Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs

NameLing Ye (Leaf of Singharanut)The Effect of Ling YePropertySweet, cool.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity.IndicationsSores and boils, infantile gangrenous stomatitis.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 6~15 g, or 12~30 g of the fresh. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded for applyin

NameBian Dou Ye (Leaf of Hyacinth Dolichos)The Effect of Bian Dou YePropertyPungent, neutral, sweet, slightly toxic; spleen, stomach and heart meridians entered.ActionsRelieve summer-heat, eliminate dampness, remove toxicity and resolve swelling.IndicationsSores and boils, snake and insect bites, vo

NameLing Jing (Stem of Maximorwica Waterchesnut, Stem of Singharanut)The Effect of Ling JingPropertySweet, cool.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity.IndicationsSores and boils, gastric ulcer, wart.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 30~45 g of the fresh. Proper dosage is for external application, poun

NameHuang Gua (Cucumber)The Effect of Huang GuaPropertySweet, cool; lung, spleen and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat, induce diuresis and remove toxicity.IndicationsScalds and burns, edema with oliguria, thrist caused by fever, sweat stain, oliguria with dark urine.Dosage and Administrat

NameDan Zhu Ke (Henon bamboo sheath)The Effect of Dan Zhu KePropertyBland, sweet, cold.ActionsImprove eyesight, remove nebula.IndicationsNebula.Dosage and AdministrationsStir-bake it into charcoal and then pound into powder. The powder is used for eye drops.

NameDong Gua Ye (Leaf of Chinese Waxgourd)The Effect of Dong Gua YePropertyBitter, cool; lung and large intestine meridians entered.ActionsClear heat, eliminate dampness and remove toxicity.IndicationsDiabetes, diarrhea caused by summer-heat and dampness, malaria, sores, bee sting.Dosage and Adminis

NameMo Pan Cao (Abutilon indicum)The Effect of Mo Pan CaoPropertySweet, bland, cool; lung and kidney meridians entered.ActionsDispel wind and clear heat, resolve phlegm, relieve cough, resolve swelling and remove toxicity.IndicationsSores and boils, traumatic injury, cold, fever, cough, diarrhea, de

NameHua Tou Cao (Whiteflower violet herb with root)The Effect of Hua Tou CaoPropertySlightly bitter, cold; large intestine, liver and heart meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, disperse stasis and resolve swelling.IndicationsJaundice, sores and boils, scabies, stranguria with tur

NameJin Yao Jian (Herba SynedreUae nodiflorae)SourcesThe drug is the dried whole herb of Synedrella nodiflora (L.)Gaertn.(family Composilae), growing on wilderness, gully sides or fields, distributed in Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi,Yunnan of China.The Effect of Jin Yao JianActionsClear heat, promote e

NameJin Wa Er (Herba Carpesii Divaricati)SourcesThe drug is the whole herb of Carpesium divaricatum Sieb. et Zucc. (family Compositae), growing on hill slopes, groove-sides and roadsidesor cultivated, distributed in Jilin, Fujian, Hunan, Guangdong, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan of China.The Effect of Jin