Heat-Clearing and Fire-Purging Herbs

NameHan Shui Shi (Gypsum Rubrum)The Effect of Han Shui ShiPropertyPungent, salty, cold; heart, stomach and kidney meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and reduce pathogenic fire, resolve swelling.IndicationsEdema, diarrhea, vomiting, erysipelas, scald, gingival hemorrhage, urodialysis, polydipsia, py

NameHan Shui Shi (Gypsum Rubrum)The Effect of 寒水石PropertyPungent, salty, cold; heart, stomach and kidney meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and reduce pathogenic fire, resolve swelling.IndicationsEdema, diarrhea, vomiting, erysipelas, scald, gingival hemorrhage, urodialysis, polydipsia, pyreticosis

NameYa Zhi Cao (Common Dayflower Herb)The Effect of Ya Zhi CaoPropertySweet, cold, bland; lung, stomach and bladder meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and promote diuresis, cool blood and remove toxicity.IndicationsEdema, difficult urination, cold, sore throat, leucorrhea, sores and boils, hematuri

NameYa Zhi Cao (Common Dayflower Herb)The Effect of 鸭跖草PropertySweet, cold, bland; lung, stomach and bladder meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and promote diuresis, cool blood and remove toxicity.IndicationsEdema, difficult urination, cold, sore throat, leucorrhea, sores and boils, hematuria, metr

NamingLu Gen (Rhizoma Phragmitis)——Ming Yi Bie Lu (Miscellaneous Records of Famous physicians)The Processing of Lu GenOriginThe rhizome of perennial herbaceous plant gramineae-Phragmites communis (L. ) Trin.LocationEverywhere in China.HarvestSpade and collect at the end of spring, beginning of summe

NamingLu Gen (Rhizoma Phragmitis)——Ming Yi Bie Lu (Miscellaneous Records of Famous physicians)The Processing of 芦根OriginThe rhizome of perennial herbaceous plant gramineae-Phragmites communis (L. ) Trin.LocationEverywhere in China.HarvestSpade and collect at the end of spring, beginning of summer or

NameLu Zhu Sun (Giantreed shoot)The Effect of Lu Zhu SunPropertyBitter, cold.ActionsClear heat and purge fire.IndicationsHematemesis caused by lung-heat, dizziness, toothache, heat stranguria, otopyorrhea, hectic fever due to yin-deficiency.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 15~60 g, or pounded into j

NamingShi Gao (Gypsum Fibrosum) ——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Gypsum FibrosumOriginOne mineral with hydro calcium sulfate fibriform crystallized polymeric.LocationMainly in Hubei, Gansu and Sichuan provinces of China.HarvestCollected at anytime.The actual smell and t

NamingJue Ming Zi (Semen Cassiae) ——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Semen CassiaeOriginThe ripe seed of annual herb Cassia obtusifolia L. or C. tora L. of family Leguminosae.LocationEverywhere in China.HarvestCollected when fruits are ripe in autumn.The actual smell and

The Processing of Flos EriocauliOriginThe headlike inflorescence of annual herb Eriocaulon buergerianum Koern. of family Eriocaulaceae.LocationMainly in Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Anhui provinces of China.HarvestCollected in autumn.The actual smell and tasteNon-smelly and bland taste.Best qualityBig and