Clear Summerheat

Question 1

• KD, LV, GB
• Bitter, Acrid / Cool
• #1 for Malaria! Shaoyang sx
• Clears Yin xu heat w/ fire, summer heat
• Stops bleeding

Answer 1

Qing Hao (Artemesia annuae Herba)

Clear Xu Heat

Question 2

• SP, ST
• Sweet / Neutral
• Strengthens SP/ST - harmonizes MJ
• Transforms damp, clears summer heat
• Treats food poisoning
• Do not use w/o cooking, RAW FORM IS TOXIC

Answer 2

Bai Bian Dou (Lablab Semen album)

Qi Tonics

Question 3

• HT, ST
• Sweet / Cold
• Clears and prevents summer heat - sx of irritability, fever, thirst
• Resolves toxicity (overdose or poisoning)
• Antidote for Fu Zi poisioning

Answer 3

Lu Dou (Phaseoli radiate Semen)

Clear Toxic Heat

Question 4

• HT, LV, SP
• Bitter, Sl. Sweet / Neutral
• Raises clear yang of SP
• Clears summer heat
• Stops bleeding (LJ - weaker fx, used as adjunctive)

Answer 4

He Ye (Nelumbinis Folium)

Clear Toxic Heat

Question 5

• HT, UB, ST
• Sweet / Cold
• Clears summer heat and generates fluids - cools/moistens
• Promotes urination

Answer 5

Xi Gua (Citrulli Fructus)

Clear Heat, Drain Fire