Gastrodia Elata
Licorice
Cordyceps
Dong Quai
Goji berries
Astragalus

Hua Xue Dan

Huaxuedan, a name in traditional Chinese medicine. It is the whole plant of Melasmaarvense (Benth.) Hand. Mazz., a member of the Scrophulariaceae family. It is distributed in Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Yunnan. It has the effects of clearing heat, draining dampness, promoting blood circulation, and dispersing blood stasis. It is used for jaundice-type hepatitis, hepatosplenomegaly, trauma, and dysmenorrhea.

Fish-smell Grass

Houttuynia cordata, a traditional Chinese medicinal herb, refers to the fresh whole plant or dried aerial parts of Houttuynia cordata Thunb., a plant belonging to the genus Houttuynia in the family Saururaceae.It has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, resolving abscesses and draining pus, and promoting urination and relieving dysuria. It is primarily used to treat lung abscesses with purulent discharge, coughs caused by lung heat, heat-toxin sores and abscesses, damp-heat dysuria, and damp-heat diarrhea and dysentery.

Niuwang Feijincao

Niuwang Feijincao, a name in traditional Chinese medicine. It refers to the whole plant, including the roots, of Phlomis umbrosa Turcz. var. australis Hemsl. (family Lamiaceae). It is distributed in southwestern China, as well as in Shaanxi, Gansu, Anhui, Hubei, Hunan, and Tibet. It has the effects of dispelling wind and relieving cough, promoting blood circulation and unblocking meridians, and detoxifying and reducing swelling.It is primarily used to treat colds, coughs, rheumatic pain, weakness in the lower back and knees, bruises and hematomas from falls or blows, fractures, and abscesses and toxic swellings.

White-backed Poplar

White-backed Poplar is the name of a traditional Chinese medicinal herb. It consists of the leaves of *Populus argentea* (silver poplar), a plant in the Salicaceae family. It is distributed in Northeast China, North China, Northwest China, and Guangxi, among other regions. It has the effects of expelling phlegm, reducing inflammation, relieving wheezing, and suppressing coughs. It is primarily used to treat chronic bronchitis, coughs, and wheezing.

Wild Gastrodia elata vs Cultivated

Wild Gastrodia elata is on the verge of depletion, and 90 percent of the “wild” products on the market are actually farm-grown. Yiliang Wu Gastrodia elata, cultivated under forest canopies in the Wumeng Mountains using semi-wild methods, grows naturally in pristine mountain forests. Its quality rivals that of wild Gastrodia elata, and the plump, firm … Read more