Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs
NameGou Gan Cai (Chinese Dicliptera Herb)The Effect of Herba Diclipterae ChinensisPropertySweet, slightly bitter, cold; liver, lung and heart meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and cool blood, induce diuresis and remove toxicity.IndicationsSores and boils, difficult urination, hematochezia, hematur
NameFang Jie Shi (Calcite)The Effect of CalcitumPropertyBitter, pungent, extremely cold; lung and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat, eliminate dampness, dredge meridians and remove toxicity.IndicationsJaundice, heat accumulation in chest.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 9~15 g, or made int
NameQing Ma (Piemarker Herb)The Effect of 苘麻 PropertyBitter, neutral; spleen and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and promote diuresis, remove toxicity and induce resuscitation.IndicationsSores and boils, dysentery, deafness, tympanitis, tinnitus, orchitis, suppurative tonsillitis.Dosage
NameCao Shi Can (Chinese artichoke)The Effect of 草石蚕 PropertySweet, bland, cool; liver and spleen meridians entered.ActionsDispel wind and eliminate dampness, clear heat and remove toxicity.IndicationsRheumatic arthritis, asthma, cough, jaundice due to damp-heat, stranguria, snake bites, morbid leuc
NameBa Jiao Lian (Sixangular Dysosma Rhizome)The Effect of 八角莲PropertyBitter, pungent, cool, toxic; liver and lung meridians entered.ActionsResolve phlegm and dissipate nodulation, expel stasis and alleviate pain, clear heat and remove toxicity.IndicationsCough, sore throat, scrofula, snake bites, t
NameE Zhang Jin Xing Cao (Herba Phymatopsis Hastatae cum Radice)The Effect of 鹅掌金星草PropertyBitter, cool.ActionsClear heat and cool blood, promote diuresis and remove toxicity.IndicationsSores and boils, hematochezia, bloody stranguria, chronic hepatitis, bacillary dysentery, typhoid fever, polydypsi
NameE Zhang Jin Xing Cao (Herba Phymatopsis Hastatae cum Radice)The Effect of Herba Phymatopsis Hastatae cum RadicePropertyBitter, cool.ActionsClear heat and cool blood, promote diuresis and remove toxicity.IndicationsSores and boils, hematochezia, bloody stranguria, chronic hepatitis, bacillary dys
NameGui Zhen Cao (Sticktight)The Effect of 鬼针草PropertyBitter, neutral; liver, spleen and large intestine meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, activate blood and dissipate blood stasis.IndicationsSore throat, traumatic injury, acute appendicitis.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 15
NamePeng Qi Ju (Herba Wedeliae)The Effect of 蟛蜞菊PropertySweet, cold.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, cool blood and dissipate blood stasis.IndicationsWhooping cough, urine with blood, dysentery, nose bleeding, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, fever due to cold, diphtheritis, pneumonia, haemorrhoids,
NameFu Shui Cao (Veronicastrum Herb)The Effect of 腹水草PropertyBitter, pungent, cool, slightly toxic; liver, lung and kidney meridians entered.ActionsDrive out accumulated water, clear heat and remove toxicity.IndicationsEdema, sores and boils, ascites.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 3~9 g. Proper do
