Chinese Herbs

罗汉果 大（3枚/包） Fruit of Grosvenor Momordica Lo Han Guo (羅漢果), also known as "Monk Fruit", used in TCM over thousand years. Chinese loves to use it to make herbal tea or stew soup for the treatment of cough, sore throat caused by lung infection or by a cold due to seasonal weather variations. 1. Crush 1 pc Lo Han Gou shell 2. Add about 1 liters of water in the pot, 3. Put in the crushed Lo Han Gou (shell and seeds) into the the water and bring to boil under high heat 4. Once boiled, turn to medium heat and boil another 20 ~ 30 minutes. 5. After cold down, filter with strainer, the dross can be boil for the second time from 45 to 1 hour. 6. You can enjoy when it warm, or you can store in refrigerator, it can keep about 2 ~ 3 weeks. 7. Please note that the Lo Han Gou is sweeter than the sugar. If you find it's still too sweet, you can add hot or cold water to dilute. 8. Some people will boil it with other herbs, such as goji berries, dried longan, chrysanthemum. 为葫芦科植物罗汉果的果实。 性味 味甘；性凉 经脉 归肺经；脾经 主治 清肺利咽，化痰止咳，润肠通便。主肺热痰火咳嗽，扁挑体炎，急性胃炎，咽痛失音，肠燥便秘。 注意禁忌 脾胃虚寒者忌服。

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山楂片（12 oz/包）  性味 酸、甘，微温。 归经 归脾、胃、肝经。 功效 消食健胃，行气散瘀，化浊降脂。 主治 用于肉食积滞，胃脘胀满，泻痢腹痛，瘀血经闭，产后瘀阻，心腹刺痛，胸痹心痛，疝气疼痛，高脂血症。焦山楂消食导滞作用增强。用于肉食积滞，泻痢不爽。 相关配伍 1、治一切食积：山楂四两，白术四两，神曲二两。上为末，蒸饼丸，梧于大，服七十丸，白汤下。（《丹溪心法》） 2、治食肉不消：山楂肉四两，水煮食之，并饮其汁。（《简便单方》） 3、治诸滞腹痛：山楂一味煎汤饮。（《方脉正宗》） 4、治肠风：酸枣并肉核烧灰，米饮调下。（《百一选方》） 5、治老人腰痛及腿痛：棠梂子、鹿茸（炙）等分。为末，蜜丸梧子大，每服百丸，日二服。（《本草纲目》） 6、治寒湿气小腹疼，外肾偏大肿痛：茴香、柿楂子。上等分为细末，每服一钱或二钱，盐、酒调，空心热服。（《百一选方》） 食疗方 1.山楂枸杞饮 山楂、枸杞各15g。二者加沸水冲泡。每日频饮。 适用于病后体虚乏力，食欲不振，消化不良，腰膝酸软，目暗昏花等症。枸杞含有多种不饱和脂肪酸、氨基酸、维生素等成分，具有养阴补血，益精明目之功效，还可保肝、降血压、降血糖，与山楂共用，具有补肝益肾，补血益脑功能。 2.山楂核桃饮 核桃仁150克，山楂50克，白糖200克。核桃仁加水少许，用石磨磨成浆，装入容器中，再加适量凉开水调成稀浆汁。山楂去核，切片，加水500毫升煎煮半小时，滤出头汁，再煮取二汁 ，一、二汁合并，复置火上，加入白糖搅拌，待溶化后，再缓缓倒入核桃仁浆汁，边倒边搅匀，烧至微沸即可。早晚各服1次，温服为宜。 功效：补肺肾，润肠燥，消食积。用于肺虚咳嗽、气喘，腰痛，便干，食积，经少腹痛等。也可作为冠心病、高血压、高脂血症及老年便秘等患者的保健饮料。 3.山楂决明荷叶汤 山楂、决明子各15g，荷叶半张。山楂切片，荷叶切丝，与决明子加水共煎。取汁代茶饮。 适用于冠心病、高血压、高血脂、肥胖症等。决明子能抑制血清胆固醇的升高，抑制主动脉粥样硬化斑块的形成，其水浸液具有降压作用。荷叶有止渴、散瘀血、助脾胃、消水肿等功效，与山楂合用，可祛脂降压，减肥健身，为高血压之头晕目眩等症之药膳良方。 https://zhongyibaike.com/   Hawthorn Fruit / Shan Zha (12 oz/bag) Hawthorn is used for diseases of the heart and blood vessels such as congestive heart failure (CHF), chest pain, and irregular heartbeat. Some people use hawthorn for digestive system complaints such as indigestion, diarrhea, and stomach pain. (rxlist.com) It is loaded with antioxidants; may have anti-inflammatory properties, lower blood pressure, decrease blood fats. Used to aid digestion. Helps prevent hair loss. May reduce anxiety. Used to treat heart failure. (healthline.com) Hawthorn is used to treating both low blood pressure and high blood pressure, “hardening of the arteries” (atherosclerosis), and high cholesterol. (webMD.com) Hawthorn antioxidants include oligomeric procyanidins (OPCs) and quercetin. Antioxidants destroy free radicals that occur naturally in the body and increase in number as we age. Free radicals damage cells and their DNA. Antioxidants in hawthorn defeat free radicals particularly those that lead to heart disease. Hawthorn berries are also a good source of triterpenic acid which lowers LDL cholesterol. Hawthorn syrup used as a sweetener alternative along with a heart-healthy diet is a smart addition to the health conscience dieter. (thepracticalherbalist.com) Caution: Hawthorn is counter-indicated for patients using beta-blockers, calcium channel blockers, nitrate-based medication, or medication for male sexual function as it lowers blood pressure. Hawthorn Syrup Recipe Ingredients 1/2 cup Hawthorn berries (dried) 1 1/2 cups water 1 1/2 cups honey 2 oz brandy 1 Tbs cayenne tincture (ginger tincture may be substituted) Pour the hawthorn berries into the cook pot with the water and soak overnight. [Rinse and use fresh water for cooking.] Put the cook pot on the stove and cook on lowest setting, covered, for one hour. Remove cook pot from stove and allow to cool thoroughly. Mash hawthorn berries. Add brandy. Cover pot and return to stove on low and allow hawthorn to steep a minimum of 20 minutes or until water darkens. Place 2 layers of cheesecloth in the strainer. Pour hawthorn through the strainer and keep 1 1/2 cups of infused water/brandy for syrup. Add honey and infused water to make syrup. More honey may be added for a sweeter syrup. Stir cayenne tincture into to cooled product. Pour finished product into bottle and label clearly. Storage and Use Store Hawthorn Syrup in the refrigerator for up to 3 months. Children under 12: Take 1 teaspoon of syrup no more than 4 times daily. Adults: Take 1 tablespoon of syrup no more than 4 times daily. Not intended for children under age 2. https://www.thepracticalherbalist.com/healthy-recipes/hawthorn-syrup-recipe/ The taste is sour, sweet, and it is lukewarm in effect. It enters the Spleen, Stomach and Liver meridians.  Effect: It helps with digestion and invigorates the stomach, promotes qi and dissipates blood stasis, reduces turbidity and reduces fat.  Indications: It has been used for stagnant circulation, stomach fullness, diarrhea, abdominal pain, blood stasis amenorrhea, postpartum stasis, heart and abdomen tingling, chest pain, hernia pain, hyperlipidemia. The effect of Jiaoshan Hawthorn on digestion and stagnation is enhanced.  Related Uses  Cures all food accumulation : [stuck digestion]  2 tael hawthorn, 2 tael atractylodes. Used in the steamed cake pill, Wu Yuda, the seventy pill, and the white soup. ("Danxi Heart Method")  Hawthorn meat: 4 taels hawthorn meat is boiled in water, and drink its juice.  3.Stagnant abdominal pain: Hawthorn decoction. ("Fangmai Authentic")  Treatment of bowel wind: Simmer jujube and bonemeal and rice 2-3 hours. Add brown sugar to taste. ("Hundred One Selection Party")  Treat the elderly with low back pain and leg pain: Divide the tang bangzi and deer antler powder into equal parts. After cooking add honey to make pill. Wuzi is big, with one hundred pills per serving, two servings a day. ("Compendium of Materia Medica")  Treat cold and damp lower abdomen pain, for large external kidney swelling and pain: Ingredients: fennel, persimmon and hawthorn. The ingredients are cooked and mashed, one or two cups per serving, adding salt, wine; serve hot. ("One Hundred One Selection Party")

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精選 無核大紅山楂片 #3638 性味 酸、甘，微温。 归经 归脾、胃、肝经。 功效 消食健胃，行气散瘀，化浊降脂。 主治 用于肉食积滞，胃脘胀满，泻痢腹痛，瘀血经闭，产后瘀阻，心腹刺痛，胸痹心痛，疝气疼痛，高脂血症。焦山楂消食导滞作用增强。用于肉食积滞，泻痢不爽。 相关配伍 1、治一切食积：山楂四两，白术四两，神曲二两。上为末，蒸饼丸，梧于大，服七十丸，白汤下。（《丹溪心法》） 2、治食肉不消：山楂肉四两，水煮食之，并饮其汁。（《简便单方》） 3、治诸滞腹痛：山楂一味煎汤饮。（《方脉正宗》） 4、治肠风：酸枣并肉核烧灰，米饮调下。（《百一选方》） 5、治老人腰痛及腿痛：棠梂子、鹿茸（炙）等分。为末，蜜丸梧子大，每服百丸，日二服。（《本草纲目》） 6、治寒湿气小腹疼，外肾偏大肿痛：茴香、柿楂子。上等分为细末，每服一钱或二钱，盐、酒调，空心热服。（《百一选方》） 食疗方 1.山楂枸杞饮 山楂、枸杞各15g。二者加沸水冲泡。每日频饮。 适用于病后体虚乏力，食欲不振，消化不良，腰膝酸软，目暗昏花等症。枸杞含有多种不饱和脂肪酸、氨基酸、维生素等成分，具有养阴补血，益精明目之功效，还可保肝、降血压、降血糖，与山楂共用，具有补肝益肾，补血益脑功能。 2.山楂核桃饮 核桃仁150克，山楂50克，白糖200克。核桃仁加水少许，用石磨磨成浆，装入容器中，再加适量凉开水调成稀浆汁。山楂去核，切片，加水500毫升煎煮半小时，滤出头汁，再煮取二汁 ，一、二汁合并，复置火上，加入白糖搅拌，待溶化后，再缓缓倒入核桃仁浆汁，边倒边搅匀，烧至微沸即可。早晚各服1次，温服为宜。 功效：补肺肾，润肠燥，消食积。用于肺虚咳嗽、气喘，腰痛，便干，食积，经少腹痛等。也可作为冠心病、高血压、高脂血症及老年便秘等患者的保健饮料。 3.山楂决明荷叶汤 山楂、决明子各15g，荷叶半张。山楂切片，荷叶切丝，与决明子加水共煎。取汁代茶饮。 适用于冠心病、高血压、高血脂、肥胖症等。决明子能抑制血清胆固醇的升高，抑制主动脉粥样硬化斑块的形成，其水浸液具有降压作用。荷叶有止渴、散瘀血、助脾胃、消水肿等功效，与山楂合用，可祛脂降压，减肥健身，为高血压之头晕目眩等症之药膳良方。 https://zhongyibaike.com/   Sliced Hawthorn Fruit / Shan Zha  #3638 Hawthorn is used for diseases of the heart and blood vessels such as congestive heart failure (CHF), chest pain, and irregular heartbeat. Some people use hawthorn for digestive system complaints such as indigestion, diarrhea, and stomach pain. (rxlist.com) It is loaded with antioxidants; may have anti-inflammatory properties, lower blood pressure, decrease blood fats. Used to aid digestion. Helps prevent hair loss. May reduce anxiety. Used to treat heart failure. (healthline.com) Hawthorn is used to treat both low blood pressure and high blood pressure, “hardening of the arteries” (atherosclerosis), and high cholesterol. (webMD.com) Hawthorn antioxidants include oligomeric procyandins (OPCs) and quercetin. Antioxidants destroy free radicals which occur naturally in the body and increase in number as we age. Free radicals damage cells and their DNA. Antioxidants in hawthorn defeat free radicals particularly those that lead to heart disease. Hawthorn berries are also a good source of triterpenic acid which lowers LDL cholesterol. Hawthorn syrup used as a sweetener alternative along with a heart healthy diet is a smart addition to the health conscience dieter. (thepracticalherbalist.com) Caution: Hawthorn is counter-indicated for patients using beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, nitrate based medication or medication for male sexual function as it lowers blood pressure. Hawthorn Syrup Recipe Ingredients 1/2 cup Hawthorn berries (dried) 1 1/2 cups water 1 1/2 cups honey 2 oz brandy 1 Tbs cayenne tincture (ginger tincture may be substituted) Pour the hawthorn berries into the cook pot with the water and soak overnight. [Rinse and use fresh water for cooking.] Put the cook pot on the stove and cook on lowest setting, covered, for one hour. Remove cook pot from stove and allow to cool thoroughly. Mash hawthorn berries. Add brandy. Cover pot and return to stove on low and allow hawthorn to steep a minimum of 20 minutes or until water darkens. Place 2 layers of cheesecloth in the strainer. Pour hawthorn through the strainer and keep 1 1/2 cups of infused water/brandy for syrup. Add honey and infused water to make syrup. More honey may be added for a sweeter syrup. Stir cayenne tincture into to cooled product. Pour finished product into bottle and label clearly. Storage and Use Store Hawthorn Syrup in the refrigerator for up to 3 months. Children under 12: Take 1 teaspoon of syrup no more than 4 times daily. Adults: Take 1 tablespoon of syrup no more than 4 times daily. Not intended for children under age 2. https://www.thepracticalherbalist.com/healthy-recipes/hawthorn-syrup-recipe/ The taste is sour, sweet, and it is lukewarm in effect. It enters the Spleen, Stomach and Liver meridians.  Effect: It helps with digestion and invigorates the stomach, promotes qi and dissipates blood stasis, reduces turbidity and reduces fat.  Indications: It has been used for stagnant circulation, stomach fullness, diarrhea, abdominal pain, blood stasis amenorrhea, postpartum stasis, heart and abdomen tingling, chest pain, hernia pain, hyperlipidemia. The effect of Jiaoshan Hawthorn on digestion and stagnation is enhanced.  

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莲子心（6 oz） 薏、苦薏、莲薏、莲心 莲子心茶，是把成熟莲子种仁内的绿色胚芽用以泡茶饮用，有清心火，止遗精的作用，对心肾不交、降压去脂、阴虚火旺、失眠患者，食之最宜。 性味 苦，寒。 经脉 入心经、肺经、肾经三经。 功用 清心火，安神，去热，止血，涩精，治心烦，口渴，吐血，遗精，目赤肿痛。 Lian Zi Xin /Lotus Plumule (6 OZ.BAG) Lotus is such a treasure that every part of it, the lotus leaves, lotus root, lotus flower, and lotus seed, has really high medicinal and nutritional value.  Lotus plumule, also known as Lian Zi Xin or Plumula Nelumbinis, is a Chinese herb with lots of health benefits. It is so bitter that it is made into tea. So it is often used as a routine drinking tea for decreasing “internal heat” symptoms such as hypertension, menopausal hot flashes, and chronic fever conditions. Besides tea, this herb is also a strong medicine, which is an essential ingredient in Chuan Xin Lian Pian (Andrographis Paniculata Tablet), a common medicine in most Chinese home medicine cabinet checklist for a variety of ailments like sore throat, colds, and upper respiratory infections. Lotus plumule is the green spire and radicle in the middle of the mature seeds of Lotus Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn., which is a plant in the family Nymphaeaceae. Medicinally it looks like a thin rod, with a green spire, one long and one short, and a tiny embryo between two tiny leaves. It is brittle, easily broken, and with several holes on the cross-section. And it has a slight odor and bitter taste.  

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南杏仁/甜杏仁 6oz 性味 ①《本萆便读》：味甘，性平。 ②《四川中药志》：性平，味甘，无毒。 经脉 《四川中药志》：入肺经、大肠经。 功效 润肺，平喘。治虚劳咳喘，肠燥便秘。 食谱： 1.双仁糊 甜杏仁、核桃仁各15 g。二者微炒，共捣碎研细，加密或白糖适量。分2次用开水冲调食。 源于《杨氏家藏方》（杏仁煎）。甜杏仁、胡桃仁能滋养肺肾、止咳平喘，蜂蜜润肺止咳。用于久患喘咳，肺肾两虚，干咳无痰，少气乏力等。亦可用于阴血虚亏，肠燥便秘或老人大便秘结。 2.二杏粥 甜杏仁20克，白果15克（去皮壳），梗米100克。将杏仁与银杏加水共煎至五分熟，再放入梗米，煮熟成粥，即可食用。 功效：宣肺散寒、祛痰平喘。 3.杏仁粥 粳米50克 葱白、白糖各适量。将甜杏仁研成泥状，将大米淘洗干净，两味相和加适量煮水开，再用慢火煮烂即成。每日2次，可作早晚餐。温热随量服食。 功效：止咳平喘。适用于咳嗽、气喘。健康人经常食用能防病强身。  Nan Xing Ren /Sweet Apricot Kernels 6oz Sweet apricot kernel (aka sweet almond) is often cooked with pears in Autumn to help reduce dry cough. It moistens the intestines to relax the bowels. Nan Xing Ren translates to Southern Xing Ren. Nan Xing Ren is commonly used to relieve coughing and wheezing. It also benefits joint health, supports cardiovascular health and boosts the immune system. (1stchineseherbs.com) Northern apricot kernel is bitter. Apricot kernel is prepared by removing the skin which is toxic.    From the manufacturer:  According to "Ben Cao Bian Du": Sweet in taste and calm in nature.      According to "Sichuan Zhongyao Zhi": Flat in nature, sweet in taste, non-toxic. It entering Lung Meridian, Large Intestine Meridian. Effects: Moisturize the lungs and relieve asthma. Cures asthenia, cough and asthma, dry intestinal constipation. Recipes:  Two Nuts paste   Ingredients:  15 g each of sweet apricot kernel and walnuts.  The two are stir-fried, mashed and finely ground, add sugar or honey to taste. Mix the nuts with boiling water. Sweet apricot kernel and walnuts can nourish the lungs and kidneys, relieve cough and asthma, and honey can nourish the lungs and relieve cough. Used for chronic asthma and cough, deficiency of both lungs and kidneys, dry cough without sputum, qi deficiency and fatigue, etc. It can also be used for yin and blood deficiency, dry bowel constipation or constipation in the elderly.  Two apricot porridge   Ingredients: 20 grams of apricot kernel, 15 grams of ginkgo (peeled), 100 grams of steamed rice.  Simmer the apricot kernel and ginkgo biloba with water until they are half cooked, then add stalk rice and cook into porridge. When cooked it is ready to eat.  Efficacy: Xuanfei dispelling cold, expelling phlegm and relieving asthma. Apricot kernel porridge Ingredients: 50 grams of japonica rice, 20 grams sweet apricot kernel, white onion, and sugar.  Grind the apricot kernel into a puree, wash the rice well, add a proper amount of boiling water to the two-flavor phase, and boil it over a slow heat.  Dosage: 2 times a day; It can be used as breakfast and dinner. Take warm as needed. Efficacy: relieve cough and relieve asthma. Suitable for cough and asthma. Regular consumption of healthy people can prevent disease and strengthen the body.  

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北杏仁/ 苦杏仁（6 oz/包） Bitter Apricot Seed are used by Chinese herbalists to relieve bronchial problems. These seeds also known as bitter almonds, are believed to serve as an expectorant and also help to stop coughing. In addition apricot seeds may act as a laxative. In traditional Chinese medicine, apricot seeds are classified as bitter and slightly warm. 性味 苦，微温；有小毒。 功效 本品为蔷薇科植物 山杏（苦杏）、西伯利亚杏（山杏）、东北杏或杏的干燥成熟种子。 主治外感咳嗽，喘满，喉痹，肠燥便秘。 经脉 归肺经、大肠经。 主治 降气，祛痰止咳，平喘，润肠。治外感咳嗽，喘满，喉痹，肠燥便秘。 注意禁忌 1.内服不宜过量，以免中毒。 2.阴虚咳嗽及大便溏泄者忌服。 【食疗方】 1.麻杏粥 麻黄5克，杏仁15克，梗米100克。将麻黄用水煎汤，去沫去渣，将杏仁（最好甜杏仁）去皮尖，放入汤中煮6-7分钟，再放入梗米，煮熟成粥，即可食用。 功效：辛温解表，化痰止咳。 2.杏仁薄荷粥 杏仁30克（去皮尖），鲜薄荷10克，梗米50克。将杏仁放入沸水中煮到七分熟，放入梗米同煮将要熟时，放入薄荷，煮熟即可。 功效：辛散透表，温肺止喘。   Bitter Apricot Seed / Bei Xing Ren(6 oz) Bitter Apricot Seed are used by Chinese herbalists to relieve bronchial problems. These seeds also known as bitter almonds, are believed to serve as an expectorant and also help to stop coughing. In addition apricot seeds may act as a laxative. In traditional Chinese medicine, apricot seeds are classified as bitter and slightly warm. The bitterness and toxicity of raw wild almonds come from a compound called amygdalin. When ingested, this compound breaks down into several chemicals, including benzaldehyde, which tastes bitter, and cyanide, a deadly poison. (npr.org) Consult an herbalist for use and cook as directed.From the manufacturer: The taste is bitter, and effects are lukewarm; slightly poisonous [when used to excess}.This product is the dried and mature seeds of the Rosaceae plant Apricot (Bitter Apricot), Siberian Apricot (Mountain Apricot), Northeast Apricot or Apricot kernel. Indications: [used to quell] exogenous cough, wheezing, throat numbness, intestinal dryness and constipation. It enters the Lung and Large Intestine meridians. [It has been used to] Reduce qi, expectorant and relieve cough, relieve asthma, moisturize the intestines. Cautions:1. Do not overdose orally to avoid poisoning. [Consult with your Chinese herbal specialist] 2. [Avoid use if dry] cough is due to yin deficiency and with loose stools Diet Therapy 1. Ma Xing porridge Ingredients:5 grams of ephedra, 15 grams [1/8 cup] of almonds, 100 grams of stem rice.Cook a decoction of ephedra in water, defoaming and dregs, peeling the almonds (preferably sweet almonds), put them in the soup and cook for 6-7 minutes, then add stalk rice and cook into porridge, ready to eat. Efficacy: relieves phlegm and relieves cough. 2. Almond mint porridge Ingredients:30 grams of almonds (peeled tip), 10 grams of fresh mint, 50 grams of stem rice. Put the almonds in boiling water and cook until they are half cooked, add the stalk rice and cook until it is about to be cooked, add the mint and cook. Efficacy: Xin San penetrates the table, warms the lungs and relieves asthma.

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决明子/草决明（16oz/包） 性味 咸苦；平凉；无毒 功效 为豆科植物决明和小决明的成熟种子。 清肝，明目，利水，通便。主治风热赤眼，青盲，雀目，高血压，肝炎，肝硬化腹水，习惯性便秘。 经脉 肝经；胆经；肾经 注意禁忌 泄泻和血压低者慎用。 食疗方 菊花决明粥 取白菊花、草决明各10克，大米100克，冰糖少许。将草决明炒香，与菊花同煎取汁，放入大米煮成稀粥，待熟后调入冰糖，再稍煮即可。每日服食1次。 此粥可清肝、明目、降压，还可治疗目赤肿痛、怕光流泪、头痛头晕、大便秘结等。 决明苁蓉蜂蜜茶 炒决明子、肉苁蓉各10 g，蜂蜜适量。将决明子、肉苁蓉共入茶杯中，沸水冲泡，盖焖10分钟，调入蜂蜜适量即成。代茶频饮。 功效：润肠通便。主治习惯性便秘和老年性便秘。 山楂决明荷叶汤 山楂、决明子各15g，荷叶半张。山楂切片，荷叶切丝，与决明子加水共煎。取汁代茶饮 功效 适用于冠心病、高血压、高血脂、肥胖症等。决明子能抑制血清胆固醇的升高，抑制主动脉粥样硬化斑块的形成，其水浸液具有降压作用。荷叶有止渴、散瘀血、助脾胃、消水肿等功效，与山楂合用，可祛脂降压，减肥健身，为高血压之头晕目眩等症之药膳良方。     Cassia Seed/Jue Ming Zi (16 oz/Bag) Jue Ming Zi is adored by many women as it aids weight loss. It is also used to treat constipation by removing toxins and lowering blood fat and helps control blood pressure. (shanghaidaily.com) The seed of Sickle Senna: The taste is salty and bitter; Pingliang [flat tasting and cooling] It is detoxifying. It is the mature seeds of the legumes Cassia and small Cassia.  Indications: wind-heat red painful eyes, night blindness, hypertension, hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, ascites, habitual constipation. It enters the Liver, Gallbladder, and Kidney meridians. It is used to clear liver inflammation, improve eyesight, diuresis, laxative. Cautions: Use with caution for those with diarrhea and low blood pressure.  Diet Therapy  Chrysanthemum Cassia Porridge Ingredients: 10 grams each of white chrysanthemum flower and cassia seed, 100 grams of rice, and a little rock sugar.  Stir-fry the grass cassia seed to become fragrant, fry together with the chrysanthemum flower, add the rice and cook into a gruel, add rock sugar after it is cooked. Take it once a day.   This porridge can clear the liver inflammation and toxins, improve eyesight, lower blood pressure, and can also treat red eyes, swelling and pain, fear of light [photophobia] and tearing, headache, dizziness, and constipation.    Cassia Cistanche Honey Tea   Ingredients: 10g each of cassia seed and cistanche and honey appropriate amount. Stir fry cassia seeds and cistanche and put them in a teacup, add boiling water, cover, and steep for 10 minutes. Add honey and serve. Drink it frequently as tea.   Efficacy: moisturizing the intestines and laxative. Indications: for habitual constipation and senile constipation.   Hawthorn Cassia Lotus Leaf Tea   Ingredients:  15g each of Hawthorn berries and cassia seeds, half piece lotus leaf.  Slice the hawthorn, shred the lotus leaf, and fry together with the cassia seeds. Add boiling water and steep it for 10 minutes. Use this juice instead of tea.  Efficacy: It is suitable for coronary heart disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity, etc. Cassia seed can inhibit the increase of serum cholesterol and the formation of aortic atherosclerotic plaque, and its water extract has a hypotensive effect. The lotus leaf has the effects of quenching thirst, dispelling blood stasis, helping the spleen and stomach, and reducing edema. It can be used in combination with hawthorn to remove fat and reduce blood pressure, lose weight, and for fitness. It is a medicated remedy for hypertension and dizziness.  

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海椰子/海底椰片 3oz 功效 清燥热、止咳、滋阴补肾、润肺养颜、强壮身体机能。可治热病之后，余热未清，虚烦不安，失眠多梦等症。    Lodoicea Maldivica/Sea Coconut  (3 oz) Sea Coconut is a common soup ingredient during summer; it nourishes the lungs, clears internal heat and relieves coughing. ... Due its various amino acid components, sea coconut has high medicinal values. It has the function of helping people strengthen their immune system and is anti-aging. (powing.com) It has been used for cholera, jaundice, colic, heart disease, and as an aphrodisiac. It is cooling and immune-boosting. https://herbpathy.com/Uses-and-Benefits-of-Sea-Coconut-Cid4956 Effects:  [It has been used in cough remedies] to clear dry heat, relieve cough, nourish yin and nourish kidney, nourish lungs and nourish skin, and strengthen body functions. It can treat symptoms such as residual heat, restlessness, insomnia and weakness after fever.  

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野生 非洲海椰子/海底椰片（1.33 oz/1两） 功效 清燥热、止咳、滋阴补肾、润肺养颜、强壮身体机能。可治热病之后，余热未清，虚烦不安，失眠多梦等症。    Wild Lodoicea Maldivica/Sea Coconut  (1.33 oz/1 Tael) Sea coconut (a palm tree) has been traditionally used as an aphrodisiac, heart tonic, and for jaundice and colic.  https://herbpathy.com/Uses-and-Benefits-of-Sea-Coconut-Cid4956 From the manufacturer:  Effects: Clear dry heat, relieve cough, nourish yin and nourish kidney, moisturize lung and enhance beauty, strengthen body function. It can treat symptoms such as unclear residual heat, restlessness, insomnia, and dreaminess after fever.  

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麦冬粒（8oz/包) 性味 甘，微苦，微寒。 经脉 归心经、肺经、胃经。 主治 养阴润肺，清心除烦，益胃生津。治肺燥干咳，吐血，咯血，肺痿，肺痈，虚劳烦热，消渴，热病津伤，咽干口燥，便秘。 注意禁忌 凡脾胃虚寒泄泻，胃有痰饮湿浊及暴感风寒咳嗽者均忌服。 ①《本草经集注》：地黄、车前为之使。恶款冬、苦瓠。畏苦参、青囊。 ②《药性论》：恶苦芺。畏木耳。 ③《纲目》：气弱胃寒者必不可饵。   Dwarf Lilyturf Tuber/Radix Ophiopogonis / Mai Dong (8oz/pack)  Ophiopogonis is an herb known in traditional Chinese medicine for its ability to treat a yin deficiency, which means it is used to clear heat, dryness, and irritability. ... It is used to treat insomnia, anxiety, palpitations, and it is used to lower the blood pressure. From the manufacturer:  The taste is sweet, slightly bitter, and it is slightly cold.  It enter the Guixin, Lung, and Stomach meridians.  Indications: Nourish yins (fluids) and lungs, clears heart and remove troubles [helps regulate heart action], benefits stomach and promotes fluid. It has been used to cure dry cough, vomiting blood, hemoptysis, pulmonary dysfunction, pulmonary carbuncle, fatigue and irritation; it reduces thirst, fever and body injury, dry throat, dry mouth, and constipation. Cautions: It should be avoided by those who suffer from diarrhea due to cold in the spleen and stomach, phlegm, dampness and turbidity in the stomach, and violent wind-cold cough.  Avoid its use for patients with congested fluids.  

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特大 芡实/鸡头米（16oz/包） 卵菱、鸡癕、鸡头实、雁喙实、鸡头米、雁头、蔿子、鸿头、水流黄、水鸡头、肇实、刺莲藕、刀芡实、鸡头果、苏黄、黄实、鸡咀莲、鸡头苞、刺莲蓬实 性味 甘、涩，平。 经脉 归脾经、肾经。 主治 益肾固精，补脾止泻，祛湿止带。用于梦遗滑精，遗尿尿频，脾虚久泻，白浊，带下。 【食疗方】 神仙粥 山药30g，芡实30g，韭菜30g，粳米100g。将韭菜切成细末，芡实煮熟去壳并捣碎，山药捣碎，以上三味与粳米相和，慢火煮粥。每日2次，温热服之。 功效：壮阳补虚，益气强志，丰肌，润肤，明目，聪耳。主治虚损羸瘦，皮肤粗糙，耳目不聪。  Gordon Enryale Seed/Qian Shi(16oz/Bag) Euryale seed, also called fox nuts, is considered sweet, astringent and neutral (neither too heating nor cooling.) It tonifies the spleen and kidney meridians. Its main functions are to stop diarrhea, strengthen the kidney/adrenal energy and control the (jing) our vitality; and to dispel dampness (sluggish digestion, bloating, gas and edema.) It is said to be especially useful for childhood diarrhea.  Euryale seed enters the meridians of the spleen and kidney. Indications include, tonifying the spleen to stop chronic diarrhea, dampness leukorrhea (either a watery or thick vaginal discharge.) It is used for spermatorrhea, premature ejaculation, incontinence and frequent urination. Recipes as below- Porridge : Ingredients: 30g of Chinese yam discorea, 30g of Gorgon fox nuts, 30g of sliced leek, and 100g of japonica rice.  Cut the leeks into fine slices. Boil and mash the white yam. The above three flavors are compatible with japonica rice. Cook the porridge slowly. Take it warm twice a day. Efficacy: aphrodisiac tonic, for qi deficiency. It improves strong muscles, skin quality, eyesight, and hearing.

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炒制 白扁豆（8 oz/包） 为豆科植物扁豆的白色成熟种子。 性味 甘，微温。 经脉 归脾经、胃经。 主治 健脾化湿，和中消暑。用于脾胃虚弱，食欲不振，大便溏泻，白带过多，暑湿吐泻，胸闷腹胀。 炒扁豆：健脾化湿。用于脾虚泄泻，白带过多。 【食疗方】 山药扁豆粥 ①原料 淮山药30克，扁豆10克，粳米100克。将山药洗净去皮切片，扁豆煮半熟加粳米，山药煮成粥。每日2次，早、晚餐食用。 ②功效 肝癌食疗方——具有健脾化湿，用于晚期肝癌病人脾虚，泄泻等症。 (dolichos lablab bean, hyacinth bean) The preliminary pharmacological studies revealed that Dolichos lablab possessed antidiabetic, antiinflammatory, analgesic, antioxidant, cytotoxic, hypolipidemic, antimicrobial, insecticidal, hepatoprotective, antilithiatic, antispasmodic effects and also used for the treatment of iron deficiency anemia.Lablab is a mature white seed of a legume. They are also called dolichos bean, seim bean (India), Egyptian bean, bonavist bean/pea, dolico lablab, fagiolo indiano, and hyacinth bean.Traditional Chinese medical description:Their taste is sweet and effects are slightly warming.Lablab enters the meridians of the spleen and stomach. Indications include weak spleen and stomach dampness, and heat stroke. It is used for poor appetite, loose stools, excessive leucorrhea, vomiting and diarrhea in summer, chest tightness and abdominal distension. Recipe: Yam Lentil Porridge Ingredients: Huai Yam (dioscurea) 30 grams, lablab 10 grams, japonica rice 100 grams. Wash and peel the yam and slice it, lentils are boiled and half-cooked, add the japonica rice, and the yam is boiled into porridge. Dosage: 2 times a day, breakfast and dinner. Possible use: “Efficacy Liver Cancer Diet Therapy-with spleen and dampness, used for spleen deficiency and diarrhea embolism in patients with advanced liver cancer.”

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