Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs

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

NameXiao Jin Qian Cao (Creeping Dichondra Herb)The Effect of Xiao Jin Qian CaoPropertyBitter, pungent, cool; lung and liver meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, promote diuresis and activate blood.IndicationsJaundice, dysentery, edema, sores and boils, traumatic injury, gonorrhea

NameNiu Jin Cao (Herba Eleusines Indicae)The Effect of Niu Jin CaoPropertySweet, neutral; lung and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and eliminate dampness, activate blood and tonify qi.IndicationsDysentery, icteric hepatitis, infantile malnutrition, orchitis, strain, prevention of epidemi

NameYu Bie Jin Xing （Herba Lepidogrammitidis Drymoglossoidis）SourcesThe drug is the dried or fresh whole herb of Lepidigrammitis drymoglossoides(Bak. )Ching(family Polypodiaceae), growing on the moist shady rocks in ravines, along streams, and distributed in most part of China.ConstituentsThe herb c

NameChuan Xin Lian (Herba Andrographis)The Effect of Chuan Xin Lian PropertyBitter, cold; lung, stomach, large intestine, liver and bladder meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and dry dampness, purge fire and remove toxicity.IndicationsDiarrhea, dysentery, jaundice, stranguria syndrome and eczema; w

NamingDa Qing Ye (Folium Isatidis)——Ming Yi Bie Lu (Miscellaneous Records of Famous physicians)The Processing of Da Qing YeOriginThe leaf blade of biennial herbaceous plant Isatis indigotica Fort. of family Cruciferae.LocationJiangsu, Anhui, Hehei, Henan provinces, etc. of China. .HarvestPlanted in

NameLiu Yue Xue (Snow of June Herb)The Effect of Liu Yue Xue PropertyBitter, pungent, cold; liver and spleen meridians entered.ActionsExpel wind and promote diuresis, clear heat and remove toxicity.IndicationsEdema, dysentery, scrofula, leucorrhea, toothache, sore throat, swelling and pain of eyes,

NamingYu Xing Cao (Herba Houttuyniae)——Ming Yi Bie Lu (Miscellaneous Records of Famous physicians)The Processing of Yu Xing CaoOriginThe aerial parts of Houttuynia cordata Thunb. of Family Saururaceae.LocationMainly in south of Yangtze River.HarvestCollected in summer when the stem and leaf is flour