White Fresh Skin: A Medicinal Herb with Cooling and Detoxifying Properties
White Fresh Skin: A Medicinal Herb with Cooling and Detoxifying Properties

White fresh skin, also known as moss skin, northern fresh skin, and smelly root skin. Recorded in the "Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica". It is the root skin of the plant Dictamnus dasycarpus Turc

February 9, 2024
Deer Fetus: Processing Methods and Medicinal Uses
Deer Fetus: Processing Methods and Medicinal Uses

Deer Fetus in "Compendium of Materia Medica". It refers to the fetus or placenta of deer species such as Cervus elaphus Linnaeus or C.nippon Temminck. There are two ways to collect deer fetus: one is

February 8, 2024
Red Poria Cocos: A Medicinal Fungus with Diuretic and Damp-Heat Eliminating Properties
Red Poria Cocos: A Medicinal Fungus with Diuretic and Damp-Heat Eliminating Properties

Red Poria cocos, also known as red Poria or red Poria cocos, is the dried red part of the Poria cocos (Schw.) Wolf., a fungus of the Polyporaceae family. It is harvested from July to September. After

February 6, 2024
Cicada Flower: A Unique Medicinal Herb for Treating Various Ailments
Cicada Flower: A Unique Medicinal Herb for Treating Various Ailments

Cicada flower, also known as Guan Chan or Chong Hua, is documented in the "Compendium of Materia Medica". It is the sporophore bundle of the fungus Isaria cicadae Miquel from the family Cordyceps, the

February 6, 2024
Deer Tail: A Powerful Medicinal Material for Kidney Health
Deer Tail: A Powerful Medicinal Material for Kidney Health

Deer Tail Medicine in Qinghai. It refers to the tail of deer species Cervus elaphus Linnaeus or Cervus nippon Temminck. During collection, after the deer is slaughtered, ① the deer tail is cut off fro

February 5, 2024
Exploring the Medicinal Properties of Qingfengteng: A Promising Herb for Rheumatism and Joint Pain
Exploring the Medicinal Properties of Qingfengteng: A Promising Herb for Rheumatism and Joint Pain

Qingfeng vine, also known as Qingteng, is mentioned in the book "Compendium of Materia Medica". It is the vine stem of the plant Sinomenium acutum (Thunb.) Rehd et Wils. of the Aristolochiaceae family

February 4, 2024
Processing and Medicinal Uses of Purple Clam
Processing and Medicinal Uses of Purple Clam

Purple clam, also known as clam, clam tooth. Found in the "New Revised Materia Medica". It is the shell of the Arabian seashell Mauritia arabica (Linnaeus), the leopard eye seashell Cypraea lymx (Linn

February 2, 2024
Mouse-Worm: A Curious Medicinal Creature with Blood-Stasis Breaking Properties
Mouse-Worm: A Curious Medicinal Creature with Blood-Stasis Breaking Properties

Mouse-worm, also known as sticky mouse, damp worm, or mouse-worm. Recorded in "Shennong Bencao Jing". It refers to the dried whole body of the common pill bug Armadillidium vulgare (Latrielle) of the

January 30, 2024
Deer Bone: A Powerful Medicinal Material for Nourishing and Healing
Deer Bone: A Powerful Medicinal Material for Nourishing and Healing

Deer Bone in "Ming Qubie Lu". It refers to the bones of Cervus elaphus Linnaeus or C.nippon Temminck, members of the deer family. When collecting, the deer is slaughtered and the bones are stripped of

January 30, 2024
Wide Tinospora: A Versatile Medicinal Plant for Pain Relief and Muscle Relaxation
Wide Tinospora: A Versatile Medicinal Plant for Pain Relief and Muscle Relaxation

Wide Tinospora, also known as Stretching Tinospora, Soft Tinospora, and Loose Tinospora. It is recorded in "Guangxi Veterinary Medicinal Plants". It is the stem of Tinospora sinensis (Lour.) Merr., a

January 27, 2024
Hot Picks

Hot Picks

Everyone Is Watching