Nature of herb: Neutral

Taste: Slightly sweet, sour

Category: Seed

Good for:
1. Neurasthenia, insomnia, forgetfulness

2. Palpitations

3. For general debility with spontaneous sweating and night sweating

Nature of herb: Warm, slight toxicity 

Taste: Spicy

Category: Root

Good for:
1. Productive cough, chest pain

2. Vomiting

3. Subcutaneous nodule, goiter

4. Skin infections

5. Scrofula

6. Snake bites

Nature of herb: Neutral

Taste: Sweet

Category: Root

Good for:
1. Sore throat, cough

2. Gastric hyposecretion, gastroduodenal ulcer

3. Hysteria

4. Dermatitis and boils

5. Drug and food poisoning

Nature of herb: Cool

Taste: Slightly sweet

Category: Stem

Good for:
1. Cough with thick and yellow sputum

2. Vexation, feeling of oppression in the chest, insomnia, palpitation

3. Vomiting, bitter taste in the mouth

4. Bleeding

Nature of herb: Neutral

Taste: Slightly bitter

Category: Stem

Good for:
1. Vexation, insomnia, excessive dreams, insanity and mania

2. Rheumatism

3. Urticaria (external use)

Nature of herb: Cool

Taste: Slightly bitter, sour

Category: Root

Good for:
1. Menstrual disorders, dysfunctional uterine bleeding

2. Hypochondriac pain, abdominal pain and spasmodic pain of the limbs

3. Headache and dizziness

4. Sweating

Nature of herb: Cool

Taste: Slightly bitter

Category: Root

Good for:
1. Common cold

2. Fever

3. Cholecystitis

4. Menstrual disorders

3. Headache and dizziness

4. Sweating

Nature of herb: Warm

Taste: Acrid but fresh, slightly bitter

Category: Seed 

Good for:
1. Feeling of fullness and distending pain in the chest and upper abdomen, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, abdominal pain

2. Prevent miscarriage

Nature of herb: Neutral

Taste: Slightly sweet

Category: Root

Good for:
1. Anorexia, loose stool

2. Weakness, lassitude

3. Cough and dyspnoea, feeble voice

4. Dehydration

5. Rectal prolapse, uterine prolapse

Nature of herb: Warm

Taste: Spicy

Category: Root

Good for:
1. Pain and cold feeling in the lower abdomen, diarrhoea, vomiting

2. Cough with thin sputum

3. Shock

Nature of herb: Warm

Taste: Sweet, acrid & slightly bitter

Category: Root

Good for:
1. Anaemia

2. Menstrual disorders

3. Headache, abdominal pain, chest pain, coronary heart disease, rheumatism, trauma

4. Constipation

5. Carbuncles and sores

Nature of herb: Warm

Taste: Bitter, acrid, slightly tongue-numbing and then slightly sweet

Category: Rhizome

Good for:
1. Menstrual disorders

2. Dizziness, headache, chest pain

3. Aversion to cold

4. Abdominal pain with mass formation, post traumatic swelling and pain

5. Rheumatic arthralgia

Nature of herb: Warm

Taste: Sweet and slightly acrid, slightly sticky when chewed

Category: Root

Good for:
1. Anorexia, abdominal distension, chronic diarrhoea, weakness

2. Oedema, oliguria

3. Spontaneous sweating

4. Threatened abortion and morning sickness

5. Arthralgia

Nature of herb: Cold

Taste: Slightly sweet

Category: Root

Good for:
1. Haemoptysis, epistaxis, menorrhagia

2. Menstrual disorders, constipation

Processed:

1. Anaemia, weakness

2. Nocturnal emission

3. Low-grade afternoon fever

4. Night sweating, menorrhagia

Nature of herb: Neutral

Taste: Mild

Category: Fungi

Good for:
1. Oedema, dysuria

2. Leukorrhagia

3. Cough

4. Diarrhoea, jaundice

5. Palpitaton, insomnia, dizziness, chronic schizophrenia

Nature of herb: Warm

Taste: Spicy

Category: Root

Good for:
1. Pain and cold feeling in the lower abdomen, diarrhoea, vomiting

2. Cough with thin sputum

3. Shock

Nature of herb: Cold

Taste: Slightly bitter

Category: Root

Good for:
1. Nephritic oedema, pyelitis, dysuria

2. Enteritis, diarrhoea

Nature of herb: Neutral

Taste: Mild

Category: Mycorrhiza

Good for:
1. Odema, dysuria, stranguria, renal stone

2. Jaundice, chronic hepatitis

3. Leukorrhagia

Nature of herb: Cool

Taste: Slightly sweet

Category: Root

Good for:
1. Common cold with fever

2. Thirst

3. Acute gastro-enteritis, diarrhoea

4. Palpitation

Nature of herb: Warm

Taste: Slightly bitter, acrid

Category: Rhizome

Good for:
1. Common cold, headache, generalized pain

2. Rheumatism

Nature of herb: Warm

Taste: Sweet and slightly acrid, cortex with a stronger taste

Category: Root

Good for:
1. Common cold, cough, dizziness

2. Palpitation, precordial pain

3. Arthralgia

4. Amenorrhoea, dysmenorrhoea

5. Dysuria, oedema

Nature of herb: Cool

Taste: Slightly bitter-astringent

Category: Root

Good for:
1. Menstrual disorders, lochiorrhoea, lochiostasis

2. Abdominal pain, pricking pain in the chest, trauma, rheumatism

3. Irritability, palpitations and insomnia

Nature of herb: Hot

Taste: Numbing, tongue-pricking

Category: Root

Good for:
1. Shock

2. Impotence, emission

3. Urinary frequency, oedema

4. Diarrhoea, constipation

5. Arthralgia, periarthritis of shoulder joint