categories - def heat, clear heat toxins, downward-draining

Question 1

jin yin hua

honeysuckle (lonicaera japonica)

honeysuckle family - caprifoliaceae

Answer 1

clear heat and clean toxin

Question 2

lian qiao

forsythia suspensa

olive family - oleaceae

Answer 2

clear heat and clean toxin

Question 3

da qing ye

indigo leaf (isatis indigotica)

mustard family - brassicaceae

Answer 3

clear heat and clean toxin

Question 4

ban lan gen

indigo root (isatis indigotica)

mustard family - brassicaceae

Answer 4

clear heat and clean toxin

Question 5

qing dai

indigo (isatis indigotica)

mustard family - brassicaceae

Answer 5

clear heat and clean toxin

Question 6

pu gong ying

dandelion (taraxacum sinicum/mongolicum)

daisy family - asteraceae

Answer 6

clear heat and clean toxin

Question 7

zi hua da ding

viola yedoensis / violet

violet family - violaceae

Answer 7

clear heat and clean toxin

Question 8

ye ju hua

crysanthemum indicum

daisy family - asteraceae

Answer 8

clear heat and clean toxin

Question 9

si gua luo

luffa / veg sponge skeleton

curcurbitaceae

Answer 9

clear heat and clean toxin

Question 10

bai jiang cao

thlaspi arvense - interchangeable w patriniae herba sp

apiaceae / valerianaceae

Answer 10

clear heat and clean toxin

Question 11

yu xing cao

houttuyniae cordata

lizard’s tail family - saururaceae

Answer 11

clear heat and clean toxin

Question 12

bai hua she she cao

oldenlandia

coffee family - rubiaceae

Answer 12

clear heat and clean toxin

Question 13

shan ci gu

cremastra appendiculata

orchid family - orchidaceae

Answer 13

clear heat and clean toxin

Question 14

bai tou weng

pulsatilla chinensis

buttercup family - ranunculaceae

Answer 14

clear heat and clean toxin

Question 15

ya dan zi

brucea javanica

simarubaceae

Answer 15

clear heat and clean toxin

Question 16

he ye

lotus leaves (nelumbinis folium)

nymphaeaceae

Answer 16

clear heat and clean toxin

Question 17

lu dou

mung bean (phaseolus radiatus)

pea family - fabaceae

Answer 17

clear heat and clean toxin

Question 18

bai xian pi

dictamnus dasycarpus

citrus family - rutaceae

Answer 18

clear heat and clean toxin

Question 19

hong teng

sargentodoxa cuneata vine

lardizabalaceae

Answer 19

clear heat and clean toxin

Question 20

tu fu ling

smilax glabra

lily family - liliaceae

Answer 20

clear heat and clean toxin

Question 21

ban zhi lian

barbat skullcap (scutellaria barbata)

mint family - lamiaceae

Answer 21

clear heat and clean toxin

Question 22

ma bo

puffball mushroom (lasiosphaera fenzlii)

lycoperdaceae

Answer 22

clear heat and clean toxin

Question 23

shan dou gen

menispermi (sophora tonkinensis)

pea family - fabaceae

Answer 23

clear heat and clean toxin

Question 24

she gan

belamcanda chinensis

iris family - iridaceae

Answer 24

clear heat and clean toxin

Question 25

niu huang | cattle/buffalo gallstone (bovis calculus) ## Footnote bovidae family

Answer 25

clear heat and clean toxin

Question 26

guan ye lian qiao | hypericum

Answer 26

clear heat and clean toxin

Question 27

qing hao | artemisia annua ## Footnote daisy family - asteraceae

Answer 27

clear deficiency heat

Question 28

di gu pi | lycium chinense bark ## Footnote nightshade family - solanaceae

Answer 28

clear deficiency heat

Question 29

bai wei | cynanchum atratum (swallowwort) root ## Footnote milkweed family - aesclipiadaceae

Answer 29

clear deficiency heat

Question 30

yin chai hu | stellaria dichotoma root ## Footnote pink family - caryophyllaceae

Answer 30

clear deficiency heat

Question 31

hu huang lian | picrorhiza scrophulariiflora rhizome ## Footnote figwort family - scrophulariaceae

Answer 31

clear deficiency heat

Question 32

da huang | rhubarb (rheum palmatum, spp) ## Footnote knotweed family - polygonaceae

Answer 32

downward-draining

Question 33

mang xiao | mirabilite / mineral salt

Answer 33

downward-draining

Question 34

fan xie ye | senna leaf (cassia angustifolia) ## Footnote pea family - fabaceae

Answer 34

downward-draining

Question 35

lu hui | aloe barbadensis ## Footnote lily family - liliaceae

Answer 35

downward-draining

Question 36

hou ma ren = ma zi ren | cannabis sativa seed ## Footnote hemp family - cannabaceae

Answer 36

downward-draining

Question 37

yu li ren | bush cherry pit (prunus humilis, spp) ## Footnote rose family - rosaceae

Answer 37

downward-draining

Question 38

ba dou | croton tiglium seed ## Footnote euphorbia family - euphorbiaceae

Answer 38

downward-draining

Question 39

da ji | knoxiae root (euphorbia pekinensis) ## Footnote euphorbia family - euphorbiaceae

Answer 39

downward-draining

Question 40

yuan hua | daphne genkwa flower ## Footnote mezurium family - thymeleaceae

Answer 40

downward-draining

Question 41

gan sui | kan-sui root (euphorbia kansui) ## Footnote euphorbia family - euphorbiaceae

Answer 41

downward-draining

Question 42

qian niu zi | morning glory seeds (pharbitis nil, purpurea) ## Footnote morning glory family - convulvulaceae

Answer 42

downward-draining