Chinese Herb Gallery

The Chinese Herb Gallery is a collection of information and photographs of herbs used in Chinese medicine with their major medicinal actions and comments on cultivation and harvesting. Multiple photos of each herb reflect their dried and prepared forms for use in Chinese medicine, their plant forms with seasonal variations, specific plant parts for identification, and acceptable species variants for clinical use.

The gallery photos are taken from our own personal collection and from other public domain sources. Please contact us at info@jadeinstitute.com if you have photos to share, or if you would like to reproduce our photos elsewhere.

Plant information comes from our personal experience, the internet, and the following excellent resources:

A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, American Horticultural Society, 2004, DK Publishing
Chinese Herbal Materia Medica, Bensky, Clavey, and Stoger, 2008, Eastland Press
Colored Atlas Compendium of Materia Medica, Liansheng Shen, 1998, Huaxia Publishing House
Food Plants of China, Shiu-ying Hu, 2005, Chinese University Press
The Garden Plants of China, Peter Valder, 1999, Florilegium Press
Herbal Emissaries: Bringing Chinese Herbs to the West, Steven Foster 1992 Healing Arts Press
Medicinal Plants in China, China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine,1997, WHO
Plants for a Future: Edible and Useful Plants, Ken Fern, 1997, Permanent Publications

Many specialty nurseries carry Chinese herb plants that are of horticultural interest. For more unusual varieties, we recommend these sources for high quality medicinal herb seeds and plants:
Crimson Sage Nursery: http://www.medicinalherbplants.com
Forestfarm: http://www.forestfarm.com
Mountain Gardens  https://www.mountaingardensherbs.com
Strictly Medicinal Seeds: http://www.horizonherbs.com
Reverence Botanicals:  https://www.reverencebotanicals.com/about