Heat-Clearing and Dampness-Drying Herbs

NamingHuang Lian (Rhizoma Coptidis) ——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Rhizoma CoptidisOriginThe rhizome of perennial herb-Coptis chinensis Franch or C. deltoidea C. Y. Cheng et Hsiao or C. teeta Wall. of family Ranumculaceae.LocationMainly in Sichuan, Hubei provinces of

NameBang Fen (Powdered Shell of Freshwater Mussel)The Effect of Anodonta clam shell-powderPropertySalty, cold; lung, liver and stomach meridians entered.ActionsResolve phlegm and dissipate stagnation, clear heat and dry dampness.IndicationsSores and boils, leucorrhea, vomiting, stomachache, eczema,

The Processing of Cortex PhellodendriOriginThe bark of Phellodendron amurense Rupr or P. chinense Schneid. Rutaceae arbor plants with the skin off.LocationThe former one is called Guang Huang Bai, mainly growing in Liaoning, and Jilin provinces; the later one is called Chuan Huang Bai, mainly from S

NameMa Niao Hua (Herba Hydrocharitis Dubiae)SourcesThe drug is the dried whole herb of Hydrocharis dubia (B1.) Baoker (Family Hydrocharitaceae), growing in solid pools, creeks and irrigated fields, and distributed North China, East China, Middle China, and Shanxi, Sichuan and Yunnan.The Effect of He

NamingLong Dan (Radix Gentianae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Radix GentianaeOriginThe root or rhizome of perennial herb Gentiana scabra Bge or Ctriflora pall or G. manshurica Kitag of family Gentianaceae.LocationAll over in China, mainly from Northeast China.Harvest

NamingKu Shen (Radix Sophorae Flavescentis)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Radix Sophorae FlavescentisOriginThe root of deuto shrub Sophora flavescens Ait. of family Leguminosae.LocationAll over in China.HarvestCollected in spring and autumn.The actual smell and tasteS

NamingQin Pi (Cortex Fraxini)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Cortex FraxiniOriginThe twig skin or trunk bark of arbor plant of oleaceae-Fraxinus rhynchophylla Hance or F. chinensis Roxb.LocationMainly from Jilin, Liaoning and Hebei provinces in China.HarvestIn spring a

The Effect of Cortex DictamniPropertyBitter, slightly pungent, cold ; liver, gallbladder, spleen, stomach, lung meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and dry dampness, remove toxicity and dispel wind.IndicationsJaundice, stranguria syndrome, itching and swollen vulva; eczema, damp sores, and swelling

NameMa Wei Lian (Meadowrue Root and Rhizome)The Effect of Radix et Rhizoma ThalictriPropertyBitter, cold; liver, heart and large intestine meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and dry dampness, remove toxicity.IndicationsDysentery, cold, sores and boils, measles, infective hepatitis, enteritis, conju