Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs

NameGan Yan Gan (Herba Corydalis Tomentellae Siccata)SourcesThe drug is the dried or fresh whole herb of Corydalis tomentella Franch. (Family Papaweraceae), growing on cliff or in crevice, and distributed in Shaanxi, Hubei, Guizhou and Sichuan of China.The Effect of Herba Corydalis Tomentellae Sicca

NameYan Bai Jiang (Cliff patrinia herb)SourcesThe drug is the dried whole herb of Patrinia rupestris (Pall.) Dufr. (family Valerianaceae), growing on dry mountain slopes, grasslands, at the edges of the woods, distributed chiefly in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi of China.The Effect of

NameDian Di Mei (Umbellate Rockjasmine Herb)The Effect of 点地梅 PropertyBitter, pungent, cold; lung, liver and spleen meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, resolve swelling and alleviate pain.IndicationsSore throat, rheumatic arthritis, sores and boils, traumatic injury, snkae bites

NameDian Di Mei (Umbellate Rockjasmine Herb)The Effect of Herba Androsaces UmbellataePropertyBitter, pungent, cold; lung, liver and spleen meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, resolve swelling and alleviate pain.IndicationsSore throat, rheumatic arthritis, sores and boils, trauma

NameWu Lian Mei (Japanese Cayratia Herb)The Effect of 乌蔹莓PropertyBitter, sour, cold; liver, heart and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and eliminate dampness, remove toxicity and resolve swelling.IndicationsSores and boils, urine with blood, gonorrhea, jaundice, dysentery, rheumatic arthr

NameWu Lian Mei (Japanese Cayratia Herb)The Effect of Herba Cayatiae JaponicaePropertyBitter, sour, cold; liver, heart and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and eliminate dampness, remove toxicity and resolve swelling.IndicationsSores and boils, urine with blood, gonorrhea, jaundice, dysen

NameMi Tong Hua (Hance Brandisia Herb)The Effect of 蜜桶花PropertySlightly bitter, cool.ActionsDispel wind, eliminate dampness, clear heat and remove toxicity.IndicationsEdema, scabies, diarrhea, jaundice, rheumatic arthritis, hematemesis caused by tuberculosis, periostitis, osteomyelitis.Dosage and Ad

NameMi Tong Hua (Hance Brandisia Herb)The Effect of Herba Brandisiae HanceiPropertySlightly bitter, cool.ActionsDispel wind, eliminate dampness, clear heat and remove toxicity.IndicationsEdema, scabies, diarrhea, jaundice, rheumatic arthritis, hematemesis caused by tuberculosis, periostitis, osteomy

NameXian Ren Zhang (Cholla root and stem)The Effect of 仙人掌PropertyBitter, cold; heart, lung and stomach meridians entered.ActionsPromote the flow of qi, activate blood, clear heat and remove toxicity, cool blood to stop bleeding, clear lung-heat and relieve cough.IndicationsDysentery, sores and boil

NameXian Ren Zhang (Cholla root and stem)The Effect of Radix et Caulis Opuntiae DilleniiPropertyBitter, cold; heart, lung and stomach meridians entered.ActionsPromote the flow of qi, activate blood, clear heat and remove toxicity, cool blood to stop bleeding, clear lung-heat and relieve cough.Indica