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Clear heat herbs

Tcm herbology

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How many different categories of clear heat & what are they 6. Drain fire, cool blood, dry dampness, relieve toxicity, relieve summer heat, relieve deficient heat
Drain fire Yang ming level (channel and organ), qi level
Shi gao Gypsum > gypsum
MAJOR herb for qi level Shi gao
Zhi zi Fr > gardenia, cape jasmine fruit
Clears heat from the three jiao Zhi zi
Dan zhu ye Hb > bamboo (lophatherum) stem & leaves
heart/stomach heat Dan zhu ye
Lian xin Plumuia > lotus plumule
Heart fire, bleeding Lian xin
Lu gen Rz > reed rhizoma
Lung/stomach heat Lu gun
Xiong dan Vesica fella > bear gallbladder
Liver disorder, liver fire, bi syndrome Xiong dan
Cool the blood location and causes Heat in the ying/xue level, rashes bleeding, heat by yin deficiency& fluids deficiency
Xi jiao Cornu > rhino horn
Major herb for ying/xue level, tremors Xi jiao
Sheng di huang Rx> chinese foxglove root, rehmannia
dry constipation, heart fire, nourish body fluids Sheng di huang
Mu dan pi Cx > peony root, moutan
Invigrates blood, liver fire, Blood stasis (gyn, trauma) Mu dan pi
Zi cao Rx > Groomwell root
Lithospermum, arnebia Zi cao
Yin chai hu Stellaria root
Child malnutrition, relieve deficiency heat Yin chai hu
Dry dampness, location, signs and symptoms Damp heat in 3 jiao, dysentery, lin syndrome, jaundice, pain, thick yellow mucus, skin disorders.
Huang qin Bical skullcap root, scutellaira Upper jiao
Huang lian Coptis rhizoma Middle jiao
Huang bai Amur cork tree bark, phellodendron Lower Jiao
Long dan cao Chinese gentian root
Major herb for liver & gall bladder Long dan cao
Hu hang lian Picrorhiza rhizoma
Releives deficiency heat, child malnutrition Hu huang lian
Relieve toxicity, location, signs and symptoms Hot toxins or fire toxins, fevers, purulent infections, viral infections
Lian qiao Forsythia fruit
Sore throat Lian qiao
Pu gong ying Hb w/ radice > dandelion
Female breast disease Pu gong ying
Bai tou weng Radix > chinese anemone root, pusatilla
Major root to relieve dysentery Bai tuo weng
Shan dou gen Subprostrate root, sophora root
Major herb to benefit the throat Shan dou gen
Chang shan Rx > dichora root
Major herb to relieve malaria, & expel parasites Chang shan
Relieve summer heat Summer season > diuretic, antipyretic actions Fever sweating, thirst, diarrhea, irritability
He ye Flo> lotus leaf
Lu dou Sm > mung bean
Antidote for Fu Zi (aconite) Lu dou
Xi gua Fr > watermelon fruit
Qing hao Hb > worm wood
Major herb, relieve malaria, relieve deficiency heat Qing hao
Relieve deficiency heat s&s Yin deficiency (liv, kid, lu) Night sweats, hot flush, five palms heat, Shen disorders, low-grade fever
Qing hao Hb> wormwood
Major herb for, relieve malaria, relieve summer heat Qing hao
Yin chai hu Rx> stellaria root
Child malnutrition, cools the blood Yin chai hu
Di gu pi Cx> wolfberry root, lycium bark Cools the blood
Bai wei Rx> swallowwort root Cools the blood
Hu hang lian Rz> picrorhiza rhizoma Child malnutrition, dry dampness
Created by: Jkellycal
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