Journal
Chinese pharmacy
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Alpinia Cardamom: Sha Ren, the Warming Spice the Chinese Pharmacy Uses
Not the green pods, not the smoky red ones. This is the third cardamom — small, pale, wrinkled,…
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San Leng: The Tuber That Moves What Is Stuck
Sparganium is a hard, dark, knobbly water chestnut-shaped tuber, and in Chinese medicine it is one of the…
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Yan Hu Suo: The Opium Poppy’s Closest Legal Relative
One of the most-used pain-relieving herbs in the Chinese pharmacopoeia, and one with a documented effect on the…
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Mai Dong: The Two Roots That Are Not the Same Herb
Mai Dong is sold as two different plants that are used almost interchangeably in Chinese medicine, and the…
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Qian Hu: The Root That Moves What Is Stuck
A tall, aromatic root used for the specific Chinese medicine picture of a chest and diaphragm that feel…
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Qing Feng Teng: The Vine That Makes You Sleepy
Sinomenium is one of the very few herbs where the traditional description and the modern pharmacology agree closely…
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Zhu Ling: A Mushroom That Classical Medicine Forgot
Polyporus is one of the oldest herbs in the Chinese pharmacopoeia and one of the least used today.…
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Wild Buckwheat Root: The Tuber Nobody Has a Name For
It grows in the wild, it is used in Chinese medicine for a specific and unusual picture, and…
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Teasel: The Root That Got Famous for Hair, and the One That Stops Bleeding
Dipsacus is a classical Chinese herb for injuries and for blood stasis — and in the west it…
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Shan Zhao Ren: The Root That Smells Like Spice and Tastes Like Medicine
Lindera is a woody root with a genuine cinnamon-like aroma, and in Chinese medicine it is the standard…
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Ji Xue Teng: The Vine That Is Also a Blood Mover
A woody climbing vine with a bright red sap, used in Chinese medicine to move blood and to…
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Yuan Zhi: The Root of an Odd Name and a Clearer Purpose
Its English name is wrong, its Chinese name is famous, and it is one of the classic herbs…
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