✵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:Dispelling Internal Cold Herbs.
Introduction: Dispelling Internal Cold Herbs: also known as interior-warming herbs, an agent or substance herbs that warms the interior and expels internal cold, also known as cold-expelling herbs, interior-warming herbs mostly are pungent in flavor and heat in nature, have warming and cold-dispelling functions.
Interior-warming herbs mostly are heat and warm in property, pungent in flavor, have functions warming the interior and dispelling internal cold, recuperating depleted yang, warming meridians and relieving pains, etc., and these herbs are mainly used for cold syndrome, and syndrome of Yang-depletion syndrome due to Yang deficiency of heart-kidney. These herbs should not be used for those with syndromes of excessive heat, Yin deficiency with up-flaming fire (excessive fire from Yin deficiency), asthenia of blood and body fluid, should be used cautiously for pregnant woman, or in hot weather days.
Representative herbs of this kind are Cortex Cinnamoni (Ròu Guì), Rhizoma Zingiberis (Gàn Jiānɡ), and other herbs including Pericarpium Zanthoxyli (Huā Jiāo), Fructus Evodiae (Wú Zhū Yú), Fructus Piperis Longi (Bì Bá), Flos Caryophylli (Dīnɡ Xiānɡ), Rhizoma Alpiniae Officinarum (Gāo Liánɡ Jiānɡ), Fructus Foeniculi (Xiǎo Huí Xiānɡ), Fructus Litseae (Bì Chénɡ Qié, Shān Hú Jiāo), Piper nigrum (Hú Jiāo), etc. Among above herbs, Piper nigrum (Hú Jiāo) is introduced in Popular Herbs.
✵Till January 1st, 2024, there are totally [9] kinds of common TCM herbs, [14] kinds of related plant species, are recorded in this category. These Dispelling Internal Cold Herbs are briefly introduced separately:
Cortex Cinnamoni (Cassia Bark).
Brief Introduction: The herb Cortex Cinnamoni is the dried stem bark of Cinnamomum cassia Presl., and another usable plant species, Cinnamomum cassia Presl var.macrophyllum Chu (family Lauraceae), used (1).to warm the kidney in the treatment of impotence and chronic diarrhea with coldness of the limbs, (2).to alleviate pain by dispelling cold for epigastric and abdominal pain due to cold attack or deficiency-cold, and (3).to promote menstruation in cases of amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea. The herb is commonly known as Cortex Cinnamoni, Cassia Bark, Ròu Guì.
Rhizoma Zingiberis (Dried Ginger).
Brief Introduction: The herb Rhizoma Zingiberis is the dried rhizome of Zingiber officinale (Willd.) Rosc.(family Zingiberaceae), used (1).to warm the spleen and stomach for the relief of nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea due to deficiency-cold of the spleen and stomach, and (2)to warm the lung for treating chronic cough with thin, white and foamy expectoration. The herb is commonly known as Rhizoma Zingiberis, Dried Ginger, Gàn Jiānɡ.
Pericarpium Zanthoxyli (Prickly-ash Peel).
Brief Introduction: The herb Pericarpium Zanthoxyli is the dried ripe pericarp of Zanthoxylum bungeanum Maxim., or Zanthoxylum schinifolium Sieb.et Zucc (family Rutaceae), used (1). to warm the stomach for the treatment of gastralgia and dyspepsia due to cold, (2).as an ascaricide, and (3).externally for treating eczema and pruritus. The herb is commonly known as Pericarpium Zanthoxyli, Prickly-ash Peel, Huā Jiāo.
Fructus Evodiae (Evodia Fruit).
Brief Introduction: The herb Fructus Evodiae is the dried nearly mature fruit of Evodia rutaecarpa (Juss.) Benth., Evodia rutaecarpa (Juss.) Benth.var.officinalis (Dode) Huang., or Evodia rutaecarpa (Juss.) Benth.var.bodinieri (Dode) Huang (family Rutaceae), used to warm the stomach and relieve pain in the cases of gastralgia, abdominal pain, acid regurgitation and vomiting. The herb is commonly known as Fructus Evodiae, Evodia Fruit, Wú Zhū Yú.
Fructus Piperis Longi (Long Pepper).
Brief Introduction: The herb Fructus Piperis Longi is the dried nearly ripe or ripe fruit-spike of Piper longum L (family Piperaceae), used to warm the stomach for the treatment of cold and pain in the stomach. The herb is commonly known as Fructus Piperis Longi, Long Pepper, or Bì Bá.
Flos Caryophylli (Cloves).
Brief Introduction: The herb Flos Caryophylli is the dried flower-bud of Eugenia caryophyllata Thunb (family Myrtaceae), used (1).to warm the stomach for the relief of vomiting and hiccups due to cold, and (2).to warm the kidney for treating impotence. The herb is commonly known as Flos Caryophylli, Cloves, Dīnɡ Xiānɡ.
Brief Introduction: The herb Rhizoma Alpiniae Officinarum is the dried rhizome of Alpinia officinarum Hance (family Zingiberaceae), used to warm the stomach for relieving gastralgia and vomiting due to cold. The herb is commonly known as Rhizoma Alpiniae Officinarum, Lesser Galangal Rhizome, Gāo Liánɡ Jiānɡ.
Fructus Foeniculi (Fennel Fruit).
Brief Introduction: The herb Fructus Foeniculi is the dried fruit of Foeniculum vulgare Mill.(family Umbelliferae), used to dispel cold, regulate the Qi flow and relieve pain for treating cold pain in the lower abdomen, and distending pain in the testis. The herb is commonly known as Fructus Foeniculi, Fennel Fruit, Xiǎo Huí Xiānɡ.
Fructus Litseae (Mountain Spicy Fruit).
Brief Introduction: The herb Fructus Litseae is the dried ripe fruit of Litsea cubeba (Lour.) Pers., or Piper cubeba L (family Lauraceae), used to warm the stomach for relieving vomiting, epigastric and abdominal pain due to cold. The herb is commonly known as Fructus Litseae, Mountain Spicy Fruit, Bì Chénɡ Qié, Shān Jī Jiāo, or Shān Hú Jiāo.
✵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: Dispelling Internal Cold Herbs: also known as interior-warming herbs, an agent or substance herbs that warms the interior and expels internal cold, also known as cold-expelling herbs, interior-warming herbs mostly are pungent in flavor and heat in nature, have warming and cold-dispelling functions.
Brief Introduction: The herb Cortex Cinnamoni is the dried stem bark of Cinnamomum cassia Presl., and another usable plant species, Cinnamomum cassia Presl var.macrophyllum Chu (family Lauraceae), used (1).to warm the kidney in the treatment of impotence and chronic diarrhea with coldness of the limbs, (2).to alleviate pain by dispelling cold for epigastric and abdominal pain due to cold attack or deficiency-cold, and (3).to promote menstruation in cases of amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea. The herb is commonly known as Cortex Cinnamoni, Cassia Bark, Ròu Guì.
Brief Introduction: The herb Rhizoma Zingiberis is the dried rhizome of Zingiber officinale (Willd.) Rosc.(family Zingiberaceae), used (1).to warm the spleen and stomach for the relief of nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea due to deficiency-cold of the spleen and stomach, and (2)to warm the lung for treating chronic cough with thin, white and foamy expectoration. The herb is commonly known as Rhizoma Zingiberis, Dried Ginger, Gàn Jiānɡ.
Brief Introduction: The herb Pericarpium Zanthoxyli is the dried ripe pericarp of Zanthoxylum bungeanum Maxim., or Zanthoxylum schinifolium Sieb.et Zucc (family Rutaceae), used (1). to warm the stomach for the treatment of gastralgia and dyspepsia due to cold, (2).as an ascaricide, and (3).externally for treating eczema and pruritus. The herb is commonly known as Pericarpium Zanthoxyli, Prickly-ash Peel, Huā Jiāo.
Brief Introduction: The herb Fructus Evodiae is the dried nearly mature fruit of Evodia rutaecarpa (Juss.) Benth., Evodia rutaecarpa (Juss.) Benth.var.officinalis (Dode) Huang., or Evodia rutaecarpa (Juss.) Benth.var.bodinieri (Dode) Huang (family Rutaceae), used to warm the stomach and relieve pain in the cases of gastralgia, abdominal pain, acid regurgitation and vomiting. The herb is commonly known as Fructus Evodiae, Evodia Fruit, Wú Zhū Yú.
Brief Introduction: The herb Fructus Piperis Longi is the dried nearly ripe or ripe fruit-spike of Piper longum L (family Piperaceae), used to warm the stomach for the treatment of cold and pain in the stomach. The herb is commonly known as Fructus Piperis Longi, Long Pepper, or Bì Bá.
Brief Introduction: The herb Flos Caryophylli is the dried flower-bud of Eugenia caryophyllata Thunb (family Myrtaceae), used (1).to warm the stomach for the relief of vomiting and hiccups due to cold, and (2).to warm the kidney for treating impotence. The herb is commonly known as Flos Caryophylli, Cloves, Dīnɡ Xiānɡ.
Brief Introduction: The herb Rhizoma Alpiniae Officinarum is the dried rhizome of Alpinia officinarum Hance (family Zingiberaceae), used to warm the stomach for relieving gastralgia and vomiting due to cold. The herb is commonly known as Rhizoma Alpiniae Officinarum, Lesser Galangal Rhizome, Gāo Liánɡ Jiānɡ.
Brief Introduction: The herb Fructus Foeniculi is the dried fruit of Foeniculum vulgare Mill.(family Umbelliferae), used to dispel cold, regulate the Qi flow and relieve pain for treating cold pain in the lower abdomen, and distending pain in the testis. The herb is commonly known as Fructus Foeniculi, Fennel Fruit, Xiǎo Huí Xiānɡ.
Brief Introduction: The herb Fructus Litseae is the dried ripe fruit of Litsea cubeba (Lour.) Pers., or Piper cubeba L (family Lauraceae), used to warm the stomach for relieving vomiting, epigastric and abdominal pain due to cold. The herb is commonly known as Fructus Litseae, Mountain Spicy Fruit, Bì Chénɡ Qié, Shān Jī Jiāo, or Shān Hú Jiāo.