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Deficiency-Heat-Clearing Herbs

Deficiency-Heat-Clearing Herbs: Chinese herbs in this class — their actions in TCM, typical uses, preparation and safety cautions.

Qing Hao: Chinese Herb Guide Sweet Wormwood Herb, 青蒿 Qing Hao: clear deficiency heat, clear summer-heat, clear damp-heat, check malaria.
Gong Lao Zi: Chinese Herb Guide 功劳子 Gong Lao Zi (Mahonia Bealei Carr) Bitter, astringent, slightly warm; liver and kidney channels. Actions Clear heat, tonify the kidney, dry dampness
Bai Wei: Chinese Herb Guide Radix Cynanchi Atrati,白薇,Blackend Swallowwort Root Bai Wei: clear deficiency heat, clear lung heat, cool blood, remove toxicity, promote urination, alleviate strangury.
Bai Wei (Blackend Swallowwort Root) Blackend Swallowwort Root Bai Wei (Blackend Swallowwort Root): clear deficiency heat, clear lung heat, cool blood, remove toxicity, promote urination, alleviate strangury.
Mu Hao (Japanese Wormwood Herb) Japanese Wormwood Herb, 牡蒿 Mu Hao (Herba Artemisiae Japonicae) Bitter, cold; liver and gallbladder channels
Di Gu Pi: Chinese Herb Guide Cortex Lycii,地骨皮,Chinese Wolfberry Root-bark Name Di Gu Pi (Cortex Lycii) — Shennong Bencao Jing Source and quality Plant The root bark of Lycium chinense Mill or Ningxia L. barbarum L. of family Arbustum.
Di Gu Pi (Chinese Wolfberry Root-bark) Chinese Wolfberry Root-bark Di Gu Pi (Chinese Wolfberry Root-bark): clear deficiency heat, clear lung fire, cool blood.
Hu Huang Lian: Chinese Herb Guide Figwortflower Picrorhiza Rhizome, 胡黄连 Hu Huang Lian: clear deficiency heat, relieve malnutrition fever, clear heat and resolve dampness.
Yin Chai Hu: Chinese Herb Guide Starwort Root, 银柴胡, Radix Stellariae Yin Chai Hu (Radix Stellariae). (Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica) The root of Stellaria dichotoma L. var