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gypsum (gypsum
fibrosum; shi gao) |
clearing away heat and purging fire, relieving
thirst and restlessness, and promoting regeneration of the tissue and
wound healing. |
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anemarrhena
rhizome (rhizoma anemarrhenae; zhi mu) |
clearing away heat, purging fire, replenishing
yin essence, moistening the viscera, and promoting the production of
body fluid to quench thirst. |
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capejasmine fruit (fructus gardeniae; shan zhi) |
purging fire, relieving dysphoria, clearing
away heat, promoting diuresis, removing heat from the blood and stopping
bleeding. |
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scutellaria root (radix scutellariae; huang qin) |
clearing away heat and dampness, purging fire,
detoxicating, stopping bleeding, and preventing miscarriage. |
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coptis root (rhizoma coptidis; huang lian) |
clearing away heat, drying dampness, purging
fire and clearing away toxins. |
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phellodendron bark (cortex phellodendri; huang bai) |
clearing away heat, removing dampness, purging
fire, detoxicating, and cleaning away heat of deficiency type. |
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gentian root (radix gentianae; long dan cao) |
clearing away heat, removing dampness and
purging fire in the liver and gallbladder. |
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dried rehmannia root (radix rehmanniae; sheng di huang) |
removing heat from the blood and nourishing
yin to promote the production of body fluid. |
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scrophularia root (radix scrophulariae; xuan shen) |
clearing away heat, nourishing yin, purging
fire and clearing away toxins. |
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moutan bark (cortex moutan radicis; dan pi) |
removing heat from the blood, promoting blood
circulation and removing blood stasis. |
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red peony root (radix paeoniae rubra; chi shao) |
removing pathogenic heat from the blood,
dissipating blood stasis and reliving pain. |
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honeysuckle flower (flos lonicerae; jin yin hua) |
clearing heat and detoxicating, removing heat
from the blood and arresting dysentery. |
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forsythia fruit (fructus forsythiae; lian qiao) |
clearing away heat, detoxicating, subduing
swelling and dissolving lumps. |
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isatis leaf (folium isatidis; da qing ye) |
clearing away heat, detoxicating, removing
pathogenic heat from the blood, and curing skin eruptions. |
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isatis root (radix isatidis; ban lan gen) |
clearing away heat, detoxicating,
removing heat from the blood and arresting dysentery. |
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pulsatilla root (radix pulsatillae; bai tou weng) |
clearing away heat, detoxicating, removing
heat from the blood and arresting dysentery. |
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sweet wormwood (herba artemisiae; qing hao) |
removing heat from the blood, bringing down
hectic fever, clearing away heat from the gallbladder, preventing the
recurrence of malaria and relieving summer-heat. |
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wolfberry bark (cortex lycii radicis; di gu pi) |
removing heat from the blood, bringing down
hectic fever, and clearing away heat in the lung. |
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