Traditional Herbal

精选 特级龙牙百合（8oz） 性味 甘；微苦；微寒 功效 本品为百合科植物卷丹、百合或细叶百合的干燥肉质鳞叶。 主治肺燥或阴虚久嗽，咳唾痰血；热病后余热来清，虚烦惊悸，神志恍惚；脚气浮肿。 经脉 心经；肺经 主治 养阴润肺，止咳，清心安神。治肺燥或阴虚久嗽，咳唾痰血；热病后余热来清，虚烦惊悸，神志恍惚；脚气浮肿。 （1）润肺止咳：用于肺燥或阴虚之咳嗽、咯血，常配川贝。 （2）清心安神：用于热性病后余热不清、虚烦不眠、神志恍惚，常配地黄。 用法用量 内服：煎汤，6~12g；或入丸、散；亦可蒸食、煮粥。 外用：适量，捣敷。 注意禁忌 风寒咳嗽及中寒便溏者忌服。  食疗方 1.百合桂圆红枣粥 百合六钱、桂圆(龙眼肉)一两、红枣15个、白米1杯。百合洗净泡软，红枣洗净拍裂去子，桂圆肉掰散。白米淘净沥干，晾约20分钟。白米入锅，加水约６碗熬粥，约待四分熟时即加入百合、红枣、桂圆，滚沸1分钟加入冰糖调味再续煮２至３分钟即可。 功效 适宜夜睡不稳、精神不宁、意志不集中、多汗等，可调和经络循环、和颜润色并适合更年期妇女所患之精神焦虑症。 2.百合红枣银杏羹 百合50克，红枣10枚，白果50克，牛肉300克，生姜两片，盐少许。 将新鲜牛肉用滚水洗干净之后，切薄片，备用。白果去壳，用水浸去外层薄膜，再用清水洗净，备用。 3.百合、红枣和生姜分别用清水洗干净。红枣去核；生姜去皮，切两片，备用。瓦煲内加入适量清水，先用猛火煲至水滚，放入百合、红枣、白果和生姜片，改用中火煲百合至将熟，加入牛肉，继续煲至牛肉熟，即可放入盐少许，盛出即食。 功效 补血养阴，滋润养颜，润肺益气，止喘，涩精。 3.百合粥 鲜百合30~50克，粳米50克，冰糖适量。将粳米洗净，入锅内，加水适量，置武火上浇沸后改文火煮40分钟，放入百合煮熟即可。食时加入冰糖。早晚各服１次。 功效 补肺益脾，定喘止咳。主治肺阴不足、脾气虚弱引起的咳嗽、少痰、气喘、乏力、食欲不佳而时有虚热烦躁者。 Premium Bulbus Lily / Long Ya Bai He  (8oz) Pleasant tasting, sweet; slightly bitter; Its actions are slightly cooling.This product is called dried succulent lily bulb, leaves of lily plant, lily of the valley, or lily. It treats lung dryness or chronic “yin deficiency,” coughing, spitting bloody phlegm, following fever with residual inflammation, anxiety, palpitations, dizziness and edema. It enters the Heart and Lung Channels. Indications Nourishes Yin (enhances fluids and tissue in lung, stomach and kidney,) nourishes the lungs, relieves cough, and calms the mind. It improves chronic lung dryness. Major herbal combinations: (1) For cough and hemoptysis from lung dryness or yin deficiency, it is often used with Chuan Bei Mu (Tendrilled Fritillaria Bulb)(2) For Clearing the mind and calming the nerves, “turbid heat” mental confusion after fever, insomnia, spaciness it is often used with Rehmannia glutinosa. Dosage Oral: Jiantang, 6~12g; or pill and powder; steamed or made with porridge. Topical: Appropriate amount, apply. Cautions: People with cough from colds/influenza with diarrhea should not take it.

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龙牙百合（8oz） 性味 甘；微苦；微寒 功效 本品为百合科植物卷丹、百合或细叶百合的干燥肉质鳞叶。 主治肺燥或阴虚久嗽，咳唾痰血；热病后余热来清，虚烦惊悸，神志恍惚；脚气浮肿。 经脉 心经；肺经 主治 养阴润肺，止咳，清心安神。治肺燥或阴虚久嗽，咳唾痰血；热病后余热来清，虚烦惊悸，神志恍惚；脚气浮肿。 （1）润肺止咳：用于肺燥或阴虚之咳嗽、咯血，常配川贝。 （2）清心安神：用于热性病后余热不清、虚烦不眠、神志恍惚，常配地黄。 用法用量 内服：煎汤，6~12g；或入丸、散；亦可蒸食、煮粥。 外用：适量，捣敷。 注意禁忌 风寒咳嗽及中寒便溏者忌服。 Dry Lily Bulb/ Long Ya Bai He  (8 oz) Pleasant tasting, sweet; slightly bitter;  Its actions are slightly cooling. This product is called dried succulent lily bulb, leaves of lily plant, lily of the valley, or lily. It treats lung dryness or chronic “yin deficiency,” coughing, spitting bloody phlegm, following fever with residual inflammation, anxiety, palpitations, dizziness and edema. It enters the Heart and Lung Channels.  Indications  Nourishes Yin (enhances fluids and tissue in lung, stomach and kidney,) nourishes the lungs, relieves cough, and calms the mind. It improves chronic lung dryness.  Major herbal combinations:  (1) For cough and hemoptysis (bloody nose) from lung dryness or yin deficiency, it is often used with Chuan Bei Mu (Tendrilled Fritillaria Bulb) (2) For Clearing the mind and calming the nerves, “turbid heat” mental confusion after fever, insomnia, mental confusion it is often used with Rehmannia glutinosa.   Dosage: Oral: Jiantang, 6~12g; or pill and powder; steamed or porridge.     Topical: Appropriate amount, apply. Cautions: People with cough and cold and diarrhea should not take it.

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原色 河南淮山 5枝（16oz） 薯藇、署预、薯蓣、山芋、诸署、署豫、玉延、修脆、山薯、王薯、薯药、怀山药、蛇芋、白苕、九黄姜、野白薯、山板薯、扇子薯、佛掌薯 性味 甘；平 功效 为薯蓣科植物山药的块茎。 主治脾虚泄泻，久痢，虚劳咳嗽，消渴，遗精、带下，小便频数。 经脉 肺经；脾经；肾经 主治 补脾养胃，生津益肺，补肾涩精。用于脾虚食少、久泻不止、肺虚喘咳、肾虚遗精、白带过多、尿频、虚热消渴。 用法用量 内服：煎汤，15~30g，大剂量60~250g；或入丸、散。 外用：适量，捣敷。补阴，宜生用；健脾止泻，宜炒黄用。 注意禁忌 有实邪者忌服。 食疗方 1.山药粥 干山药50g（或鲜山药100g），粳米100g。将山药和粳米淘洗干净，加清水，先以武火煮沸，继以文火煎熬20～30分钟，以米熟为度。作早晚餐，温热服食。 功效：补益脾胃，滋养肺紧。主治脾胃虚弱所致的食少、久泻久痢和肺肾亏虚所致的干咳少痰、潮热盗汗等症。 2.山药茯苓包子 山药、茯苓各100g，面粉200g，白糖150g，猪油、青丝、红丝各适量。将山药、茯苓研粉，加水浸泡成糊状。另取面粉发酵作包子面坯。再将山药、茯苓上笼蒸半小时后，调入面粉、白糖、猪油、青丝、红丝，拌匀成馅，作成包子，再把包子上笼蒸熟即可。每天早晨随意食用。 功效：益脾胃、补气阴、涩精气。主治脾气虚弱所致的食少、便溏、消渴、尿频、遗尿、遗精等症。 3.山药桂圆粥 鲜山药100g，桂圆肉（龙眼肉）15g，荔枝肉3～5个，五味子3g，白糖适量。先将山药去皮切成片，与桂圆、荔枝、五味子同煮，加入适量白糖。每日晚临睡前1小时食之。 功效：补益心肾，止渴固涩。主治心肾之阴不足而引起的消渴、小便频数、心悸失眠、腰部酸痛等症。 4.山药蛋黄粥 山药30g，鸡蛋黄2个，大米120g。先将山药洗净蒸熟，切碎备用。把大米淘净入锅，加入山药同煮，待煮熟快起锅前，将鸡蛋黄打入碗中，去掉鸡蛋清，将蛋黄打散，倒入粥中搅匀即可。每日作早餐食用。 功效：补益脾胃，养心安神，补血养阴。主治脾胃虚弱所致心烦失眠、手足心热、心悸不宁、久泻、脱肛等症。健康人食用能增强记忆力，增强体质。   Dioscorea opposita Thunb/Chinese Yam 16oz Chinese yam (Dioscorea polystachya or Dioscorea batatas) is an ornamental vine that is native to Asia. It also grows in North America, but it isn’t related to the sweet potatoes called yams that are popular there. Other names for Chinese yam are cinnamon vine, and shan yao. Chinese yam is used in Chinese herbal medicine, traditionally to treat disorders related to the stomach, spleen, lungs, and kidneys.  As an herbal treatment, Chinese yam is mainly used to target the stomach and spleen but is also thought to help the lungs and kidneys. It can help treat: poor appetite chronic diarrhea asthma dry coughs frequent urination diabetes Chinese yam contains allantoin, a natural compound that can accelerate the growth of healthy tissue and reduce healing time. People with conditions related to the stomach, spleen, kidneys, lungs, or skin may benefit from Chinese yam. In addition to these uses, promoters of the herb claim it can be used as a remedy for many conditions, including: hot flashes associated with menopause postmenopausal vaginal dryness premenstrual syndrome (PMS) gallbladder problems rheumatoid arthritis menstrual disorders osteoporosis fatigue digestion disorders dry or chronic cough asthma A study on gastrointestinal function shows that Chinese yam extract not only aids in digestion but can help turn some intestinal flora in the stomach into helpful bacteria. Chinese yam also has antioxidant properties. The study concludes that Chinese yam contains trace amounts of zinc, manganese, iron, copper, and selenium and that taking it as a daily supplement is beneficial as an antioxidant.

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甘草片 性味: 味甘，性平。 归经: 归心、肺、脾、胃经。 功效: 补脾益气，清热解毒，祛痰止咳，缓急止痛，调和诸药。 主治: 用于脾胃虚弱，倦怠乏力，心悸气短，咳嗽痰多，脘腹、四肢挛急疼痛，痈肿疮毒，缓解药物毒性、烈性。 禁忌: 不宜与海藻、京大戟、红大戟、甘遂、芫花同用。 Gan Cao / Glycyrrhiza / Licorice root Licorice root may have potent antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial effects. Early research suggests that, as a result, it may ease upper respiratory infections, treat ulcers, and aid digestion, among other benefits.It may: Aid diabetes. ...  Reduce menopause symptoms. ...  Boost weight loss. ...  Help treat hepatitis C. Licorice contains more than 20 triterpenoids and nearly 300 flavonoids. Among them, two triterpenes, GL and GA have been reported to have antiviral effects. They can weaken virus activities by inhibiting virus gene expression and replication, reducing adhesion force and stress, and reducing HMGB1 binding to DNA. The taste is sweet and mild in nature. It enters Guixin [lung 9 acupuncture point], and Lung, Spleen, and Stomach meridians.  Effects: To invigorate the spleen and qi, clear away heat and detoxify, eliminate phlegm and relieve cough, relieve emergency and relieve pain, used to blend “harmonize” various herbal ingredients in a formula.  Indications: It is used for spleen and stomach weakness, fatigue, palpitation, shortness of breath, coughing and excessive sputum, abdominal and extremity contractures, acute pain, carbuncle swelling and wound toxicity. It has been used for relieving drug toxicity and increasing herbal potency.  Caution: Not suitable for use with seaweed, Beijing Euphorbia, Red Euphorbia (i.e., poisonous flowering plants in the spurge family), Kansui [Kansui (jian shui), also called lye water or alkaline salt, is an alkaline solution that regulates acidity in the process of dough making. Chinese alkaline solution – It contains potassium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate (or baking soda).] and Daphne [an evergreen shrub.]

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特級白茯苓卷（16oz） 茯苓—又稱雲苓、松苓、茯神、茯苓神、伏靈；為多孔菌科真菌茯苓的乾燥菌核，常寄生在松樹根上的菌類植物，形如甘薯、球狀，外皮淡棕色或黑褐色，内部粉色或白色，精製後稱爲白茯苓或雲苓。 產地分佈在安徽、雲南、湖北等地，有野生，也可栽培；茯苓味甘、淡、性平、無毒；歸心、肺、脾和腎經，具有利水滲濕、健脾利水、寧心安神的功效。 茯苓除了藥用外，在民間也常用來煲粥、燉湯和做糕餅用；在嶺南地區，茯苓可作爲煲老火湯的材料，而茯苓餅則爲北京地區的特產；在閩南地區亦成為有名的糕點-茯苓糕。 茯苓含有茯苓多糖體和不溶性膳食纖維，可促進胃排空，減少對於碳水化合物與脂肪的吸收，降低空腹血糖濃度，減少胰島素需要量。 茯苓不同的部位，其功效是有差異的；黑褐色的茯苓皮利水消腫功效強；白色的茯苓塊或茯苓片，健脾胃效果佳；茯神長於寧心安神。 茯苓藥性平和不傷正氣，可與多種中藥材配伍，發揮其獨特功效，古人稱之爲“四時神藥”，正因爲茯苓的藥性剛柔相濟，既有顯著的治病保健功效，又不至於藥性過猛而對人體有所損傷，所以，茯苓是歷代中醫方藥中，使用頻次較多的一位中藥材。 主治：用於水腫尿少、痰飲眩悸、脾虛食少、便溏泄瀉、心神不安、驚悸失眠 用量：10-15克 禁忌：陰虛火旺者忌服 Premium White Poria /Bai Fu Ling 16oz In traditional medicine, poria mushroom filaments have been used for loss of memory (amnesia), anxiety, restlessness, fatigue, tension, nervousness, dizziness, urination problems, fluid retention, sleep problems (insomnia), an enlarged spleen, stomach problems, diarrhea, tumors, and to control coughing. https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-246/poria-mushroom From the manufacturer:  The taste is sweet; light and it is neutral in effect [neither warming nor cooling] This product is the dried sclerotia of Poria cocos fungus. It has been used to cure problems of urination, swelling, phlegm, vomiting, diarrhea, spermatorrhea, diarrhea, palpitations, forgetfulness. It enters the Heart, Spleen, Lung and Kidney meridians.  Indications: To infiltrate dampness [reduce edema] and increase diuresis, benefit the spleen and stomach, and calm the mind. It may be used to treat swelling, phlegm congestion, vomiting, diarrhea, spermatorrhea, palpitations, forgetfulness.       Classical References:  ① "Ben Jing": Main use is for chest and flanking rebellion, anxiety, fear of infection or illness, palpitations, heart pain, fullness of cold and heat, coughing, mouth scorching dry tongue, and to ease urination.      ② "Do not record": quenches thirst, improves sleep, reduces belly, phlegm in the diaphragm, edema and lymph nodes. It opens the chest and fu organs, regulates the visceral qi, reduces kidney stress, increases the yin, replenishes vitality, protects the spirit and keeps the center. [helps fortify Dantian]     ③ "Medicinal Properties": appetizer, anti-vomiting, good peace of mind. The main use is for lung phlegm congestion. Treatment of epilepsy in children, fullness of the heart, inflammatory menstrual symptoms.      ④ "Rihuazi Materia Medica": to make up for the “five labors and seven injuries,” to relieve the fetus, to warm the waist and knees, to improve mental clarity and stop forgetfulness.      ⑤ "Treatise on Febrile Diseases": to relieve the spleen.      ⑥ "Medical Qi Yuan": Dehumidification, benefit the waist and cord blood, and mainly replenish Qi. . . . stop diarrhea, eliminate deficiency and heat, open up the lower channels, and promote body fluid.      ⑦Wang Haogu: Reduce fluid retention in the bladder, benefit the spleen and stomach. Treatment of nephropathy  ⑧ "Medicinal Signs": Indications of palpitations and muscles and tendons, side effects of dizziness and irritability. Dosage  Oral administration: decoction, 10~15g; or into pills. Mix with cinnabar for peace of mind.  Cautions: Those with deficiency of coldness and slippery pulse or qi deficiency are not allowed to take it.  

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玉竹片（8oz） 萎蕤、玉参、尾参、铃当菜、小笔管菜、甜草根、靠山竹 性味 甘，平。 功效 本品为百合科植物玉竹的干燥根茎。 治热病阴伤，咳嗽烦渴，虚劳发热，消谷易饥，小便频数。 经脉 入肺经、胃经。 主治 养阴，润燥，除烦，止渴。治热病阴伤，咳嗽烦渴，虚劳发热，消谷易饥，小便频数。 用法用量 内服：煎汤，6~12g；熬膏、浸酒或入丸、散。 外用：适量，鲜品捣敷；或熬膏涂。阴虚有热宜生用，热不甚者宜制用。 注意禁忌 胃有痰湿气滞者忌服。   食疗方 1.玉竹党参粥 玉竹20g，党参30g，大米50g。先将玉竹、党参煎煮取汁，去渣后放入大米，再加适量水煮粥。每日服2次，趁热食用。 功效 益气养阴。主治气阴两虚之疲乏无力、自汗、心悸怔忡、胃纳不佳、口干、手足心热或盗汗、少寝多梦等症。感冒、腹胀纳呆者暂停用。 2.玉参焖鸭 玉竹50克,沙参(南沙参)50克,老鸭1只,葱,生姜,味精,精盐适量。将老鸭宰杀后，除去毛和内脏，洗净放砂锅内，再将沙参、玉竹放入，加水适量，先用武火烧沸，再用文火焖煮1小时以上，使鸭肉粑烂，放入调料。饮汤，吃鸭肉。 功效:补肺，滋阴。适用于肺阴虚的咳喘、糖尿病和胃阴虚的慢性胃炎以及津亏肠燥引起的大便秘结等症。 3.猪肉玉竹汤 玉竹15g，猪瘦肉100g。将玉竹洗净，猪瘦肉切片，共入锅中，加水适量煮汤即成。 功效:润肺养阴，生津止渴。主治热病伤阴之咽干咳嗽，心烦口渴，秋冬肺燥干咳，肺结核干咳等症。 4.玉竹粥 玉竹15g，粳米100g，冰糖适量。先将玉竹洗净，切碎煎取浓汁后去渣，入粳米，再加水适量煮为稀粥，粥成后放入冰糖，稍煮1～2沸即可。每日食服1次。 功效:滋阴润肺，生津止渴。主治肺阴受伤，肺燥咳嗽，或高热病后，烦渴，口干舌燥，阴虚低热不退者，并可用于各种类型心脏病心功能不全时的辅助食疗。 5.玉竹茶 将玉竹9克制成粗末，用沸水冲泡30分钟后即可。代茶频饮。 功效:养阴润燥，生津驻颜，润肌泽肤，延年。主治体虚而面色不悦，肌肤不仁者。 Rhizome of Fragrant Solomonseal / Yu Zhu Pian  (8oz) Solomon's Seal is a traditional Chinese medicinal herb to nourish the lungs and stomach yin. It moistens dryness and sinews. Solomon's Seal benefits the lungs, supports skin health and promotes the body's natural fluid regulation process. Solomon's Seal has anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antioxidant effects.  Solomon's seal is used to treat lung disorders, reduce swelling (inflammation), and [topically] to dry out tissue and draw it together (as an astringent). Some people apply Solomon's seal directly to the skin for bruises, ulcers, or boils on the fingers, hemorrhoids, skin redness, and water retention (edema). From the manufacturer:  The taste is sweet and cooling in effect.  This product is the dried rhizome of Polygonatum odoratum. It has been used to cure febrile wounds, cough and polydipsia, asthenia and fever, excess hunger, frequent urination. It enters the Lung and Stomach meridians.  Indications: It is used to nourish yin, moisturize dryness, relieve irritability, quench thirst.       Classical references:  ① "The Classic": The main body is in the storm heat, can not be shaken, stumbled, and deficiencies. Jiufu goes to the black and wild face, good color and moisturizing. [stuck, deficiency heat] ② "Don't Record": The main body of the heart is dysfunction and heat, damp toxin, low back pain, cold in the stem, and tears in the eye canthus.      ③ "Medicinal Properties Theory": The main period is cold and heat, insufficient internal supplements, depletion and heat, headache and restlessness.      ④ "Materia Medica Supplements": The master is smart, regulates the blood and makes people strong.      ⑤ "Four Tones of Materia Medica": nourish the middle, nourish qi.      ⑥ "Rihuazi Materia Medica": For boredom, quenches thirst, nourishes the heart and lungs, replenishes five fatigues and seven injuries, for wasting disease, waist and foot pain, madness in the sky [hysteria?].      ⑦Li Gao: Nourishes the liver and removes heat. The main wind is in the end.      ⑧"Southern Yunnan Materia Medica": Tonic blood, nourish the middle and spleen.      ⑨ "Compendium": Mainly wind temperature and spontaneous sweating, and malaria, cold and heat, spleen and stomach deficiency, frequent urination of men, loss of sperm, all wasting.      ⑩ "Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine History": nourishing yin, clearing lungs and moisturizing dryness. Cure Yin deficiency, hyperhidrosis, dry cough, and pulmonary dysfunction. Dosage   Oral administration: Decoction, 6~12g; boil to make an ointment, soak in wine or make pill or powder.      External use: appropriate amount, fresh product pounded and applied; or boiled ointment applied. If there is heat in yin deficiency, it is better to produce and use.   Cautions: People with phlegm and dampness in the stomach should not take it.

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黄芪片 (8 oz/包) 本品为豆科植物蒙古黄芪的根。 尺寸 38-40片 性味归经 味甘，性微温；归脾、肺经。 功能主治 补气固表，托毒排脓，利尿，生肌。用于气虚乏力、久泻脱肛、自汗、水肿、子宫脱垂、慢性肾炎蛋白尿、糖尿病、疮口久不愈合。 【食疗方】 1、黄芪茶 材料：生黄芪60~90克，大枣30克。 做法：加水煎煮30分钟后饮用，可反复使用。 功效：此方可抗压补气，利水退肿。 2、黄芪汤 做法：黄芪100克，人参、白术、肉桂各50克，捣成粗末，每次服用10克，加姜、枣，水煎后，去渣温服。 功效：此方以黄芪、人参补气，白术健脾，肉桂温阳；适用于中老年人脾属虚寒、中气不足、食少无味、大便溏泻者。 3、黄芪养生汤 做法：黄芪12克、枸杞9克、红枣9克，煎汤，每日服用。 功效：可调解免疫、防癌抗老；另可补气健脾、降压降脂。 4.补虚正气粥 做法：黄芪30克，人参10克，大米90克，糖适量。将黄芪、人参切片，用冷水浸泡半小时，入砂锅煎沸，煎出浓汁后将汁取出，再在参、芪锅中加入冷水如上法再煎，并取汁。 将上述药汁合并后分成两份，早晚各用一份，同大米加水煮粥，粥煮熟后加白糖食用。 服法：早、晚餐空腹食用，5 天为一疗程。 功效：补元气，健脾胃。适用于五脏虚衰、久病赢瘦、心慌气短、体虚自汗、慢性泄泻、脾虚久痢、食欲不振、气虚浮肿等一切气衰血虚之症。 如何鉴别黄芪品质 在选择黄芪时，首先看外表，优质黄芪色泽均匀，而加工过的劣质黄芪外表颜色偏白。尤其是黄芪在还未成熟便被采摘下来用硫熏过的，格外白净、好看，但这种黄芪不仅功效全无，而且还对人体有害。 其次，由于黄芪含有糖分，存放时间过长会略微变质，如果长期贮存仍旧不变质的黄芪，则很大可能是经过硫熏过的。 鉴别优劣黄芪还可以通过手抓的方式，好的黄芪抓在手上会团在一起，并且不会碎，松手之后又能够自然松散，这说明黄芪本身质量上佳、不干也不湿，且保存的也比较理想。 通过这三点可以快速鉴别优劣黄芪。当然，一分钱一分货，在购买黄芪时，一定不要贪图小便宜，只有选好黄芪，才能发挥出它的功效。   Radix Astragali / Huang Qi  (8 oz/Box) “Astragalus, a milk vetch, is used as a natural diet supplement. The most popular health benefit of Astragalus is in boosting the immune-system and energy levels. It has a variety of health benefits and is also known to help with ailments such common cold, diabetes, upper respiratory problems, arthritis, asthma and blood pressure. “Astragalus is considered safe for many adults. The most commonly reported side effects are diarrhea and other mild gastrointestinal effects. However, it may affect blood sugar levels and blood pressure and be risky for people with certain health problems, such as blood disorders, diabetes, or hypertension. “Pregnant or nursing women should not use astragalus root. If you have an immune system disease such as multiple sclerosis, lupus (systemic lupus erythematosus, SLE), rheumatoid arthritis, or another condition known as an ‘autoimmune disease,’ you should not use astragalus root.”From the manufacturer:This product is the root of Astragalus mongolicum, a leguminous plant. Nature and flavor return to menstruation Sweet taste, slightly warm in nature; return to the spleen and lung meridians. Function Indication Invigorate qi and solidify the surface, support toxin and discharge pus, diuresis, and build muscle. It is used for qi deficiency, fatigue, chronic diarrhea, prolapse of the anus, spontaneous sweating, edema, uterine prolapse, chronic nephritis, proteinuria, diabetes, and long-lasting sores.Diet therapy 1. Astragalus tea Ingredients: 60~90 grams of raw astragalus, 30 grams of jujube.Add water to decoct for 30 minutes and drink it, can be used repeatedly. Efficacy: This can lower hypertention and replenish qi, promote hydration and reduce swelling. 2. Huangqi soup Ingredients: 100 grams of astragalus, 50 grams each of ginseng, atractylodes, and cinnamon, Pound the dried herbs into a coarse powder, add sliced ginger and jujube date. Cook in water as a dedoction at least 45 minutes. Drink it warm 10 grams each time. Efficacy: This recipe uses astragalus and ginseng to invigorate qi, Atractylodes macrocephala invigorates the spleen, and cinnamon warms the yang; It is suitable for middle-aged and elderly people with deficiency of the spleen, insufficient qi, poor appetite, and loose stools. 3. Huangqi health soup Ingredients: 12 grams of Astragalus, 9 grams of Chinese wolfberry [aka goji berry], 9 grams of jujube red datesCook as a decoction for daily consumption. Efficacy: It can mediate immunity, prevent cancer and anti-aging; in addition, it can invigorate qi, invigorate the spleen, lower blood pressure and lower fat.4. Tonic porridge Ingredients: 30 grams of astragalus, 10 grams of ginseng, 90 grams of rice, adequate sugar. Rinse and soak sliced astragalus and ginseng in cold water for half an hour. Drink half the liquid in morning and half in evening. Combine all the ingredients and simmer them in a casserole until done. . . After the porridge is cooked, add sugar to eat. Dosage: eat the porridge for breakfast and dinner on an empty stomach, for 5 days as a course of treatment. Efficacy: Replenishes vitality, invigorates the spleen and stomach. It is suitable for all symptoms of qi failure and blood deficiency, such as weakness of the five internal organs, chronic illness and thinness, palpitation, shortness of breath, physical weakness, spontaneous sweating, chronic diarrhea, chronic spleen deficiency, dysentery, loss of appetite, qi deficiency and edema.

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當歸 全歸片/当归片（16oz） 性味 味甘；辛；苦；性温 经脉 归肝经；心经；脾经 主治 补血活血，调经止痛，润肠通便。用于血虚萎黄，眩晕心悸，月经不调，经闭痛经，虚寒腹痛，肠燥便秘，风湿痹痛，跌扑损伤，痈疽疮疡。 酒当归活血通经，用于经闭痛经，风湿痹痛，跌扑损伤。当归身功效为补血，用于血虚萎黄，经少，眩晕，经络不利，崩漏。当归尾功效为活血祛瘀，用于瘀血阻滞，经少经闭，经行腹痛，跌扑损伤，瘀滞经络，痈疽疮疡。 注意禁忌 湿阻中满及大便溏泄者慎服。 【食疗方】 1.牛膝当归蜜膏 牛膝50克，肉苁蓉500克，当归50克，蜂蜜适量。牛膝、肉苁蓉、当归加水适量浸泡透发，再加热煎煮，每20分钟取煎液一次，加水再煎，共取3次，合并煎液，再以小火煎熬浓缩成稠膏时，加蜂蜜1倍，至沸停火，待冷装瓶备用。 功效：温阳通便。 2.参归腰子 猪肾１只，人参、当归身各１５克。先将人参、当归洗净，装入纱布袋内，扎紧袋口，放在砂锅内，加入清水适量，浸泡２小时。剖开猪肾，挖去白色筋膜和臊腺，清洗干净，放入砂锅内一并加热清炖。先用武火煮沸，再用文火过煮３０～４０分钟。捞出猪肾，待冷后切成薄片，酌加适量酱油、醋、香油、姜丝、蒜末等调料。吃腰片，喝汤。 功效：补肾益气，养血安神。用治肾气虚弱，气血不足，阳萎，遗精，腰酸膝软，头晕目眩，面色苍白，心悸气短，失眠，自汗、乏力。 3.归身黄花菜猪肉汤 当归身15克，黄花菜根15克，瘦猪肉150克。食盐、菜油、味精各适量。猪肉洗净，切丝；黄花菜根洗净；当归饮片洗净，装入纱布袋内，扎紧袋口。将猪肉、黄花菜根和当归药袋一并放入锅内，加入清水，先用武火煮沸，再用文火炖煮30分钟左右。酌加菜油、食盐等调料。待肉熟烂后停火，捞去药袋，加入味精少许。当点心食用，喝汤，吃肉、菜。 功效：益气补血，和血通脉。主治气血亏虚所致的身体瘦弱、头晕止眩、疲倦乏力、闭经、胎萎不长等。   Angelica Sinensis /Dang Gui Pian M (16oz/Box) Angelica Sinensis: The root is the medical part of the plant and contains significant quantities of vitamin B12 and E, folic acid, biotin, ferulic acid, succinic acid, nicotinic acid, uracil, adenine, and ligustilide  (sciencedirect.com)  Radix Angelica Sinensis, the dried root of Angelica sinensis (Danggui), is a herb used in Chinese medicine to enrich blood, promote blood circulation and modulate the immune system. It is also used to treat chronic constipation of the elderly and debilitated as well as menstrual disorders. Research has demonstrated that Danggui and its active ingredients, as anti-arthrosclerotic, anti-hypertensive, antioxidant anti-inflammatory agents which would limit platelet aggregation, are effective in reducing the size of cerebral infarction and improving neurological deficit scores. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3174116/   The taste is sweet; pungent, bitter; and it is warm in nature. It enters the Liver, Heart, and Spleen meridians.  Indications:  Replenishing blood and promoting blood circulation, regulating menstruation and relieving pain, moistening the intestines, and laxative. It is used for blood deficiency and chlorosis, dizziness, palpitations, irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, deficiency and cold abdominal pain, dry bowel constipation, arthralgia due to rheumatism, bruising carbuncle sore.   Jiu Danggui Huoxue Tongmeno, used for amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, rheumatism arthralgia, bruises. Angelica Sinensis has the effect of replenishing blood, used for blood deficiency, chlorosis, lack of menstruation, dizziness, unfavorable meridian, and uterine bleeding. The tail of Angelica Sinensis has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis and is used for blood stasis block, lack of menstruation, amenorrhea, abdominal pain during menstruation, injury from falling, stagnation of meridian circulation, carbuncle, and soreness.  Caution should be taken if the dampness is full and loose stools. Diet Therapy Achyranthes Angelica Honey Cream   Ingredients 50 grams of Achyranthes, 500 grams of Cistanche, 50 grams of Angelica, an appropriate amount of honey.  Add water to soak the Achyranthes, Cistanche, Angelica in a proper amount, then heat and cook, take the decoction once every 20 minutes, add water and decoct for a total of 3 times, combine the decoctions, and then decoct it over a low fire to concentrate it into a thick paste. Stop the fire, add honey, and bottle it for later use.  Efficacy: warming and laxative.   Angelica, Ginseng & Kidney Soup  Ingredients: 1 pig kidney, 15 grams each of ginseng and angelica.  First, wash the ginseng and angelica, put it in a gauze bag, tie the bag tightly, put it in a casserole, add an appropriate amount of water, and soak for 2 hours.  Cut open the pig kidney, remove the white fascia and glands, clean it, soak it in salt water for 30 minutes to remove the urine smell. Put it in the casserole with the herbs and heat it to stew as a soup.  Bring to a boil over fire, then simmer for 30-40 minutes. Remove the pig kidneys and cut them into thin slices after cooling. Add an appropriate amount of soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil, ginger, minced garlic, and other seasonings.  Eat the kidney and drink the soup.   Efficacy: nourishes the kidney and nourishes qi, nourishes blood, and calms the nerves. It is used to treat weak kidney qi, insufficient qi and blood, impotence, spermatorrhea, sore back, and weak knees, dizziness, pale complexion, palpitations, shortness of breath, insomnia, spontaneous sweating, fatigue. Daylily Pork Soup   Ingredients:  15 grams of angelica, 15 grams of day lily root, 150 grams of lean pork. The amount of salt, vegetable oil, and (optional) MSG.  Wash the pork and shred it; wash the daylily root; wash the angelica decoction pieces, put it into a gauze bag, and tie the bag tightly.  Put the pork, day lily root, and angelica medicine bag into the pot together, add water, boil it over a fire, then simmer for about 30 minutes. Add vegetable oil, salt, and other spices as appropriate.  After the meat is cooked and soft, stop the heat, remove the medicine bag, and (optional) add a little MSG. Eat it as a snack, drink the soup, eat the meat and vegetables.   Efficacy: To replenish qi and blood, and raise the pulse.  Indications for body weakness, dizziness, and relieving vertigo, fatigue, amenorrhea, and fetal wilt [potential miscarriage?] caused by deficiency of qi and blood.  

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刨淮山片 7枝（16oz/盒） 薯藇、署预、薯蓣、山芋、诸署、署豫、玉延、修脆、山薯、王薯、薯药、怀山药、蛇芋、白苕、九黄姜、野白薯、山板薯、扇子薯、佛掌薯 性味 甘；平 功效 为薯蓣科植物山药的块茎。 主治脾虚泄泻，久痢，虚劳咳嗽，消渴，遗精、带下，小便频数。 经脉 肺经；脾经；肾经 主治 补脾养胃，生津益肺，补肾涩精。用于脾虚食少、久泻不止、肺虚喘咳、肾虚遗精、白带过多、尿频、虚热消渴。 用法用量 内服：煎汤，15~30g，大剂量60~250g；或入丸、散。 外用：适量，捣敷。补阴，宜生用；健脾止泻，宜炒黄用。 注意禁忌 有实邪者忌服。   食疗方 1.山药粥 干山药50g（或鲜山药100g），粳米100g。将山药和粳米淘洗干净，加清水，先以武火煮沸，继以文火煎熬20～30分钟，以米熟为度。作早晚餐，温热服食。 功效：补益脾胃，滋养肺紧。主治脾胃虚弱所致的食少、久泻久痢和肺肾亏虚所致的干咳少痰、潮热盗汗等症。 2.山药茯苓包子 山药、茯苓各100g，面粉200g，白糖150g，猪油、青丝、红丝各适量。将山药、茯苓研粉，加水浸泡成糊状。另取面粉发酵作包子面坯。再将山药、茯苓上笼蒸半小时后，调入面粉、白糖、猪油、青丝、红丝，拌匀成馅，作成包子，再把包子上笼蒸熟即可。每天早晨随意食用。 功效：益脾胃、补气阴、涩精气。主治脾气虚弱所致的食少、便溏、消渴、尿频、遗尿、遗精等症。 3.山药桂圆粥 鲜山药100g，桂圆肉（龙眼肉）15g，荔枝肉3～5个，五味子3g，白糖适量。先将山药去皮切成片，与桂圆、荔枝、五味子同煮，加入适量白糖。每日晚临睡前1小时食之。 功效：补益心肾，止渴固涩。主治心肾之阴不足而引起的消渴、小便频数、心悸失眠、腰部酸痛等症。 4.山药蛋黄粥 山药30g，鸡蛋黄2个，大米120g。先将山药洗净蒸熟，切碎备用。把大米淘净入锅，加入山药同煮，待煮熟快起锅前，将鸡蛋黄打入碗中，去掉鸡蛋清，将蛋黄打散，倒入粥中搅匀即可。每日作早餐食用。 功效：补益脾胃，养心安神，补血养阴。主治脾胃虚弱所致心烦失眠、手足心热、心悸不宁、久泻、脱肛等症。健康人食用能增强记忆力，增强体质。 DIOSCOREA OPPOSITA THUNB/Sliced Chinese Yam(16oz) As an herbal treatment, Chinese yam is mainly used to target the stomach and spleen, but also thought to help the lungs and kidneys.It can help treat: poor appetite. chronic diarrhea. asthma. dry coughs. frequent urination. diabetes. “Preliminary tests in vitro revealed that YP-1 could stimulate ConA-induced T lymphocyte proliferation and its branches are extremely important for the expression of the enhancement of the immunological activity.” - Structural features and immunological activity of a polysaccharide from Dioscorea opposita Thunb roots Dioscorea, Chinese white yam, is often combined with herbs used to treat chronic digestive and/or menstrual issues. For example Sweet Soup 清補涼 (Qing Bu Liang Herbal Soup) cooling, cleansing, tones digestion, improves breathing, weight loss,  From the manufacturer:  The taste is sweet and mild. It is the tuber of the white yam of the Dioscoreaceae plant. Indications: for spleen deficiency, diarrhea, chronic dysentery, cough due to fatigue, thirst, nocturnal emission, bleeding, frequent urination. It enters the Lung, Spleen and Kidney meridians. Indications: Nourishes the spleen and stomach, nourishes body fluid and lungs, nourishes the kidney and astringes the Jing essence. Used for spleen deficiency, poor appetite, chronic diarrhea, lung deficiency and cough, kidney deficiency, nocturnal emission, excessive leucorrhea, frequent urination, deficiency heat and thirst.  

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五指毛桃  五指牛奶  五爪龍 8oz 为旋花科植物五爪金龍的根或莖葉。秋季採收，切段曬乾 性味---甘；性平；入肝、肺、腎、膀胱四經。 功效---为桑科植物裂掌榕的根。 健脾化濕，行氣化痰，舒筋活絡。用于肺結核咳嗽，慢性支氣管炎，風濕性關節炎，腰腿疼，脾虚浮腫，病後盗汗，白帶。也是食药同源的植物，經常飲用能增强人體免疫功能。 食療方 五指毛桃茯苓鸡汤 材料：五指毛桃30克，茯苓20克，陳皮5克，鷄半隻，薑3片（2人份）做法：將鷄焯水，藥材洗净，一同放入砂鍋中，大火燒開後轉中小火煲1個小時，加鹽調味即可食用。功效：健脾祛濕、潤肺化痰。 五指毛桃鸡骨草猪骨汤 材料：五指毛桃30克，鷄骨草30克，薏苡仁30克，猪骨500克（2人份）做法：將猪骨焯水，藥材洗净，一同放入砂鍋中，大火燒開後轉中小火煲1個小時，加鹽调味即可食用。功效：健脾祛濕、清熱解毒。 Hairy Fig Root / Five Finger Fig Root /Ficus hirta Vahl 8oz Taste: Sweet  Effect: It is the root of Ficus Moraceae. To invigorate the spleen and dissipate dampness, promote qi and dissipate phlegm, relax tendons, and activate collaterals.  Used for tuberculosis cough, chronic bronchitis, rheumatoid arthritis, waist and leg pain, spleen deficiency and swelling, night sweats after illness, leucorrhea. Diet therapy  Five Fingers and Poria Chicken Soup  Ingredients: 30 grams of five-finger, 20 grams of Poria, 5 grams of tangerine peel, half a chicken, 3 slices of ginger (for 2 persons)  Method: Blanch the chicken in water, wash the herbs, put them in a casserole, boil on high heat, then turn to medium and low heat for 1 hour, add salt to taste, and eat.  Efficacy: invigorating the spleen, dispelling dampness and phlegm.  Five Fingers， Abrus Herb, and Pork Bone Soup  Ingredients: 30 grams of five-finger hair peach, 30 grams of abrus herb, 30 grams of coix seed, 500 grams of pork bones (2 servings) Method: Boil the pork bones in water, wash the herbs and put them in a casserole. After the high heat is boiled, then turn to medium and low heat and cook for 1 hour. Season with salt and eat.  Efficacy: invigorating the spleen, dispelling dampness, and clearing away heat.

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精选 川貝母/川贝（4 oz/3 两） 性味 味甘、苦；性微寒 功效 川贝为百合科植物川贝母、暗紫贝母、甘肃贝母、梭砂贝母的干燥鳞茎。 主治虚劳咳嗽，吐痰咯血，心胸郁结，肺痿，肺痈，瘿瘤，廉疬，喉痹，乳痈。 经脉 归肺经；心经 主治 清热润肺，散结，化痰止咳。治虚劳咳嗽，吐痰咯血，心胸郁结，肺痿，肺痈，瘿瘤，廉疬，喉痹，乳痈。 用法用量 内服：煎汤，3~9g；研末，1~1.5g；或入丸、散。 注意禁忌 脾胃虚寒及寒痰、湿痰者慎服。反乌头。  【食疗方】 1.贝母甲鱼 甲鱼1只，川贝母5克，鸡汤1000克，料酒、盐、花椒、生姜、葱各适量。将甲鱼切块放入蒸钵中，加入鸡汤、川贝母、盐、料酒、花椒、姜、葱，上蒸笼蒸1小时即成。有滋阴补肺之功。佐餐食。 功效 适用于慢性支气管炎、肺结核患者，秋季咳嗽气喘、低热、盗汗，也是各种慢性疾病至秋天出现干燥症状的滋补品。 2.贝母梨罐 原料：川贝母，荸荠，梨，莲子。 将梨去皮挖空，川贝熬成药液，荸荠、莲子切成丁，青红丝切丁。贝母汁、荸荠丁、莲子丁、青红丝丁用冰糖拌匀，装入梨罐内，上笼蒸１刻钟。取 出后，熬冰糖卤浇在梨罐上即可。 功效 清宣肺气，止咳化痰。主治痰热咳嗽，咳痰不爽。平人食之胸胁舒畅，声音洪亮。 3.贝母酿梨 川贝母12克，雪梨6个，冬瓜条100克，糯米100克，冰糖100克，白矾3克。先将糯米蒸熟，冬瓜条切成黄豆大颗粒，川贝母研成粉末，白矾溶化成溶液。再雪梨去皮，由蒂把处切下作盖，挖出梨核，浸没在白矾溶液内，以防变色。然后将梨在沸水中烫一下，捞出放入凉水中冲凉后，放入碗内。再将糯米、冬瓜条粒、冰糖屑拌匀，再将川贝粉和入，分别装入雪梨中，盖好蒂把，放入碗内，上蒸笼蒸约60分钟左右，至梨扒烂即成。另在锅内加清水300克，置武火烧沸后，放入冰糖，溶化收浓汁，待梨出蒸笼时，逐个浇在梨上。每日早晚各吃梨1个。 功效 润肺化痰，止咳止血。主治肺阴虚证的干咳无痰或痰少难出、肺痈咳嗽咯血等症。感冒咳嗽、痰饮喘咳，凡痰多清稀易咯出者不宜服用。 4.川贝母雪梨 川贝母5～10克，雪梨（莱阳梨、花梨亦可）1只，冰糖少许。将川贝母捣碎，冰糖捣碎，雪梨去皮切两半，挖去中央的核，将川贝冰糖末纳入所挖的孔中，两半梨重新合好，用新竹签固定，放碗内隔水炖60分钟。梨熟烂后食梨及川贝母。每日1剂，连用1周。 功效 滋阴润肺，清热化痰。主治感冒后期，咳嗽日久不愈，痰少而粘，咽干口渴。婴幼儿及老人用之尤宜。 5.贝母枇杷膏 枇杷叶70克，川贝母7克，麦芽糖70克，蜂蜜适量。枇杷叶煎水2次，滤取浓汁，加川贝末、麦芽糖、蜂蜜熬成膏即可。每日2次，每次10毫升，开水冲服。 功效 宣肺化痰止咳。主治慢性支气管炎等症。   Unibract Fritillary Bulb/Chuan Bei（4 oz/3 Tael） Fritillaria is a common ingredient in Chinese loquat cough syrups. Fritillaria cirrhosa, known as chuanbeimu (chuan = from Sichuan Province) has a very small corm which is considered superior, in terms of medicinal benefits, to the larger corm from Fritillaria thunbergii (zhebeimu from Zhejiang Province.) According to traditional descriptions fritillaria is slightly cold, and affects the lungs to clear heat and moisten dryness, is used for hot-type bronchitis with dry cough and the heart to calm “heart fire” [with possible anxiety, palpitations] Fritillaria has also been used for treating lumps beneath the skin, such as scrofulous swellings and breast lumps; it has been adopted into some Chinese herb formulas for treating cancersFrom the manufacturer: The taste is sweet and bitter; and it is slightly cold in nature. Chuanbei is the dry bulb of Liliaceae Fritillaria Chuanxi, Fritillaria dark purple, Fritillaria Gansu, and Fritillaria halodendron. Indications are cough due to fatigue, spitting blood and hemoptysis, cardiothoracic depression, pulmonary dysfunction, pulmonary carbuncle, gallbladder tumor, schizophrenia, pharyngitis, mastoid carbuncle. It enters the Lung and Heart meridians. Indications: To clear away heat [inflammation] and moisturize the lungs, dispel lumps, resolve phlegm and relieve cough. It has been used to ‘cure asthenia, spitting blood, hemoptysis, cardiothoracic depression, pulmonary dysfunction, pulmonary carbuncle, gallbladder tumor, clean malaria, throat numbness, snd milk carbuncle.’ Dosage Oral administration: decoction, 3~9g; ground powder, 1~1.5g; or into pills or powder. Cautions: Pay attention to allergies. Patients who are weak and have cold spleen and stomach symptoms such as chronic diarrhea, cold phlegm and wet phlegm should use it with caution. Do not use it with aconitum. Diet Therapy1. Fritillaria pear jar Ingredients: Chuanbei Fritillaria, Water Chestnut, Pears, Lotus Seed, Rock Sugar to taste. Peel the pears, hollow them out and cut them into strips, boil the Chuanbei into a medicinal liquid, cut the water chestnuts and add the lotus seeds. Add Fritillary juice, diced water chestnuts, lotus seeds, and diced pears in a pear jar, and steam it for 1 quarter of an hour. After taking it out, boil the rock sugar liquid and pour it into the pear jar. Efficacy: clears lung qi, relieves cough and reduces phlegm. Indications of phlegm-heat cough, uncomfortable expectoration. Improves chest and flanks comfort, and strengthens the voice.   2. Fritillaria Stuffed Pears Ingredients:12 grams of Chuan Fritillaria, 6 Sydney pears, 100 grams of wax gourd strips, 100 grams of glutinous rice, 100 grams of rock sugar, 3 grams of alum. The glutinous rice is first steamed, the wax gourd strips are cut into large cubes, the Fritillaria cirrhosa is ground into powder, and the alum is dissolved into a solution. Peel the Sydney pear, cut off the stalk to make a cover, dig out the pear core, and immerse it in the alum solution to prevent discoloration. Then blanch the pears in boiling water, remove them, and rinse them in cold water, then put them in a bowl. Then mix the glutinous rice, winter melon [or wax gourd] strips, and rock sugar shavings. Then add the Chuanbei powder and put them into the Sydney pears. Cover the stems and put them in a bowl. Steam them in a steamer for about 60 minutes until the pears are soft. In addition, boil 300 grams of water and melt rock sugar and pour it over the pears one by one when they come out of the steamer. Eat 1 pear each morning and evening. Efficacy: Nourishes the lungs and resolves phlegm, relieves dry cough and stops bleeding. Indications include dry cough with no phlegm or less phlegm, pulmonary carbuncle, [emphysema] cough and hemoptysis. It is not suitable for people with colds with weakness, wheezing and wet cough. 3. Fritillaria cirrhosa, Sydney Ingredients:Chuan Fritillaria 5-10 grams, 1 Sydney pear (Laiyang pear, Huali can also be used), a little rock sugar. Mash Chuanbei Fritillaria, mash the rock sugar, peel the Sydney pear and cut in half, dig out the center core; put Chuanbei, rock sugar powder into the pear, reassemble the two halves of the pear, fixing it with a bamboo toothpick, and put it in a bowl Simmer the pears in water for 60 minutes. Eat the pears and Fritillaria when the pears are done. Take 1 dose daily for 1 week. Efficacy: Nourishes yin and nourishes lungs, clears away heat and reduces phlegm Indications: Useful for the later stage of a cold, when a cough does not heal for a long time, when the phlegm is sparse and sticky, the throat is dry and thirsty. Especially suitable for infants and the elderly. 4. Fritillaria loquat paste Ingredients:70 grams of loquat leaves, 7 grams of Fritillaria, 70 grams of maltose, appropriate amount of honey. Decoct the loquat leaves twice, filter out the thick juice, add Chuanbei powder, maltose, and honey to make a paste. Take 10 ml each time with boiling water 2 times a day. Efficacy: Autumn allergies, [eye itch, nasal itching, sneezing, running nose, nasal obstruction, cough, suffocation, and wheezing.] relieves cough. Indications for chronic bronchitis and other diseases.  

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土茯苓（8oz/包）  饭团根 尖光头 土苓 地茯苓 山遗粮 山地栗 仙遗粮 冷饭团 奇粮 草禹余粮 刺猪苓 硬饭 土萆薢 山猪粪 过冈尤 山牛 山归来 久老薯 毛尾薯 地胡苓 狗老薯 狗朗头 山硬硬 白葜 连饭 红土苓 山奇良 性味 甘、淡，平。 归经 归肝、胃经。 功效 解毒，除湿，通利关节。 主治 解毒，除湿，利关节。治梅毒，淋浊，筋骨挛痛，脚气，疔疮，痈肿，瘰疬。   Glabrous Greenbrier Rhizome / Tu Fu Ling  (8oz) Tu Fu Ling is also known as Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae or Glabrous Greenbrier Rhizome and is the rhizome of Smilax glabra, which is a perennial evergreen climbing shrub belonging to the Lily family. It is a relatively practical and common Chinese herbal medicine, which first appeared in Compendium of Materia Medica in 1,578 AD. Tu Fu Ling contains succinic acid, palmitic acid, ferulic acid, shikimic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid, isoengelitin, astilbin, neoastilbin, isoastiblin, neoisoastilbin, quercetin, epicatechin, dioscin, glucopyranoside, β-sitosterol, daucosterol, hexose, starch, and volatile oil. In Chinese medicine, Tu Fu Ling is often used to clear heat and remove toxin, drain dampness and promote urination, ease joints and muscles, treat syphilis, gonorrhea, erysipeloid, arrhythmia, gout, psoriasis, flat warts, trichomonas vaginitis, pyelonephritis, B Hepatitis, acute tonsillitis, leptospirosis, chronic lead poisoning, and mercury poisoning.  Health benefits of Tu Fu Ling (according to research) Relieving gossypol poisoning and chronic lead poisoning. Reducing the damage of thioethylamine to the liver and protecting the liver. Inhibiting animal transplanted tumors, and liver cancer caused by aflatoxin. Blocking β receptors and preventing arrhythmia caused by intravenous adrenaline injection. Preventing cerebral ischemia, myocardial ischemia, cardiac ischemia-reperfusion, and relieving angina. Inhibiting platelet aggregation and preventing atherosclerosis and thrombosis. Reducing lipid peroxidation of gastric mucosa, promoting gastric juice secretion, increasing gastric juice PH, and preventing gastric ulcers. Draining dampness and promoting urination, treating turbid urine and leukorrheal diseases. Relieving genital itching and skin itching caused by damp-heat, and treating eczema. Removing heat toxins, relieving skin redness and swelling, treating carbuncles, sores, and scrofula. Treating syphilis and limb spasms caused by the side effects of mercury which is traditionally used to treat syphilis. Inhibiting Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus haemolyticus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Typhoid bacillus, Shigella flexneri, Diphtheria bacillus, and Anthrax bacillus. The study found that its water extract can selectively inhibit the inflammatory process after the release of lymphokines by sensitized T lymphocytes. (selectively inhibiting cellular immune response) Precautions of Tu Fu Ling The dosage of Tu Fu Ling should be controlled at 15-60g. It can be made into decoction, pill, or ground into powder for external use. It is not recommended to use iron utensils to boil it. It is not recommended to drink tea while taking this medicine. People with yin deficiency in the liver and kidney should not take it. People without damp-heat syndrome should not take it. People with gastrointestinal diseases should not take it. Pregnant women and children should not take it. From the manufacturer:  The taste is sweet, light, and flat. It enters the Liver and Stomach meridians. Effects: It is used for detoxification, dehumidification, and as a tonic for joints.  Indications: Aching limbs due to syphilis and mercury poisoning, muscles and bones pain; damp heat, turbidity, carbuncle, scrofula, mange

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