Slippery Elm (Ulmus fulva), also known as Red Elm, Indian Elm, or Moose Elm, is a deciduous tree native to North America and Canada. For therapeutic use, the inner bark is collected from trees that are at least 10 years old. Native Americans traditionally used it as a poultice for wounds, boils, ulcers, or as an eye wash. Internally, they used it to treat coughs, colds and fevers and soothe the digestive tract, which is also one of its main uses today. The name „Slippery Elm“ refers to the texture of the herb with its large mucilage content, the mucilage being responsible for the healing and soothing action. Slippery Elm bark is also very nutritious. It is ground into a gruel and used for the weak and convalescent, but also as a baby food.

Schizandra (Schisandra chinensis), also known as Schisandra, Wu Wei Zi, Chinese Mock-Braberry, or Lemonwood, is a creeping vine in the Magnoliaceae family, native to China and Japan. Schizandra has a long history of medical use in raditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Its fruit has a sour, bitter, sweet, acrid, and salty taste which explains its Chinese name wu wei zi meaning „five flavored fruit“. It is used to treat a variety of medical conditions, such as lung and liver disorders, depression and stress, coughs, insomnia and night sweats, irritation, palpitation, and dyspnea, as a sedative, to relieve fatigue, to increase stamina, and for skin disorders. Besides, it is widely known as a longevity herb and aphrodisiac.

Lobelia, also known as Indian Tobacco, Asthma Weed, Pukeweed, Vomitwort, or Eyebright, is native to North America, Canada, and Kamchatka. It is named after the Belgian botanist Matthias de Lobel (1538-1616) and was made popular across the United States as a medicinal aid by the herbalist Samuel Thompson in the early 1800s. However, the Native Americans had been using Lobelia for ages to treat respiratory and muscle disorders, as well as a purgative. Today, it is used to treat asthma and bronchitis, convulsive and inflammatory disorders, food poisening, and as a physical relaxant and an emetic. Lobelia was also used as part of smoking cessation programs. One species, Lobelia chinensis (ban bian lian) is one of the 50 fundamental herbs in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).

Latin Name: Olibanum
Properties: acrid, bitter, warm
Actions: moves blood and Qi, invigorates blood, dispels blood stasis, relaxes sinews, relieves pain, generates flesh, reduces swellings
Medical Indications: amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, epigastric and stomach pain, traumatic pain, abdominal pain, swellings, skin lesions, ulcers, sores, carbuncles, traumatic injuries, wind damp painful obstructions, spasms, rigidity, redness and swellings of oral cavity and [...]

Latin Name: Cortex Cinnamomi Cassiae
Properties: acrid, sweet, hot

Latin Name: Semen Myristicae Fragrantis
Properties: acrid, warm, toxic

Latin Name: Herba Cistanches Deserticolae
Properties: sweet, salty, warm

Latin Name: Caulis Lonicerae
Properties: sweet, cold