Translations:Chinese herbology/24/en

These categories mainly include:

exterior-releasing or exterior-resolving
heat-clearing
downward-draining or precipitating
wind-damp-dispelling
dampness-transforming
promoting the movement of water and percolating dampness or dampness-percolating
interior-warming
qi-regulating or qi-rectifying
dispersing food accumulation or food-dispersing
worm-expelling
stopping bleeding or blood-stanching
quickening the Blood and dispelling stasis or blood-quickening or Blood-moving.
transforming phlegm, stopping coughing and calming wheezing or phlegm-transforming and cough- and panting-suppressing
Spirit-quieting or Shen-calming.
calming the Liver and expelling wind or Liver-calming and wind-extinguishing
orifice-opening
supplementing or tonifying: this includes qi-supplementing, blood-nourishing, yin-enriching, and yang-fortifying.
astriction-promoting or securing and astringing
vomiting-inducing
substances for external application