At other times, at day break, I would collect Banyan leaves that fell in our court yard, picking seven leaves at a time and using only those leaves that naturally fell upside down, not the leaves that were already on the ground or that blew over. This herb is specially collected to treat asthma. It can be either used alone or with sophora root and ginseng to make a tonic. The flowers are steamed and preserved in rice wine with honey or rock candy. This is used for children's stomach flu and digestive disorders.
Ginger root is added for cold stomach and chronic diarrhea.
We would collect a seven inch branch of honey suckle and a seven inch root of hypericum and prepare them with mung beans and sugar cane to clear heat when someone had acute pharengytis, conjunctivitis, hepatitis, hepatosplenomegaly with painful cramps, rheumatic joint pains, insect sting or traumatic injury. What was especially fun for children was collecting aristochiatagula cham. They climb all over, growing up beyond our reach and hiding in corners. Medically it is an anti-inflammatory good for urinary tract infections and gastric ulcer pain. There are hundreds of other herbs that I could mention here.