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Heat-Clearing and Blood-cooling Herbs

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

Apple leaf: Chinese Herb Guide Ping Guo Ye, 苹果叶 Ping Guo Ye (Apple leaf) Bitter, cold; liver and kidney channels. Actions Cool blood and remove toxicity
Ge Hua (Flower of Kudzuvine) Flower of Kudzuvine, 葛花, Kudzuvine Flower Ge Hua (Flower of Kudzuvine) Sweet, cold; stomach channel. Actions Relieve alcoholism and refresh the mind
Ge Hua (Kudzuvine Flower) Ge Hua,葛花 Ge Hua, the flower of kudzuvine, is a cool herb used in TCM to relieve the discomfort of overdrinking.
Indian Strawberry (Indian Mockstrawberry Herb) Indian Mockstrawberry Herb, 蛇莓, She Mei, Herba Duchesneae Indicae She Mei (Indian Strawberry) Sweet, bitter, cold; liver, lung and large intestine channels
She Mei (Herba Duchesneae Indicae) She Mei ,蛇莓,Indian Strawberry,Herba Duchesneae Indicae Indian Mockstrawberry Herb: clear heat and cool blood, resolve swelling and remove toxicity.
Bai Mao Xia Ku Cao: Chinese Herb Guide 白毛夏枯草, Jin Gu Cao, Herba Ajugae, Decumbent Bugle Herb Bai Mao Xia Ku Cao: relieve cough and resolve phlegm, clear heat and cool blood, resolve swelling and remove toxicity.
Diao Zhu Mei (Wanderingjew zebrina herb) Wanderingjew zebrina herb, 吊竹梅 Diao Zhu Mei (Wanderingjew zebrina herb): it is used to remove toxic heat, reduce heat from blood, promote urination; for the treatment of hemoptysis, sore.
Xing An Bai Tou (Radix Pulsatillae Dahuricae) 兴安白头翁,Radix Pulsatillae Dahuricae Name Xing An Bai Tou Weng (Radix Pulsatillae Dahuricae) Sources The drug is the dried rhizome of Pulsatilla dahurica (Fisch.) Spreng (family Ranunculaceae), growing in hillside gra.
Xing An Bai Tou Weng (Dahurian Pulsatilla) Dahurian Pulsatilla, 兴安白头翁, Xing An Bai Tou, Radix Pulsatillae Dahuricae Xing An Bai Tou Weng (Pulsatilla dahurica rhizome): bitter and cool; used to clear heat in the blood and toxicity, especially dysentery-type bleeding.
Bo Ye Da Huang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei Undulati) Radix et Rhizoma Rhei Undulati, 波叶大黄 Bo Ye Da Huang: it is used as purgative for the treatment of constipation of heat type, jaundice due to heat and dampness, sores, abscesss, burns and scalds.
Jian Lan Ye: Chinese Herb Guide Swordleaf Cymbidium Leaf, 建兰叶 Jian Lan Ye: regulate the flow of qi, relieve depression, clear damp-heat and cool blood.
Jin Gu Cao (Herba Ajugae) Bai Mao Xia Ku Cao,白毛夏枯草,筋骨草,Jin Gu Cao,Herba Ajugae Decumbent Bugle Herb: relieve cough and resolve phlegm, clear heat and cool blood, resolve swelling and remove toxicity.