Articles by category: Plant families

Dong Quai, known in Vietnamese as Đương quy, is used for nourishing blood, regulating the menstrual cycle, supporting circulation, and helping the complexion look healthier.

Lotus Plumule is used for clearing heat, calming restlessness, easing mild palpitations, and supporting better sleep, is more suitable when sleeplessness comes with irritability, dry mouth, thirst, inner heat, or a feeling that the mind cannot settle.

Prepared Rehmannia, known in Vietnamese as Thục địa, is used for nourishing blood, enriching yin, and supporting Kidney essence.

Passionflower is used for relaxing the nervous system, supporting better sleep, easing mild palpitations, and clearing heat.

Lotus Seed, known in Vietnamese as Liên nhục, is used for supporting sleep, digestion, the Heart, and recovering without being too heating or too cooling.

Mulberry Mistletoe is used for low back soreness, weak knees, wind-damp joint pain, numb limbs, and threatened miscarriage.

Solomon’s Seal, known as Yu Zhu in TCM, used to nourish yin, moisten the Lung, generate fluids and ease dryness-related thirst.

Piper Kadsura Vine, known as Hai Feng Teng in TCM, used for wind-damp discomfort, joint soreness, stiff tendons, tight muscles and numbness in the hands or feet.