Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs
NameFan Bai Cao (Discolor cinquefoil herb)The Effect of 翻白草PropertySweet, bitter, neutral.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, stop bleeding and resolve swelling.IndicationsScrofula, sores and boils, dysentery, malaria, pulmonary abscess, hematemesis, hemoptysis, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis.Dosag
NameFan Bai Cao (Discolor cinquefoil herb)The Effect of Discolor cinquefoil herbPropertySweet, bitter, neutral.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, stop bleeding and resolve swelling.IndicationsScrofula, sores and boils, dysentery, malaria, pulmonary abscess, hematemesis, hemoptysis, metrorrhagia
NameLong Kui (Black Nightshade Herb)The Effect of 龙葵PropertyBitter, 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 nephritis, chronic b
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
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,
NameBai Ying (Bittersweet Herb)The Effect of 白英PropertyBitter, slightly cold, slightly toxic; liver and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat, eliminate dampness, expel wind and remove toxicity.IndicationsJaundice, edema, malaria, stranguria, rheumatoid arthritis, erysipelas, deep-rooted boil.
NameBai Ying (Bittersweet Herb)The Effect of Bittersweet HerbPropertyBitter, slightly cold, slightly toxic; liver and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat, eliminate dampness, expel wind and remove toxicity.IndicationsJaundice, edema, malaria, stranguria, rheumatoid arthritis, erysipelas, dee
NameLv Dou Pi (Seed-coat of Mung Bean)The Effect of 绿豆衣PropertySweet, cold; liver and lung meridians entered.ActionsClear summer-heat and quench thrist, remove nebula, promote diuresis and remove toxicity.IndicationsDysentery, edema, polydipsia due to summer-heat, diarrhea, nebula, erysipelas.Dosage