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

NameLv Cao (Herba Humuli Scandentis)The Effect of Lv CaoPropertySweet, bitter, cold; lung and kidney meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and promote diuresis, resolve stagnation and remove toxicity.IndicationsScrofula, carbuncle, difficulty in urination, malaria, dysentery, diarrhea, pulmonary absce

NamingTu Fu Ling (Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae)——Ben Cao Gang Mu (Compendium of Materia Medica)The Processing of Tu Fu LingOriginThe stem tuber of Smilax glabra Roxb. of family Liliciceae.LocationSouthern provinces and valley of Yangtze River.HarvestCollcected in summer and autumn.The actual smell and t

NameMa Bian Cao (European Verbena)The Effect of Ma Bian CaoPropertyBitter, cool; liver and spleen meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, activate blood and dissipate nodulation, promote diuresis and resolve swelling.IndicationsJaundice due to damp-heat, edema, dysentery, malaria, s

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