Hong Teng (Sargentodoxa Vine)

Filed under Chinese Herbs

Latin Name: Caulis Sargentodoxae
Properties: bitter, neutral

Hong Hua (Safflower, Carthamus)

Filed under Chinese Herbs

Latin Name: Flos Carthami
Properties: pungent, warm

Hei Zhi Ma (Black Sesame Seeds)

Filed under Chinese Herbs

Latin Name: Semen Sesame Indici
Properties: sweet, neutral

He Zi (Myrobalan Fruit, Chebula, Terminalia)

Filed under Chinese Herbs

Latin Name: Fructus Terminaliae Chebulae
Properties: bitter, sour, astringent, neutral

He Ye (Lotus Leaf)

Filed under Chinese Herbs

Latin Name: Folium Nelumbinis Nuciferae
Properties: bitter, slightly sweet, neutral

Zong Lu Pi (Trachycarpus Stiple Fiber)

Filed under Chinese Herbs

Latin Name: Fibra Stipulae Trachycarpi
Properties: bitter, astringent, neutral

Zi Wan (Purple Aster Root)

Filed under Chinese Herbs

Latin Name: Radix Asteris Tatarici
Properties: bitter, acrid, slightly warm

Zi Su Ye (Perilla Leaf)

Filed under Chinese Herbs

Latin Name: Folium Perillae
Properties: acrid, aromatic, warm

Zi Shi Ying (Fluorite)

Filed under Chinese Herbs

Latin Name: Fluoritum
Properties: sweet, warm

Zi Ran Tong (Pyrite)

Filed under Chinese Herbs

Latin Name: Pyritum
Properties: acrid, neutral

Zi Hua Di Ding (Yedeon’s Violet)

Filed under Chinese Herbs

Latin Name: Violae Yedoensitis
Properties: acrid, bitter, cold

Zi Cao (Groomwell Root, Lithospermum, Arnebia)

Filed under Chinese Herbs

Latin Name: Radix Arnebiae Seu Lithospermi
Properties: sweet, salty, cold

Zhu Sha (Cinnabar)

Filed under Chinese Herbs

Latin Name: Cinnabaris
Properties: sweet, cool, toxic