Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs

NameLong Kui (Black Nightshade Herb)The Effect of Black Nightshade HerbPropertyBitter, cold; liver and kidney meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, activate blood and resolve swelling.IndicationsTraumatic injury, difficulty in urination, dysentery, sores and boils, eczema, acute n

NameBan Bian Lian (Herba Lobeliae Chinensis)The Effect of 半边莲PropertySlightly bitter, sweet, bland, cold; heart and bladder meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, induce diuresis and relieve edema.IndicationsSores and abscess with swelling pain; venomous snake bite; edema, ascitic

NameBan Bian Lian (Herba Lobeliae Chinensis)The Effect of Herba Lobeliae ChinensisPropertySlightly bitter, sweet, bland, cold; heart and bladder meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, induce diuresis and relieve edema.IndicationsSores and abscess with swelling pain; venomous snake

NameBan Zhi Lian (Herba Scutellariae Barbatae)The Effect of 半枝莲PropertyPungent, slightly bitter, cool; heart, liver, lung and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity; activate blood and resolve stasis; induce diuresis and alleviate edema.IndicationsAbscess and sores; swollen

NameBan Zhi Lian (Herba Scutellariae Barbatae)The Effect of Herba Scutellariae BarbataePropertyPungent, slightly bitter, cool; heart, liver, lung and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity; activate blood and resolve stasis; induce diuresis and alleviate edema.IndicationsAbs

NameQian Li Guang (Climbing Groundsel Herb)The Effect of Climbing Groundsel HerbPropertyBitter, pungent, cool, slightly toxic; liver and kidney meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, kill parasites and improve vision.IndicationsSores and boils, bacillary dysentery, diarrhea, eczema

NameShan Hai Luo (Lance Asiabell Root)SourcesThe drug is the dried root of Codonopsis lanceolata (Sieb. et Zucc.) Trautv. (family Campanulaceae), growing in woods, damp soils along creeks, and distributed in Northeast China, Northern China, Eastern China and Henan, Hubei, Guangdong, Guangxi.The Effe

NameShan Hai Luo (Lance Asiabell Root)SourcesThe drug is the dried root of Codonopsis lanceolata (Sieb. et Zucc.) Trautv. (family Campanulaceae), growing in woods, damp soils along creeks, and distributed in Northeast China, Northern China, Eastern China and Henan, Hubei, Guangdong, Guangxi.The Effe

NameLv Dou (Mung Bean)The Effect of 绿豆PropertySweet, cold; heart and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, relieve summer-heat and promote diuresis.IndicationsEdema, diarrhea, erysipelas, carbuncle and swelling, polydipsia due to summer-heat, toxicity of some drugs, such a

NameLv Dou (Mung Bean)The Effect of Mung BeanPropertySweet, cold; heart and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, relieve summer-heat and promote diuresis.IndicationsEdema, diarrhea, erysipelas, carbuncle and swelling, polydipsia due to summer-heat, toxicity of some drugs,