Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs

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

NameMa Lin Zi (Semen Irisis)The Effect of Semen Iridis ChinensisPropertySweet, 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

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

NameTie Xiu (Iron Rust)The Effect of 铁锈 PropertyBitter, pungent, cold; lung and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, relieve palpitation and calm the liver.IndicationsAphtha, sores and boils, insect bites, scalds, epilepsy, scabies and congenital deformity of the tongue.D

NameTie Xiu (Iron Rust)The Effect of Iron RustPropertyBitter, pungent, cold; lung and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, relieve palpitation and calm the liver.IndicationsAphtha, sores and boils, insect bites, scalds, epilepsy, scabies and congenital deformity of the 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

NameKu Zhu Ye (Pleioblastus amarus leaves)The Effect of 苦竹叶PropertyBitter, cold.ActionsClear heat, improve eyesight, remove toxicity, kill parasites.IndicationsScalds and burns, eyes pain, diabetes, aphtha, aphonia, dysphoria.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 6~12 g. Proper dosage is for external app