Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs

NameFang Jie Shi (Calcite)The Effect of 方解石PropertyBitter, 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 into pow

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

NameShui Xian Cai (Herba Ammanniae Bacciferae)SourcesThe drug is the dried or fresh whole herb of Ammannia baccifera L. (Family Lythraceae), growing in swampy places or irrigated fields, and distributed in East China, South China, and Hebei, Shaanxi, Hunan, Hubei and Yunnan.The Effect of 水苋菜Property

NameShui Xian Cai (Herba Ammanniae Bacciferae)SourcesThe drug is the dried or fresh whole herb of Ammannia baccifera L. (Family Lythraceae), growing in swampy places or irrigated fields, and distributed in East China, South China, and Hebei, Shaanxi, Hunan, Hubei and Yunnan.The Effect of Herba Amman

NameBan Zhi Lian (Herba Portulacae Grandiflorae)SourcesThe drug is the resh aerial part of Portulaca grandiflora Hook. (family Portulacaceae), distributed oringinaly in Brazil, and cultivated in almost whole of China.The Effect of Herba Portulacae GrandifloraePropertyBitter, cold.ActionsIt is used t

NameMu Shu (Manihot Amylum seu Folium)SourcesThe drug is the starch or leaf of Manihot esculenta Crantz (Family Euphorbiaceae), cultivated in thick soils on hillsides, hilllands or sandy lands, cultivated in Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan and Yunnan of China.ConstituentsThe herb and tube

NameGou Gan Cai (Chinese Dicliptera Herb)The Effect of 狗肝菜PropertySweet, 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, hematuria, macula caused by fev