Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs

NameShi La Hong (Flos Pelargonium hortorum)SourcesThe drug is the fresh flower of Pelargonium hortorum Bailey (family Geraniaceae), cultivated in the most areas of China.The Effect of 石腊红ActionsIt is used to dispel heat and relieve inflammation; for the treatment of tympanitis.Dosage and Administrat

NameShi Luo Mo (Herba Pentasacmes Championii)SourceThe drug is the dried entire herb of Pentasacme championii Benth. (family Asclepiadaceae), growing in hills, open forests or near streams or in crevices of cliff, and distributed in Hunan, Guangdong,Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan of China.The Effect of 石萝藦

NameShi Luo Mo (Herba Pentasacmes Championii)SourceThe drug is the dried entire herb of Pentasacme championii Benth. (family Asclepiadaceae), growing in hills, open forests or near streams or in crevices of cliff, and distributed in Hunan, Guangdong,Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan of China.The Effect of Her

NameJin Zhong Hua (Radix seu Folium seu Fructus Forsythiae Viridissimae)SourcesThe drug is the dried ripe fruit of Forsythia viridissima Lindl.(family Oleaceae),growing in grassland on mountain slopes, in scrubs, along streams, cultivated in gardens, and distributed chiefly in Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejia

NameJin Ji Wei (Rhizoma seu Herba Pteridis Dactylinae)SourcesThe drug is the dried whole plant of Pteris dactylina Hook.(family Pteridaceae), growing along gullies and rock sutures at shady places of mountains, and distributed in Gansu, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Xizang of China.ConstituentsThe aeria

NameLv Dou Ya (Mung Bean sprout)The Effect of 绿豆芽PropertySweet, cool; stomach and triple energizer meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and relieve summer-heat, remove toxicity and induce diuresis.IndicationsDifficult urination, nebula, drunkness, polydipsia due to summer-heat.Dosage and Administrati

NameShan Yu Gu (Finless eel bone)The Effect of 鳝鱼骨PropertySalt, sweet, cool; lung meridian entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity.IndicationsEcthyma, erysipelas, pox caused by wind-heat.Dosage and AdministrationsProper dosage is for external application. Stir-bake it into charcoal and pound i

NameXia Ma (Paddy Frog)The Effect of 虾蟆PropertySweet, 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 pills a

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

NameZhong Hua Ti Gai Jue (Rhizoma Athyrii Sinensis)SourcesThe drug is the dried rhizome or leaf of Athyrium sinense Rupr. (Family Athyriaceae), growing in forests along ravines, in swampy lands near the forests, and distributed in Northeast China, North China, Northwest China and Southwest China.The