Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs

NameLuo Guo Di (Radix Hemsleyae)SourcesThe drug is the dried root tuber of Hemsleya amabilis Diels (family Cucurbitaceae), growing in shrubs, gullies, woods or at wet places, distributed in Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan of China.The Effect of Radix HemsleyaePropertyBitter, cold, slightly toxic;

NameNong Ji Li (Purpleflower Crotalaria Herb)The Effect of 农吉利 PropertySweet, bland, neutral, toxic; lung, liver and large intestine meridians entered.ActionsClerat heat, promote diuresis, remove toxicity, replenish yin and tonify the kidney.IndicationsSnake and insect bites, dizziness, sores and bo

NameDa Ma Liao (White Smartweed)SourcesThe drug if the dried or fresh herb of Polygonum lapathifolium L. (Family Polygonaceae), growing in grooveside, fieldside or moistland along road, distributed in Northeastern China, Northern China and Shanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Heann, Shandong, Anhui, Zhejiang, Hu

NameDi Nie (Twelve stamen Melastoma Herb)SourcesThe drug is the dried root or entire plant of Melastoma dodecandrum Lour. (family Melastomaceae), growing on acidic soils in hillsides, scrubs or on grasslands, and distributed in ZhejiangFujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou of China.The

NameHui Guan Zhong (Herba Polystichi Deltodoni )SourcesThe drug is the dried entire herb of Polystichum deltodon (Bak.) Diels (family Dryopteridaceae), growing on limerocks or in crevices of rock, and distributed in Anhui, Taiwan, Hunan, Hubei, Guangxi, Guangdong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou of China.T

NameHui Guan Zhong (Herba Polystichi Deltodoni )SourcesThe drug is the dried entire herb of Polystichum deltodon (Bak.) Diels (family Dryopteridaceae), growing on limerocks or in crevices of rock, and distributed in Anhui, Taiwan, Hunan, Hubei, Guangxi, Guangdong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou of China.T

NameShui Wu Gong (Shortleaf Kyllinga Herb)The Effect of 水蜈蚣 PropertyPungent, slightly bitter, neutral; liver and lung meridians entered.ActionsDispel wind and remove toxicity, clear heat and promote diuresis, activate blood.IndicationsDysentery, sores and boils, snake bites, traumatic injury, rheuma

NameShui Wu Gong (Shortleaf Kyllinga Herb)The Effect of Herba KyllingaePropertyPungent, slightly bitter, neutral; liver and lung meridians entered.ActionsDispel wind and remove toxicity, clear heat and promote diuresis, activate blood.IndicationsDysentery, sores and boils, snake bites, traumatic inj

NameShi Xian Tao (Chinese Pholidota Herb)The Effect of 石仙桃PropertyBitter, slightly sour, cool; lung and kidney meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and nourish yin, moisten the lung and remove toxicity.IndicationsCold, traumatic injury, rheumatic arthritis, cough due to lung heat, chronic osteomyelit

NameBai Yan Teng (Littleleaf Indianmulberry Herb)SourcesThe drug is the dried or fresh root or entire plant of Morinda parvifolia Benth. (family Rubiaceae), growing in hilly scrubs, and distributed in South China, Southeast China.The Effect of 百眼藤PropertySweet, cool; lung meridian entered.ActionsIt