Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs

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

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

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 Pseudobulbus Calanthes FimbriataeAction

NameYi Chang Lou Ti Cao (Elatostemae Ichangensic Herba)SourcesThe drug is the dried whole plant of Elatostema ichangense H. Schroter (family Urticaceae ), growing in evergreen broad leaves woods or on rocks, distributed inHubei, Hunan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Guangxi of China.The Effect of 宜昌楼梯草ActionsCle

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 金腰箭ActionsClear heat, promote eruption ,

NameXia Ma (Paddy Frog)The Effect of Paddy FrogPropertySweet, cold; spleen meridian entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, strengthen the spleen and eliminate accumulation.IndicationsSores and boils, diarrhea, scrofula, aphtha, malnutrition, furuncle.Dosage and AdministrationsIt is made into