Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs

NameHou Rou(Limulus meat)The Effect of Hou RouPropertyPungent, salt, neutral; spleen and large intestine meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and improve eyesight, remove toxicity and resolve swelling.IndicationsHaemorrhoid, nebula, swelling and pain of eyes, impetigo.Dosage and AdministrationsCook i

NameKu Gua Ye (Balsam pear leaf)The Effect of Ku Gua YePropertyBitter, cool.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity.IndicationsSores and boils, dysentery, syphilis.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 10~15 g,or 30~60 g of the fresh, or pounded into powder. Proper dosage is for external application, pound

NameSi Gua Pi (Bark of Luffa)The Effect of Si Gua PiPropertySweet, cool.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity.IndicationsIncised wound, sores and boils, furunculosis of buttock.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 9~15 g, or made into powder. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded for applyi

NameSi Gua Ye (Leaf of Luffa)The Effect of Si Gua YePropertyBitter, sour, slightly cold.ActionsStop bleeding, clear heat and remove toxicity.IndicationsSores and boils, scabies, snake bites, scalds and burns.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 6~15 g, or pounded into juice, or made into powder. Proper

NameWo Ju (Lettuce)The Effect of Wo JuPropertyBitter, sweet, cool; stomach and small intestine meridians entered.ActionsInduce diuresis and promote lactation, clear heat and remove toxicity.IndicationsDifficult urination, urine with blood, sores and boils, snake and insect bites.Dosage and Administr

NameLuo Si (Spiral Shell)The Effect of Luo SiPropertySweet, cold; bladder meridian entered.ActionsClear heat, induce diuresis, improve eyesight.IndicationsSores and boils, dysentery, diabetes, edema, jaundice, nebula, stranguria with turbid discharge, haemorrhoid.Dosage and AdministrationsCook it fo

NameJin Yu (Goldfish)The Effect of Jin YuPropertyBitter, slightly salt, cold; lung meridian entered.ActionsInduce diuresis, clear heat and remove toxicity.IndicationsDifficult urination, cough, whooping cough, jaundice, edema, pneumonia and ascites.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 1~3 goldfishes, or

NameSan Jiao Pao (Balloon vine)The Effect of San Jiao PaoPropertyBitter, pungent, cold.ActionsClear heat and induce diuresis, cool blood and remove toxicity.IndicationsJaundice, eczema, stranguria, snake bites, sores and boils, traumatic injury.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 9~15 g, or 30~60 g of

NameJin Wa Er (Herba Carpesii Divaricati)SourcesThe drug is the whole herb of Carpesium divaricatum Sieb. et Zucc. (family Compositae), growing on hill slopes, groove-sides and roadsidesor cultivated, distributed in Jilin, Fujian, Hunan, Guangdong, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan of China.The Effect of Jin

NameDi Mao Yi (Muskeag moss)SourceThe drug is the dried entire herb of Sphagnum squarrosum Pers. (family.Sphagnaceae), growing in swamps or damp soils under woods, and distributed in Northeast China and Neimenggu, Sichuan, and the northwest of Yunnan.The Effect of Di Mao YiPropertyBland, sweet, cool