Traditional Chinese Medicine/Ku-Bitter
Bitter:
- clears Heat
- sedates and hardens
- clears Damp-Heat
- subdues Rebellious Qi
List of Bitter Herbs
[edit | edit source]Spicy-Warm:
| Name | Latin | Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ma Huang | Herba Ephedrae | 麻黄 | má huáng | Hemp |
| Qiang Huo | Radix Et Rhizoma Notopterygii | 羌活 | qiāng huó | Rhizome and root of Notopterygium incisum Ting ex H.T. Chang or Notopterygium forbesii Boiss [1] |
Spicy-Cool/Cold:
Clear Heat & Purge Fire:
Clear Blood-Heat:
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Notes
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Guang-Sheng Qian, Qing Wang, Kelvin Sze-Yin Leung, Yong Qin, Zhongzhen Zhao, Zhi-Hong Jiang, "Quality assessment of Rhizoma et Radix Notopterygii by HPTLC and HPLC fingerprinting and HPLC quantitative analysis", Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, Volume 44, Issue 3, 27 July 2007, Pages 812-817.