Herbology

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Abalone Shell
Albizia Bark
Albizia Flower
Aloes
American Ginseng
Areca Peel
Areca Seed
Argy Wormwood Leaf
Ash Bark
Astragalus Root, Milkvetch Root
Atractylodes Rhizome
Bamboo Shavings
Barbary Wolfberry Fruit
Barbated Skullcup Herb
Beautiful Sweetgum Fruit
Belvedere Fruit
Bitter Apricot Seed
Blackberrylily Rhizome
Blackend Swallowwort Root
Black Sesame
Boat-fruited Sterculia Seed
Bunge Corydalis Herb
Cablin Patchouli Herb
Canton Love-pea Vine
Cape Jasmine Fruit
Cassia Bark
Cassia Seed
Cassia Twig
Chicken's Gizzard-skin
Chinese Angelica
Chinese Arborvitae Kernel
Chinese Arborvitae Twig & Leaf
Chinese Caterpillar Fungus
Chinese Date
Chinese Dwarf Cherry Seed
Chinese Eaglewood Wood
Chinese Liquorice Root
Chinese Lobelia Herb
Chinese Lovage
Chinese Magnoliavine Fruit
Chinese Pulsatilla Root
Chinese Star Anise
Chinese Starjasmine Stem
Chinese Taxillus Herb
Chinese Thorowax Root
Chinese Waxgourd Peel
Chinese White Olive
Chinese Wolfberry Root-Bark
Christina Loosestrife
Chrysanthemum Flower
Cibot Rhizome
Cicada Slough
Clam Shell
Clove
Coastal Glehnia Root
Cockcomb Flower
Coix Seed
Common Andrographis Herb
Common Anemarrhena Rhizome
Common Aucklandia Root
Common Bletilla Tuber
Common Cnidium Fruit
Common Coltsfoot Flower
Common Ducksmeat Herb
Common Flowering Qince Fruit
Common Knotgrass Herb
Common Rush
Common Selfheal Fruit-Spike
Common Yam Rhizome
Cowherb Seed
Cuttlebone
Dahurian Angelica Root
Dandelion
Danshen Root
Dendrobium
Densefruit Pittany Root-Bark
Desert-living Cistanche
Divaricate Saposhnikovia Root
Dodder Seed
Donkey-hide Glue
Doubletooth Pubescent Angelica Root
Dried Tangerine Peel
Dwarf Lilyturf Tuber
Dyers Woad Leaf
Earthworm
English Walnut Seed
Ephedra
Epimedium Leaf
Eucommia Bark
European Verbena Herb
Fennel
Fermented Soybean
Fineleaf Schizonepeta Spike
Finger Citron
Fleeceflower Root
Fortune's Drynaria Rhizome
Fortune Eupatorium Herb
Fourleaf Ladybell Root
Fragrant Solomonseal Rhizome
Fresh Ginger
Gambir Plant
Garden Burnet Root
Germinated Barley
Giant Knotweed Rhizome
Ginkgo Leaf
Ginkgo Seed
Ginseng
Glossy Ganoderma
Glossy Privet Fruit
Gordon Euryale Seed
Great Burdock Achene
Green Tangerine Peel
Grosvenor Momordica Fruit
Gypsum
Hawthorn Fruit
Heartleaf Houttuynia Herb
Heterophylly Falsestarwort Root
Himalayan Teasel Root
Hirsute Shiny Bugleweed Herb
Hogfennel Root
Honey
Honeycomb
Honeysuckle Flower
Honeysuckle Stem
Immature Orange Fruit
Incised Notopterygium Rhizome or Root
Indian Bread
Indian Madder Root
Indian Trumpetflower Seed
Isatis Root
Japanese Ampelopsis Root
Japanese Honeysuckle Flower
Japanese Thistle Herb
Kelp or Tangle
Kudzuvine Root
Lalang Grass Rhizome
Largehead Atractylodes Rhizome
Largeleaf Gentian Root
Largetrifoliolious Bugbane Rhizome
Lesser Galangal Rhizome
Lightyellow Sophora Root
Lily Bulb
Longan Aril
Long Pepper
Longstamen Onion Bulb
Lophatherum Herb
Loquat Leaf
Lotus Leaf
Lotus Plumule
Lotus Receptacle
Lotus Rhizome Node
Lotus Seed
Lotus Stamen
Lychee Seed
Malaytea Scurfpea Fruit
Millet Sprout
Morinda Root
Motherwort Fruit
Motherwort Herb
Mulberry Fruit
Mulberry Leaf
Mulberry Twig
Nacre
Nutgrass Galingale Rhizome
Nutmeg
Officinal Magnolia Bark
Officinal Magnolia Flower
Oriental Waterplantain Rhizome
Oyster Shell
Pagoda Tree Flower
Palmleaf Raspberry Fruit
Peach Seed
Peppermint
Perilla Fruit
Pilose Antler
Pinellia Tuber
Pipewort Flower
Plantain Seed
Platycodon Root
Pricklylash Peel
Puncturevine Caltrop Fruit
Pyrola Herb
Radish Seed
Red Peony Root
Red Tangerine Peel
Red Yeast Rice
Reed Rhizome
Rehmannia Root
Rhubarb
Rice Bean
Rice-grain Sprout
Rose Flower
Rosewood
Safflower
Sanchi
Sandalwood
Sea Horse
Seaweed
Senna Leaf
Sharpleaf Glangal Fruit
Slenderstyle Acanthopanax Bark
Small Centipeda Herb
Smoked Plum
Snakegourd Fruit
Solomonseal Rhizome
Songaria Cynomorium Herb
Spine Date Seed
Stemona Root
Stiff Silkworm
Stringy Stonecrop Herb
Suberect Spatholobus Stem
Szechwan Chinaberry Bark
Szechwan Lovage Rhizome
Talc
Tangerine Seed
Tangshen
Tatarian Aster Root
Tendrilleaf Fritillary Bulb
Thinleaf Milkwort Root
Thomson Kudzuvine Root
Tortoise Carapace and Plastron
Tree-of-heaven Bark
Tree Peony Bark
Trumpetcreeper Flower
Tuber Fleeceflower Stem
Tumeric
Tumeric Root Tuber
Twotoothed Achyranthes Root
Uniflower Swisscentaury Root
Weeping Forsythia Capsule
White Hyacinth Bean
White Mulberry Root-Bark
White Peony Root
Wild Chrysanthemum Flower
Willowleaf Swallowwort Rhizome
Yerbadetajo Herb
Zedoray Rhizome
Zingiber (Dried Ginger)

Chinese Waxgourd Peel

Herb name (Chinese):	冬瓜皮
Herb name (Pin Yin):	dōng guā pí
Herb name (English):	Chinese Waxgourd Peel
Herb name (Botanical):	Exocarpium Benincasae
Origin of species:	Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.
Part(s) of herb used:	Exocarp
Geo-specific habitat(s):	Most parts of China
Taste(s) & Properties:	• Sweet • Cool • Administrates the Spleen and Small Intestine Meridians
Action(s):	• Relieves water retention • Eases symptoms of heat stroke