Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs

NameShui Zhen Zhu Cai (Labiatae Pogostemon auricularius)SourcesThe drug is the dried or fresh whole herb of Pogostemon auricularius (L.) Hassk. (Family Labia tae), growing in swampy lands, and distributed in Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan of China.The Effect of Labiatae Pogos

NameSi Ma Mao Zhan Cao (Herba Blumeae Sericantis)SourcesThe drug is the dried or fresh entire herb of Blumea sericans(Kurz)Hook,f. (family Compositae), growing in roadsides, wast lands, near fields, valley, grasslands, and distributed in Zhejiang, Jiangxi,Fujian, Taiwan, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, G

NameSi Ma Mao Zhan Cao (Herba Blumeae Sericantis)SourcesThe drug is the dried or fresh entire herb of Blumea sericans(Kurz)Hook,f. (family Compositae), growing in roadsides, wast lands, near fields, valley, grasslands, and distributed in Zhejiang, Jiangxi,Fujian, Taiwan, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, G

NameShi Di Qian (Rebouliae Hemisphaericae Thallus)SourcesThe drug is the dried entire thallus of Reboulia hemiphaerica(L.)Raddi(family Grimaldiaceae).growing on dry rocks, in hillsides, or in crevices of rock, and distributed in the whole of China.The Effect of Rebouliae Hemisphaericae ThallusAction

NameHui Ye (Herba Tephrosiae Purpureae)SourcesThe drug is the dried entire herb of Tephrosia purpurea (Linn.) Pers. (family Leguminosae). growing in plains and hillsides, and distributed in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan of China.The Effect of 灰叶 PropertySlightly bitter, cool, toxic; lung and

NameHui Ye (Herba Tephrosiae Purpureae)SourcesThe drug is the dried entire herb of Tephrosia purpurea (Linn.) Pers. (family Leguminosae). growing in plains and hillsides, and distributed in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan of China.The Effect of Herba Tephrosiae PurpureaePropertySlightly bitter

NameMi Mian Weng Gen (Radix Buckleyae Lanceolatae)The Effect of 米面蓊根 PropertyBitter, cold, toxic.SourcesThe drug is the dried or fresh root of Buckleya lanceolata (Sieb. et Zucc. ) Miq. (family Santalace-ae), growing in forests, and distributed in Shanxi, Gansu, Shaanxi, Henan, Zhejiang, Henan, Hube

NameKu Gua Ye (Balsam pear leaf)The Effect of 苦瓜叶PropertyBitter, 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, pounded for

NameSi Gua Hua (Flower of Luffa)The Effect of 丝瓜花PropertySweet, slightly bitter, cold.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, resolve phlegm and relieve cough.IndicationsCough caused by lung-heat, sore throat, sores and boils, haemorrhoids, nasosinusitis.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 6~9 g. Proper

NameHuang Gua Ye (Cucumber leaf)The Effect of 黄瓜叶PropertyBitter, neutral.ActionsClear damp-heat, resolve swelling.IndicationsDiarrhea due to damp-heat, fungus infection of foot, innominate sores.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 10~15 g, or pounded into juice for drinking. Proper dosage is for extern