Heat-Clearing and Fire-Purging Herbs
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
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
NameRen Zhong Bai (Depositum Urinae Hominis)The Effect of Depositum Urinae HominisPropertySalty, cool; lung, heart and bladder meridians entered.ActionsClear heat, reduce pathogenic fire and resolve stagnation.IndicationsHematemesis, nose bleeding, noma, pharyngitis, pulmonary asthenia, aphthae, con
NameQiu Shi (Prepared Salt)The Effect of Prepared SaltPropertySalty, cold; lung and kidney meridians entered.ActionsNourish yin and reduce pathogenic fire.IndicationsCough, gonorrhea, spermatorrhea, leukorrhea with reddish discharge, hemoptysis, sore throat, stranguria due to chyluria, choke by food
NameChe Sang Zi Gen (Radix Dodonaeae Viscosae)SourcesThe drug is the root of Dodonaea viscose (L.) Jacq. (Family Sapindaceae), growing in arid hillslopes, in scrubs or coasts, distributed in Fujian, Taiwan, Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan and Yunnan of China.The Effect of Radix Dodonaeae Viscosa
