Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs

NameLiao Da Qing Ye (Folium Polygoni Tinctorii)The Effect of Liao Da Qing YePropertyBitter, cold; heart and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, cool blood and remove ecchymose.IndicationsMumps, erysipelas, sores and boils, pharyngitis, cough and dyspnea due to lung-heat,

NameLv Dou (Mung Bean)The Effect of Lv Dou PropertySweet, cold; heart and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, relieve summer-heat and promote diuresis.IndicationsEdema, diarrhea, erysipelas, carbuncle and swelling, polydipsia due to summer-heat, toxicity of some drugs, s

NameBai Ying (Bittersweet Herb)The Effect of Bai YingPropertyBitter, slightly cold, slightly toxic; liver and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat, eliminate dampness, expel wind and remove toxicity.IndicationsJaundice, edema, malaria, stranguria, rheumatoid arthritis, erysipelas, deep-rooted

NameLv Dou Pi (Seed-coat of Mung Bean)The Effect of Lv Dou YiPropertySweet, cold; liver and lung meridians entered.ActionsClear summer-heat and quench thrist, remove nebula, promote diuresis and remove toxicity.IndicationsDysentery, edema, polydipsia due to summer-heat, diarrhea, nebula, erysipelas.

NameBai Lian (Radix Ampelopsis)The Effect of Bai LianPropertyBitter, pungent, slightly cold; heart and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity; cure abscess and dissipate nodulation; promote tissues regernation and heal sores.IndicationsSores and abscess, scrofula, subcutaneo

NamingMa Chi Xian (Herba Portulacae)——Ben Cao Jing Ji Zhu (Explanation Collection of Materia Medica)The Processing of Ma Chi XianOriginThe aerial parts of Portolaca oleracea L. of family Portulacaceae.LocationMost parts of China.HarvestCollected in summer and autumn.The actual smell and tasteLight s

NamingBai tou Weng (Radix Pulsatillae Chinensis)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Bai tou WengOriginThe root ofPulsatilla chinensis (Bge.) Regel of family Ranunculaceae.LocationMainly in northeast areas, and Hebei, Shaanxi provinces of China.HarvestCollected in spring an

NameShan Yin Hua (Flos Lonicerae Confusae)The Effect of Shan Yin HuaPropertySweet, cold; lung, heart and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, dispel wind and heat.IndicationsSores and boils, erysipelas, fever due to warm disease, cold due to wind-heat, pharyngitis, dysent

NameYun Zhi (Coriolus)The Effect of Yun ZhiPropertySweet, neutral; heart, spleen, liver and kidney meridians entered.ActionsStrengthen the spleen and promote diuresis, clear heat and remove toxicity.IndicationsJaundice due to dampness and heat, poor appetite, hypochondriac pain, lassitude, asthenia.

NameKu Mu (India quassiawood)The Effect of Ku MuPropertyBitter, cold, slightly toxic; lung and large intestine meridians entered.ActionsClear heat, remove toxicity and dispel dampness.IndicationsSore throat, cold due to wind-heat, eczema, snake and insect bites, diarrhea due to damp-heat, sores and