化繁为简神农本草
Natural already includes everything. I am simply sharing the knowledge and presenting it, with no right or wrong. Everything that exists has a reason. I just need to figure out how to use it wisely and correctly. If it works, that’s what matters. However, don’t think one thing can solve everything. When we point to things, maybe it is Blind Men and the Elephant.
- Cinnabar/ mercury sulfide (朱砂)

Don’t use it after burning (Mercury).
Function: calm the nerves.
2. Mica (云母)

Processed –> used for eyes; calming the nerves.
3. Jade (玉泉)
Processed–> For organ problems, strengthening tendons, bones, and muscles.
4. Staclactite (石钟乳)
For coughing and shortness of breath; For lactating.
5. Alunite (涅石)

Nasal polyp; for cold-and-hot back and forth; eye ball hurting; ulcers
6. Nitre (硝石)

Heat accumulation in the organs, stomach cannot accept foods
7. Mirablite (朴硝)/ 芒硝

Constipation (poop likes rocks).
8. Talc/ Talcum 滑石

Diuretic, especially for urinary stones.
9. Chalcanthite (石胆)

eye disease; skin suppuration; induce vomiting
10. Azurite (空青)

Glaucoma, energy, and liver. boost ambition
11. Azuritum (曾青)

Eye ball hurts with tears, rheumatic disorder, paralysis, and unobstructed sensory organ blockages.
12. 禹余粮

Conserve semen; Diarrhea
实热者禁用
13. 太一余粮

cough; blood block of period
14. Quartz (白石英)

anxiety; diabetes; erectile dysfunction; cough with dyspnea disorder
15. amethyst (紫石英)

for women who cannot get pregnant (cold womb).
16. 青石赤石黄石白石黑石
compatible to different organs
17. 白青

improve eyesight, deaf
18. 扁青

eye hurts and improve eyesight.
19. Acorus gramineus (昌蒲)

Use for the heart, the nine orifices of the human body.
Detoxify the bites from scorpions & allergy to shrimp.
20. 菊花 chrysanthemum

pacifying the liver; eyesight.
21. 人参
nourish the orans and sooths the mind

22. Wild Chinese Asparagus (天门冬)

For lung (cough, 热症, congestion).
23. Licorice (甘草)

Enhance Qi, boost energy
clears heat and detoxifies
Expectorant and cough suppresant
harmonize various medicines
24. Rehmannia glutinosa (干地黄)

nourishing Yin, tonifying blood
25. 白术 (atractylodes macrocephala Koidz.)

Spleen tissues, and reduce still water in the body.
26. 菟丝子 (cuscuta australis)

Increase sperm count and improve sperm quality.
Kidney function
27. 牛膝 (Achyranthes bidentata)


Knee pain, enhance the leg functions
28. 茺蔚子/益母草 (leonurus sibirucus)

seeds -> adjust period; good for eyes and liver.
29. 女萎/玉竹 (solomon’s seal)

Fibromyalgia/ reduce the pain
30. 防葵 (Peucedanum japonicum)

cystitis, urinary track infection
31. 柴胡 (chinese thorowax root)

food congestion, food for liver and eyes
32. 麦门冬 (dwarf lilyturf)

Removing phlegm and clearing the lungs.
33. 独活 (pubescent angelica root)


Relieve rheumatic pains and cold.
34.车前子 (plantago asiatica)

Reduce pain; diuresis.
35. 木香 (costus root)

cancer; enhance ambition; reduce the nightmares
36. 薯蓣/淮山药

energy boosting, muscle energy
37. 薏仁 (job’s tears)

remove extra water in the body
38. 泽泻 (alisama rhizome)

阳虚使用。 Reduce extract water (when symptoms: face and eyes darker, not bright)
39. 远志 (polygala root)

increase ambition, for enhancing eyes and brain fucntions.
40. 龙胆 (chinese gentian root)

reduce the symptoms of feeling heat-cold in the bones; for enhancing the functions of five organs.
41.细辛 (wild ginger)

headache, painkiller (muscle and joint)
42.石斛 dendrobium stem


阴虚; fatigue caused by lack of yin.
43. 巴戟天(meinda root)

for curing erectile dystufunction
44.白英 (nightshade)

middle qi tonifying; fever
45.白蒿。(artemisia alba)

hair growth
46. 赤箭 (gastrodia elata)

epilepsy
47.庵闾子(学名:Artemisia keiskeana)

traumatology — bruise with stagnant blood
48. 析冥子
paralysis
49. 赤芝

good for heart, enhance brain functions

黑芝– kindney
50 青芝—liver


白芝— lung, breath

黄芝–spleen function

紫芝—ear, knee, muscle
51. 卷柏 (selaginella)

for uterine fibroids, uterine myoma, ovarian tumor.
52. 蓝实 (polygonum tinctorium)

herpes zoster; bites of snake, dogs.
53. 川穹 (ligusticum striatum)


Headache
54. Ligusticum striatum (条纹藁本)– leaf part
conquer the fear nervous symptoms
55. 黄连 (coptis chnensis)

heat clearing and detoxyfying
56. 络石 (star jasmine)

For patients who had laryngeal cancer, mouth cancer, and cannot eat anymore.
57. 蒺藜子( tribulus terrestris)

optic atrophy
58. 黄芪 (astragali radix)

spleen, enhance Qi
59. 肉松容 (cistanche deserticola)

female cancer
increase Yang — for erectile dysfunction
60. 防风 (saposhnikovia root)

eheumatoid arthritis, headache, eye ball hurts
61。 蒲黄 (cattail pollen)

diuresis
62. 香蒲 (typha orientailis)

for traumatology; bad breath
63. 漏芦,Rhaponticum uniforum

hemorrhoids; increase breast milk
64. 营实 (euryale ferox)

fester
65. 天门精 Carpesium abrotanoides L.

blood stasis
66.决明子 cassia seed

seeds for eyes
67. 丹参 red sage roots

female -activiate blood circulation and remove blood stasis, and female organ cancers.
68. 茜根 (india madder root)

stomach pain without knowing the reasons
increase darker hairs
69. 飞廉 curly bristlethistle

feeling hot inside borns and sour/ pain
70. 五味子 (five-flavor berry)

controllong nocturanal emission; good for lung and breath
71. 旋华 (calystegia)

control stomach acid
72. 兰草 (bluegrass)

diuretic
73. 蛇床子 (cnidii fructus)

for joints, vaginal pain, impotence
74. 地肤子(belvedere fruit)

cystisis, eyes and ears
75. 景天 (rhodiola)

vaginal discharge
76. 茵陈 (capillary wormwood herb)
jaundice

77. 杜若 (pollia japonica)

goiter
78. 沙参 (glehnia root)

good for lung
79 白兔藿

snake, insect and dog bites
80. 徐长卿 (vincetoxincum paniculatum)

plague
81. 石龙刍/龙须草Juncus setchuensis Buchen

reducing heart-meridian releated heat
82. 薇衔

ascites; rheumatism; (NOT for pregnant women).
83. 云实 (bianacaea decapetalla).

deworm; insect bites
84. Vaccaria (王不留行属)

as painkillers, especially for cancer patients (using the seeds)
85. 升麻 (actaea cimicifuga)

teeth and mouth pain, throat pain, headache, stomach pain.
86. 青囊 /胡麻 (sesame)
good for brain, and bones.

87. 姑活。/冬葵Malva verticillata
to help deliver

88. 别羁—-sore limbs, heavy gody, paralysis
89. 屈草 ??
90. 淮木 (akebia stem)
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91. 肉桂(cinnamon)

boosts Qi, raise Yang
92. 菌桂(cassia bark)

good for energy
93. 松脂 (rosin)
Rheumatism paralysis pain

94. 槐实 (sophorae Fructus)

hemorrhoids
95. 枸杞

To address fatique; long-term increase the bone and muscle functions
96. 柏实 (arborvitae seed)

clam the nerve; for addressing the constipation; reducing the sweating
97. 茯苓(poria cocos)

spleen function; calm the nerves.
98. 榆皮 (elm bark)

for reducing the still water in the body.
99. 酸枣 (ziziphus jujuba)

for anxiety, helping sleeping
100. 黄柏 (phellodendron chinense Schneid)

jaundice; ulcer in femail or mail private parts
101. 干漆 (dried Lacquer from Toxicodendron vernicifluum(Stokes)F.A.Barkl.)

reunion of gractured tendons and bones
102. 五加皮Slenderstyle Acanthopanax Bark

relieve rheumatic pains, colds .
103. 蔓荆实 Viticis Fructus 或 Chasteberry

han-re (cold-heat) in bones.
104. 辛夷 (magnolia flower)

migraine and acne
105. Mulberry mistletoe (桑寄生)

stem used for fetal protection and preventing miscarriage.
also good for bones, especially for fetus back bone not strong.
106. 杜仲 Eucommia Bark 或 Cortex Eucommiae。

reduce birthmark; make bone and muscle stronger; reduce veginal itch.
107. 女贞实 (glossy privet fruit)

make heart stronger, especially for old people
108. 木兰(magnolia)

barks for acne, female private part itchy, and brighten the eyes.
109. Tangelo (橘柚)

reduce body smell; for Qi circulation
110. Fried ( hair + lard) –> reduce the fluid retention.
111. 龙骨 fossil of mammal’s bone

bleeding caused by cancer; anxiety; cancer
112. 麝香deer musk

restless; opening the orifices.
NEVER used for pregrant women
113. 牛黄 Calculus Bovis

epilepsy; Tonsillitis; rash
114. 熊脂 (bear’s grease)—- not available anymore.
115. 白胶 /鹿角胶 (antler gelatin)

pure YANG. used for pain, bone marrow。
for women infertility without period
116. 阿胶 (donkey skin -geletin)
good for YIN; clearing lung track, good for liver and bone.

117. 鸡屎白

swell in belly, reduce the congestion
118. 雁肪 (wild goose fat)

cramp/ serzure (there are many ways to reduce the convulsion; shall not use animals’)
119. 石蜜 /冰糖 (raw candy)

good for organs
120. beewax 蜂蜡

good for skin; good for spleen and stomach
121. 牡蛎 oyster

help bone reconnect; cancer; kidney
122. 龟甲 (tortoise shell)

cancer; fontanelle closure problems
123. 桑螵蛸 (mantise egg capsule)

controlloing nocturnal emission; diuresis; women no period
124. 海蛤 (sea clam)

thyroid cancer, quick breathing and anxious, chest pain with fever or cold feeling
125. 文蛤 Meretrix lusoria

maglignant tumor
126.鲤鱼 carp

reduce swollen. get rid of extra water in the body
127. 鲤鱼胆 carp gall bladder

for eye, use as drops.
Don’t eat direcctly, may cause eye problems (even blind)
128. 藕实茎/莲子 (lotus seeds)
good for boosting energy; long term benefits for the whole body
129. 大枣 (date)

clam the nerve and good for spleen and stomach
130. 葡萄 (grape)

enhance qi, for rheumatic disorder
131. Rubus hirsutus (蓬蘽, lei).

for organs, and erergy and ambition
132. 鸡头实 /芡实 Euryale ferox Salisb

for lower back and knee pain
133. 胡麻 (flax)

brain and musle; for long term ergery
134. 麻子仁 (hemp seeds)

constipation; for body recovery
135. 冬葵子 (chingma abutilon seed)

to promote lactation; diuretic; reduce constipation
136. 芡实 (gordon euryale seed)

promote urination and defecation
137. 瓜蒂pedicel and calyx of muskmelon

help throw up; for toxic from bites; for limb swollen
138. 白瓜子 (pumpkin seeds)

help Qi, good for skin and energy
139. 苦菜 (commen sow thistle)

helping digestion, reduce toxin in the body, stop bleeding from teeth, nose.
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HAVE TO USE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS CAREFULLY
140. 雄黄 realgar

poisonous snake and insect bites. plague.
Use outside/ inside the body
141. 石硫黄 (sulfur)

kindey stone, bladder stones., constipation (long-term).
Toxiety reaction may occur, such as rashes.
142. 雌黄 (orpiment)

for killing lice, other insect on the body, reducing itch.
143. 水银 (mercury)

very carefullly use this; used for abortion– please use other methods, which might be better.
gonorrhea.
144. 石膏 (gypsum)

usually wrap it with cloth before brewing with other herbs.
feeling too hot, especially tongue, which makes people cannot sleep.
see ghost or other things not normally see.
145. 慈石 (magnetite)

shallow breath, cannot breath deep caused by kindey problems.
146. 凝水石 (crystalline mirabilite)

for cancer, feeling full and anxious, cannot drink water.
147. 阳起石 (actinolite)

increase yang, for ovary cancer and other cancers.
for curing erectile dysfunction
148。 铁洛
for mental illness.
159. 干姜。(ginger)
stop vomiting, cough, for lung, especially for dying people to breath.
160. 葛根 (kudzu)

as food for people who cannot eat food, especially for cancer patients.
161. 苦参 (sophora flavescens)

can be used for both inside and outside body.
for itch outside.
Good for the liver and gall bladder. Also good for eyesight.
162. 当归 (chinese angelica)

For fatigued patients, such as cancer patients, enhance both Qi and blood.
163. 麻黄 (ephedra sinica)

For a dying person to bring back his life.
for lung cancer, asthma and coughing
164. 通草 /白通草Medulla Tetrapanacis

good for four limbs, nince openings on the body
165. 芍药 (chinese peony)

period pain, varicose veins
166. 瞿麦 (fringed pink herb)

abortion; cannot pee
167. 玄参 (figwort root)

Goiter; reduce the real heat in the body with swollen symptoms and pus.
168. 秦艽(学名:Gentiana macrophylla)

reduce cold-dampness, for the knee and ankels .
169. 百合(lily)

Good for the lungs and qi.
170. 知母。(学名:Anemarrhena asphodeloides)

reduce thirsty feeling, increase Qi
171. 贝母 (fritillary bulb)

for scar, eye drops.
172Angelica dahurica (白芷)

Acne; swelling of the vulva.
173. 淫羊藿 Epimedium Herb

for erectile dysfunction
174. Scutellaria baicalensis (黄芩)

for liver and spleen problems; feeling hot inside the bone.
175. 狗脊(Cibotium barometz (L.) J. Sm.)

Stiff back and knee.
176. 石龙芮 Celery-leaved buttercup

rheumatoid arthritis
177. 白茅Imperata cylindrica Beauv.var. major

good for blood circulation and enhances QI
178。 Aster (紫菀属)

lung problems, including cancer
179. Lithospermum erythrorhizon (紫草)

chicken pox; breast cancer (surface usage)
180. 败酱草 (patrinia scabiosifolia)

peritonitis; appendicitis
181. 白鲜皮 (densefruit dittany)

jaundice; liver; vaginal pain
182. 酸浆(学名:Alkekengi officinarum)

anxiety, stress, enhance the ambition
183. 紫参 Rubia yunnanensis

pain, lung congestion, especially with blood clog.
184. 藁本(学名:Conioselinum anthriscoides)

Han– pain in the female organs, headache.
185. 石葦. leaf of Pyrrosia lingua

diuretic; Gonorrhea
186. 「萆薢」 Fumariae Radix et Rhizoma

malignant ulcer; syphilis; joint pain
187.白薇 blackend sawllowwort root

stroke
188. 水萍 (water duckweed)

rubella, allergic to food, such as shimp.
189. 王瓜 (trichosanthes sucumeroides)

abortion; blood congestion in female organs.
190. 地榆 (great burnet)

stop bleeding, especially for stomach cancer.
191. 海藻 (seaweed)

lumphoma; good for liver
192. 泽兰 (hirsute bugleweed)

edema
193. 防己 (four-stamen stephania)

good for triple burner, and water circulation in the body
194. 款冬花 (Common Coltsfoot Flower)

congestion; cough.
195. 牡丹 (peony)

reduce blood stasis ; stroke.
196. 马先篙whorled lousewort

syndrome of excessive dampness-heat
197. 积雪草 Centella asiatica

reduce swelling, bruise relief
198. “王孙”在中药中通常指的是黄芪Astragalus propinquus

enhance QI
199. 蜀羊泉,又称白英或青杞,是茄科植物,chinese skullcap

Cancer; mups
200. 爵床 Rostellularia procumbens

painkiller for backpain or waist pain
201. 假苏/荆芥(学名:Nepeta cataria L.)

for fluid retention in the body
202. 翘根 (lalang grass)

good of YIN, eye, and skin.
203. 桑根白皮 White Mulberry Root-bark

pulmonary edema(肺水肿
204. 竹叶 (bamboo leaves)

diabetic; enhance QI.
205. Tetradium ruticarpum (吴茱萸)

stop vomiting, nausea. reduce depression
206. 栀子 (cape jasmine)

reduce inside heat (symptoms such as red face, acne rosacea, heartburn)
207. Trifoliate orange (枳)

heart problems, chest pain, or difficulty breathing; severe itching.
208. Houpoea officinalis (厚朴)

strock, headache, blood impediment,dead muscle.
209. 秦皮 (ash bark) Fraxini Cortex

eye problems (cataract, itch). Reduce Re.
210. 秦椒 Zanthoxylum armatum

good for teeth, hair growth, and eyes.
211. 山茱萸 Cornus Fruit 或 Japanese Cornelian Dogwood

liver
212. 紫薇(學名:Lagerstroemia indica)

good for female, helping the blood circulation, period and breast cancer.
213. 猪苓(Polyporus umbellatus)

diuretic
214. 白棘 Paliurus ramosissimus

pain killer, especially for chest pain
215. 龙眼(longan)

nourishing the heart and calming the spirit
216. Beard lichens (松萝)

helping throwing up
217. 卫矛(学名:Euonymus alatus (Thunb.) Siebold

promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis
218. 合欢 Albizia julibrissin

enhance the mood, godo for eyes, and spirit
219. 鹿茸 deer antler

brain tumor, cancer, increase the energy for old people
220. 蜂房。(honeycone)
Epilepsy, seizuer
221. 鳖甲 (turtle shell)

for treating cancer or cyst.
222. 蟹 (crab)

steamed-> For removing paint toxins absorbed in the body.
223. 蟬蛻cicada slough

skin problems.
224. 蛴螬 grubs

Cataract; skin ailments
225. 贼鱼骨cuttlebone

liver
226. 白僵蝉 silkworm

for night cry (baby).
227. 鼻涕虫 slug .

stroke; atrophy of testis
228. 蜥蜴 lizard

dysuria —- There are lots of other methds can be used for this. Animals are not the first choices.
229. 蟑螂cockroach

cyst; stagged blood
230. 伏翼 (bat’s drop)
roasted–> used for eye.
231. 梅实 (plum)

for consumptive disease, burning hot inside bones; reduce alcohol dizziness.
232. 豆卷 (toful roll, especially from black beans)

water circulation in the body
233. 丹黍米millet

constipation; reduce thirsty feeling
234. 水苏Stachys

Reduce bad breath; body smell; reduce constipation
下经 (不可久服)
- 石灰 (lime)

usually used outside, for breast cancer, stop bleeding.
(use little)
2. 青分石 (bluestone)

barely use, can cause death.
Mainly manifested as chronic infection of lymph nodes in the neck and armpits, similar to lymph node tuberculosis in modern medicine; (Use outside)
3. 铅丹。red lead

epilepsy; abortion
—careful to use; toxic
4. 粉锡 (tin powder)

use on the skin, for hard tissue removal
5. 代赭石

stomach cancer, throw up with blood, pancreatic cancer
6. 海盐 (sea salt)
kidney stone
7. 白垩/ 白土

rashes
8. 附子 coniti Lateralis Radix Praeparata

raw ones: To restore yang, , dissipate cold and relieve pain.
baked ones:
kidney; yang deficiency syndrome
9. 乌头 (aconitum)
川乌头

cardiotonic; rheurmatoid arthritis
10. 天雄 (monkshood )

arthristis, aphrodisiac
11. 半夏 (pinellia tuber)
cancer tumor

12. 天南星 :Arisaema heterophyllum

laryngeal cancer; nasopharyngeal carcinoma
13. 鸢尾 iris

anti-toxic
14. 大黄 chinese rhubard

promote blood circulationa and remove blood stasis
15. 葶苈子-独行菜(Lepidium apetalum)

for ascites, especially for cancer patients
16. 桔梗 (ballonflower root)

lung cancer, to get rid of blood in lungs.
17. Hyoscyamus niger (天仙子)

boost energy, but overdose can cause people to go crazy
18. Sweet wormwood (黃花蒿)

live and spleen related heating symptoms.
19. 炫复花 Inula Flower

nausea, no appetite
20. Veratrum nigrum (藜芦)

emetic
21. 射干 belamcanda chinesis

cough (re symptoms)
22. 蜀漆 wig and leaf of Antifebrile Dichroa

malaria
23. 甘遂Euphorbia kansui


accumulation of body fluids
24. 白蔹(学名:Ampelopsis japonica)

hemoorhoids; and other kinds of ulcer or wounds
25. 青葙子 (celosiaw semen)

eye and liver
26。白芨,或作白及(學名:Bletilla striata)

stop bleeding, especially for lung cancer
27. 大戟 (euphobia)

edema; fluid retention, especially for cancer patients.
28. 泽漆(euphorbia helioscopia)

small seedling of euphobia (27).
similar functions.
29. 贯众 (cyrtyomium fortunei)
get rid of tapeworm

30. 荛花 (wikstroemia)

fluid retention, especially for cancer or lung problems.
31.牙子 (agrimonia pilosa)

cure for genital herpes
32. 商陆(phytolacca americanan)

relieve edema
33. 羊蹄 (rumex japnicus houtt)

ringworm / bald
34. Fischer Euphorbia Root (狼毒)

wound cannot be healed for a long term
35. 白頭翁 amemone root

constipation
36. 连翘 (forsythia)

clear heat and preventing fidgetness
37. 蚤休 (chinese manyleaf paris)

poisonous bites from snakes
38. 石长生的英文是 Adiantum monochlamys

get rid of phlegm, especially for a long-term symptoms;
bruise and blood congestions
39. 夏枯草 common selfheal

goiter; throat inflammation
40. 芫花(lilac daphne)

adhesion of organs, especially after surgery.
get rid of congested water, in lungs, for example.
41. 巴豆 (croton)

accumalation of dood in the body;
to remove the fetus when miscarriage
42. 蜀椒 (sichuan pepepr)

remove dampness in the body
43. 皂英 Gleditsia sinensis

get rid of the phlegm, especially for those who smoke opium
for the intestinal abscess, intestinal obstruction
44. 柳花 (weeping willow)

root for early stage of breast cancer;
flower for getting rid of body dampness and pain.
flower and leaf for jaundice
45. Chinaberry (苦楝)

side stitch; testis swollen; diurectic; painkiller for cancer
46. 郁李仁(dwarf flowering cherry seed)

For edema, body swelling.
47.莽草 piosonous eightangel

use outside skin;
For skin itches, psoriasis.
48.雷丸 Omphalia lapidescens Schroet.

get rid of rounworm
49. 桐叶Paulownia leaf (梧桐叶

reduce the swollen skin; enhance hair growth; good for eyes.
50.桑白 (root bark of white mulberry)

reduce swelling
51.蛇蜕 (snake skin slough)

for skin itch, rash, and other problems.
52. 白颈蚯蚓 (earthworm)

brain tumor
53. 蜈蚣(centipede)

pymphoma, liver cancer, and other cancer.
54. 水蛭 (leech)

remove blood stasis and promote blood circulation
55. 斑蝥(blister beetles)

uterine fibroids; uterine cancer
56. 贝子(scallop)

lymphoma; eye disease
57. 桃仁 (peach seed)

blood activation and stasis resloving
58. 杏仁(almounds)
coughing.
59. 水芹 (celery)
benefit vital enery, stop bleeding, good for appetite