Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs

NameHui Diao (Small Goosefoot)SourcesThe drug is the dried entire herb of Chenopodium serotinum L. (family Chenopodiaceae), growing in fields, waste lands or roadsides; and distributed in almost all of China.The Effect of Herba Chenopodii SerotiniPropertyBitter, sweet, neutral.ActionsClear heat and

NameShi Shang Bai (Herba Selaginellae Doederleinii)The Effect of 石上柏PropertyBitter, cold; liver, gallbladder and lung meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, promote diuresis.IndicationsSore throat, jaundice due to damp-heat, scalds, rheumatic arthritis, swelling and pain of eyes, c

NameShi Shang Bai (Herba Selaginellae Doederleinii)The Effect of Herba Selaginellae DoederleiniiPropertyBitter, cold; liver, gallbladder and lung meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, promote diuresis.IndicationsSore throat, jaundice due to damp-heat, scalds, rheumatic arthritis,

NameDi Bu Rong (Epigeal Srephaia Root)The Effect of 地不容PropertyBitter, cold, toxic; lung, stomach and liver meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, eliminate phlegm and prevent malaria, alleviate pain.IndicationsSores and boils, malaria, stomachache and pharyngitis.Dosage and Admini

NameDi Bu Rong (Epigeal Srephaia Root)The Effect of Radix Stephaniae EpigaeaePropertyBitter, cold, toxic; lung, stomach and liver meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, eliminate phlegm and prevent malaria, alleviate pain.IndicationsSores and boils, malaria, stomachache and pharyng

NameLuo Guo Di (Radix Hemsleyae)SourcesThe drug is the dried root tuber of Hemsleya amabilis Diels (family Cucurbitaceae), growing in shrubs, gullies, woods or at wet places, distributed in Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan of China.The Effect of 罗锅底PropertyBitter, cold, slightly toxic; stomach and

NameMa Die Er (Herba Zehneriae Indicae)SourcesThe drug is the dried root or whole herb of Zehneria indica (Lour.) Keraudren (Family Cucurbitaeae), growing in moist and shady places in forests, along roadsides, in fields and in scrubs, and distributed in Middle-south China and Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejian

NameMa Die Er (Herba Zehneriae Indicae)SourcesThe drug is the dried root or whole herb of Zehneria indica (Lour.) Keraudren (Family Cucurbitaeae), growing in moist and shady places in forests, along roadsides, in fields and in scrubs, and distributed in Middle-south China and Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejian

NameJian Ye Xiao Yu Xian ( Haplocladium microphyllum)SourceThe drug is the dried entire herb of Haplocladium capillatum (Mitt.) Reims. (family Thuidiaceae), growing on wet rocks, soils or decayed logs under woods, and distributed in Shaanxi, Jiangxi, Hubei Jiangsu and Zhejiang of China.The Effect of

NameJian Ye Xiao Yu Xian ( Haplocladium microphyllum)SourceThe drug is the dried entire herb of Haplocladium capillatum (Mitt.) Reims. (family Thuidiaceae), growing on wet rocks, soils or decayed logs under woods, and distributed in Shaanxi, Jiangxi, Hubei Jiangsu and Zhejiang of China.The Effect of