Herb Category - clear heat, reduce fire Flashcards
Shi gao ** gypsum
clear head reduce fire
very cold, acrid, sweet
lung, stomach
Actions:
- excels at clearing heat and reducing fire from lung and stomach
- vents heat from the exterior
- releases muscle layer to ease restlessness and thirst
-aids body to promote tissue regeneration
- extreme heat in the yangming stage or qi level
-heat in the lungs - flair up of stomach fire
Zhi mu ** anemarrhena rhizome
clear heat reduce fire
cold, bitter, sweet
lung, stomach, kidney
Actions:
-clear heat and reduce fire from the lungs, stomach and kidneys
- nourishes yin and moistens dryness
- clears deficiency heat
- heat in the yangming stage or qi level
- yin deficiency of the kidney
- generates fluids and clears heat
-neutralize unwanted side effects of warm herbs
Herb drug interactions
- antidiabetic medications
Zhi zi ** Gardenia
clear heat, reduce fire
cold bitter
heart, liver, lung, stomach, sanjiao
Actions
- resolves constrained heat
- directs damp heat down and out via urine
- cools blood
- breaks up toxin accumulation
-eases restlessness
- clears heat from the organs
- restlessness and irritability due to heat in the heart or san jiao
- jaundice
- reduces swelling and moves blood stasis due to trauma
HERB DRUG INTERACTIONS
- sedatives
Dan shu ye - lophatherum
clear heat, reduce fire
Cold, sweet, bland
stomach, small intestine
Actions:
- leaches out dampness,
- facilitates and promotes urination
- clears heat from the heart stomach and small intestines
- eases restlessness
- lin syndrome
- restlessness
-clears heat eliminates irritability
-clears damp heat via urination
this herb should be short term as has ability to mess up electrolytes
HERB DRUG INTERACTION
- diuretics
Xia ku cao ** self heal spike - prunella vulgaris
clear heat reduce fire
cold, bitter acrid
liver, gallbladder
Actions:
- reduces fire from the liver
- disperses stagnation and clumping of phlegm and fire
- benefits the eyes
-flare up of liver fire that causes red, swollen painful eyes with tears, dizziness and headache
- nodules due to stagnation of phlegm fire
- hypertension due to liver fire or liver yang rising
lian zi xin - lotus plumule
clear heat reduce fire
cold, bitter
heart pericardium
Actions:
- reduces fire from the heart and pericardium
- stops bleeding and binds the essence
delirium, insomnia, irritability
used as a powder for vomiting blood and spermatorrhea
lu gen - reed rhizome
aka
wei jing - above ground stock
clear heat reduce fire
cold, sweet
lung stomach
Actions:
- clears heat from the lung and stomach
- generates body fluid without being cloying
- alleviates nausea
-eases restlessness
-promotes urination
thirst, restlessness
lung abscess
tain hua fen - trichosanthes root
clear heat, reduce fire
cold, bitter, slightly sweet
lung, stomach
Actions:
- clears heat from lung and stomach
- produce body fluid
-relieve swelling
-drain pus
- resolve toxicity and invigorate blood
jue ming zi - cassia seed
clear heat, reduce fire
slightly cold, sweet, salty, bitter
liver, kidney, large intestine
Actions:
- disperses wind fire to clears and cool the eyes
- promotes vision
- moistens the large intestine
- nourishes liver and kidney yin
-ascends and descends
- red swollen eyes with lots of tearing due to liver heat or wind heat attacking the liver
Herb drug interaction
- diuretics
qing xiang zi - celosia seeds
clears heat, reduce fire
slightly cold, sweet
liver
Actions:
- strongly clears and reduce fire from the liver to promote vision and assist the ears
- directs qi downward
- eliminates superficial visual obstructions
clear heat reduce fire application
heat in qi level manifests as fever, sweats, thirst, restlessness, flooding and big pulse during febrile disease
according to the channels they enter they can also clear excess heat from lung, heart, stomach and liver.
