Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs

NameKu Zhu Ye (Pleioblastus amarus leaves)The Effect of Folium PleioblastiPropertyBitter, 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 f

NameFu Rong Ye (Cottonrose Hibiscus Leaf)The Effect of 芙蓉叶 PropertySlightly pungent, cool; lung and liver meridians entered.ActionsClear lung heat and cool blood, dissipate heat and remove toxicity, resolve swelling and expel pus.IndicationsCough due to lung heat, acute appendicitis, scrofula for or

NameFu Rong Ye (Cottonrose Hibiscus Leaf)The Effect of Folium Hibisci MutabilisPropertySlightly pungent, cool; lung and liver meridians entered.ActionsClear lung heat and cool blood, dissipate heat and remove toxicity, resolve swelling and expel pus.IndicationsCough due to lung heat, acute appendici

NameXiao Jin Qian Cao (Creeping Dichondra Herb)The Effect of 小金钱草PropertyBitter, pungent, cool; lung and liver meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, promote diuresis and activate blood.IndicationsJaundice, dysentery, edema, sores and boils, traumatic injury, gonorrhea, urolithiasi

NameXiao Jin Qian Cao (Creeping Dichondra Herb)The Effect of Herba Dichondrae RepentisPropertyBitter, pungent, cool; lung and liver meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, promote diuresis and activate blood.IndicationsJaundice, dysentery, edema, sores and boils, traumatic injury, g

NameNiu Jin Cao (Herba Eleusines Indicae)The Effect of 牛筋草 PropertySweet, neutral; lung and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and eliminate dampness, activate blood and tonify qi.IndicationsDysentery, icteric hepatitis, infantile malnutrition, orchitis, strain, prevention of epidemic encep

NameNiu Jin Cao (Herba Eleusines Indicae)The Effect of Herba Eleusines IndicaePropertySweet, neutral; lung and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and eliminate dampness, activate blood and tonify qi.IndicationsDysentery, icteric hepatitis, infantile malnutrition, orchitis, strain, preventio

NameTeng Li Gen (Radix Actinidiae Chinensis)The Effect of 藤梨根PropertyBitter, astringent, cool.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, activate blood and dissipate nodulation, dispel wind and promote diuresis.IndicationsSores and boils, traumatic injury, rheumatic arthritis.Dosage and AdministrationsD

NameTeng Li Gen (Radix Actinidiae Chinensis)The Effect of Radix Actinidiae ChinensisPropertyBitter, astringent, cool.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, activate blood and dissipate nodulation, dispel wind and promote diuresis.IndicationsSores and boils, traumatic injury, rheumatic arthritis.Dosa

NameDi Tao Hua (Root or herb of Rose Mallow)The Effect of 地桃花PropertySweet, neutral, pungent; lung and spleen meridians entered.ActionsExpel wind and eliminate dampness, clear heat and remove toxicity.IndicationsCold with fever, hematemesis, traumatic bleeding, edema, dysentery, stranguria, leucorrh