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Licorice: More Than Meets the Eye, Usage Requires Care

23 December, 2025 / admin

Licorice: From top to bottom, these are Special, A-grade, B-grade, C-grade, and D-grade licorice. Liangwai...

Do All ‘Jue Ming’ Varieties Benefit the Eyes? There’s Also a Lesser-Known Function

22 December, 2025 / admin

Raw Cassia Seed (Sheng Jue Ming Zi): Rhomboid, resembling a horse’s hoof, yellowish-brown, obliquely truncated...

Magnolia Bark (Houpo): A Common TCM Herb for Gastrointestinal Discomfort, Available in Various Forms with Distinct Characteristics

22 December, 2025 / admin

  Magnolia Root Bark (Genpo): Resembles chicken intestines, also known as ‘Chicken Intestine Houpo’ Hubei...

The Poria Fungus Used in Si Shen Tang Comes in Many Varieties with Different Efficacy; Careful Identification is Necessary

22 December, 2025 / admin

Poria cocos (Fu Ling): A block-shaped fungus, reddish-brown in color, with distinct wrinkles on its...

Is the common traditional Chinese medicine Chen Pi the peel of oranges, tangerines, or pomelos?

22 December, 2025 / admin

Guang Chen Pi: Appears as 4 segments, orange-red on the outside, shriveled and concave, with...

Introduction to Easily Confused Chinese Medicines in the “Qing Guan Yi Hao” Antiviral Formula

22 December, 2025 / admin

Raw Northern Ban Lan Gen: Nodules are visible Raw Northern Ban Lan Gen: Cylindrical, twisted...

Beware of Buying the Wrong Herbs for Popular Pandemic Prevention Herbal Teas

22 December, 2025 / admin

Artemisia annua Artemisia annua: Cylindrical stem, much branched, with longitudinal grooves, hollow pith in the...

During Epidemics, This Herb Thrives and Helps People Overcome Hardships

22 December, 2025 / admin

Mugwort Leaf: Ash-green in color, with shriveled and broken leaf blades, pinnately lobed, with short...

What Traditional Chinese Medicines Can Combat the Rampant COVID-19 Virus Globally?

22 December, 2025 / admin

Areca husk Areca husk: It presents as a gourd-shaped, hard, yellowish-gray shell with longitudinal fibers,...

What to do about bad breath from constantly wearing a mask??

22 December, 2025 / admin

Cloves (Male) Cloves (Male): Short club-shaped buds, spherical corolla, brownish-red, oily, aromatic with a pungent...

Honeysuckle, a common TCM herb in antiviral teas, should be used with caution by individuals with a certain genetic disorder

22 December, 2025 / admin

Honeysuckle: Also known as Jia Yin, it has slender, rod-shaped buds, with a pale yellow-white...

After ‘Lichun’, the Osmanthus Fragrance Fills the Air, Is its Bark the Cassia Bark Used in Traditional Chinese Medicine?

22 December, 2025 / admin

Qinghua Cassia: Semi-circular grooved, rolled tube, brownish-red. Inner surface reddish-brown, hard and brittle, sweet, spicy,...