HERBS

NameHuang Gua (Cucumber)The Effect of Huang GuaPropertySweet, cool; lung, spleen and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat, induce diuresis and remove toxicity.IndicationsScalds and burns, edema with oliguria, thrist caused by fever, sweat stain, oliguria with dark urine.Dosage and Administrat

NameSi Gua (Towel Gourd)The Effect of Si GuaPropertySweet, cool; liver and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and resolve phlegm, cool blood and remove toxicity.IndicationsEdema, sores and boils, hematochezia, uterine bleeding, bloody stranguria, hypogalactia, haemorrhoid bleeding, asthma w

NamingJin Yin Hua (Flos Lonicerae)——Xin Xiu Ben Cao (Newly Revised Materia Medica)The Processing of Jin Yin HuaOriginThe flower buds or the flower of initial blooming of Lonicera japonica Thund. , L. hypoglaucA Miq., L. confusa DC., or L. dasystyla Rehd. of family Caprifoliaceae.LocationAll over in

NameQiu Yin Ni (Wormcast)The Effect of Qiu Yin NiPropertySweet, sour, cold.ActionsRemove toxicity, resolve swelling, astringe wound.IndicationsIncised wound, hematemesis, difficult urination, erysipelas, snake and insect bites, bone sticking, sores in the ear.Dosage and AdministrationsIt is made int

NameHua Tou Cao (Whiteflower violet herb with root)The Effect of Hua Tou CaoPropertySlightly bitter, cold; large intestine, liver and heart meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, disperse stasis and resolve swelling.IndicationsJaundice, sores and boils, scabies, stranguria with tur

NameJin Yao Jian (Herba SynedreUae nodiflorae)SourcesThe drug is the dried whole herb of Synedrella nodiflora (L.)Gaertn.(family Composilae), growing on wilderness, gully sides or fields, distributed in Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi,Yunnan of China.The Effect of Jin Yao JianActionsClear heat, promote e

NameJin Wa Er (Herba Carpesii Divaricati)SourcesThe drug is the whole herb of Carpesium divaricatum Sieb. et Zucc. (family Compositae), growing on hill slopes, groove-sides and roadsidesor cultivated, distributed in Jilin, Fujian, Hunan, Guangdong, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan of China.The Effect of Jin

NameDi Mao Yi (Muskeag moss)SourceThe drug is the dried entire herb of Sphagnum squarrosum Pers. (family.Sphagnaceae), growing in swamps or damp soils under woods, and distributed in Northeast China and Neimenggu, Sichuan, and the northwest of Yunnan.The Effect of Di Mao YiPropertyBland, sweet, cool

NameJin Ji Wei (Rhizoma seu Herba Pteridis Dactylinae)SourcesThe drug is the dried whole plant of Pteris dactylina Hook.(family Pteridaceae), growing along gullies and rock sutures at shady places of mountains, and distributed in Gansu, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Xizang of China.ConstituentsThe aeria

NameLv Dou Ya (Mung Bean sprout)The Effect of Lv Dou YaPropertySweet, cool; stomach and triple energizer meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and relieve summer-heat, remove toxicity and induce diuresis.IndicationsDifficult urination, nebula, drunkness, polydipsia due to summer-heat.Dosage and Admini