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A

  • Ai Ye (Folium Artemisiae Argyi or Argy Wormwood Leaf)
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B

  • Bai Dou Kou (Fructus Amomi Rotundus)
  • Bai Hua She She Cao (Oldenlandia Diffusa or Hedyotis Diffusa)
  • Bai Jiang Cao (Patrinia)
  • Bai Lian (Ampelopsis Radix)
  • Bai Tou Weng (Radix Pulsatillae)
  • Bai Wei (Radix Cynanchi Atrati or Swallowwort Root)
  • Bai Xian Pi (Cortex Dictamni)
  • Bai Zhi (Radix Angelicae Dahuricae)
  • Ban Lan Gen (Radix Isatidis)
  • Ba Dou (Croton Seed, Croton Fruit, or Fructus Crotonis)
  • Ba Jiao Hui Xiang (Anisi Stellati Fructus or Star Anise)
  • Bian Xu (Polygoni Avicularis Herba)
  • Bi Bo (Fructus Piperis Longi or Long Pepper Fruit)
  • Bi Cheng Qie (Fructus Litseae)
  • Bi Xie (Rhizoma Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae)
  • Bo He (Mentha or Mint)
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C

  • Cang Er Zi (Fructus Xanthii)
  • Cang Zhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis)
  • Can Sha (Faeces Bombycis or Silkworm Feces)
  • Cao Dou Kou (Semen Alpiniae Katsumadai)
  • Cao Guo (Fructus Tsaoko or Tsaoko Fruit)
  • Chai Hu (Radix Bupleuri or Chinese Thorowax Root)
  • Chan Tui (Periostracum Cicadae)
  • Chen Pi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium or Tangerine Peel)
  • Chen Xiang (Agarwood, Aloeswood, or Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum)
  • Che Qian Zi (Semen Plantaginis)
  • Chinese Moccasin (Qi She or Bai Hua She)
  • Chinese Parsley (Yan Sui, Hu Sui, or Coriander)
  • Chinese White Olive (Qing Guo or Fructus Canarii)
  • Chi Shao (Radix Paeoniae Rubra or Red Peony Root)
  • Chong Lou (Zao Xiu or Rhizoma Paridis)
  • Chou Wu Tong (Folium Clerodendri)
  • Chuan Lian Zi (Fructus Meliae Toosendan)
  • Chuan Shan Long (Rhizoma Dioscoreae Nipponicae)
  • Chuan Wu (Radix Aconiti)
  • Chuan Xin Lian (Andrographis Paniculata)
  • Chui Pen Cao (Stringy stonecrop or Sedum sarmentosum)
  • Cong Bai (Scallion or Green Onion)
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D

  • Dan Dou Chi (Semen Sojae Preparatum or Prepared Soybean)
  • Dan Zhu Ye (Lophatherum Gracile)
  • Da Huang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei)
  • Da Qing Ye (Folium Isatidis)
  • Deng Xin Cao (Medulla Junci)
  • Ding Gong Teng (Caulis Erycibes)
  • Ding Xiang (Flos Caryophylli or Clove Flower)
  • Di Fu Zi (Kochiae Fructus)
  • Di Gu Pi (Cortex Lycii or Lycium Bark)
  • Di Jin Cao (Euphorbia Humifusa or Euphorbia Maculata)
  • Dong Gua Pi (Exocarpium Benincasae or Wax Gourd Peel)
  • Dong Kui Guo (Fructus Malvae)
  • Du Huo (Radix Angelicae Pubescentis or Pubescent Angelica Root)
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E

  • E Bu Shi Cao (Centipeda Minima)
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F

  • Fang Feng (Radix Saposhnikoviae or Siler Root)
  • Fang Ji (Radix Stephaniae Tetrandrae)
  • Fan Xie Ye (Folium Sennae or Senna Leaf)
  • Fu Ling (Poria)
  • Fu Ping (Duckweed or Spirodela Polyrhiza)
  • Fu Zi (Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata)
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G

  • Gan Jiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis or Dried Ginger)
  • Gan Sui (Radix Kansui or Kansui Root)
  • Gao Ben (Rhizoma Ligustici)
  • Gao Liang Jiang (Rhizoma Alpiniae Officinarum)
  • Ge Gen (Kudzu Root or Radix Puerariae)
  • Gou Ji (Rhizoma Cibotii)
  • Guang Huo Xiang (Herba Pogostemonis)
  • Guan Zhong (Wood Fern or Dryopteris)
  • Gui Zhi (Ramulus Cinnamomi, Cinnamon Twig, or Cassia Twig)
  • Gu Jing Cao (Pipewort or Eriocaulon Buergerianum)
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H

  • Hai Feng Teng (Caulis Piperis Kadsurae or Kadsura Pepper Stem)
  • Hai Jin Sha (Spora Lygodii)
  • Hai Tong Pi (Cortex Erythrinae)
  • Hong Teng (Da Xue Teng or Sargentodoxa Cuneata)
  • Hou Po (Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis or Magnolia Bark)
  • Huang Bai (Huang Bo or Cortex Phellodendri)
  • Huang Lian (Rhizoma coptidis or Coptis Rhizome)
  • Huang Qin (Radix Scutellariae)
  • Hua Jiao (Pericarpium Zanthoxyli or Sichuan Pepper)
  • Hua Shi (Talc or Talcum)
  • Huo Ma Ren (Semen Cannabis, Fructus Cannabis, or Hemp Seeds)
  • Hu Huang Lian (Rhizoma Picrorhizae)
  • Hu Jiao (White Pepper or Black Pepper)
  • Hu Lu Ke (Bottle Gourd Peel)
  • Hu Po (Succinum or Amber)
  • Hu Zhang (Polygoni Cuspidati Rhizoma et Radix)
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J

  • Jiaogulan (Gynostemma pentaphyllum)
  • Jing Da Ji (Radix Euphorbiae Pekinensis)
  • Jing Jie (Schizonepeta Tenuifolia)
  • Jin Deng Long (Physalis Calyx seu Fructus)
  • Jin Guo Lan (Radix Tinosporae)
  • Jin Qian Cao (Herba Lysimachiae or Gold Coin Grass)
  • Jin Qiao Mai (Rhizoma Fagopyri Cymosi)
  • Jin Yin Hua (Flos Lonicerae)
  • Ji Cai (Shepherd’s Purse or Capsella bursa-pastoris)
  • Ji Gu Cao (Herba Abri or Chicken Bone Grass)
  • Jue Ming Zi (Semen Cassiae or Cassia Seed)
  • Ju Hua (Flos Chrysanthemi)
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K

  • Kun Ming Shan Hai Tang (Tripterygium Hypoglaucum)
  • Ku Dou Zi (Sophora Alopecuroides)
  • Ku Shen (Radix Sophorae Flavescentis)
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L

  • Lao Guan Cao (Erodium Stephanianum, Geranium Wilfordii, or Geranium Carolinianum)
  • Lei Gong Teng (Radix Tripterygii Wilfordii)
  • Lian Qiao (Fructus Forsythiae)
  • Li Zhi He (Semen Litchi or Lychee Seed)
  • Lobelia Chinensis (Chinese Lobelia or Ban Bian Lian)
  • Long Dan Cao (Radix Gentianae)
  • Lou Lu (Radix Rhapontici)
  • Luo Shi Teng (Caulis Trachelospermi)
  • Lu Gen (Rhizoma Phragmitis or Reed Rhizome)
  • Lu Hui (Aloe)
  • Lu Lu Tong (Liquidambaris Fructus)
  • Lu Rong (Deer Velvet or Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum)
  • Lv Dou (Mung Bean, Green Gram or Moong)
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M

  • Mang Xiao (Natrii Sulfas, Glauber’s salt, or Mirabilite)
  • Man Jing Zi (Vitex Fruit or Fructus Viticis)
  • Ma Bo (Puffball)
  • Ma Huang (Ephedrae Herba)
  • Ma Wei Lian (Thalictrum)
  • Mi Meng Hua (Flos Buddlejae)
  • Mu Dan Pi (Cortex Moutan)
  • Mu Gua (Fructus Chaenomelis)
  • Mu Hu Die (Semen Oroxyli)
  • Mu Tong (Caulis Akebiae)
  • Mu Xiang (Radix Aucklandiae or Costus Root)
  • Mu Zei (Scouring Rush or Rough Horsetail)
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N

  • Niu Bang Zi (Fructus Arctii or Burdock Seeds)
  • Niu Huang (Cattle Gallstone or Calculus Bovis)
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P

  • Pei Lan (Eupatorium Fortunei)
  • Pine Nut (Pinoli, Song Zi Ren, or Semen Pini Koraiensis)
  • Potentilla Chinensis (Wei Ling Cai)
  • Potentilla Discolor (Fan Bai Cao)
  • Purslane (Ma Chi Xian or Portulaca Oleracea)
  • Pu Gong Ying (Dandelion or Taraxacum)
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Q

  • Qiang Huo (Rhizoma et Radix Notopterygii or Notopterygium Root)
  • Qian Jin Zi (Semen Euphorbiae Lathyridis)
  • Qian Nian Jian (Rhizoma Homalomenae)
  • Qian Niu Zi (Semen Pharbitidis or Morning Glory Seed)
  • Qing Dai (Indigo Naturalis)
  • Qing Feng Teng (Caulis Sinomenii)
  • Qing Hao (Sweet Wormwood or Artemisia Annua)
  • Qing Pi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride or Green Tangerine Peel)
  • Qing Xiang Zi (Celosia Seed or Semen Celosiae)
  • Qin Jiao (Radix Gentianae Macrophyllae)
  • Qin Pi (Cortex Fraxini or Ash Bark)
  • Quan Shen (Rhizoma Bistortae)
  • Qu Mai (Dianthi Herba)
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R

  • Rou Gui (Cinnamomi Cortex, Cinnamon Bark, or Cassia Bark)
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S

  • Sang Ji Sheng (Herba Taxilli)
  • Sang Ye (Mulberry Leaf or Folium Mori)
  • Sang Zhi (Ramulus Mori or Mulberry Twig)
  • San Ke Zhen (Radix Berberidis)
  • Senecio Scandens (Qian Li Guang)
  • Shang Lu (Poke Root or Phytolaccae Radix)
  • Shan Ci Gu (Pseudobulbus Cremastrae seu Pleiones)
  • Shan Dou Gen (Guang Dou Gen or Radix Sophorae Tonkinensis)
  • Shan Yao (Chinese Yam or Rhizoma Dioscoreae)
  • Sha Ren (Fructus Amomi)
  • Sheng Di Huang (Radix Rehmanniae or Chinese Foxglove Root)
  • Sheng Jiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens or Fresh Ginger)
  • Sheng Ma (Rhizoma Cimicifugae)
  • Shen Jin Cao (Lycopodium Japonicum)
  • She Gan (Rhizoma Belamcanda)
  • Shi Gao (Gypsum)
  • Shi Wei (Folium Pyrrosiae)
  • Shui Niu Jiao (Cornu Bubali or Water Buffalo Horn)
  • Si Gua Luo (Retinervus Luffae Fructus)
  • Si Ji Qing (Dong Qing Ye or Folium Ilicis Chinensis)
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T

  • Tan Xiang (Sandalwood or Lignum Santali Albi)
  • Tian Hua Fen (Radix Trichosanthis)
  • Tian Ji Huang (Di Er Cao or Hypericum japonicum)
  • Tian Shan Xue Lian (Snow Lotus or Saussureae Involucratae Herba)
  • Tong Cao (Medulla Tetrapanacis or Rice Paper Pith)
  • Tu Fu Ling (Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae or Glabrous Greenbrier Rhizome)
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W

  • Wei Ling Xian (Radix Clematidis)
  • Wu Jia Pi (Cortex Acanthopanacis)
  • Wu Shao She (Black Striped Snake)
  • Wu Yao (Radix Linderae)
  • Wu Zhu Yu (Evodiae Fructus or Tetradii Fructus)
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X

  • Xiang Jia Pi (Bei Wu Jia Pi or Cortex Periplocae)
  • Xiang Ru (Mosla Chinensis)
  • Xiao Hui Xiang (Fructus Foeniculi or Fennel Fruit)
  • Xia Ku Cao (Spica Prunellae)
  • Xin Yi Hua (Flos Magnoliae)
  • Xiong Dan (Bear Gall or Bear Bile)
  • Xi He Liu (Cacumen Tamaricis or Chinese Tamarisk Twing)
  • Xi Xian Cao (Herba Siegesbeckiae)
  • Xi Xin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma, Manchurian Wildginger, or Asarum spp)
  • Xuan Shen (Radix Scrophulariae or Ningpo Figwort Root)
  • Xun Gu Feng (Aristolochia Mollissim)
  • Xu Chang Qing (Radix et Rhizoma Cynanchi Paniculati)
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Y

  • Ya Dan Zi (Fructus Bruceae)
  • Ya Zhi Cao (Asiatic Dayflower or Commelina Communis)
  • Ye Ju Hua (Wild Chrysanthemum Flower)
  • Ye Xia Zhu (Chamberbitter, Gripeweed, or Phyllanthus urinaria)
  • Yin Chai Hu (Radix Stellariae or Starwort Root)
  • Yin Chen (Yin Chen Hao or Herba Artemisiae Scopariae)
  • Yi Yi Ren (Semen Coicis or Coix Seed)
  • You Song Jie (Lignum Pini Nodi)
  • Yuan Hua (Genkwa Flos or Genkwa Flower)
  • Yu Li Ren (Semen Pruni or Bush Cherry Pit)
  • Yu Mi Xu (Corn Silk or Stigma Maydis)
  • Yu Xing Cao (Fish Mint or Houttuynia Cordata)
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Z

  • Ze Xie (Rhizoma Alismatis)
  • Zhi Ju Zi (Semen Hoveniae)
  • Zhi Mu (Rhizoma Anemarrhenae)
  • Zhi Shi (Fructus Aurantii Immaturus)
  • Zhi Zi (Fructus Gardeniae or Cape Jasmine Fruit)
  • Zhu Ling (Polyporus)
  • Zhu Ye (Bamboo Leaf)
  • Zi Cao (Radix Arnebiae or Arnebia Root)
  • Zi Hua Di Ding (Viola Yedoensis)
  • Zi Su Ye (Folium Perillae or Perilla Leaf)
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