Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs
NameSan Jiao Pao (Balloon vine)The Effect of San Jiao PaoPropertyBitter, pungent, cold.ActionsClear heat and induce diuresis, cool blood and remove toxicity.IndicationsJaundice, eczema, stranguria, snake bites, sores and boils, traumatic injury.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 9~15 g, or 30~60 g of
NameJi Yu Dan (Maesa perlarius)The Effect of Ji Yu DanPropertyBitter, cold, toxic; lung and liver meridians entered.ActionsClear heat, improve eyesight, kill parasites and astringe wound.IndicationsDiabetes, sores, wet sore.Dosage and AdministrationsIt is taken with other medicine for oral use. Prop
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
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
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 Di Mao YiPropertyBland, sweet, cool
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 Lv Dou YaPropertySweet, 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 Admini
NameShan Yu Gu (Finless eel bone)The Effect of Shan Yu GuPropertySalt, 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
