Herbs | Analgesia | Promoting gastrointestinal movement | Repairing stomach damage | Promoting bile secretion | Anticancer | Antiemetic | Relieving a cough | Eliminating phlegm | Cardiotonic and myocardial preservation | Anti-platelet aggregation | Function of TCM herbs | |
Chaihu (Radix Bupleuri) | ++ | + | + | ++ | Evacuation and defervescence, disperse stagnated liver qi to relieve depression, and lifting Yang Qi | |||||||
Huangqin (Radix Scutellariae) | + | + | + | + | Heat-clearing and damp-drying, purging fire for removing toxin, hemostasis and miscarriage prevention | |||||||
Banxia (Rhizoma Pinelliae) | + | + | +++ | + | Eliminating dampness and eliminating phlegm, reducing adverse reactions and stopping vomiting, eliminating swelling and dispersing mass | |||||||
Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae) | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | Moisten lung and detoxify, harmonizing various medicines | |||
Shengjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens) | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | Relieving exterior and dispersing cold, warming middle energizer to arrest vomiting, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, detoxify fish and crab poison | ||||