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大棗jujube

大棗jujube

Jujube - Characteristics: This fruit is oval or spherical, 2-3.5 cm long and 1.5-2.5 cm in diameter. Its surface is dark red, slightly shiny, and irregularly wrinkled. Its base is concave, and it has a short stalk. The exocarp is thin, while the mesocarp is brownish-yellow or light brown. The fruit is fleshy, soft, sugary, and oily. The core is spindle-shaped, with sharp ends and a hard texture. It has a faint aroma and a sweet taste.
川欒子Chuan Lian Zi

川欒子Chuan Lian Zi

Chuanlianzi has the effects of soothing the liver and clearing heat, regulating qi and relieving pain, killing parasites and treating tinea, and expelling roundworms to relieve pain. It can be used to treat conditions such as liver qi stagnation with fire, distension and pain in the chest, hypochondrium, and abdomen, hernia pain, and abdominal pain caused by parasitic accumulation.
瓜蔞Trichosanthes

瓜蔞Trichosanthes

Trichosanthes root can be used to treat lung-heat cough, thick yellow phlegm, chest tightness and heart pain, chest masses and fullness, breast abscesses, lung abscesses, intestinal abscesses, and constipation.
砂仁Amomum

砂仁Amomum

Amomum has the effects of eliminating dampness and stimulating appetite, warming the spleen and stopping diarrhea, regulating qi, and calming the fetus.
苦瓜Balsamper,Fruit of Balsamper

苦瓜Balsamper,Fruit of Balsamper

This fruit is oval or oblong, 0.2-0.3 cm thick, 3-15 cm or more long, and 2-4 cm wide. The cut edge is bluish-green, wrinkled, and the center of the fruit is white or yellowish-white with a few red granules. It is soft and slightly elastic, containing 5-10 nearly oblong, flat seeds, which often leave holes after falling off. It is slightly tough and not easily broken. It has a faint odor and a bitter taste. Preferred varieties have green edges, white flesh, thin flakes, and few seeds.
苦荞Buckwheat

苦荞Buckwheat

Treats stomachache, indigestion, dysentery, strain, and lower back and leg pain. Guizhou Folk Prescriptions Collection: "It strengthens the stomach and nourishes qi, dispels wind and eliminates phlegm. It treats rabies bites; externally, it treats malignant sores, insect and mosquito bites." Inner Mongolian Chinese Herbal Medicine: "It removes dampness and relieves pain, detoxifies and reduces swelling, and strengthens the stomach. It treats injuries from falls, lower back and leg pain, sores, carbuncles, swelling, and indigestion."
葶藶子Descurainia Seeds

葶藶子Descurainia Seeds

Tingli seed has a bitter, pungent, and cold nature, enters the lung and bladder meridians, and has the effects of purging the lungs to relieve asthma and promoting urination to reduce swelling.
陳皮Dried Tangerine Peel

陳皮Dried Tangerine Peel

Dried tangerine peel is a representative herb for regulating Qi, with effects of regulating Qi and strengthening the spleen, as well as drying dampness and resolving phlegm.