Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs
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
NameLing Ye (Leaf of Singharanut)The Effect of 菱叶PropertySweet, 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 applying.
NameBian Dou Ye (Leaf of Hyacinth Dolichos)The Effect of 扁豆叶PropertyPungent, 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, vomiting a
NameLing Jing (Stem of Maximorwica Waterchesnut, Stem of Singharanut)The Effect of 菱茎PropertySweet, 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, pounded for
NameHuang Gua (Cucumber)The Effect of 黄瓜PropertySweet, 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 AdministrationsCoo
NameMa Ya Qi (Pseudobulbus Calanthes Fimbriatae)SourcesThe drug is the whole herb or pseudobulb of Calanthe fimbriata Franch(Family Orchidaceae), growing in forests on mountain slopes, and distributed in Shaanxi, Gansu, Hubei and South west China.The Effect of 马牙七 ActionsClear heat and remove toxici
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 金挖耳
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 Her
NameDi Mao Yi (Muskeag moss)SourceThe drug is the dried entire herb of Sphagnum squarrosum Pers. (family.Sphagnaceae), growing in swamps or damp soils under woods, and distributed in Northeast China and Neimenggu, Sichuan, and the northwest of Yunnan.The Effect of 地毛衣PropertyBland, sweet, cool.Actio
NameDi Mao Yi (Muskeag moss)SourceThe drug is the dried entire herb of Sphagnum squarrosum Pers. (family.Sphagnaceae), growing in swamps or damp soils under woods, and distributed in Northeast China and Neimenggu, Sichuan, and the northwest of Yunnan.The Effect of Muskeag mossPropertyBland, sweet, c
