Also Known As: Rose Rugosa
Chinese Name: 玫瑰花
Thermal Nature: Warm
Flavor: Bitter, sweet
Organ Meridian: Spleen, liver
Properties: Harmonize liver Qi, stop bleeding and relieve pain, promote blood circulation
Best Use For: Harmonizing liver and stomach Qi, relieving menstruation irregularity
Serving Per Day For One Person: 3 to 6g
Dietary Caution: People with Yin deficiency should reduce intake of rose
Suitable For: Blood stasis body constitution
Also Known As: Citrus Medica
Chinese Name: 佛手
Thermal Nature: Warm
Flavor: Bitter, pungent, sour
Organ Meridian: Spleen, lung, liver, stomach
Properties: Harmonize liver and stomach Qi, dissolves phlegm
Best Use For: Relieving stagnant Qi in the liver and stomach
Serving Per Day For One Person: 3 to 10g
Dietary Caution: People with Yin deficiency should reduce their intake of fingered citron
Suitable For: All types of body constitution
Also Known As: Citrus Reticulata
Chinese Name: 陈皮
Thermal Nature: Warm
Flavor: Bitter, pungent
Organ Meridian: Spleen, lung
Properties: Strengthen the spleen and harmonize Qi flow in the stomach and spleen, dissolves phlegm
Best Use For: Highly effective for people who experience bloated stomach especially after eating dairy or foods that obstruct Qi flow in the stomach. Click here to read more about its benefits and usage.
Serving Per Day For One Person: 3 to 10g
Dietary Caution: People with Qi or Yin deficiency should reduce the intake of tangerine peel
Suitable For: All types of body constitution
Also Known As: Ziziphus Jujuba
Chinese Name: 酸枣仁
Thermal Nature: Neutral
Flavor: Sweet, sour
Organ Meridian: Heart, liver
Properties: Calms the mind, harmonizes the liver
Best Use For: Treating people with insomnia, especially when it is caused by a lack of nourishment in liver blood
Serving Per Day For One Person: 10 to 15g
Dietary Caution: Not known
Suitable For: All types of body constitution
Also Known As: Poria Cocos
Chinese Name: 茯苓
Thermal Nature: Neutral
Flavor: Sweet
Organ Meridian: Heart, lung, spleen, kidney
Properties: Promotes urination to remove dampness, strengthens the spleen and calms the mind
Best Use for: Relieving water retention and difficulty in urination, strengthening the spleen, calming the mind which relieves people from insomnia
Serving Per Day For One Person: 10 to 15g
Dietary Caution: Not known
Suitable For: All types of body constitution
Also Known As: Houttuynia Cordata
Chinese Name: 鱼腥草
Thermal Nature: Cold (Slight)
Flavor: Pungent
Organ Meridian: Lung
Properties: Cools the body and helps with detoxification, dissolves phlegm, promotes urination
Best Use For: Relieving nasal blockage
Serving Per Day For One Person: 10 to 15g
Dietary Caution: People with weak spleen should avoid consuming the chameleon plant alone. Not suitable to be cooked for a prolonged period of time.
Suitable For: All types of body constitution
Also Known As: Taraxacum Mongolicum
Chinese Name: 蒲公英
Thermal Nature: Cold
Flavor: Sweet, bitter
Organ Meridian: Liver, stomach
Properties: Cools the body and helps with detoxification, relieves swells and eases water retention in the body
Best Use For: Detoxifying, removing toxins in the liver
Serving Per Day For One Person: 10 to 15g
Dietary Caution: People with weak spleen should avoid consuming dandelions alone
Suitable For: All types of body constitution
Also Known As: Lonicera Japonica
Chinese Name: 金银花 (Jin Yin Hua)
Thermal Nature: Cold
Flavor: Sweet
Organ Meridian: Lung, heart, stomach
Properties: Cools the body, helps with detoxification, expels heat (wind-type)
Best Use For: Cooling the body when the person has heat-type flu (sore throat, fever etc), treating acne that is caused by heat toxins (due to wrong diet or foods)
Serving Per Day For One Person: 9 to 15g
Dietary Caution: Honeysuckle is a very cooling herb, do not consume it for long term. People with weak spleen should also avoid consuming honeysuckle alone.
Suitable For: All types of body constitution
Also Known As: Chrysanthemum Morifolium
Chinese Name: 菊花
Thermal Nature: Cold (Slight)
Flavor: Sweet, bitter
Organ Meridian: Lung, liver
Properties: Expel heat, relieve headache due to cold, relieve pain around the eye area
Best Use For: Treating heat-type flu. There are various kinds of chrysanthemum, please refer here for more details on the differences.
Serving Per Day For One Person: 5 to 10g
Dietary Caution: People with weak spleen should avoid consuming chrysanthemum alone
Suitable For: All types of body constitution
Also Known As: Mentha Haplocalyx
Chinese Name: 薄荷
Thermal Nature: Cooling
Flavor: Pungent
Organ Meridian: Lung, liver
Properties: Expel heat, relieve headache due to cold, harmonize liver energy
Best Use For: Treating heat-type flu, has excellent properties in promoting sweating (which helps to get rid of body heatiness)
Serving Per Day For One Person: 3 to 6g
Dietary Caution: People with Yin deficiency should reduce their intake of peppermint
Suitable For: All types of body constitution
