- Botanical name: Platycladus orientalis
- Common name: Arborvitae, Chinese arborvitae biota
- Literal name translation: lateral fir leaves
- Family: Cupressaceae
- Part used in Chinese medicine: leafy twig
- Major Chinese medicine actions:
- Cools blood, stops bleeding, stops cough, expels phlegm
Photo Credits: (top to bottom)
Photo 1: Platycladus orientalis; 06/2005; author Fanghong; permission under GFDL
Photo 2: Platycladus orientalis; 05/2005; author Fanghong; permission under GFDL
Photo 3: Platycladus orientalis; author Luis Fernandez Garcis; permission under GFDL