Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs

NamingPu Gong Ying (Herba Taraxaci)——Xin Xiu Ben Cao (Newly Revised Materia Medica)The Processing of Pu Gong YingOriginThe entire plants of Taraxacum mongolicum Hand. Mazz., T. sinicum Kitag. or other sibling plants of family Compositae.LocationAll over in China.HarvestDug it between summer and autu

NameRen Zhong Huang (Rulvis Glycyrrhizae Extractionis Sedilis)The Effect of Ren Zhong HuangPropertySweet, cold; heart and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat, cool blood and remove toxicity.IndicationsErysipelas, sores, polydipsia with high fever, typhoid with heat disease, macula due to hea

NamingZi Hua Di Ding (Herba Violae)——Ben Cao Gang Mu (Compendium of Materia Medica)The Processing of Zi Hua Di DingOriginThe entire plants of Viola yedoensis Makino of family Violaceae.LocationFrom the downstream area of Yangtze River to southern provinces.HarvestCollected in spring and autumn.The a

NamingBai Jiang Cao (Herba Patriniae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Bai Jiang Cao OriginThe entire plants of Patrinia scabiosaefolia Fisch. ex Link. and P. villose Juss. of family Valerianaceae.LocationPlanted in most areas of China, and mainly produced in Sichuan, He

NamingDa Xue Teng (Caulis Sargentodoxae) ——Ben Cao Tu Jing (Illustrated Manual of Materia Medica)The Processing of Da Xue TengOriginThe vine and stem of Sargentodoxa cuneata (Oliv. ) Rehd. et wils of family Lardizabalaceae.LocationMainly in Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu provinces, etc. of China.Har

NameTu Bei Mu (Rhizome of Paniculate Bolbostemma)The Effect of Tu Bei MuPropertyBitter, cool; lung and spleen meridians entered.ActionsDissipate nodulation and resolve carbuncle and swelling.IndicationsAcute mastitis, scrofula, subcutaneous nodule, sores and boils, snake and insect bites.Dosage and

NamingBai Hua She She Cao (Herba Hedyotidis Diffusae)——Guang Xi Zhong Yao Zhi (Records on Chinese Herbs of Guangxi)The Processing of Bai Hua She She CaoOriginThe entire plants of Oldenlandia diffusa (Willd.) Roxb of family Rubiaceae.LocationSouthern provinces of Yangtze River Valley.HarvestCollected

NameJi Xue Cao (Asiatic Pennywort Herb)The Effect of Ji Xue Cao PropertyBitter, pungent, cold; lung, spleen, kidney and bladder meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and promote diuresis, resolve swelling and remove toxicity.IndicationsDysentery, jaundice due to damp-heat, traumatic injury, sores and

NamingShe Gan (Rhizoma Belamcandae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of She Gan OriginThe rhizoma of Belamcanda chinensis (L.) DC. of family Iridaceae.LocationHubei, Henan, Jiangsu and Anhui provinces, etc.HarvestDug out at the beginning of sprout in earlier spring or in la

NamingShan Dou Gen (Radix Sophorae Tonkinensis)——Kai Bao Ben Cao (Materia Medica in Kai-Bao Reign)The Processing of Shan Dou GenOriginThe root and rhizoma of Sophora tonkinensis Gapnep. of family Leguminosae.LocationMainly in Guangxi, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Guizhou provinces of China.HarvestCollected a