Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs

NamePing Er Xiao Cao (Herba Ophioglossi)The Effect of Ping Er Xiao CaoPropertySlightly sweet, sour, cool; lung and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, resolve swelling and alleviate pain.IndicationsSnake bites, sores and boils, abdominal distension, infantile pnemonia; a

NameZha Jiang Cao (Herba Oxalidis Corniculatae)The Effect of Zha Jiang CaoPropertySour, cold; large intestine and small intestine meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and promote diuresis, cool blood and dissipate blood stasis, resolve swelling and remove toxicity.IndicationsDiarrhea, dysentery, jaun

NameBa Jiao Gen (Root of Japanese Banana)The Effect of Ba Jiao GenPropertySweet, cold; stomach, spleen and liver meridians entered.ActionsClear heat, relieve thrist, induce diuresis, remove toxicity.IndicationsSores and boils, edema, barbiers, jaundice, polydipsia, erysipelas, deep-rooted boil, metr

NameTeng Li Gen (Radix Actinidiae Chinensis)The Effect of Teng Li GenPropertyBitter, astringent, cool.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, activate blood and dissipate nodulation, dispel wind and promote diuresis.IndicationsSores and boils, traumatic injury, rheumatic arthritis.Dosage and Administ

NameDi Tao Hua (Root or herb of Rose Mallow)The Effect of Di Tao HuaPropertySweet, neutral, pungent; lung and spleen meridians entered.ActionsExpel wind and eliminate dampness, clear heat and remove toxicity.IndicationsCold with fever, hematemesis, traumatic bleeding, edema, dysentery, stranguria, l

NameTie Xiu (Iron Rust)The Effect of Tie XiuPropertyBitter, pungent, cold; lung and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, relieve palpitation and calm the liver.IndicationsAphtha, sores and boils, insect bites, scalds, epilepsy, scabies and congenital deformity of the tong

NamingBan Lan Gen (Radix Isatidis)——Xin Xiu Ben Cao (Newly Revised Materia Medica)The Processing of Ban Lan GenOriginThe root of biennial herbaceous plant Isatis indigotica Fort. of family Cruciferae.LocationShaanxi, Hebei, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui provinces, etc. of China.HarvestCollected in autumn

NamingQing Dai (Indigo Naturalis)——Yao Xing Lun (Treatise on Herb Property)The Processing of Qing Dai OriginA kind of dried powder or clumping processed from the leaf or stem with leaf of Baphicacanthus cusia (Nees) Bremek, Polygonum tinctorium Ait or Isatis indigotica Fort. of family Acanthaceae.Lo

NameZhu Dan (Pig's Gallbladder)The Effect of Zhu DanPropertyBitter, cold; liver, gallbladder, lung and large intestine meridians entered.ActionsClear heat, moisten dryness and remove toxicity.IndicationsSores and boils, diarrhea, whooping cough, jaundice, constipation, asthma, thirst due to fever, p

NameShi Jian Chuan (Chinese Sage Herb)The Effect of Shi Jian ChuanPropertyBitter, pungent, slightly cold; liver and spleen meridians entered.ActionsActivate blood and resolve stagnation, clear heat and promote diuresis, dissipate nodulation and resolve swelling.IndicationsScrofula, carbuncle and swe