Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs

NameShan Yao Teng (Common Yam Stem)The Effect of 山药藤PropertySweet, neutral.ActionsClear damp-heat, cool blood and remove toxicity.IndicationsEczema, erysipelas.Dosage and AdministrationsProper dosage is for external application. Pounded for applying or decocted for washing.

NameShui Yang Mei Gen (Japanese Avens Root)The Effect of 水杨梅根 PropertyBland, neutral.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, dissipate stasis and activate blood.IndicationsCough due to lung-heat, traumatic bleeding, rheumatic arthritis, sore throat, hepatitis.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 50~100 g

NameBai Rui Cao (Herba Thesii)The Effect of Herba ThesiiPropertyPungent, slightly bitter, astringent, cold; spleen and kidney meridians entered.ActionsClear heat, remove toxicity and resolve swelling.IndicationsPneumonia, pulmonary abscess, pharyngitis, bronchitis, tonsillitis, fever.Dosage and Admi

NameGou Wei Cao (Green Bristlegrass Herb)The Effect of 狗尾草PropertyBland, neutral; liver and heart meridians entered.ActionsClear liver-fire, improve eyesight, bring down a fever and expel dampness.IndicationsInfantile malnutrition, jaundice, sores and boils, tinea, swelling and pain of eyes.Dosage a

NameGou Wei Cao (Green Bristlegrass Herb)The Effect of Herba Setariae ViridisPropertyBland, neutral; liver and heart meridians entered.ActionsClear liver-fire, improve eyesight, bring down a fever and expel dampness.IndicationsInfantile malnutrition, jaundice, sores and boils, tinea, swelling and pa

NameWan Nian Qing (Rohdea Japonica)The Effect of 万年青 PropertyBitter, slightly sweet, cold, slightly toxic; lung and heart meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, strengthen the heart and promote diuresis, cool blood and stop bleeding.IndicationsSore throat, sores and boils, edema, a

NameDa Ye Jin Hua Cao (Common Wedgelet Fern Herb)The Effect of 大叶金花草PropertySlightly bitter, cold; liver, lung and large intestine meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, eliminate dampness and stop bleeding.IndicationsSore throat, dysentery, sores and boils, mumps, burns and scalds

NameMao Ren Shen (Valvate Actinidia Root)The Effect of 猫人参PropertyBitter, astringent, cool; liver meridian entered.ActionsClear heat, resolve swelling and remove toxicity.IndicationsSores and boils, leucorrhea, lepriasis, summer fever, respiratory tract infection.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 30~

NameCi Bai (Taiwan juniper root or fruit)SourcesThe drug is the dried root of Juniperus formosana Hayata (family (Cupressaceae), growing on mountain slopes, under woods, distributed in the southern part of Shaanxi and Gansu.ConstituentsThe timber contains α-cedrol, β-sitosterol, crypto japonol,sugio

NameLing (Water Caltrop)The Effect of 菱PropertySweet, cool; spleen and stomach meridians entered.ActionsStrengthen the spleen and tonify the stomach, relieve polydipsia, remove toxicity.IndicationsPolydipsia caused by summer-heat, drunkness, dysentery, diarrhea caused by spleen-deficiency.Dosage and