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Pin Yin Name	中文	Common Name	Pharm. Name
Ren Dong Teng	忍冬藤	honeysuckle vine, lonicera vine	Lonicerae Caulis
Ren Shen	人蔘	ginseng root	Ginseng Radix
Rou Cong Rong	肉蓯蓉	cistanche; fleshy stem of broomrape	Cistanches Herba
Rou Dou Kou	肉豆蔻	nutmeg seeds, myristica	Myristicae Semen
Rou Gui	肉桂	inner bark of Saigon cinnamon, cinnamon bark	Cinnamomi Cortex
Ru Xiang	乳香	frankincense, gum olibanum, mastic	Olibanum

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Aromatic and Transform Dampness

Calm the Spirit

Herbs that Stabilize and Bind (Astringents)

Anchor, Settle and Calm the Spirit

Clear Heat

Clear Heat and Drain Fire

Clear Heat and Cool Blood

Clear Heat from Deficiency (xu heat)

Clear Heat and Dry Dampness

Clear Heat and Resolves Toxicity

Clear Heat and Relieve Summerheat

Dispel Wind-Damp (Bi )

Downward-Draining

Moistening Laxatives

Purgatives

Harsh Expellants (Cathartics)

Drain Dampness (Diuretics)

obsolete substances

Expel Parasites (Anthelmintics)

External Application

Extinguish Wind and Stops Tremors

Nourish the Heart and Calm the Spirit

Open the Orifices (Aromatics)

Regulate Qi (Carminatives)

Regulate the Blood

Stop Bleeding (Hemostatics)

Invigorate the Blood

Release the Exterior (Diaphoretics)

Warm Acrid Herbs that Release Exterior

Cool, Acrid Herbs that Release Exterior

Relieve Food Stagnation (Digestives)

Tonifying Herbs

Tonify Yin

Tonify Blood

Tonify Qi

Tonify Yang

Transform Phlegm and Stop Cough

Cool and Transform Phlegm-Heat

Warm and Transform Cold Phlegm

Stop Cough and Wheezing

Warm the Interior and Expel Cold

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Cold	Very Cold	Very Toxic

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Lung	Kidney	Small Intestine	The Extra Points
Urinary Bladder	Stomach	Gall Bladder	Auricular
Heart	Pericardium	Ren Mai (Conception Vessel)	Hand
Spleen	San Jiao (Triple Burner)	Du Mai (Governing Vessel)	Scalp
Liver	Large Intestine

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Acanthaceae	Crassulaceae	Magnoliaceae	Rosaceae
Alariaceae	Cucurbitaceae	Malvaceae	Rubiaceae
Alismataceae	Cupressaceae	Mantidae	Rutaceae
Amaranthaceae	Cyperaceae	Megascolecidae	Santalaceae
Anacardiaceae	Cypraeidae	Meliaceae	Sapindaceae
Anemarrhenaceae	Dioscoreaceae	Menispermaceae	Sargassacea
Apiaceae (Umbelliferae)	Dipterocarpaceae	Miloidae	Saururaceae
Apocynaceae (Asclepiadaceae)	Dryopteridaceae	Mineral	Saxifragaceae
Araceae	Ebenaceae	Moraceae	Scolopendridae
Araliaceae (Aralia)	Elapidae	Myristicae Semen	Scrophulariaceae
Aristolochiaceae	Ephedraceae	Myrsinaceae	Selaginellaceae
Asclepiadaceae	Equisetaceae	Nymphaeaceae	Sepiidae
Begoniaceae	Eriocaulaceae	Oleaceae	Simarubaceae
Bignoniaceae	Euphorbiaceae	Orchidaceae	Solanaceae
Bombacaceae	Fabaceae (Leguminosae, Papilionoidaceae)	Ostreidae	Stemonaceae
Bombycidae	Flacourtiaceae	Oxide	Sterculiaceae
Boraginaceae	Fossil	oxide mineral	Styracaceae
Bovidae	Fossil resin	Palmae	Sulfate Mineral
Brassicaceae (Cruciferae)	Gentianaceae	Papaveraceae	Tamaricaceae
Bufonidae	Ginkoaceae	Pentatomidae	Taxaceae
Burseraceae	Gramineae	Phasianidae	Testudinidae
Buthidae	Halide mineral	Phytolaccaceae	Thymeleaceae
Campanulaceae	Haliotidae	Pinaceae	Tricholomataceae
Cannabaceae	Hamamelidaceae	Piperaceae	Typhaceae
Caprifoliaceae	Hippocastanacae	Plantaginaceae	Ulmaceae
Carbonates, phosphates	Hominidae	Poaceae (Gramineae)	Umbelliferae
Caryophyllaceae	Iridaceae	Polygalaceae	Urticaceae
Celloporidae	Juncaceae	Polygonaceae	Valerianaceae
Cervidae	Labiatae (Lamiaceae)	Polypodiaceae	Veneridae
Chenopodiaceae	Lardizabalaceae	Polyporaceae	Verbenaceae
Cicadidae	Lauraceae	Portulacaceae	Vespertilionidae
Cinnamomi Ramulus	Lemnaceae	Primulaceae	Vespidae
Colubridae	Liliaceae	Pteriidae	Violaceae (Alsodeiaceae, Leoniaceae, Retrosepalaceae)
Combretaceae	Loganiaceae	Punicaceae	Viperidae
Commelinaceae	Loranthaceae	Pyrolaceae	Vitaceae
Compositae (Asteraceae)	Lycoperdaceae	Ranunculaceae	Zingiberaceae
Convolvulaceae	Lycopodiaceae	Rhamnaceae	Zygophyllaceae
Cornaceae	Lygodiaceae