Scutellaria baicalensis provides help on diseases like anxiety, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Prostate Cancer, mild depression, Hepatitis, and so on. But its health benefits don’t end medicinally, it is also widely used in the industry of skin care and cosmetics thanks to its antioxidant properties.
From more than 2,000 years of history and application, Chinese pharmacists continue to learn, to study and further the understanding about this herb. Now astragalus is widely believed to be a good medicine that can provide a great many health benefits, especially for healing and for Diabetes.
As one of articles of tribute in Ming and Qing Dynasties, this herb has a long history of treating illness. Actually coptis is a household name because there are tons of famous herbal formulas that contain this ingredient.
At the mention of tonics for the elderly, ginseng, deer antler (lu rong) and other rare expensive herbs will come to mind for many people. In fact, rhizoma polygonati is the ideal tonic for the elderly who need to nurse and strengthen the body.
In terms of TCM, there is a popular belief that Achyranthes Root is good at descending in medicinal properties. It has an extraordinary healing power that can guide the stones formed in the gallbladder, kidney, bladder, and urethra downward and thus discharge them out of the body.
As stated, sophora japonica flower and bud are good at stopping bleeding by astringency; fruit is expert in stopping bleeding and lowering blood pressure; root bark and leaf are skilled in curing sore.
As one of common Chinese herbs, it is mainly used for treating stranguria by promoting diuresis. That’s to say, it covers a variety of stranguria due to its mild property.
What is Japanese knotweed(Polygonum Cuspidatum, Hu Zhang)? Medicinally it mainly refers to the dried rhizomes and roots of Polygonum cuspidatum Sieb. et Zucc., a plant in the family Polygonaceae. This plant is native to China, Japan, and Korea.
This plant, in particular juglans regia nuts, has high medicinal value and thus offers many health benefits. No wonder “Shen Nong’s Herbal Classic” (Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing) listed it as the top grade tonic of prolonging life...
According to “Compendium of Materia Medica”, it was commented with medicinal properties of tranquilizing viscera, securing soul, eliminating extravasated blood, healing poison produced by venomous insects, and so on.
Today mistletoe(Hu Ji Sheng) is not only a popular Christmas decoration, but also a promising medicinal plant for lowering blood pressure and treatment of common illnesses seen in senior citizens or even cancer.
As one of common Chinese and ayurvedic herbs, picrorhiza kurroa(Hu Huang Lian) has been confirmed by related research that it has potential hepatoprotective activity thanks to the antioxidant potential.