Tu Bie Chong (Wingless Cockroach)
Latin Name: Eupolyphaga Seu Steleophaga
Properties: salty, cold, slightly toxic
Latin Name: Eupolyphaga Seu Steleophaga
Properties: salty, cold, slightly toxic
Latin Name: Tetrapanacis Medulla
Properties: sweet, bland, cold
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 [...]
Latin Name: Bambusae Concretio Silicea
Properties: sweet, cold
Latin Name: Radix Asparagi
Properties: sweet, bitter, very cold
Latin Name: Radix Trichosanthis
Properties: bitter, slightly sweet, cold
Latin Name: Lignum Santali Albi
Properties: acrid, warm, aromatic
Latin Name: Radix Pseudostellariae
Properties: bitter, sweet, neutral
Latin Name: Herba Cynomorii Songarici
Properties: sweet, warm
Latin Name: Semen Zizyphi Spinosae
Properties: sweet, sour, neutral