Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs

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

NameJi Zi Bai (Egg White)The Effect of 鸡子白PropertySweet, cool; lung and spleen meridians entered.ActionsMoisten the lung, relieve sore throat, clear heat and remove toxicity.IndicationsMalaria, burns, hot eyes, sore throat and choking cough.Dosage and AdministrationsIt can be eaten raw or cooked for

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

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

NameLang Ba Cao (Bur Beggarticks Herb)The Effect of 狼把草 PropertyBitter, sweet, neutral.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, nourish yin and arrest sweating.IndicationsCold, hepatitis, tonsillitis,enteritis, pharyngitis, dysentery, urinary infection, night sweat, phthisis, amenorrhea for oral use;