Tonify Yin Herbs

Mai Men Dong (Radix Ophiopogonis)

TRANSLATION: Lush Winter Wheat
COMMON NAME: Ophiopogon; Ophiopogon Tuber
TASTE: Sweet, Slightly Bitter
TEMPERATURE: Slightly Cold
MERIDIAN ENTERED: Heart, Lung Stomach

Nan Sha Shen (Adenophora triphylla)

TRANSLATION: Sand Root from the South
COMMON NAME: Adenophora
TASTE: Sweet, Bitter, Bland
TEMPERATURE: Cool
MERIDIAN ENTERED: Lung, Stomach

Nu Zhen Zi (Fructus Ligustri Lucidi)

TRANSLATION:Female Chastity Seed
COMMON NAME:Ligustrum; Glossy Privet Fruit
TASTE:Bitter, Sweet
TEMPERATURE:Neutral
MERIDIAN ENTERED:Kidney, Liver

Shi Hu (Herba Dendrobii)

TRANSLATION:Bushel of Stone; Stone Bushel
COMMON NAME:Dendrobrium
TASTE:Slightly Salty, Bland, (Sweet)
TEMPERATURE:Cold
MERIDIAN ENTERED:Kidney, Stomach

Tian Men Dong (Asparagi Cochinchinensis Tuber)

TRANSLATION:Lush Winter Aerial Plant
COMMON NAME:Asparagus Tuber
TASTE:Sweet, Bitter
TEMPERATURE:Very Cold
MERIDIAN ENTERED:Kidney, Lung

Xi Yang Shen (Radix Panacis Quincquefolii)

TRANSLATION:Western Seas Root; Western Seas Ginseng; Western Ginseng
COMMON NAME:American Ginseng; Panax Quinquefolium
TASTE:Sweet, Slightly Bitter
TEMPERATURE:Cold
MERIDIAN ENTERED:Heart, Kidney, Lung