Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs

NameBai Lian (Radix Ampelopsis)The Effect of Bai LianPropertyBitter, pungent, slightly cold; heart and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity; cure abscess and dissipate nodulation; promote tissues regernation and heal sores.IndicationsSores and abscess, scrofula, subcutaneo

NamingMa Chi Xian (Herba Portulacae)——Ben Cao Jing Ji Zhu (Explanation Collection of Materia Medica)The Processing of Ma Chi XianOriginThe aerial parts of Portolaca oleracea L. of family Portulacaceae.LocationMost parts of China.HarvestCollected in summer and autumn.The actual smell and tasteLight s

NamingBai tou Weng (Radix Pulsatillae Chinensis)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Bai tou WengOriginThe root ofPulsatilla chinensis (Bge.) Regel of family Ranunculaceae.LocationMainly in northeast areas, and Hebei, Shaanxi provinces of China.HarvestCollected in spring an

NameShan Yin Hua (Flos Lonicerae Confusae)The Effect of Shan Yin HuaPropertySweet, cold; lung, heart and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, dispel wind and heat.IndicationsSores and boils, erysipelas, fever due to warm disease, cold due to wind-heat, pharyngitis, dysent

NameYun Zhi (Coriolus)The Effect of Yun ZhiPropertySweet, neutral; heart, spleen, liver and kidney meridians entered.ActionsStrengthen the spleen and promote diuresis, clear heat and remove toxicity.IndicationsJaundice due to dampness and heat, poor appetite, hypochondriac pain, lassitude, asthenia.

NameShan Ci Gu (Indian Iphigenia Bulb)The Effect of Shan Ci Gu PropertySweet, slightly pungent, cold, slightly toxic; liver, stomach and lung meridians entered.ActionsResolve swelling and dissipate nodulation, resolve phlegm and remove toxicity.IndicationsSores and boils, snake and insect bites, sor

NameRen Dong Teng (Honeysuckle Stem)The Effect of Ren Dong Teng PropertySweet, cold; heart and lung meridians entered.ActionsClear heat, romove toxicity and dredge meridians.IndicationsSores and boils, infectious hepatitis, febrile disease, dysentery due to heat-toxin, arthralgia and myalgia.Dosage

NamingMa Bo (Lasiosphaera seu Calvatia)——Ming Yi Bie Lu (Miscellaneous Records of Famous physicians)The Processing of Ma BoOriginThe sporocarp of Lasiosphaera fenzlii Reich., Calvatia gigantean (Batsch ex Pers.) Lloyd. or Calvatia lilacina (Mont. et Berk.) Lloyd. of family Lycoperdaceae.LocationThe

NameQing Guo (Fructus Canarii)The Effect of Qing GuoPropertySweet, sour, neutral; lung and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear lung and relieve sore throat, promote the secretion of saliva and remove toxicity.IndicationsSore throat, epilepsy, polydipsia, haematemesis with cough, bacillary dysente

NameFan Bai Cao (Discolor cinquefoil herb)The Effect of Fan Bai CaoPropertySweet, bitter, neutral.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, stop bleeding and resolve swelling.IndicationsScrofula, sores and boils, dysentery, malaria, pulmonary abscess, hematemesis, hemoptysis, metrorrhagia and metrostax