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In Chinese herbal medicine, different parts of a plant (bark, roots, seeds, fruit, etc.), animal parts, minerals, and special stones are used for the treatment of symptoms.

The qualities and characteristics of Chinese herbs include:

• temperature differentiations (hot, warm, cold, cool)
• taste differentiations (sour, bitter, sweet, spicy, salty)
• the aspects of the body that are most affected by the particular substance

A medicinal herb prescription is called a TCM formula, which may be cooked in water and taken by the patient.