CALE Single Herbs

Processing

increases the substances potency, minimizes side effects, alters substances properties, renders more suitable for storage and preparation

processing ban xia or zhu ru with ginger

alleviates nausea and stops vomiting

processing kuan dong hua with honey

moistens lungs, alleviates cough

dry frying

for storage, increase spleen awakening function, increase stomach strengthening, with salt to direct action to kidney, nourish yin, reduce fire signs

frying with honey

tonifies and moistens

frying with vinegar

astringes, acts as an analgesic, invigorates blood, relieves toxicity

frying with wind

clears channel blockage, expels wind, alleviates pain

frying with ginger juice

reduces tendency of bitter and cold herbs to upset stomach, warms stomach, stops vomiting

dai ji

incompatible with gan cao and hai zao

sheng di, shu di, he shou wu

incompatible with onion, garlic and radishes

mu dan pi

incompatible with garlic

huang lian

incompatible with pork

ren shen

incompatible with tea and turnips

long gu

incompatible with fish

king

directly against principle pattern

deputy

aids the chief ingredient against coexisting patterns

assistant

reinforces the effect of king/deputy, moderates the toxicity of king/deputy, has an effect that is opposite the king in complex disorders

envoy

guides actions to certain channel/area, harmonizes the other ingredients

bie jia cooking

decoct first

cao wu cooking

decoct first

chuan wu cooking

decoct first

dai zhe shi cooking

decoct first

fu zi cooking

decoct first

gui ban cooking

decoct first

long gu cooking

decoct first

mu li cooking

decoct first

shi gao cooking

decoct first

shi jue ming cooking

decoct first

bai jie zi cooking

add near end

bo he cooking

add near end

cao dou kou cooking

add near end

chen xiang cooking

add near end

da huang cooking

add near end

gou teng cooking

add near end

hong hua cooking

add near end

huo xiang cooking

add near end

qing hao cooking

add near end

jing jie cooking

add near end

mu xiang cooking

add near end

rou gui cooking

add near end

sha ren cooking

add near end

xiang ru cooking

add near end

xing ren cooking

add near end

che qian zi cooking

decoct in gauze

hua zhi cooking

decoct in gauze

pu huang cooking

decoct in gauze

xin yi hua cooking

decoct in gauze

xuan fu hua cooking

decoct in gauze

lu rong cooking

simmer separately

ren shen cooking

simmer separately

xi yang shen cooking

simmer separately

e jiao cooking

dissolve in strained decoction

mang xiao cooking

dissolve in strained decoction

yi tang cooking

dissolve in strained decoction

chuan bei mu cooking

taken with strained decoction

ji nei jin cooking

taken with strained decoction

san qi cooking

taken with strained decoction

bai guo cooking

crushed before cooking

hu jiao cooking

crushed before cooking

huo ma ren cooking

crushed before cooking

lai fu zi cooking

crushed before cooking

sha ren cooking

crushed before cooking

suan zao ren cooking

crushed before cooking

tao ren cooking

crushed before cooking

xing ren cooking

crushed before cooking

yi zhi ren cooking

crushed before cooking

zhi zi cooking

crushed before cooking

bai hua she dose

3-9g in decoction, 1-5g in pills

chai hu dose

3-6g, moves qi 6-9/9-12g, shaoyang 12-24g

chuan bei mu dose

1-1.5g powder

dan shen dose

60g for vasculitis

chuan xiong dose

up to 9g to treat irregular menstruation

fu ling dose

9-12g

fu zi dose

dosage over 15g can lead to overdose with toxic side effects including numbness in the mouth

gan jiang dose

1.5-9g

gui zhi dose

9-15g for bi syndrome

hong hua dose

0.9-1.5g to harmonize blood

hu tao ren dose

4.5-9g

ji nei jin dose

1.5-3g (powder)

lu hui dose

1.5-4.5g

mai ya dose

60g to inhibit lactation

mang xiao dose

6-18g

mu li dose

9-30g

ren shen dose

30 g for hemorrhagic shock

rou gui dose

1.5-4.5g use in small dosage

san qi dose

1-1.5g (powder), 3-9g (decoction)

shan yao dose

up to 300g daily to treat wasting and thirsting disorder as a tea

shen qu dose

6-15g (decoctions)

wei ling xiang dose

15-30g for fishbone

wu wei zi dose

3-6g for chronic cough, 6-9g as a tonic

xing ren dose

overdose in children 20-30 seeds, symptoms manifest as dizziness, nausea, vomiting, headache, difficult breathing, tremors, pupil dilation, irregular heartbeat and coma

yi mu cao dose

up to 120g to treat edema from glomerulonephritis

yin chen hao dose

up to 30g for severe cases of heat or damp heat

dang shen substitution for ren shen

2-3x

dan shen to other ingredients in dan shen yin

1 to 1

huang qi to dang gui in dang guib u xue tang

5 to 1

bai shao to gui zhi in xiao jian zhong tang

2 to 1

sheng jiang dose in wu zhu yu tang

18g

cang zhu dose in ping wei san

12-15g

bai zhu dose in zhen wu tang

6g