Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs

NameJu Hua Ye (Chrysanthemum Leaf)The Effect of 菊花叶 PropertyPungent, sweet, neutral.ActionsClear liver heat and improve eyesight, remove toxicity and resolve swelling.IndicationsSores and boils, dizziness, intermittent headache.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 9~15 g, or made into juice. Proper dosa

NameLa Mei Hua (Japan Allspice Flower)The Effect of 蜡梅花PropertySweet, slightly bitter; lung and stomach meridians entered.ActionsRelieve summer-heat, promote the secretion of saliva or body fluid, relieve cough.IndicationsWhooping cough, choking sensation in chest, polydypsia due to heat disease, co

NameLa Mei Hua (Japan Allspice Flower)The Effect of Flos Chimonanthi PraecocisPropertySweet, slightly bitter; lung and stomach meridians entered.ActionsRelieve summer-heat, promote the secretion of saliva or body fluid, relieve cough.IndicationsWhooping cough, choking sensation in chest, polydypsia

NameXiao Jin Qian Cao (Creeping Dichondra Herb)The Effect of Herba Dichondrae RepentisPropertyBitter, pungent, cool; lung and liver meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, promote diuresis and activate blood.IndicationsJaundice, dysentery, edema, sores and boils, traumatic injury, g

NameNiu Jin Cao (Herba Eleusines Indicae)The Effect of 牛筋草 PropertySweet, neutral; lung and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and eliminate dampness, activate blood and tonify qi.IndicationsDysentery, icteric hepatitis, infantile malnutrition, orchitis, strain, prevention of epidemic encep

NameNiu Jin Cao (Herba Eleusines Indicae)The Effect of Herba Eleusines IndicaePropertySweet, neutral; lung and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and eliminate dampness, activate blood and tonify qi.IndicationsDysentery, icteric hepatitis, infantile malnutrition, orchitis, strain, preventio

NameYu Bie Jin Xing （Herba Lepidogrammitidis Drymoglossoidis）SourcesThe drug is the dried or fresh whole herb of Lepidigrammitis drymoglossoides(Bak. )Ching(family Polypodiaceae), growing on the moist shady rocks in ravines, along streams, and distributed in most part of China.ConstituentsThe herb c

NameCha Shu Gen (Tea Tree Root)The Effect of 茶树根PropertyBitter, neutral; liver, lung and heart meridians entered.ActionsRelieve sore throat, arrest diarrhea, treat jaundice and induce tranquilization.IndicationsSore throat, jaundice, diarrhea, aphtha, palpitation,irregular pulse.Dosage and Administ

NameCan Jian Ke (Silkworm Cocoon)The Effect of 蚕茧PropertySweet, warm; spleen meridian entered.ActionsStop bleeding, relieve thrist, remove toxicity and cure furuncle.IndicationsUrine with blood, sores and boils, diabetes, hematochezia, metrorrhagia, regurgitation.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 3~1

NameHu Tong Lei (Diversifolious Poplar Resin)The Effect of 胡桐泪PropertySalty, bitter, severe cold; lung and stomach meridians entered.ActionsClear heat and remove toxicity, resolve phlegm and soften hardness.IndicationsToothache, scrofula, stomachache, sore throat, ulcerative gingivitis, tympanitis.D