CLEAR HEAT: DRY DAMPNESS

Question 1

CLEAR HEAT:
DRY DAMPNESS

[A]

1. Clears Heat and dries Damp
2. Drains Fire and detoxifies
3. Cools the Blood and stops Bleeding
4. Calms ascending Liver Yang
5. Clears Heat and Calms the Fetus

Answer 1

Huang Qin

Scutellariae Radix

Lung Stomach Gallbladder Large Intestine

Bitter Cold

Question 2

CLEAR HEAT:
DRY DAMPNESS

[A]

1. Clears Heat and drains Dampness
2. Drains Fire and resolves Fire toxicity
3. Clears Heat and stops Bleeding
4. Clears Heat topically
5. Clears Heart Fire
6. Drains Stomach Fire

Answer 2

huáng lián
黄连

Coptidis Rhizoma

Heart Large Intestine Liver Stomach

Bitter Cold

Question 3

CLEAR HEAT:
DRY DAMPNESS

[A]

1. Drain Damp-Heat: esp. from the Lower Jiao
2. Drains Kidney Fire
3. Drains Fire and relieves Fire toxicity

Answer 3

Huang Bai

Phellondendri Cortex

Kidney Urinary Bladder

Bitter Cold

Question 4

CLEAR HEAT:
DRY DAMPNESS

[A]

1. Drains Damp-Heat from the Liver and Gallbladder channels
2. Drains and pacifies Excess Liver Fire

Answer 4

lóng dǎn cǎo
龙胆草

Gentianae Radix

Gallbladder Liver Stomach

Bitter Cold

Question 5

CLEAR HEAT:
DRY DAMPNESS

1. Clears Heat and dries Dampness
2. Disperses Wind, kills parasites and stops itching
3. Clears Heat and promotes urination

Dosage:
3 – 15 gm,
up to 30 gm topically

Answer 5

Ku Shen 苦参

Sophorae Flavescentis Radix

Urinary Bladder Heart Liver
Large Intestine Stomach
Small Intestine

Bitter Cold

Question 6

CLEAR HEAT:
DRY DAMPNESS

1. Clears Heat, resolves toxicity and dries Dampness
2. Drains Liver Fire and benefits the eyes
3. Disperses Wind-Dampness
4. Calms Wheezing, stops coughs and resolves Phlegm

Answer 6

Qin Pi

Fraxini Cortex

Gallbladder Large Intestine Liver Stomach

Bitter Cold Astringent