Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs

NameShi Chan Cao (Dindygulen peperomia herb)SourcesThe drug is the dried entire herb of Peperomia dindigulensis Mequel(family Piperaceae), growing in ravines, creek banks or on moist rocks; and distributed in Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Taiwan of China.The Effect of 石蝉草ActionsIt is used to r

NameChang Ye Shan Zhi Ma (Herba Helicteris Elongatae)SourcesThe drug is the dried whole herb of Helicteres elongata Wall. (Family Sterculiaceae), growing a long roadsides, on waste lands near villages, on the dried grass slopes, and distributed in Guangxi and Yunnan of China.The Effect of 长叶山芝麻Prope

NameChang Ye Shan Zhi Ma (Herba Helicteris Elongatae)SourcesThe drug is the dried whole herb of Helicteres elongata Wall. (Family Sterculiaceae), growing a long roadsides, on waste lands near villages, on the dried grass slopes, and distributed in Guangxi and Yunnan of China.The Effect of Herba Heli

NameNiu Han Shui (Herba Dodartiae Orientalis)SourcesThe drug is the dried root and whole herb of Dodartia orientalis L. (Family Scrophulariaceae) , growing in fields,on hillsides,on waste lands or along roadsides, and distributed in Neimonggol, Gansu, Ningxia, Xinjiang and Sichuan of China.Constitue

NameNiu Han Shui (Herba Dodartiae Orientalis)SourcesThe drug is the dried root and whole herb of Dodartia orientalis L. (Family Scrophulariaceae) , growing in fields,on hillsides,on waste lands or along roadsides, and distributed in Neimonggol, Gansu, Ningxia, Xinjiang and Sichuan of China.Constitue

NameMi Mian Weng Gen (Radix Buckleyae Lanceolatae)The Effect of Radix Buckleyae LanceolataePropertyBitter, cold, toxic.SourcesThe drug is the dried or fresh root of Buckleya lanceolata (Sieb. et Zucc. ) Miq. (family Santalace-ae), growing in forests, and distributed in Shanxi, Gansu, Shaanxi, Henan,

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 干岩矸 PropertyBitter, cool.ActionsW

NameWo Ju (Lettuce)The Effect of 莴苣PropertyBitter, sweet, cool; stomach and small intestine meridians entered.ActionsInduce diuresis and promote lactation, clear heat and remove toxicity.IndicationsDifficult urination, urine with blood, sores and boils, snake and insect bites.Dosage and Administrati

NameBai Ju (Garden lettuce stem and leaf)The Effect of Caulis et Folium Lactucae SativaePropertyBitter, cold; stomach and intestine meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, relieve thirst.IndicationsSores and swelling caused by heat-toxin, thirst.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 30~6

NameQi Xing Jian (Cavalerie Mosla Herb)The Effect of 七星剑PropertyPungent, warm; liver and spleen meridians entered.ActionsInduce sweating, relieve summer-heat, eliminate dampness and remove toxicity.IndicationsCold, diarrhea, eczema, sores and boils, scrofula, traumatic injury, snake bites, vomiting,