Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs

NameRen Zhong Huang (Rulvis Glycyrrhizae Extractionis Sedilis)The Effect of 人中黄PropertySweet, cold; heart and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat, cool blood and remove toxicity.IndicationsErysipelas, sores, polydipsia with high fever, typhoid with heat disease, macula due to heat-toxin.Dosa

NamingBai Hua She She Cao (Herba Hedyotidis Diffusae)——Guang Xi Zhong Yao Zhi (Records on Chinese Herbs of Guangxi)The Processing of 白花蛇舌草OriginThe entire plants of Oldenlandia diffusa (Willd.) Roxb of family Rubiaceae.LocationSouthern provinces of Yangtze River Valley.HarvestCollected in summer and

NameZhu Dan (Pig's Gallbladder)The Effect of 猪胆PropertyBitter, cold; liver, gallbladder, lung and large intestine meridians entered.ActionsClear heat, moisten dryness and remove toxicity.IndicationsSores and boils, diarrhea, whooping cough, jaundice, constipation, asthma, thirst due to fever, pharyn

NameShi Jian Chuan (Chinese Sage Herb)The Effect of 石见穿PropertyBitter, pungent, slightly cold; liver and spleen meridians entered.ActionsActivate blood and resolve stagnation, clear heat and promote diuresis, dissipate nodulation and resolve swelling.IndicationsScrofula, carbuncle and swelling, hepa

NameJin Qiao Mai (Wild Buckwheat Rhizome)The Effect of Wild Buckwheat RhizomePropertyCool, slightly pungent, astringent; lung meridian entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, activate blood and resolve carbuncle, expel wind and eliminate dampness.IndicationsSnake bites, sore throat, dysentery

NameMu Tou Hui (Diversifolious Patrinia Root)The Effect of 墓头回PropertyPungent, warm; liver and heart meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and dry dampness, stop leucorrhea, prevent malaria and stop bleeding.IndicationsMalaria, leucorrhea with reddish discharge, metrorrhagia, traumatic injury.Dosage a

NameMu Tou Hui (Diversifolious Patrinia Root)The Effect of Radix Patriniae ScabraePropertyPungent, warm; liver and heart meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and dry dampness, stop leucorrhea, prevent malaria and stop bleeding.IndicationsMalaria, leucorrhea with reddish discharge, metrorrhagia, traum

NameBei Dou Gen (Asiatic Moonseed Rhizome)The Effect of 北豆根PropertyBitter, cold, slightly toxic; lung, stomach and lung intestine meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity; resolve swelling and alleviate pain; promote diuresis.IndicationsSore throat; cough with lung heat; mumps; diarrh

NameBei Dou Gen (Asiatic Moonseed Rhizome)The Effect of Asiatic Moonseed RhizomePropertyBitter, cold, slightly toxic; lung, stomach and lung intestine meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity; resolve swelling and alleviate pain; promote diuresis.IndicationsSore throat; cough with lun

NamingYe Ju Hua (Flos Chrysanthemi Indici)——Ben Cao Zheng (Correction of Materia Medica)The Processing of 野菊花OriginThe anthodium of perennial herbaceous plant Chrysanthemum indicum L. of family Compositae.LocationEverywhere in China; mainly produced in Jiangsu, Sichuan, Anhui, Guangdong provinces, e