Medicinal Roots
570 herbs total

Bufonis Caput
IntroductionChán Tóu (Toad Head) is a traditional Chinese medicinal material derived from the dried head of Bufo bufo gargarizans Cantor (Asiatic Toad) or Bufo melanostictu…

Hymenophyllum khasyanum Hook. et Bak.
IntroductionDǐng Guǒ Mó Jué is a traditional Chinese medicinal herb. It is the dried whole plant of Hymenophyllum khasyanum Hook. et Bak., a plant belonging to the family H…

Herb of Japanese Hedge Nettle
IntroductionShuǐ Sū is a traditional Chinese medicinal herb. It is the whole plant or root of Stachys japonica Miq., Stachys chinensis Bunge ex Benth., or Stachys baicalens…

Radix Et Rhizoma Thalictri
IntroductionMǎ Wěi Lián is a traditional Chinese medicinal material. It is the rhizome and root of Thalictrum foliolosum DC., Thalictrum baicalense Turcz., or Thalictrum de…

Flos Humuli
IntroductionLǜ Cǎo Huā is a traditional Chinese medicinal herb. It is the dried female flower spike of Humulus scandens (Lour.) Merr., a plant belonging to the family Morac…

Secretium Anodonta
IntroductionBàng Lèi is a traditional Chinese medicinal material. It is the internal secretion of Cristaria plicata (Leach), Hyriopsis cumingii (Lea), and Anodonta woodiana…

Leaf of Operculate Cleistocalyx
IntroductionShuǐ Wēng Yè (Water Banyan Leaf) is a traditional Chinese medicinal material. It is the dried leaf of Cleistocalyx operculatus (Roxb.) Merr. et Perry, a plant b…

Lampetra japonica (Martens)
IntroductionBā Mù Mán (Eight-eyed Lamprey) is a traditional Chinese medicinal material derived from the dried whole body of the Arctic Lamprey (Lampetra japonica (Martens))…

Anser cygnoides domestica Brisson
IntroductionBái é Gāo (White Goose Fat) is a traditional Chinese medicinal material. It is the fat of the domestic goose Anser cygnoides domestica Brisson, an animal belong…

Canis Dens
IntroductionGǒu Chǐ (Dog‘s Tooth) is a traditional Chinese medicinal material. It is the tooth of Canis familiaris Linnaeus, an animal belonging to the family Canidae. This…

Trionyx sinensis (Wiegmann);Trionyx steindachneri Siebenrock
IntroductionBiē Tóu (Turtle Head) is a traditional Chinese medicinal material derived from the head of Trionyx sinensis (Wiegmann) (Chinese soft-shelled turtle) or Trionyx…

Flos Firmianae
IntroductionWú Tóng Huā is a traditional Chinese medicinal herb derived from the dried flower of Firmiana simplex (L.) W.Wight (also known as Firmiana plantanifolia (L.f.)…
