Deficiency-Heat-Clearing Herbs

NamingQing Hao (Herba Artemisiae Apiaceae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Qing HaoOriginThe aerial parts of annual herbaceous plant Artemisia annua L. of familyCompositae.LocationMost areas of China.HarvestCollected in summer and autumn at the beginning of blossom.The

NamingQing Hao (Herba Artemisiae Apiaceae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of 青蒿OriginThe aerial parts of annual herbaceous plant Artemisia annua L. of familyCompositae.LocationMost areas of China.HarvestCollected in summer and autumn at the beginning of blossom.The actual

NameGong Lao Zi (Mahonia Bealei Carr)The Effect of Gong Lao ZiPropertyBitter, astringent, slightly warm; liver and kidney meridians entered.ActionsClear heat, tonify the kidney, dry dampness.IndicationsDiarrhea, hectic fever due to yin-deficiency, intermittent fever, metrorrhagia and leukorrhagia, s

NameGong Lao Zi (Mahonia Bealei Carr)The Effect of 功劳子PropertyBitter, astringent, slightly warm; liver and kidney meridians entered.ActionsClear heat, tonify the kidney, dry dampness.IndicationsDiarrhea, hectic fever due to yin-deficiency, intermittent fever, metrorrhagia and leukorrhagia, stranguri

NameMu Hao (Herba Artemisiae Japonicae)The Effect of Herba Artemisiae JaponicaePropertyBitter, cold; liver and gallbladder meridians entered.ActionsRelieve summer-heat,bring down asthenic fever and prevent malaria.IndicationsFever due to yin deficiency, malaria, external contraction of summer-heat,

NamingDi Gu Pi (Cortex Lycii)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Di Gu PiOriginThe root bark of Lycium chinense Mill or Ningxia L. barbarum L. of family Arbustum.LocationMany areas of China.HarvestCollected in early spring and the end of autumn.The actual smell and tasteLi

NamingDi Gu Pi (Cortex Lycii)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of 地骨皮OriginThe root bark of Lycium chinense Mill or Ningxia L. barbarum L. of family Arbustum.LocationMany areas of China.HarvestCollected in early spring and the end of autumn.The actual smell and tasteLight s

NamingDi Gu Pi (Cortex Lycii)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Cortex LyciiOriginThe root bark of Lycium chinense Mill or Ningxia L. barbarum L. of family Arbustum.LocationMany areas of China.HarvestCollected in early spring and the end of autumn.The actual smell and tas

NamingHu Huang Lian (Rhizoma Picrorhizae)——Xin Xiu Ben Cao (Newly Revised Materia Medica)The Processing of Hu Huang LianOriginThe rhizome of Picrorhiza serophulariiflora Pennell of family Scrophulariacea.LocationMainly in Yunnan province and Tibet Autonomous Region of China.HarvestCollected in autum

NamingHu Huang Lian (Rhizoma Picrorhizae)——Xin Xiu Ben Cao (Newly Revised Materia Medica)The Processing of 胡黄连OriginThe rhizome of Picrorhiza serophulariiflora Pennell of family Scrophulariacea.LocationMainly in Yunnan province and Tibet Autonomous Region of China.HarvestCollected in autumn.The actu