A Taste of the the Orient

Interesting as they may be, these ingredients make up the traditional Chinese medicine that Noodle Cook needs to take for the next 3 months. Preparation involves boiling the mixture in water into a black gooey mess, a two hour ritual performed to strict instructions. The medicine tastes horrible!

1 Dang Gui - Angelica sinesis
2 Huang Qin - Baikal Skullcap Root (Scutellaria baicalensis)
3 Bai Shao - white dahlia root or white peony
4 Huang Bai - also huang bo, amur cork-tree bark, phellodendron bark (Cortex Phellodendri)
5 Ju he/Gan Ju - Mandarin seeds (Citrus reticulata Blanco)
6 Dan Shen - Salvia root
7 Mu Li - oyster shell (also Duan Mu Li - Calcined oyster shell)
8 Huang Qi - Astragalus root (Radix astragali)
9 Shu di huang - prepared rehmannia/ Sheng di huang - raw rehmannia
10 Huang Lian - coptis rhizome (Coptis chinensis)
11 Li Zhi He - lychee seed (Semen Litchi Chinensis)



12 Xia Ku Cao - prunella vulgaris
13 Ye Ju Hua - chrysanthemum
14 Gan Cao - licorice (Glycyrrhiza uralensis)