Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs

NameJiang (A thick sauce made from soya beans or flour)The Effect of 酱PropertySalty, sweet, neutral; stomach, spleen and kidney meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity.IndicationsSnake, insect and bee bites, scalds and burns, acute eczema, poison of fish, meat and vegetables.Dosage a

NameJiang (A thick sauce made from soya beans or flour)The Effect of A thick sauce made from soya beans or flourPropertySalty, sweet, neutral; stomach, spleen and kidney meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity.IndicationsSnake, insect and bee bites, scalds and burns, acute eczema, po

NameGan Zhe (Sugarcane)The Effect of 甘蔗PropertySweet, cold; lung and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and promote the secretion of body fluid, moisten dryness, harmonize the spleen and stomach, remove toxicity.IndicationsDiabetes, nausea and vomit, constipation, sores and boils, cough due

NamingLian Qiao (Fructus Forsythiae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of 连翘OriginThe fruits of Forsythia suspensa (Thunb. ) Vahl. of family Caprifoliaceae.LocationShanxi, Shaanxi, Henan provinces, etc. of China.HarvestThe fruit is collected when it begins to ripen in autumn

NamingLian Qiao (Fructus Forsythiae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Fructus ForsythiaeOriginThe fruits of Forsythia suspensa (Thunb. ) Vahl. of family Caprifoliaceae.LocationShanxi, Shaanxi, Henan provinces, etc. of China.HarvestThe fruit is collected when it begins to

NamingBan Lan Gen (Radix Isatidis)——Xin Xiu Ben Cao (Newly Revised Materia Medica)The Processing of 板蓝根OriginThe root of biennial herbaceous plant Isatis indigotica Fort. of family Cruciferae.LocationShaanxi, Hebei, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui provinces, etc. of China.HarvestCollected in autumn.The act

NamingBan Lan Gen (Radix Isatidis)——Xin Xiu Ben Cao (Newly Revised Materia Medica)The Processing of Radix IsatidisOriginThe root of biennial herbaceous plant Isatis indigotica Fort. of family Cruciferae.LocationShaanxi, Hebei, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui provinces, etc. of China.HarvestCollected in aut

NameChun (Watershield)The Effect of WatershieldPropertySweet, cold; liver and spleen meridians entered.ActionsInduce diuresis and resolve swelling, clear heat and remove toxicity.IndicationsSores and boils, jaundice and heat dysentery.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 15~30 g, or made into soup. Prop

NamingQing Dai (Indigo Naturalis)——Yao Xing Lun (Treatise on Herb Property)The Processing of 青黛OriginA kind of dried powder or clumping processed from the leaf or stem with leaf of Baphicacanthus cusia (Nees) Bremek, Polygonum tinctorium Ait or Isatis indigotica Fort. of family Acanthaceae.LocationF

NamingQing Dai (Indigo Naturalis)——Yao Xing Lun (Treatise on Herb Property)The Processing of Indigo NaturalisOriginA kind of dried powder or clumping processed from the leaf or stem with leaf of Baphicacanthus cusia (Nees) Bremek, Polygonum tinctorium Ait or Isatis indigotica Fort. of family Acantha