✵The TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) herbalism is also known as pharmaceutics of Traditional Chinese Medicine, or Chinese pharmaceutics, is the branch of health science dealing with the preparation, dispensing, and proper utilization of Chinese herbs. It is majorly composed of Introduction of Chinese Medicinals, Classification of Chinese Herbs, Formulas, and Patent medicines.
Classifications of Herbs:Herbs Digestives and Evacuants.
Introduction: Herbs Digestives and Evacuants: also known as digestant herbs, an agent or substance that aids digestion to eliminate accumulated undigested food, also known as digestant and evacuant herbs.
Digestant and evacuant herbs are sweet or pungent in flavor, warm in property, have functions aiding digestion and eliminate accumulated undigested food, and are mainly used for syndromes due to indigestion and stagnation of undigested food, such as abdominal fullness and distention, ructus and acid regurgitation, nausea and vomiting, poor appetite (do not feel like eating), loose bowels, constipation, etc. Representative herbs of this kind are Fructus Crataegi (Shān Zhā), Massa Fermentata Medicinalis (Shén Qū), and other herbs including Fructus Crataegi Preparatus (Jiāo Shān Zhā), Fructus Hordei Germinatus (Mài Yá), Fructus Setariae Germinatus (Gǔ Yá), Semen Raphani (Lái Fú Zǐ), etc.
✵Till January 1st, 2024, there are totally, there are Totally [9] kinds of common TCM herbs, [8] kinds of related plant species, are recorded in this category. These Herbs Digestives and Evacuants are briefly introduced separately:
Fructus Crataegi (Hawthorn Fruit).
Brief Introduction: The herb Fructus Crataegi is the dried ripe fruit of Large Chinese Hawthorn, Crataegus pinnatifida Bunge var.major N.E. Br., or Chinese Hawthorn, Crataegus pinnatifida Bunge (family Rosaceae), used to improve digestion and relieve food stagnation for the treatment of dyspepsia and stagnation of fatty food, also to activate blood flow for treating amenorrhea and postpartum abdominal pain due to blood stasis. The herb is commonly known as Fructus Crataegi, Hawthorn Fruit, Shān Zhā.
Brief Introduction: The herb Fructus Crataegi Preparatus is hawthorn fruit stir-baked to a brown color, used to improve digestion and relieve food stagnation for the treatment of dyspepsia and stagnation of fatty food. The herb is commonly known as Fructus Crataegi Preparatus, Charred Hawthorn Fruit, Jiāo Shān Zhā.
Massa Fermentata Medicinalis (Medicated Leaven).
Brief Introduction: The herb Massa Fermentata Medicinalis is the dried mass of a fermented mixture of wheat flour, fresh aerial parts of Artemisia annua L, Apricot kernel, and Polygonum hydropiper, used to improve digestion for the treatment of dyspepsia and abdominal distension due to food stagnation. The herb is commonly known as Massa Fermentata Medicinalis, Medicated Leaven, Massa Medicata Fermentata, Shén Qū.
Fructus Hordei Germinatus (Germinated Barley).
Brief Introduction: The herb Fructus Hordei Germinatus is the dried germinated grain of barley, Hordeum vulgare L (family Graminae), used (1).to improve digestion for treating dyspepsia, and (2).to inhibit milk secretion for stopping lactation. The herb is commonly known as Fructus Hordei Germinatus, Germinated Barley, Mài Yá.
Brief Introduction: The herb Fructus Hordei Germinatus Preparatus is germinated grain of barley stir-baked to a brown color, used to improve digestion for treating dyspepsia induced by cereal food and infantile lactodyspepsia. The herb is commonly known as Fructus Hordei Germinatus Preparatus, Charred Germinated Barley, Jiāo Mài Yá.
Fructus Oryzae Germinatus (Rice-grain Sprout).
Brief Introduction: The herb Fructus Oryzae Germinatus is the dried germinated grains of rice, Oryza sativa L (family Graminae), used to improve digestion for the treatment of poor appetite and dyspepsia. The herb is commonly known as Fructus Oryzae Germinatus, Rice-grain Sprout, Dào Yá.
Fructus Setariae Germinatus (Millet Sprout).
Brief Introduction: The herb Fructus Setariae Germinatus is the dried germinated grains of millet, Setaria italica (L.) Beauv (family Graminae), used in the same way as rice-grain sprout to improve digestion for the treatment of poor appetite and dyspepsia. The herb is commonly known as Fructus Setariae Germinatus, Millet Sprout, Gǔ Yá.
Charred Triplet.
Brief Introduction: The herb Charred Triplet is a mixture that consists of equal parts of charred medicated leavens, charred hawthorn fruit and charred germinated barley, and has a stronger effect for improving digestion than each of them alone. It is commonly known as Jiāo Sān Xiān.
Semen Raphani (Radish Seed).
Brief Introduction: The herb Semen Raphani is the dried ripe seed of garden radish, Raphanus sativus L (family Cruciferae), used (1).to improve the digestion and direct Qi downward for the treatment of food stagnation with abdominal distension and pain, and (2).to resolve phlegm for cough and dyspnea with profuse expectoration. The herb is commonly known as Semen Raphani, Radish Seed, Lái Fú Zǐ.
✵The TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) herbalism is also known as pharmaceutics of Traditional Chinese Medicine, or Chinese pharmaceutics, is the branch of health science dealing with the preparation, dispensing, and proper utilization of Chinese herbs. It is majorly composed of Introduction of Chinese Medicinals, Classification of Chinese Herbs, Formulas, and Patent medicines.
Introduction: Herbs Digestives and Evacuants: also known as digestant herbs, an agent or substance that aids digestion to eliminate accumulated undigested food, also known as digestant and evacuant herbs.
Introduction: The Herbs Digestives and Evacuants are known including:Fructus Crataegi (Hawthorn Fruit), Fructus Crataegi Preparatus (Charred Hawthorn Fruit), Massa Fermentata Medicinalis (Medicated Leaven), Fructus Hordei Germinatus (Germinated Barley), Fructus Hordei Germinatus Preparatus (Charred Germinated Barley), Fructus Oryzae Germinatus (Rice-grain Sprout), Fructus Setariae Germinatus (Millet Sprout), Charred Triplet, Semen Raphani (Radish Seed), etc.
Brief Introduction: The herb Fructus Crataegi is the dried ripe fruit of Large Chinese Hawthorn, Crataegus pinnatifida Bunge var.major N.E. Br., or Chinese Hawthorn, Crataegus pinnatifida Bunge (family Rosaceae), used to improve digestion and relieve food stagnation for the treatment of dyspepsia and stagnation of fatty food, also to activate blood flow for treating amenorrhea and postpartum abdominal pain due to blood stasis. The herb is commonly known as Fructus Crataegi, Hawthorn Fruit, Shān Zhā.
Brief Introduction: The herb Fructus Crataegi Preparatus is hawthorn fruit stir-baked to a brown color, used to improve digestion and relieve food stagnation for the treatment of dyspepsia and stagnation of fatty food. The herb is commonly known as Fructus Crataegi Preparatus, Charred Hawthorn Fruit, Jiāo Shān Zhā.
Brief Introduction: The herb Massa Fermentata Medicinalis is the dried mass of a fermented mixture of wheat flour, fresh aerial parts of Artemisia annua L, Apricot kernel, and Polygonum hydropiper, used to improve digestion for the treatment of dyspepsia and abdominal distension due to food stagnation. The herb is commonly known as Massa Fermentata Medicinalis, Medicated Leaven, Massa Medicata Fermentata, Shén Qū.
Brief Introduction: The herb Fructus Hordei Germinatus is the dried germinated grain of barley, Hordeum vulgare L (family Graminae), used (1).to improve digestion for treating dyspepsia, and (2).to inhibit milk secretion for stopping lactation. The herb is commonly known as Fructus Hordei Germinatus, Germinated Barley, Mài Yá.
Brief Introduction: The herb Fructus Hordei Germinatus Preparatus is germinated grain of barley stir-baked to a brown color, used to improve digestion for treating dyspepsia induced by cereal food and infantile lactodyspepsia. The herb is commonly known as Fructus Hordei Germinatus Preparatus, Charred Germinated Barley, Jiāo Mài Yá.
Brief Introduction: The herb Fructus Oryzae Germinatus is the dried germinated grains of rice, Oryza sativa L (family Graminae), used to improve digestion for the treatment of poor appetite and dyspepsia. The herb is commonly known as Fructus Oryzae Germinatus, Rice-grain Sprout, Dào Yá.
Brief Introduction: The herb Fructus Setariae Germinatus is the dried germinated grains of millet, Setaria italica (L.) Beauv (family Graminae), used in the same way as rice-grain sprout to improve digestion for the treatment of poor appetite and dyspepsia. The herb is commonly known as Fructus Setariae Germinatus, Millet Sprout, Gǔ Yá.
Brief Introduction: The herb Charred Triplet is a mixture that consists of equal parts of charred medicated leavens, charred hawthorn fruit and charred germinated barley, and has a stronger effect for improving digestion than each of them alone. It is commonly known as Jiāo Sān Xiān.
Brief Introduction: The herb Semen Raphani is the dried ripe seed of garden radish, Raphanus sativus L (family Cruciferae), used (1).to improve the digestion and direct Qi downward for the treatment of food stagnation with abdominal distension and pain, and (2).to resolve phlegm for cough and dyspnea with profuse expectoration. The herb is commonly known as Semen Raphani, Radish Seed, Lái Fú Zǐ.
