Shi ba fan (Eighteen Incompatibles) is a list of herbs that are incompatible when

combined. The original list contained only 18 herbs, but the list has since been
expanded. LICORICE Gan cao (Radix glycyrrhizae) is incompatible with:

 gan sui (Radix euphorbiae kansui);

 jing da ji (Radix euphorbiae pekinensis);
 hong da ji (Radix knoxiae);
 yuan hua (Flos genkwa);
 hai zao (Sargassum).

Fu zi (Radix aconiti lateralis praeparata), chuan wu (Radix aconiti preparata) and cao
wu (Radix aconiti kusnezoffii) are incompatible with:

 ban xia (Rhizoma pinelliae);

 chuan bei mu (Bulbus fritillariae cirrhosae);
 zhe bei mu (Bulbus fritillariae thunbergii);
 gua lou shi (Fructus trichosanthis);
 gua lou ren (Semen trichosanthis);
 gua lou pi (Pericarpium trichosanthis);
 tian hua fen (Radix trichosanthis);
 bai ji (Rhizoma bletillae);
 bai lian (Radix ampelopsis).

Li lu (Radix et rhizoma veratri) is incompatible with:

 ren shen (Radix ginseng);

 dang shen (Radix codonopsis);
 nan sha shen (Radix adenophorae);
 bei sha shen (Radix glehniae);
 dan shen (Radix salviae miltiorrhizae);
 xuan shen (Radix scrophulariae);
 ku shen gen (Radix sophorae flavescentis);
 chi shao (Radix paeoniae rubrae);
 bai shao (Radix paeoniae alba);
 xi xin (Herba asari).

Shi Jiu Wei (Nineteen Counteractions) consists of 19 herbs combined as 10 pairs that
antagonize one another. Here are the 10 pairs:

 liu huang (Sulfur) and po xiao (Sal glauberis);

 shui yin (Hydrargyrum) and pi shuang (Arsenolite);
 lang du (Radix euphorbiae fischerianae) and mi tuo seng (Lithargyrum);
 ba dou (Fructus crotonis) and qian niu zi (Semen pharbitidis);
 ding xiang (Flos caryophylli) and yu jin (Radix curcumae);
 ya xiao (Nitrum) and san leng (Rhizoma sparganii);
 xi jiao (Cornu rhinoceri) and cao wu (Radix aconiti kusnezoffii);
 xi jiao (Cornu rhinoceri) and chuan wu (Radix aconiti preparata);
 ren shen (Radix ginseng) and wu ling zhi (Excrementum trogopteri seu pteromi);
 rou gui (Cortex cinnamomi) and chi shi shi (Halloysitum rubrum).