Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from Latin: aurum) and atomic number 79, making it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. In its purest form, it is a bright, slightly reddish yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal. Chemically, gold is a transition metal and a group 11 element. It is one of the least reactive chemical elements and is solid under standard conditions. Gold often occurs in free elemental (native) form, as nuggets or grains, in rocks, in veins, and in alluvial deposits. It occurs in a solid solution series with the native element silver (as electrum) and also naturally alloyed with copper and palladium. Less commonly, it occurs in minerals as gold compounds, often with tellurium (gold tellurides).Encyclopedia Entry for Gold :Gold Sheet.Latin name: Aurum.Pinyin name: JIN BO.Properties: Cool,Pungent,Bitter.Meridians: Liver,Heart.Encyclopedia Entry for Gold :Gold-enthread Meadowrue.Latin name: Thalictrum glandulosissimum.Pinyin name: JIN SI MA WEI LIAN.Effect(s): See Thalictrum foliolosum.Plant part: rhizome and root.Encyclopedia Entry for Gold :Gold-wire Brush.Latin name: Lethariella cladonioides.Pinyin name: JIN SI SHUA.Effect(s): To quiet spirit, calm liver, quicken blood, close sores.Plant part: lichen.Encyclopedia Entry for Gold :Golden Buckwheat Root.Latin name: Fagopyrum cymosum [Syn. Polygonum cymosum ].Pinyin name: TIAN QIAO MAI GEN.Effect(s): To clear heat and resolve toxin, quicken blood and disperse welling abscess, dispel wind and eliminate damp.Plant part: root and rhizome.Encyclopedia Entry for Gold :Golden Lycoris.Latin name: Lycoris aurea.Pinyin name: DA YI ZH I JIAN.Effect(s): To moisten lung and relieve cough, resolve toxin and disperse swelling.Plant part: bulb.Encyclopedia Entry for Gold :Golden-wing Milkvetch.Latin name: Astragalus chrysopterus.Pinyin name: JIN YI HUANG QI.Effect(s): See Astragalus membranaceus.Plant part: root.Encyclopedia Entry for Gold :Goldencoma Shield Fern.Latin name: Dryopteris chrysocoma.Pinyin name: HUANG MAO LIN MAO JUE.Effect(s): To clear heat and resolve toxin, dispel stasis and stanch bleeding.Plant part: rhizome.Encyclopedia Entry for Gold :Goldenflower Dendrobium.Latin name: Dendrobium chrysanthum.Pinyin name: SHU HUA SHI HU.Effect(s): See Dendrobium nobile.Plant part: stem.Encyclopedia Entry for Gold :Goldenshower Senna Fruit.Latin name: Cassia fistula.Pinyin name: PO LUO MEN ZAO JIA.Effect(s): To clear heat and free stool, transform stagnation and relieve pain.Plant part: fruit.Encyclopedia Entry for Gold :Goldenthread Cordyceps.Latin name: Cordyceps ophioglossoides.Pinyin name: DA TUAN NANG CHONG CAO.Effect(s): To quicken blood, stanch bleeding, regulate menstruation.Plant part: stroma.Encyclopedia Entry for Gold :Goldenyellow Thorowax.Latin name: Bupleurum aureum.Pinyin name: JIN HUANG CHAI HU.Effect(s): See Bupleurum chinense.Plant part: root.Encyclopedia Entry for Gold :Goldhair Hedyotis.Latin name: Hedyotis chrysotricha [Syn. Oldenlandia chrysotricha].Pinyin name: JIN MAO ER CAO.Effect(s): To clear heat, eliminate damp, soothe sinews and quicken blood.Plant part: whole herb.Encyclopedia Entry for Gold :Goldon-belt.Latin name: Lethariella zahlbruckneri.Pinyin name: JIN YAO DAI.Effect(s): To dispel wind and eliminate damp, quicken blood and regulate menstruation, stanch bleeding and settle pain.Plant part: lichen.Encyclopedia Entry for Gold :Goldsaxifrage Herb.Latin name: Chrysosplenium grayanum.Pinyin name: JIN QIAN KU YE CAO.Plant part: herb.