Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs

NamingPu Gong Ying (Herba Taraxaci)——Xin Xiu Ben Cao (Newly Revised Materia Medica)The Processing of Pu Gong YingOriginThe entire plants of Taraxacum mongolicum Hand. Mazz., T. sinicum Kitag. or other sibling plants of family Compositae.LocationAll over in China.HarvestDug it between summer and autu

NameRen Zhong Huang (Rulvis Glycyrrhizae Extractionis Sedilis)The Effect of Ren Zhong HuangPropertySweet, cold; heart and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat, cool blood and remove toxicity.IndicationsErysipelas, sores, polydipsia with high fever, typhoid with heat disease, macula due to hea

NamingZi Hua Di Ding (Herba Violae)——Ben Cao Gang Mu (Compendium of Materia Medica)The Processing of Zi Hua Di DingOriginThe entire plants of Viola yedoensis Makino of family Violaceae.LocationFrom the downstream area of Yangtze River to southern provinces.HarvestCollected in spring and autumn.The a

NameBa Jiao Gen (Root of Japanese Banana)The Effect of Ba Jiao GenPropertySweet, cold; stomach, spleen and liver meridians entered.ActionsClear heat, relieve thrist, induce diuresis, remove toxicity.IndicationsSores and boils, edema, barbiers, jaundice, polydipsia, erysipelas, deep-rooted boil, metr

NameTeng Li Gen (Radix Actinidiae Chinensis)The Effect of Teng Li GenPropertyBitter, astringent, cool.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, activate blood and dissipate nodulation, dispel wind and promote diuresis.IndicationsSores and boils, traumatic injury, rheumatic arthritis.Dosage and Administ

NameDi Tao Hua (Root or herb of Rose Mallow)The Effect of Di Tao HuaPropertySweet, neutral, pungent; lung and spleen meridians entered.ActionsExpel wind and eliminate dampness, clear heat and remove toxicity.IndicationsCold with fever, hematemesis, traumatic bleeding, edema, dysentery, stranguria, l

NameDong Feng Cai (Rhizoma et Radix Doellingeriae)The Effect of Dong Feng CaiPropertySweet, cold.SourcesThe drug is the aerial part or root of Doellingeria, scaber (Thunb.) Ness (family Compositae), growing in hillsides, grasslands, scrubs, and distributed in most areas of China.ActionsThe aerial pa

NameZhu Dan (Pig's Gallbladder)The Effect of Zhu DanPropertyBitter, cold; liver, gallbladder, lung and large intestine meridians entered.ActionsClear heat, moisten dryness and remove toxicity.IndicationsSores and boils, diarrhea, whooping cough, jaundice, constipation, asthma, thirst due to fever, p

NameShi Jian Chuan (Chinese Sage Herb)The Effect of Shi Jian ChuanPropertyBitter, pungent, slightly cold; liver and spleen meridians entered.ActionsActivate blood and resolve stagnation, clear heat and promote diuresis, dissipate nodulation and resolve swelling.IndicationsScrofula, carbuncle and swe

NameLi Zhi Cao (Herba Salviae Plebeiae)The Effect of Li Zhi Cao PropertySweet, pungent, cool; lung and stomach meridians entered.ActionsCool blood and promote diuresis, remove toxicity and kill parasites.IndicationsHematuria, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis, gonorrhea, sore throat, ascites, carbuncle a