filed under Chinese Herbs

Latin Name: Herba Cynomorii Songarici
Properties: sweet, warm

Suan Zao Ren (Sour Jujube Seed)

Filed under Chinese Herbs

Latin Name: Semen Zizyphi Spinosae
Properties: sweet, sour, neutral

Mo Yao (Myrrh)

Filed under Chinese Herbs

Latin Name: Resina Myrrhae
Properties: bitter, neutral