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Acrid, Cool Herbs

Cool and Acrid Herbs That Release the Exterior

NameFlavorFunctionNatureChannelIndicationsDosage
Bo He/Mint Acrid Disperse Wind Heat; clear head and eye; ease throat; express skin eruptions; soothe liver cool liver and lung Headache, fever, slight aversion to cold due to attack of wind-heat, early stage of warm diseases. Headache and red eye due to upper attack of wind heat, sore throat. Slow skin eruptions. Distention in the chest and distending pain in the costalis and 3 - 6 g
Niu Bang Zi/Arctium acrid and bitter disperse wind-heat; clean toxin and express skin eruption; ease throat and relieve swelling cold lung and stomach wind-heat attacking with fever, cough with sticky sputum and swollen and painful throat. Slow skin eruptions. carbuncles and mumps due to heat and toxins 3 -10 g
Chan Tui/Chicada Moulting sweet disperse wind-heat; express skin eruption; clear eyes by removing nebula; relieve convulsions by subduing liver wind cold lung and liver fever, headache, sore throat, cough and hoarse voice due to attack of wind heat in the early stage of warm disease; slow skin eruptions; red eye, tearing in the eye and nebula due to attack of the liver by wind heat; morbid night crying of babies due to a 3-10 g
Sang Ye/ Mulberry Leaf sweet and bitter disperse wind-heat, clear heat from the lungs and liver, benefit eyes cold lung and liver Cough, headache, fever, and swollen and painful throat due to attack of wind heat. Dry cough or cough with scanty yellow sputum due to dry heat in the lungs. Red, dry, painful eye tearing due to attack of the liver by wind-heat or liver heat 5 - 10 g
Dan Dou Chi/Prepared Soybean acrid, sweet, and slightly bitter relieve exterior symptom; relieve resltessness cool or warm lung and stomach Fever, aversion to cold, headache due to attack of wind-heat or wind-cold. restlessness and insomnia due to heat stagnation in the chest during transmission of febrile disease 10- 15 g
Ju Hua/Chrysanthemum Flower acrid, sweet, and bitter Disperses wind and clear heat from the liver and lung; clean toxin; clear eyes (very important) slightly cold liver and lung fever, dizziness and headache due to attack of wind-heat. Red, swollen, and painful eyes due to wind-heat in the liver or upward attack of liver fire. Headache and dizziness due to stirring up of liver wind by hyperactivity of liver Yang. Carbucles an 10 - 15g
Man Jing Zi/Vitex Fruit acrid and bitter disperse heat, clear eyes and head cool urinary bladder, liver, and stomach dizziness, headache and migraine due to attack of wind-heat. blurring of vision or red, painful eye lacrimatinos due to upper attack of wind-heat 6 - 12 g
Ge Gen/Pueraria sweet and acrid relax muscles and reduce fever, promote eruption of measles, expelling exterior pathological factors, lift the spleen qi, clear heat and promote body fluid cool spleen and stomach stiffness of neck and upper back, no sweat, fever and headache due to attack of wind-heat or wind-cold. slow skin eruptions, fever, and aversion to cold in the early stages of measles. diarrhea due to spleen qi deficiency or due to damp-heat. restlessn 10 -20 g
Chai Hu/ Bupleurum bitter and acrid relieve pathological factor lodged half exterior and half interior; soothe liver qi; lift yang qi slightly cold liver, gall bladder, triple warmer, and pericardium Alternating fever and chills, distension in the chest and hypochondriac region, bitter in the mouth, dry throat and dizziness in the shaoyang syndrome of six stages. Distending pain in the hypochondriac and costal region or headache or irregular menstrua 3-10g
Sheng Ma/ Cimicifuga acrid and sweet relieve exterior syndrome and express skin eruptions, clear heat and clean toxin, lift yang qi slightly cold lung, spleen, large intestine and stomach headaches due to attack of wind-heat or slow skin eruption. toothache, swoolen and painful gums, sore throat and canker sore due to heat and toxin. Prolapsed rectum or uterus, shortness of breath due to sinking of spleen qi, uterine bleeding due to sple 3 -10g
Mu Zei/ Equiseti sweet and bitter disperse wind heat, clear eyes and remove nebula, stop bleeding neutral lung and liver red eyes, blurred vision, tearing due to wind-heat or liver heat 3 - 10g
Fu Ping/ Duckweed acrid Relieve Exterior, ex[ress skin eruption and stop itching, remove water and reduce edema cold lung and urinary bladder wind-heat attacking with fever, no sweating. slow skin eruptions, edema with difficult urination 3 -10g
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