Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs

NameE Zhang Jin Xing Cao (Herba Phymatopsis Hastatae cum Radice)The Effect of 鹅掌金星草PropertyBitter, cool.ActionsClear heat and cool blood, promote diuresis and remove toxicity.IndicationsSores and boils, hematochezia, bloody stranguria, chronic hepatitis, bacillary dysentery, typhoid fever, polydypsi

NameE Zhang Jin Xing Cao (Herba Phymatopsis Hastatae cum Radice)The Effect of Herba Phymatopsis Hastatae cum RadicePropertyBitter, cool.ActionsClear heat and cool blood, promote diuresis and remove toxicity.IndicationsSores and boils, hematochezia, bloody stranguria, chronic hepatitis, bacillary dys

NameGui Zhen Cao (Sticktight)The Effect of 鬼针草PropertyBitter, neutral; liver, spleen and large intestine meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, activate blood and dissipate blood stasis.IndicationsSore throat, traumatic injury, acute appendicitis.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 15

NamePeng Qi Ju (Herba Wedeliae)The Effect of 蟛蜞菊PropertySweet, cold.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, cool blood and dissipate blood stasis.IndicationsWhooping cough, urine with blood, dysentery, nose bleeding, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, fever due to cold, diphtheritis, pneumonia, haemorrhoids,

NameFu Shui Cao (Veronicastrum Herb)The Effect of 腹水草PropertyBitter, pungent, cool, slightly toxic; liver, lung and kidney meridians entered.ActionsDrive out accumulated water, clear heat and remove toxicity.IndicationsEdema, sores and boils, ascites.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 3~9 g. Proper do

NameBai Shu Liang (Tuber Dioscoreae Hispidae)SourcesThe drug is the dried tuber of Dioscorea hispida Dennst. (family Dioscoreaceae), cutivated or growing in hilly scrubs or near forests, and distributed in Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan, Tibet of China.CostituentsThe drug contains diosco

NameBan Zhi Lian (Herba Portulacae Grandiflorae)SourcesThe drug is the resh aerial part of Portulaca grandiflora Hook. (family Portulacaceae), distributed oringinaly in Brazil, and cultivated in almost whole of China.The Effect of 大花马齿苋PropertyBitter, cold.ActionsIt is used to clear heat and remove

NameDa Li Hua (Dahliae Tuber)SourcesThe drug is the root tuber of Dahlia pinnata Cav. (Family Compositae), originally growing in Mexico, cultivated all over China.The Effect of 大理菊PropertyPungent,sweet, neutral; liver meridian entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, dissipate blood stasis and

NameJiang Long Cao (Herba Hemiboeae Subcapitatae)SourcesThe drug is the dried whole herb of Hemiboea subcapitata C. B. Clarke (family Gesneriaceae), growing in moist shady sites on mountain slopes, under woods, and distributed chiefly in Sichuan, Guizhou, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, jiangsu, Shaanxi of C

NameWan Nian Qing (Rohdea Japonica)The Effect of 万年青 PropertyBitter, slightly sweet, cold, slightly toxic; lung and heart meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, strengthen the heart and promote diuresis, cool blood and stop bleeding.IndicationsSore throat, sores and boils, edema, a