Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs

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

NameShi Jian Chuan (Chinese Sage Herb)The Effect of Herba Salviae ChinensisPropertyBitter, pungent, slightly cold; liver and spleen meridians entered.ActionsActivate blood and resolve stagnation, clear heat and promote diuresis, dissipate nodulation and resolve swelling.IndicationsScrofula, carbuncl

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

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

NameDong Feng Cai (Rhizoma et Radix Doellingeriae)The Effect of 东风菜 PropertySweet, cold.SourcesThe drug is the aerial part or root of Doellingeria, scaber (Thunb.) Ness (family Compositae), growing in hillsides, grasslands, scrubs, and distributed in most areas of China.ActionsThe aerial part is use

NameDong Gua (Fruit of Chinese Waxgourd)The Effect of 冬瓜PropertySweet, bland, slightly cold; lung, large intestine, small intestine and bladder meridians entered.ActionsInduce diuresis and clear heat, resolve phlegm and promote the secretion of saliva, remove toxicity.IndicationsEdema, diabetes, sor

NameDong Gua (Fruit of Chinese Waxgourd)The Effect of Fruit of Chinese WaxgourdPropertySweet, bland, slightly cold; lung, large intestine, small intestine and bladder meridians entered.ActionsInduce diuresis and clear heat, resolve phlegm and promote the secretion of saliva, remove toxicity.Indicati

NameChuan Xin Lian (Herba Andrographis)The Effect of 穿心莲PropertyBitter, cold; lung, stomach, large intestine, liver and bladder meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and dry dampness, purge fire and remove toxicity.IndicationsDiarrhea, dysentery, jaundice, stranguria syndrome and eczema; warm diseases

NameChuan Xin Lian (Herba Andrographis)The Effect of Herba AndrographisPropertyBitter, cold; lung, stomach, large intestine, liver and bladder meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and dry dampness, purge fire and remove toxicity.IndicationsDiarrhea, dysentery, jaundice, stranguria syndrome and eczema