Herbs: Clear Heat and Cool Blood

Question 1

Chi Shao: peonia lact.

Answer 1

Moves the Blood the most
Useful for pain, gynecological problems, good for painful rashes
Cooling.
Used more for the skin. Herpes.

Red Peony Root

Question 2

Zi Cao: arnebia/lithospermi rad

Answer 2

Skin herb: rashes that are itchy and burning.

Vents Rashes.

Question 3

Mu Dan Pi: moutan cort

Answer 3

Gynecological herb: moves Liver blood, promotes menstruation
Cools and moves the Blood
Draining Liver Fire: good for eye pain and headache. Good for Liver depressive heat: Liver stagnation causing heat to rise. Stronger affinity for the uterus.

Question 4

Xuan Shen: scrophularia rad

Answer 4

1 Herb for scrofula and goiter

nourishes yin, sore throat
Phlegm fire nodules

Question 5

Sheng Di Huang: rehmannia rad.

Answer 5

Nourish yin, generates fluids
Cools ascending Heart Fire. Rooting Heart fire in the Kidney Yin.
waisting thirst disorder
one of the most commonly used herbs in CM

Question 6

Shui Niu Jiao: bubali cornu

Answer 6

Clear heat and fire toxins
Very good high fever herb, high fevers that cause tremors, seizers, convulsions.
This may be in sore throat powders.

Water Buffalo Horn