Xiong Huang (Realgar) Nature: Warm
Taste(s): Bitter, Pungent
Meridians: Stomach, Heart, Liver
Category: Herbs for external application

Xu chang Qing (Paniculate swallowwort root) Nature: Warm
Taste(s): Pungent
Meridians: Stomach, Liver
Category: Herbs that dispel Wind and Dampness

Yin Chen (Virgate wormwood) Nature: Cool
Taste(s): Bitter, Pungent
Meridians: Gallbladder, Liver, Spleen, Stomach
Category: Herbs that drain Dampness

Yu Xing Cao (Houttuynia) Nature: Cool
Taste(s): Pungent
Meridians: Lung
Category: Herbs that clear Heat and relieve Toxicity

Zhang Nao (Camphor) Nature: Warm
Taste(s): Pungent
Meridians: Heart
Category: Herbs that open the Orifices

Zhi Zi (Cape jasmine fruit) Nature: Cold
Taste(s): Bitter
Meridians: Gallbladder, Heart, Lung, Sanjiao
Category: Herbs that clear Heat and purge Fire and/or clear Summer Heat

Zhu Dan (Pig gall) Nature: Cold
Taste(s): Bitter
Meridians: Gallbladder, Large intestine, Liver, Lung
Category: Herbs that clear Heat and relieve Toxicity

Zhu Sha (Cinnabar) Nature: Cool
Taste(s): Sweet
Meridians: Heart
Category: Herbs that anchor and calm the Spirit

Zhu Ya Zao (Chinese Honeylocust Abnormal Fruit) Nature: Warm
Taste(s): Pungent, Salty
Meridians: Large intestine, Lung
Category: Warm herbs that transform Phlegm and stop Cough

Zi Cao (Lithospermum root) Nature: Cold
Taste(s): Bitter, Sweet
Meridians: Heart, Liver, Pericardium
Category: Herbs that clear Heat and relieve Toxicity