Herb actions

Herbs are grouped by what textbooks say they do, not by a shop aisle.

• Release exteriorSurface wind-cold or wind-heat
• Clear heatCool a hot pattern
• Drain dampHeaviness, swelling, damp
• Transform phlegmPhlegm in the chest or middle
• Move qiStuck, tight, or distended
• Move bloodFixed pain, stasis language
• Tonify qiTiredness, weak appetite
• Tonify bloodDryness, pallor, cycles
• Tonify yangCold, low back, vitality
• Tonify yinDryness, nights, fluids
• Calm shenSpirit, sleep, restlessness
• Extinguish windInternal wind teaching patterns
• Stabilize and bindLeakage, holding