TCM Herbal Encyclopedia
TCM Herbs
Explore the world of Chinese medicinal herbs and their healing properties.
5 herbs catalogued
Asian Ginseng: Evidence, Products and Safety
What Panax ginseng is, how to read claims about fatigue, and why medicines, pregnancy and product quality matter.
Dong Quai (Angelica sinensis): Uses, Evidence and Precautions
A reference to dong quai root, the limits of menstrual and menopause claims, and important bleeding, medicine and pregnancy precautions.
Astragalus (Huang Qi): Traditional Use and Evidence Limits
Identify astragalus root, separate traditional qi-tonic claims from clinical evidence, and check immune-system and medicine precautions.
Chen Pi (Dried Tangerine Peel): Identity and Traditional Uses
What Chen Pi is, how traditional qi and phlegm terms should be read, and why a herbal catalogue is not clinical proof for digestive symptoms.
Properties: Traditionally described as acrid, bitter and warm
Meridians: Spleen and Lung (traditional theory)
Goji Berries: Food Uses, Evidence and Medicine Interactions
Goji berries as food, what research does not establish about vision or ageing, and why warfarin users need an interaction check.