A materia medica for Chinese medicine plants, minerals and animal products

Preface   General principles of Chinese pharmacology   Herbs according to clinical groups:  I Herbs that release the exterior: warming and cooling acrid herbs  II Herbs that stop vomiting  IIa Herbs that promote vomiting  IIb Herbs that stop vomiting     III Herbs that purge and drain  IIIa Herbs that aggressively purge  IIIb Laxative herbs that moisten  IIIc Strong laxatives     IV Herbs that Cool Heat  IVa Herbs that drain fire and cool heat  IVb Herbs that cool Liver heat  IVc Herbs that cool blood  IVd Herbs that clear heat and dry dampness  IVe Herbs that cool and disinfect  IVf Herbs that clear heat from deficiency     V Aromatic herbs that Open the Orifices  VI Aromatic Herbs that Transform Dampness  VII Herbs that Drain and Transform Dampness  VIII Herbs that Dispel Wind-Dampness  IX Herbs that Warm the Interior and Expel Cold     X Substances that Calm the Spirit  Xa Substances that Anchor and Calm the Spirit  Xb Substances that Nourish the Heart and Calm the Spirit  Xc Substances that Extinguish Wind and Calm the Liver     XI Herbs that Regulate the Qi  XII Herbs tht Regulate the Blood  XIIa Herbs that Invigorate the Blood  XIIb Herbs that Stop Bleeding     XIII Herbs that Transform Phlegm and Stop Coughing  XIIIa Herbs that Transform Cold Phlegm  XIIIb Herbs that Cool and Transform Hot Phlegm  XIIIc Herbs that Stop Coughing     XIV Herbs that Promote Digestion     XV Tonifying herbs  XVa Qi tonifying herbs  XVb Tonifies yang  XVc Herbs that Tonify the Blood  XVd Herbs that Tonify the Yin     XVI Herbs that Stabilize and Bind  XVII Herbs that Expel Parasites  XVIII Substances for External Use   Treatment guidelines according to the main patterns of disharmony     How to prepare herbs   Appendix: Quality Proof of herbal drugs from Traditional Chinese  Medicine (TCM-drugs) by H. Wagner/R. Bauer   Indices:  General index  Latin herb names  Pinyin herb names  English herb names  Other herb names  Chinese herb names