Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs

NameSi Gua Ye (Leaf of Luffa)The Effect of 丝瓜叶PropertyBitter, 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 dosage

NameWo Ju (Lettuce)The Effect of 莴苣PropertyBitter, 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 Administrati

NameBai Ju (Garden lettuce stem and leaf)The Effect of Caulis et Folium Lactucae SativaePropertyBitter, cold; stomach and intestine meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, relieve thirst.IndicationsSores and swelling caused by heat-toxin, thirst.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 30~6

NameLuo Si (Spiral Shell)The Effect of 螺蛳PropertySweet, 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 for ea

NameJin Yu (Goldfish)The Effect of 金鱼PropertyBitter, 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 pou

NameXian Rou (Corbicula Fluminea)The Effect of 蚬肉PropertySweet, salt, cold.ActionsClear heat, induce diuresis, remove toxicity.IndicationsDiabetes, sores and boils, jaundice, barbiers due to damp toxin,Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 15~30 g, or cook it for eating. Proper dosage is for external app

NameQi Xing Jian (Cavalerie Mosla Herb)The Effect of 七星剑PropertyPungent, warm; liver and spleen meridians entered.ActionsInduce sweating, relieve summer-heat, eliminate dampness and remove toxicity.IndicationsCold, diarrhea, eczema, sores and boils, scrofula, traumatic injury, snake bites, vomiting,

NameYe xiang Niu (Herba Vernoniae Cinereae)SourcesThe drug is the dried herb of Vernonia cinerea (L.)Less. (family Compositae), growing in wilderness, on field sides,roadsides,and house-sides,distributed in Fujian,Taiwan,Jiangxi,Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Sichuan and Yunnan of China.ConstituentsThe

NameYe xiang Niu (Herba Vernoniae Cinereae)SourcesThe drug is the dried herb of Vernonia cinerea (L.)Less. (family Compositae), growing in wilderness, on field sides,roadsides,and house-sides,distributed in Fujian,Taiwan,Jiangxi,Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Sichuan and Yunnan of China.ConstituentsThe

NameYan Jing Cao (Herba Procridis Laevigatae)SourcesThe drug is the dried or fresh entire herb of Procris wightiana Wall.ex Wedd.(family Urticaceae), growing in woods, on rocks or along creek, and distributed in Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou of China.The Effect of 眼睛草ActionsIt is us