Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs

NameHai Yu (Common Alocasia Rhizome)The Effect of 海芋PropertyPungent, cold, toxic; heart, liver, gallbladder and large intestine meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, resolve swelling and dissipate nodulation.IndicationsTyphoid fever of intestine, high fever; sores and boils for ex

NameHai Yu (Common Alocasia Rhizome)The Effect of Rhizoma Alocasiae MacrorrhizaePropertyPungent, cold, toxic; heart, liver, gallbladder and large intestine meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, resolve swelling and dissipate nodulation.IndicationsTyphoid fever of intestine, high f

NameMa Lin Zi (Semen Irisis)The Effect of 马蔺子PropertySweet, neutral; spleen and lung meridians entered.ActionsClear damp-heat, stop bleeding and remove toxicity.IndicationsJaundice, nose bleeding, hematemesis, sores and boils, diarrhea, leucorrhea, pharyngitis, metrorrhagia.Dosage and Administration

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

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

NamePing Er Xiao Cao (Herba Ophioglossi)The Effect of Herba OphioglossiPropertySlightly sweet, sour, cool; lung and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, resolve swelling and alleviate pain.IndicationsSnake bites, sores and boils, abdominal distension, infantile pnemonia;