{"id":1898,"count":41,"description":"The Chinese materia medica comprises a rich compendium of medicinal plants that are prescribed in traditional Chinese medicine, typically in the form of teas, decoctions, powders and capsules. Herbs are understood by traditional Chinese herbalists through a deeply rooted philosophical framework that forms the basis of understanding of human physiology and pathology. From a TCM perspective, herbs are understood through their taste, temperature and channel entered.\r\n\r\nTo learn of the medicinal virtues and therapeutic applications of herbs used in TCM, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herbalreality.com\/herb\/bai-shao\/\">bai shao<\/a> (Paeonia lactiflora), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herbalreality.com\/herb\/dang-gui\/\">dang gui<\/a> (Angelica sinensis), and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herbalreality.com\/herb\/liquorice\/\">gan cao<\/a> (Glycyrrhiza glabra), explore our library of traditional Chinese herb monographs below.","link":"https:\/\/www.herbalreality.com\/herbs\/traditional-chinese-herbs\/","name":"Chinese herbs","slug":"traditional-chinese-herbs","taxonomy":"region","parent":0,"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.herbalreality.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region\/1898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.herbalreality.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.herbalreality.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/region"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.herbalreality.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/herb?region=1898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}