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Herbal Comp Clr-ht
| Herb | Function |
|---|---|
| Shi Gao | sweet, acrid, very cold, LU & ST, clear Heat & Drain fire, High fever, 4-big, Clear LU heat & blazing ST fire, w/ Ma Huang to balance Ma Huang |
| Zhi Mu | Clear 4-bigs, Clear Heat & Drain Fire, Enrich Yin & Moisten dry conditions, Generates fluids |
| Zhi Zi | Clears heat, Eliminate irritability, Drain damp-heat (LV & GB—jaundice), Cool blood & stop bleeding, *can be used topically: swollen joints, muscles, trauma, *w/ yin chen hao, da huang : jaundice |
| Dan Zhu Ye | Clears heat, Eliminates irritability, *heat in HT & ST channel: UTIs, Promotes urination |
| Xia Ku Cao | Clears LV & Brightens eyes, Clears heat, Dissipates nodules: swollen glands…, Hypertension (recent) |
| Lu Gen | Clears heat (esp LU & ST), Generates fluids, *acts like IV |
| Jue Ming Zi | clears LV, benefits eyes, moisten intestines, *prevent artherosclerosis, lower serum cholesterol |
| Sheng Di Huang | Sweet, bitter, cold, HT, KD, LV, Clear heat, cool blood, Nourish yin & generate fluids |
| Xuan Shen | Clears heat, Cools blood, Nourish yin, *different from Sheng Di Huang b/c drains fire & relieves toxicity esp for swollen, red eyes, sore throat & dissipate nodules (throat). |
| Mu Dan Pi | Clears heat, Cools blood, Clears deficiency fire, Invigorate blood & dispel blood stasis (amenorrhea, painful period), *XS & Deficiency |
| Zi Cao | Clears heat & cools blood, Vents rashes (to surface), Topically: skin lesions, burns, vaginal, Moisten intestines, unblock bowels |
| Di Gu Pi | Drains fire from yin deficiency, Clears heat & stop sweating, Clears heat, cools blood, Drain floating fire from KD channel, *toothaches from KD yin def., *w/ Mu Dan Pi often |
| Bai Wei | Clear heat & cools blood, Yin deficiency, Postpartum fever, recovery from febrile, Promote urination, Relieve toxicity |
| Yin Chai Hu | Clears heat, Reduces childhood nutritional impairment (accum of heat) |
| Huang Qin | Clears heat, Drains fire, Esp. from upper burner, Dry dampness (ST & Int) |
| Huang Lian | Clears heat, Drains damp, Clears HT fire (HT & KD lack of communication), Clears ST heat |
| Huang Bai | Drain damp heat from LW, Drain KD fire, *leucorrhea |
| Long Dan Cao | Drains damp- heat from LV & GB channel, *UTIs, Drains XS LV fire blazing upwards |
| Ku Shen | Clears heat. Dries damp. Disperse wind. Kills parasites: scabies, lice, Stops itching, *skin, dysentery, jaundice, sores, *topically: genital itching, discharge |
| Hu Huang Lian | Drain damp heat, Clears deficiency heat, *substitute for Huang Lian b/c Huang Lian expensive |
| Jin Yin Hua | Clears heat, Relieve fire toxicity, Early stage warm febrile disease, Clear damp heat from LW, *stem: Ren Den Tan—hot swollen . . . |
| Lian Qiao | Clear heat toxin, Dissipate nodules, Dispel externally contracted wind-heat, *Clear HT heat |
| Da Qing Ye | Clears heat, Relieve toxicity, Cools blood, reduces blotches or skin eruptions, *mumps, measles, irritability, *w/ ban lan geng: to release ext wind-heat |
| Ban Lan Geng | Drains heat, Relieve fire toxicity, Cools blood, Benefits throat, Reduce skin rash,. *Antimicrobial effect, *gan mao ling |
| Pu Gong Ying | Clears heat, Relieve fire toxicity (esp LV meridian), Breast abscesses, Breast: promote lactation |
| Ye Ju Hua | Drains fire, relieve toxicity, Carbuncles, swollen throats, sores |
| Bai Jing Cao | Clears heat, relieve toxicity, expel pus, Intestinal abscess: appendicitis, etc., Cancer tx. To stop ovarian cancer cells |
| Yu Xing Cao | Clears heat, toxins, LU abscesses, Drain damp-heat & promote urination: UTIs |
| Bai Tou Weng | Clears heat, fire toxicity, Damp-heat in ST or intestines |
| Ya Dan Zi | Warts: vaginal or plantar, Many side-effects, Used topically ok |
| Ma Chi Xian | Relieve fire toxicity & cools blood, Bacterial dysenteric disorders, Clear damp-heat |
| Ma Bo | fire toxins of throat: pain, loss of voice, w/ Shan Dou Geng for swollen, painful throat |
| She Gan | Pain & swelling of throat due to fire XS, Tx. Phlegm, clear heat & toxicity |
| He Ye | diarrhea due to summerheat. raise & clear Yang of SP, *obesity |
| Lu Dou | Clear summerheat: thirst, *antidote to Fu Zi & fava beans |
| Xi Gua | Clear summerheat, gen fluids, promote urination, expel jaundice., Clear ST channel heat |
| (Bai) Lian Dou | Clear summerheat: diarrhea, vomiting, Strengthen SP |
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