Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs

NameBan Zhi Lian (Herba Scutellariae Barbatae)The Effect of Ban Zhi LianPropertyPungent, slightly bitter, cool; heart, liver, lung and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity; activate blood and resolve stasis; induce diuresis and alleviate edema.IndicationsAbscess and sores;

NameFeng Wei Cao (Herba Pteridis multifidae)The Effect of Feng Wei CaoPropertyMild, slightly bitter, cold; large intestine, heart and liver meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and promote diuresis, cool blood and stop bleeding, resolve swelling and remove toxicity.IndicationsHepatitis due to jaundic

NameSi Ji Qing (Folium Ilicis Chinensis)The Effect of Si Ji QingPropertyBitter, astringent, cool; lung, large intestine and bladder meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, resolve swelling and dissipate blood stasis.IndicationsCough due to lung-heat, sore throat, dysentery, hypochon

NameXi Gua Shuang (Mirabilitum Praeparatum)The Effect of Xi Gua Shuang PropertySalty, cold; lung, stomach and large intestine meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, resolve swelling and alleviate pain.IndicationsSore throat, bleeding or sore gums, aphtha, pharyngitis.Dosage and Adm

NameGang Ban Gui (Herba Polygoni Perfoliati)The Effect of Gang Ban GuiPropertySore, slightly cold; lung, bladder meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, promote diuresis and resolve swelling, reliver cough.IndicationsSore throat, cough due to lung-heat, edema with oliguria, snake an

NameRen Dong Teng (Honeysuckle Stem)The Effect of Ren Dong Teng PropertySweet, cold; heart and lung meridians entered.ActionsClear heat, romove toxicity and dredge meridians.IndicationsSores and boils, infectious hepatitis, febrile disease, dysentery due to heat-toxin, arthralgia and myalgia.Dosage

NamingMa Bo (Lasiosphaera seu Calvatia)——Ming Yi Bie Lu (Miscellaneous Records of Famous physicians)The Processing of Ma BoOriginThe sporocarp of Lasiosphaera fenzlii Reich., Calvatia gigantean (Batsch ex Pers.) Lloyd. or Calvatia lilacina (Mont. et Berk.) Lloyd. of family Lycoperdaceae.LocationThe

NameQing Guo (Fructus Canarii)The Effect of Qing GuoPropertySweet, sour, neutral; lung and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear lung and relieve sore throat, promote the secretion of saliva and remove toxicity.IndicationsSore throat, epilepsy, polydipsia, haematemesis with cough, bacillary dysente

NameJin Guo Lan (Arrowshaped Tinospora Root)The Effect of Jin Guo Lan PropertyBitter, cold; spleen and kidney meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity.IndicationsSores and boils, stomachache, appendicitis, mastitis, mumps, acute pharyngitis, tonsillitis, enteritis, stomatitis, bacilla

NameYa Dan Zi (Fructus Bruceae)The Effect of Ya Dan ZiPropertyBitter, cold; toxic; large intestine and liver meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity; check malaria; erode excrescence in topical administration.IndicationsRecurrent dysentery (amoebic dysentery), abdominal pain with hem