Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs

NameMu Shu (Manihot Amylum seu Folium)SourcesThe drug is the starch or leaf of Manihot esculenta Crantz (Family Euphorbiaceae), cultivated in thick soils on hillsides, hilllands or sandy lands, cultivated in Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan and Yunnan of China.ConstituentsThe herb and tube

NameGou Gan Cai (Chinese Dicliptera Herb)The Effect of Gou Gan CaiPropertySweet, slightly bitter, cold; liver, lung and heart meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and cool blood, induce diuresis and remove toxicity.IndicationsSores and boils, difficult urination, hematochezia, hematuria, macula cause

NameMa Yin Hua (Rhododendri Ovati Radix)SourcesThe drug is the dried root of Rhododendron ovatum Planch. (Family Ericaceae), growing on mountain slopes in forests, and distributed chiefly in Fujian, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong and Hunan.ConstituentsLeaf contains quercetin, myroetin, dihydro

NameWan Nian Qing (Rohdea Japonica)The Effect of Wan Nian QingPropertyBitter, slightly sweet, cold, slightly toxic; lung and heart meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, strengthen the heart and promote diuresis, cool blood and stop bleeding.IndicationsSore throat, sores and boils,

NameDa Ye Jin Hua Cao (Common Wedgelet Fern Herb)The Effect of Da Ye Jin Hua CaoPropertySlightly bitter, cold; liver, lung and large intestine meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, eliminate dampness and stop bleeding.IndicationsSore throat, dysentery, sores and boils, mumps, burn

NameMao Ren Shen (Valvate Actinidia Root)The Effect of Mao Ren ShenPropertyBitter, astringent, cool; liver meridian entered.ActionsClear heat, resolve swelling and remove toxicity.IndicationsSores and boils, leucorrhea, lepriasis, summer fever, respiratory tract infection.Dosage and AdministrationsD

NameCi Bai (Taiwan juniper root or fruit)SourcesThe drug is the dried root of Juniperus formosana Hayata (family (Cupressaceae), growing on mountain slopes, under woods, distributed in the southern part of Shaanxi and Gansu.ConstituentsThe timber contains α-cedrol, β-sitosterol, crypto japonol,sugio

NameLing (Water Caltrop)The Effect of LingPropertySweet, cool; spleen and stomach meridians entered.ActionsStrengthen the spleen and tonify the stomach, relieve polydipsia, remove toxicity.IndicationsPolydipsia caused by summer-heat, drunkness, dysentery, diarrhea caused by spleen-deficiency.Dosage

NameRong Xu (Smallfruit fig aerial root)The Effect of Rong XuPropertyBitter, neutral; lung, spleen and kidney meridians entered.ActionsExpel wind, clear heat, activate blood and remove toxicity.IndicationsTraumatic injury, whooping cough, nose bleeding, rheumatic arthritis, amygdalitis, inadequate e

NameJiang Long Cao (Herba Hemiboeae Subcapitatae)SourcesThe drug is the dried whole herb of Hemiboea subcapitata C. B. Clarke (family Gesneriaceae), growing in moist shady sites on mountain slopes, under woods, and distributed chiefly in Sichuan, Guizhou, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, jiangsu, Shaanxi of C