Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs

NameShan Ci Gu (Indian Iphigenia Bulb)The Effect of Shan Ci Gu PropertySweet, slightly pungent, cold, slightly toxic; liver, stomach and lung meridians entered.ActionsResolve swelling and dissipate nodulation, resolve phlegm and remove toxicity.IndicationsSores and boils, snake and insect bites, sor

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

NameJin Deng Long (Franchet Groundcherry Calyx and Fruit)The Effect of Jin Deng LongPropertyBitter, cold; lung meridian entered.ActionsClear heat, remove toxicity and promote diuresis.IndicationsFever due to yin deficiency, jaundice, edema, cough, sore throat, pemphigus.Dosage and AdministrationsDec

NameTian Kui Zi (Muskroot-like Semiaquilegia Root)The Effect of Tian Kui Zi PropertySweet, bitter, cold; liver and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, resolve swelling and dissipate nodulation, promote diuresis.IndicationsSores and boils, epilepsy, traumatic injury, snak

NameYi Zhi Huang Hua (Herba Solidaginis)The Effect of Yi Zhi Huang Hua PropertyPungent, bitter, cool; liver and gallbladder meridians entered.ActionsDispel wind and clear heat, resolve swelling and remove toxicity.IndicationsSore throat, traumatic injury, jaundice, cold headache, whooping cough, Inf

NameMu Hu Die (semen oroxyli)The Effect of Mu Hu Die PropertyBitter, cold; liver and lung meridians entered.ActionsNourish the lung and soothe the liver, harmonize the stomach and promote tissue regeneration.IndicationsCough, pharyngitis, sore throat, bronchitis, unhealing wound, aphonia, stomachach

NameWei Ling Cai (Chinese Cinquefoil Herb)The Effect of Wei Ling Cai PropertyBitter, cold; liver and large intestine meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, cool blood and check diarrhea.IndicationsSores and boils, bleeding due to hemorrhoids, chronic dysentery, abdominal pain due t

NameFan Bai Cao (Discolor cinquefoil herb)The Effect of Fan Bai CaoPropertySweet, bitter, neutral.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, stop bleeding and resolve swelling.IndicationsScrofula, sores and boils, dysentery, malaria, pulmonary abscess, hematemesis, hemoptysis, metrorrhagia and metrostax

NameNiu Nai Zi (Autumn elaeagnus root leaf and fruit)SourcesThe drug is the dried root, dried of fresh leaf or fruit of Elaeagrus umbellata Thunb. (Fatally Elaeagnaceae), growing on the edge of forests, in scrubs, on waste hillsides or along creeks, and distributed in North China, East China, Southw

NameBian Yuan Lin Gai Jue (Microlepia marginata)SourcesThe drug is the dried or fresh entise herb of Polygonum caespitosum BL. (family Polygonaceae), growing in woods, roadsides or along creek, and distributed chiefly in Middle southern China, East China and Shanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou.T