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Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs

Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs: Chinese herbs in this class — their actions in TCM, typical uses, preparation and safety cautions.

A thick sauce made from soya beans or flour Jiang Jiang (A thick sauce made from soya beans or flour): Clear heat and remove toxicity. Salty, sweet, neutral; stomach, spleen and kidney meridians entered.
Lian Qiao (Weeping Forsythiae Capsule) Weeping Forsythiae Capsule, Fructus Forsythiae Lian Qiao (Weeping Forsythiae Capsule): clear heat and remove toxicity, disperse wind-heat, clear heart-heat.
Dong Gua (Chinese Waxgourd Fruit) 冬瓜,Dong Gua Dong Gua, the fruit of the Chinese waxgourd, is a sweet and slightly cold herb used to promote urination and clear heat.
La Mei Hua (Wintersweet Flower) 蜡梅花 ,La Mei Hua,Japan Allspice Flower,腊梅花,蠟梅花,Wintersweet Flower La Mei Hua (Wintersweet Flower): relieve summer-heat, promote the secretion of saliva or body fluid, relieve cough.
Ku Zhu Ye (Pleioblastus amarus leaves) Pleioblastus amarus leaves, 苦竹叶 Ku Zhu Ye (Pleioblastus amarus leaves): clear heat, improve eyesight, remove toxicity, kill parasites.
Fu Rong Ye (Cottonrose Hibiscus Leaf) 芙蓉叶 ,木芙蓉叶,Fu Rong Ye,Cottonrose Hibiscus Leaf,芙蓉葉 Fu Rong Ye (Cottonrose Hibiscus Leaf): clear lung heat and cool blood, dissipate heat and remove toxicity, resolve swelling and expel pus.
Lang Ba Cao (Bur Beggarticks Herb) Bur Beggarticks Herb, 狼把草 Lang Ba Cao (Bur Beggarticks Herb): clear heat and remove toxicity, nourish yin and arrest sweating.
Niu Jin Cao (Goosegrass Herb) Goosegrass Herb, 牛筋草 Niu Jin Cao (Goosegrass Herb): clear heat and eliminate dampness, activate blood and tonify qi.
Yu Bie Jin Xing (Lepidogrammitis Herb) 鱼鳖金星,Yu Bie Jin Xing,抱石莲,Lepidogrammitis Herb,鱼鳖草,Yu Bie Cao Yu Bie Jin Xing (Lepidogrammitis Herb): it is used to clear away toxic heat, dispel dampness and resolve phlegm; for the treatment of sore, abscesss, sore throat, lymphadenitis, mumps, traumatic injury,.
Ping Er Xiao Cao (Adder's Tongue Herb) Adder's Tongue Herb, 瓶尔小草 Ping Er Xiao Cao (Adder's Tongue Herb): clear heat and remove toxicity, resolve swelling and alleviate pain.
Zha Jiang Cao (Creeping Woodsorrel Herb) Creeping Woodsorrel Herb, 酢浆草, Cu Jiang Cao Zha Jiang Cao (Creeping Woodsorrel Herb): clear heat and promote diuresis, cool blood and dissipate blood stasis, resolve swelling and remove toxicity.
Teng Li Gen (Yangtao Actinidia Root) Yangtao Actinidia Root, 藤梨根 Teng Li Gen (Yangtao Actinidia Root): clear heat and remove toxicity, activate blood and dissipate nodulation, dispel wind and promote diuresis.