1. Introduction
2. History
3. Common Chinese Medical Herbs
A. Animals
B. Plants
C. Minerals
4. Recipes
A. Ching Bo Leung
B. Ginseng Steamed with Chicken Legs
5. Bibliography

Chinese herbal medicines are a kind of old ways to heal someone?s wound or illness before the way we use to heal illness today. Chinese herbal medicines are divided into three types, plants, animals, and minerals. The most common Chinese medicines are plants, and the minerals are uncommon, there is only about a few hundreds of minerals kind medicines. Animals? medicines mean medicines from a part or a whole of a mammal, an insect, and a bird. Plant medicines can get from an herb?s stem, roots, leaves, fruit, seeds, or bulbs. Mineral medicines are usage of the crystals, crushed stone, or ground powder from a mineral.

There are a few ways to take the herbal medicines, cook as meals, cover them over bleeding wounds or eat it as desserts. (For more information, take a look on Recipes.) (Note: Not all the herbal medicine can be covered on a bleeding wound for healing the wound. Only puffballs, slices of chinese quince, and some animal skins can cover a bleeding wound, otherwise it would make the wounds worst.)

The Chinese herbs are unique because of the relationship between herbs, formulae, and Diagnosis. The most important thing is made sure you know your illness and you have to use the right herbs or follow your doctor?s instruction.

You may be interested in some terms about Chinese Medicine; I can explain those terms for you.

Herbalist
A person who use a Chinese diagnosis and prescribes Chinese herbal medicine.
Herbs
Plants type Chinese medicines.
Formulae
Several herbs are used together for healing the illness.
TCM
Short for Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Herbal Medicine
All the plant, animal, and mineral types of the Chinese medicines.

Most of the Chinese medicines are grown in Asia and Africa; some of the medicines are very common, like earthworms.

My favorite herb is ginger I have my favorite way to eat ginger; there?s my way to eat the ginger: First, I cut them into a small cube with a volume of 12.5cm, then I pound them hard with a large, heavy knife, next I cut them into very small pieces, and then I add some salt and mix them. Finally I put them in a small plate with boiled oil and soy sauce and I?m done.

Have healthy meals!

Everything was started by Shamanism in 4000 years ago. From then to now, only about 6000 different herbal medicines were found.

There is a story about the discovery of Chinese medicine:
One day, a farmer found a snake near his hut and beat it with a hoe; it got a bleeding wound on its head. It made a weakly growl and slithered away.
Next morning, the farmer had found the same snake without the wound slithered near his hut and beat it again.
Next morning, the farmer has found the same snake has healed, he beat the snake again. This time he followed the snake to a lear full of weeds, the snake moved to on of the weeds and eats the weeds.
Next morning, the farmer found out the snake has almost healed and still slithered near his nut. He was wondering about the weeds that the snake has eaten.
Shamans are the people forge the link of nature and supernature. So the best Shaman is Shen Nong, who always found new herbal medicines.

A tool for crushing mineral or hard medicine.

Some herbs can also plant in flowerpot.

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Common Chinese Medical Herbs

Animals

Common earthworm
This medicine is very common in the world, but to take this medicine make sure if you are brave enough to take it.

Where to find it: Common around the world.
Nature Taste: Salty, cold.
Effects: Sedative to liver, Antipyretic, Clean meridians dilates bronchi, diuretic.
Dosage: 5g-10g.
Remark: It can lower the blood pressure, so it was useful to a high blood pressure patient.

Scorpions
This medicine is good but it was poisonous.

Where to find it: South America, Asia, and Africa.
Nature taste: Pungent, Neutral.
Part use: Whole insect.
Effects: Antidote.
Dosage: Pure Powder: 0.05g-0.1g
Brewed: 1.5g-3g
Remark: This is poisonous, so use it carefully.

Cuttlefish bone
This medicine can found in around the sea.

Where to find it: Around the sea.
Nature taste: Salty, sighty warm.
Part use: The bone.
Effects: Hemostatic.
Dosage: 3g-10g

Praying Mantis
This medicine is similar to the earthworm, only we use its eggcase.

Where to find it: Around The world. Part use: Eggcase. Effect: Tonic to kidney-yang Dosage: 3g-10g.

Tortoise
This animal is similar to a turtle, only its mouth is a little longer.

Where to find it: Around the sea. Part use: The upper shell. Effect: Tonic to yin. Dosage: 10g-20g.

Plants

Panax Ginseng
This herb is one of the best herbal medicines in the world, so this is the most expansive. It is also called the King of the herbs.

Where to find it: Northeastern China, northern Korea.
Part use: Roots.
Effect: Tonic to lung and spleen.
Dosage: Normal: 2g-8g
Acute: 15g-20g.
Remark: Avoid tea and turnips; it regulates blood pressure and blood sugar.

Dandelion
This flower we always saw look useless, but it was useful as medicine.

Place can find it: The temperate zones of the world.
Part use: Whole plants.
Effect: Antidote.
Dosage: 10g-30g.
Remark: Antidote to poisonous snakebites.

Puff Ball
This medicine is look like a tiny potato. Inside is full of spore dust.

Place can find it: Around the world.
Part use: Spore dust.
Effect: Antidote.
Dosage: 1g-2g.
Remark: It can heal a bleeding wound.

Garlic
This vegetable is a medicine too, you might think it is not a medicine before you read this project.

Where to find it: Around the world. Part use: Its bulbs. Effect: Antidote. Dosage: 3-5 cloves.

Pumpkin
This Halloween fruit are also a type of seed medicine.

Where to find it: Around the world. Part use: Seeds. Effect: Anthelmintic. Dosage: 30g-50g.

Dried figs
This fruit is very taste, so it?s a good fruit for the treat, it was a medicine too.

Action: Moisten the lungs. Use: It can use for the soups or desserts.

Corn Silk

We can get it by buy corns with the silk, that mean we can not just get the medicine we can also get corns for your dinner. Action: It can lower the blood sugar, if you have high blood sugar level, use it! Use: Prescriptions or soup.

Mint
You can eat this one raw. You can choose one of the ways to take it.

Where to find it: China, Southeast Asia.
Part use: Tender stalks and leaves.
Effect: Stimulant.
Dosage: 2g-4g.

Mineral

Gypsum
This medicine is very useful; you can take it or cover it around your broken bone. Some building are made of gypsum too.

Where to find it: Around the world.
Part use: Crystal.
Nature taste: Pungent, sweet, very cold.
Effect: Antipyretic.
Dosage: 10g-35g.

Magnetic Magnetite
This one not just attracted metal; it also attracted some cure for some illness.

Where to find it: Around the world.
Part use: Crushed stones.
Nature taste: Pungent, cold.
Effect: Sedative.
Dosage: 7g-15g.

Recipes

Ching Bo Leung

Ingredients: Pearl barley=15g
Polygonatum=30g
Lotus Seeds=30g
Foxnuts=30g
Chinese Yam=15g
Lily bulbs=30g
Dried longan=10g
Water=8 cups
Directions:
Combine the entire ingredient in a large pot. Add 8 cups of water. Bring to the boil to reduce heat, then simmer partially covered until the barley is cooked and the liquid is reduced. It will take about 1-2 hours. You can add some salt or sugar.

Ginseng Steamed with Chicken Legs

Ingredients: Chicken legs=4 small
Rice Wine=1 cup
Minced Spring Onion=2
Ginger root=5 slices
Thinly, sliced Panax ginseng=15g
White Pepper for the taste

Directions:
Cut the chicken legs into half at joint, then cut the half into two pieces.
Place the chicken chunks in a ceramic bowl, and then add the ginseng and ginger then add the rice wine. Place the ceramic bowl in a steamer wok and steam over high heat for an hour. Sprinkle pepper and the minced onion into the individual soup bowls, then ladle the chicken chunks, ginseng pulp and broth into the soup bowls and stir it slowly and enjoy it.

Name: Chinese Herbal Medicine
Author: Wong Kang Ying

Name: Chinese Herbal Medicine
Author: Daniel P. Reid

Name: A Manual of Chinese Herbal Medicine
Author: Warner J-W. Fan, M.D.

Name: Chinese Herbal Remedies
Author: Albert Y. Leung

Name: Chinese Herbal Prescriptions
Author: Stephen Tang & Martin Palmer

Name: Chinese Herbal Medicine
Author: John Hicks

Name: A Handbook of Chinese Healing Herbs
Author: Daniel Reid

Name: Legendary Chinese Healing Herbs
Author: Henry C. Lu

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