TCM China:

Heat Clearing and Detoxicating Herbs

 

 

gypsum (gypsum fibrosum; shi gao)

clearing away heat and purging fire, relieving thirst and restlessness, and promoting regeneration of the tissue and wound healing.

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.

capejasmine fruit (fructus gardeniae; shan zhi)

purging fire, relieving dysphoria, clearing away heat, promoting diuresis, removing heat from the blood and stopping bleeding.

scutellaria root (radix scutellariae; huang qin)

clearing away heat and dampness, purging fire, detoxicating, stopping bleeding, and preventing miscarriage.

 

 

coptis root (rhizoma coptidis; huang lian)

clearing away heat, drying dampness, purging fire and clearing away toxins.

phellodendron bark (cortex phellodendri; huang bai)

clearing away heat, removing dampness, purging fire, detoxicating, and cleaning away heat of deficiency type.

gentian root (radix gentianae; long dan cao)

clearing away heat, removing dampness and purging fire in the liver and gallbladder.

dried rehmannia root (radix rehmanniae; sheng di huang)

removing heat from the blood and nourishing yin to promote the production of body fluid.

scrophularia root (radix scrophulariae; xuan shen)

clearing away heat, nourishing yin, purging fire and clearing away toxins.

moutan bark (cortex moutan radicis; dan pi)

removing heat from the blood, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.

red peony root (radix paeoniae rubra; chi shao)

removing pathogenic heat from the blood, dissipating blood stasis and reliving pain.

honeysuckle flower (flos lonicerae; jin yin hua)

clearing heat and detoxicating, removing heat from the blood and arresting dysentery.

forsythia fruit (fructus forsythiae; lian qiao)

clearing away heat, detoxicating, subduing swelling and dissolving lumps.

isatis leaf (folium isatidis; da qing ye)

clearing away heat, detoxicating, removing pathogenic heat from the blood, and curing skin eruptions.

isatis root (radix isatidis; ban lan gen)

clearing away heat, detoxicating, removing heat from the blood and arresting dysentery.

pulsatilla root (radix pulsatillae; bai tou weng)

clearing away heat, detoxicating, removing heat from the blood and arresting dysentery.

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.

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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