Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs

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

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

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

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

NamingGuan zhong (Cyrtomium Rhizome)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Guan ZhongOriginThe rhizome with leafstalk of Dryopteris crassirhizoma Nakai of family Dryopteridaceae.LocationMainly produced in the mountain area of Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning provinces which i

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