Herbs of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians

list compiled by Dr. Tian De Yang
The Eight Extraordinary Meridians can be used for a wide variety of conditions. Often times, they are called upon for congenital disharmonies, especially those that are encountered during the first Jing cycle of the child.

While most know that herbs enter the 12 primary meridians, there is little written on which herbs enter the 8 extras. This page offers this list which was translated from Chinese and originally written by a Dr. Doe.

Not all of the herbs listed on this page are generally available or even heard of in the West. This is the information that we were given, the following herbs enter the channels as is listed below. Beyond that, their therapeutic effects on the Eight Extraordinary Channels is for you to discover in your clinical setting.


Liver, Kidney, and all 8 extras

Gou Chi Zi Sha Ren Zi Ru Zhong Niu Xi Xu Duan
Sheng Di Huang Zi Ma (black) Sang Ren Tu Si Zi Shan Zhu Yu
Nu Zhen Zi Suo Yang Fu Pen Zi Ci Shi Long Gu


Ren Mai

Gui Ban Bie Jia Er Jiao Zi He Che Chuan Lian Zi


Regulate and Strengthen Chong Mai, Qi, and Xue

Chuan Lian Zi Xiang Fu Yi Mu Cao Yuan Hu Jiang Xiong


For Stomach & Chong Mai because "Chong Mai belongs to Stomach"

Dang Gui Dan Shen Chuan Xiong Cang Zhu
Wu Ju Yu Ban Xia Hou Po Dai Zhe Shi


Dai Mai

Lu Rong Wu Wei Zi Qian Shi Lian Zi Jing Ying Zi
Chai Hu Sheng Ma Dang Gui Bai Shao Xu Duan Ai Ye


Du Mai

Zi He Che Ru Cong Rong Bai Ji Tian Lu Jiao Yang Gou
Lu Xian Cao Fu Zi Rou Gui Xi Xin Cang Er Zi
Gao Ben Gou Qi Zi Huang Qi Lu Rong


Chong & Ren Mai

Gui Ban Huang Bai Mu Xiang Bia Jia Ba Ji Tian Xiang Fu
Chuan Xiong Dang Gui Cang Zhu Bai Zhu Wu Zhu Yu Gou Qi Zi Dang Shen


Yin & Yang Qiao

Rou Gui Fang Ji (Han & Mu) Chuan Shan Jia Hu Gu


Yang Wei

Gui Zi Bai Shao Huang Qi


Yin Wei

Dang Gui Chuan Xiong


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