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

NamingBai Wei (Radix Cynanchi Atrati)The Effect of Bai WeiPropertyBitter and cold; liver, kidney, lung, and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear deficiency heat, clear lung heat, cool blood, remove toxicity, induce diuresis, alleviate stranguria.IndicationsDeficiency heat due to yin deficiency or

NamingBai Wei (Radix Cynanchi Atrati)The Effect of 白薇PropertyBitter and cold; liver, kidney, lung, and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear deficiency heat, clear lung heat, cool blood, remove toxicity, induce diuresis, alleviate stranguria.IndicationsDeficiency heat due to yin deficiency or post-

NamingYin Chai Hu (Radix Stellariae)——Ben Cao Gang Mu Shi Yi (Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica)The Processing of 银柴胡OriginThe root of Stellaria dichotoma L. var. lanceolata Bge of family Pink.LocationInner Mongolia Autonomous Region and northwest of China.HarvestCollected in spring and sum

NamingYin Chai Hu (Radix Stellariae)——Ben Cao Gang Mu Shi Yi (Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica)The Processing of Radix StellariaeOriginThe root of Stellaria dichotoma L. var. lanceolata Bge of family Pink.LocationInner Mongolia Autonomous Region and northwest of China.HarvestCollected in s