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Clear heat cool blood

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Chinese Name
Latin
English
Qualities
Channels Entered
Functions
Dosage
Cautions/Notes
Sheng Di Huang   REHMANNIA Radix   rehmannia root, chinese foxglove root   Sweet Bitter Cold   HT, K, LV   1. Clears Heat / Cools Blood - Heat in Ying or Xue. 2. Nourishes Yin / Generates Fluid. 3. Cools Ascending Heart Fire. +Good for liver!   2-5 q   (damp from Sp def)  
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Xuan Shen   SCROPHULARIA Radix   scrophularia, ningopo, figwort root   Salty, Sweet, Bitter Cold   K, LU, ST   1. Clears Heat / Cools Blood. 2. Nourishes the Yin  Yin w. constipation and irritability. 3. Drains Fire / Relieves Toxicity . 4. Softens Hardness / Dissipates Nodules .   3-5 q   (Cold damp in SP/ST)  
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Zi Cao   LITHOSPERMUM radix   groomwell root   Sweet Cold   HT, LV   1. Clear heat, cool Blood. 2. Relieve fire toxicity, vent rashes**. 3. Clear damp heat from skin. 4. Moisten intestine   1-3 q   ! Softens stool & aggravates diarrhea! Sp/St def w/ diarrhea !  
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Yin Chai Hu   stellariae radix   STELLARIA ROOT   Sweet Cool   LV, ST   1. Cool Blood, stop bleeding. 2. Clear Yin def heat ***. 3. Clear heat, reduce Childhood Nutritional Impairment.   1-3 q   (blood def w/o heat)  
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Bai Wei   Radix cynanchi bai wei   SWALLOW’S WORT   Bitter, Salty Cold   LU, ST, K   1. Clear heat, cool blood  yin xu fever, postpartum fever. 2. Cool blood, promote urination. 3. Relieve heat or fire toxicity - snakebite, toxic sores.   1-4 q   often forgotten herb that is v good at its specialized function  
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Di Gu Pi   lycii cortex   LYCIUM BARK   Sweet Cold   LU, LV, K   1. Cools blood, reduces steaming  drains Ki fire. 2. Clear deficiency heat  yin xu night sweats. 3. Clear LU heat, stop cough, wheezing   2-5 q   (Sp/St xu cold w/ loose stool)  
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Chi Shao   radix paeoniae rubrae   RED PEONY ROOT   Sour, Bitter Sl. Cold   LV, SP   1. Invigorates Blood / Dispels stasis  amenorrhea, wind-damp Bi, trauma. 2. Clears heat / Resolves Damp  turbid leukorroea. 3. Drains Heat down / Transforms Phlegm / Stops Coughing. 4. Discharges Toxin  topical for burns, carbuncles, etc   2-5 q   ! Use with caution during pregnancy because it vitalizes the blood. (cold from xu)  
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Mu Dan Pi   moutan cortex   MOUTAN ROOT BARK / tree peony root bark   Spicy, Bitter Cool   HT, LV, K   1. Clears Heat / Cools Blood. 2. Clears Deficient Fire. 3. Invigorates Blood / Dispels Blood stasis. 4. Clears Ascending Fire. 5. Drains Pus / Reduces Swelling.   2-4 q   ! Pregnancy b/c it disperses blood! ! During menses esp if heavy!  
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Xi Jiao     Rhino horn   Bitter, Salty Cold   HT, LIV, ST   1. Clears heat. 2. Relieves fire toxin. 3. Rests tremors. 4. Cools blood.   1/3-2/3 q   ! Outlawed! Raises wht blood cell count, lowers fever, antibiotic, tranquilizing  
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Shui niu jiao   bubali cornu   Water buffalo horn   salty, Cold   HT, LIV, ST   1. Clears heat. 2. Resolves fire toxin. 3. Arrests tremors. 4. Cools blood.   10-40 q in decoction, 2-5 q as powder   ! Don't use with sever cold in middle burner!  
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