Heat-Clearing Herbs: Chinese herbs in this class — their actions in TCM, typical uses, preparation and safety cautions.
This one starts with them, because Sage deserves a straight answer about who should not take it.
p The question behind every search for Dandelion is usually is it safe, and the honest answer has conditions.
p Dandelion comes in more forms than most people expect: raw, dried, powdered, extracted, steeped, simmered.
This one starts with them, because Green tea deserves a straight answer about who should not take it.
p Most people meet Sage (Shu Wei Cao) in the kitchen long before they meet it in a herbal prescription.
p Walk into any Chinese pharmacy and Dandelion sits somewhere near the front counter.
Heat-Clearing and Blood-cooling Herbs
Ping Guo Ye (Apple leaf) Bitter, cold; liver and kidney channels. Actions Cool blood and remove toxicity
Heat-Clearing and Blood-cooling Herbs
Ge Hua (Flower of Kudzuvine) Sweet, cold; stomach channel. Actions Relieve alcoholism and refresh the mind
Heat-Clearing and Blood-cooling Herbs
Ge Hua, the flower of kudzuvine, is a cool herb used in TCM to relieve the discomfort of overdrinking.
Heat-Clearing and Blood-cooling Herbs
She Mei (Indian Strawberry) Sweet, bitter, cold; liver, lung and large intestine channels
Heat-Clearing and Blood-cooling Herbs
Indian Mockstrawberry Herb: clear heat and cool blood, resolve swelling and remove toxicity.
Heat-Clearing and Blood-cooling Herbs
Bai Mao Xia Ku Cao: relieve cough and resolve phlegm, clear heat and cool blood, resolve swelling and remove toxicity.