Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs

NameDa Ding Cao (Herba Leibnitziae Anandriae)SourcesThe drug is the dried or fresh whole herb of Leibnitzia anandria (L.) Nakai (Family Compositae), growing in hilly roadsides, in edge of woods, in scrubs or on grasslands, distributed in most provinces of China.The Effect of Da Ding CaoPropertyBitte

NameHui Guan Zhong (Herba Polystichi Deltodoni )SourcesThe drug is the dried entire herb of Polystichum deltodon (Bak.) Diels (family Dryopteridaceae), growing on limerocks or in crevices of rock, and distributed in Anhui, Taiwan, Hunan, Hubei, Guangxi, Guangdong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou of China.T

NameNiu Jin Guo (Radix Harrisoniae Perforatae)SourcesThe drug is the dried or fresh root or leaf of Harrisonia perforate (Bl.) Merr. (Family Simaroubaceae), growing on mountain slopes, in forests and scrubs on mountainous areas, and distributed in Guang dong and Hainan of China.The Effect of Niu Jin

NameYi Dian Hong (Emilia Herb)The Effect of Yi Dian HongPropertyCool, slightly bitter.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, induce diuresis, dissipate stasis and resolve swelling.IndicationsDysentery, sore throat, dental ulcer, sores and boils, upper respiratory infection, enteritis, urinary tract

NameMao Dong Qing (Pubescent Holly Root)The Effect of Mao Dong QingPropertyBitter, astringent, cold; heart and lung meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, activate blood and dredge meridians.IndicationsBurns and scalds, erysipelas, acute tonsillitis, cough and asthma due to lung-he

NameLuo Guo Di (Radix Hemsleyae)SourcesThe drug is the dried root tuber of Hemsleya amabilis Diels (family Cucurbitaceae), growing in shrubs, gullies, woods or at wet places, distributed in Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan of China.The Effect of Luo Guo DiPropertyBitter, cold, slightly toxic; stoma

NameNong Ji Li (Purpleflower Crotalaria Herb)The Effect of Nong Ji LiPropertySweet, bland, neutral, toxic; lung, liver and large intestine meridians entered.ActionsClerat heat, promote diuresis, remove toxicity, replenish yin and tonify the kidney.IndicationsSnake and insect bites, dizziness, sores

NameNiu Nai Zi (Autumn elaeagnus root leaf and fruit)SourcesThe drug is the dried root, dried of fresh leaf or fruit of Elaeagrus umbellata Thunb. (Fatally Elaeagnaceae), growing on the edge of forests, in scrubs, on waste hillsides or along creeks, and distributed in North China, East China, Southw

NameBian Yuan Lin Gai Jue (Microlepia marginata)SourcesThe drug is the dried or fresh entise herb of Polygonum caespitosum BL. (family Polygonaceae), growing in woods, roadsides or along creek, and distributed chiefly in Middle southern China, East China and Shanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou.T

NameNiu She Cao (Folium Rumicis Dentati)SourcesThe drug is the dried leaf of Rumex dentatus L (Family Polygonaceae), growing in moist or swampy lands, and dislributed in Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Guizhou, Sichuan and Yunnan of China.The Effect of