Common Name: balloon flower, Chinese bellflower, platycodon, Platycodon Root Chinese Name: Jiegeng Platycodaon grandiflorum has taste sweet and then bitter. In traditional Chinese medicine, the rhizome of P. grandiflorus has been widely used. P. grandiflorus is mainly used as an expectorant, which has significant effects in treating cough, phlegm, chest tightness, sore throats, and other
Common name: beefsteak plant, purple mint, perilla mint, Chines basil Chinese Name : Zisuye Perillae ocymoides is a spicy herb, that is often used in traditional medicine to treat fevers, coughs, colds, intoxication, vomiting, headache, … H. M. Ahmed, Ethnomedicinal, Phytochemical and Pharmacological Investigations of Perilla frutescens (L.) Britt., Molecules, 24(1): 102, 2012.
Common Name: Dwarf Lilyturf , mondograss, fountainplant, monkeygrass Ophiopogon Radix has tasted sweet and light bitter, and is slightly cool in nature, which is acts on the heart, lung, and stomach meridians. In addition, Ophiopogonis Radix can be used in the treatment of lung dryness and dry cough, phthisis cough, dry mouth, vexation and insomnia,
Chinese Name: Maidong Common Name : cogongrass or kunai gras Imperata cylindrica plants have been used in traditional systems of medicine in oriental area. It is described sweet in taste, cold in nature, and attributive to the lung, stomach, and bladder meridians, with relieving fever, and a diuretic effect. For the treatment of fever, polydipsia, vomiting
Common Names: broad-leaved paperbark, paper bark tea tree, punk tree or niaouli, Melaleuca quinquenervia Melaleuca quinquenervia has been used to treat colds, headaches, and general sickness. The steam distilled leaf oil of the cineole chemotype is also used externally for coughs, colds, neuralgia, and rheumatism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melaleuca_quinquenervia
Common Names: Indian borage, country borage, French thyme, Indian mint, Mexican mint,… The word Coleus come from the Greek “koleus’, meaning sheath. In addition to its use as a spice, Coleus aromaticus are used to treat conditions such as indigestion, diarrhea, nervous tension, insect bites, toothache, earache, rheumatism, whooping cough, and bronchitis O. P. Rout,
Chinese name: Bohe Common Names: Peppermint, menthol Other name: corn mint, field mint, or wild mint Mint. Japanese mint (Mentha arvensis) popularly known as menthol mint is a source of natural menthol which is widely used in pharmaceutical and flavour industries. The peppermint leaves have not only a peculiar, sweet and strong odor, but also
Chinese name: Chenpi Common Name: Dried tangerine peel Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium (Rutaceae), commonly called as Chenpi in Chinese, Chenpi has taste pungent and bitter, which has been used widely in clinical practice to treat nausea, vomiting, indigestion, anepithymia, diarrhea, cough, expectorationX. Yu, S. Sun, Y. Guo, Y. Liu, D. Yang, G. Li, S. Lu, Citri
Common Name: Betel Betel leaves or Piper betle L. belongs to the genus Piper of the family Piperaceae. Suliantari et al. (2008) has been proved that betel leaves extract has strong antibacterial activities against E. coli and Staphylococcus aureus.W. Voon, W.Y. Ghali, N.A. Rukayadi, Y. and Meor Hussin, A. S., Application of betel leaves (Piper
Chinese Name (pinyin): Huangbo Common Name : Bark of Chinese Corktree Phellodendron bark has been widely known as one of the fundamental herbs of traditional Chinese medicine. Phellodendron bark is also called Cortex Phellodendron, Phellodendron bark is characterized by humorism, as bitter and cold. Phellodendron bark is also medically used to clear heat, reduce fire, dry
