Herbs that Clear Heat and Resolve Toxicity Flashcards

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  • Warm febrile disease in any Wei, Qi, Ying and blood level
  • 4 types of heat (toxic heat, wind heat, damp heat, summer heat)
  • clears summer heat
A

Jin Yin Hua (Flos Lonicerae Japoniae)
-honeysuckle

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What herb is often paired with Jin Yin Hua (Flos Lonicerae Japoniae)
-honeysuckle

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Lian Qiao (Fructus Forsythiae Suspensae)
-forsythia fruit
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  • Clears heat and relieves toxicity: for warm febrile disease in Wei-level
  • Heat sinking into the PC/HT
  • dissipates nodules
  • promoites urination lin
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Lian Qiao (Frnctus Forsythiae Suspensae)
-forsythia fruit
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1 herb mastitis

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Pu Gong Ying (Herba Taraxaci Mongolicicum Radix)
-dandelion

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-honeysuckle

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Jin Yin Hua (Flos Lonicerae Japoniae)

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-forsythia fruit

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Lian Qiao (Frnctus Forsythiae Suspensae)

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-dandelion

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Pu Gong Ying (Herba Taraxaci Mongolicicum Radix)

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  1. Yang type of sores and carbuncles due to toxic heat
  2. #1 herb mastitis
  3. LU abscess and Intestinal abscess
    1. Clears damp heat for jaundice and lin syndrome
A

Pu Gong Ying (Herba Taraxaci Mongolicicum Radix)

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  1. Wind-heat exterior syndrome
  2. sore throat and mouth sores due to toxic heat
  3. damp heat dysentery
  4. vomitting of blood and nosebleeds
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Ban Lan Gen (Radix Isatidis seu Baphicacanthi)

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Q

big green leaf

-part of Ban Len Gen

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Da Qing Ye (Folium Daqingye)

  • big green leaf
  • part of Ban Len Gen
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  1. For contagious epidemic diseases (antiviral) such as the flu, meningitis, and pneumonia
  2. Benefits Lung and throat
  3. Cools blood and reduces skin macula
A

Da Qing Ye (Folium Daqingye)

  • big green leaf
  • part of Ban Len Gen
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12
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-Andrographitis

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Chuan Xin Lian (Herba Andrographitis Paniculatae)

-Andrographitis

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  1. LU and throat; asthma and abscess
  2. UTI infections
  3. Dries damp
  4. Acute GI infections or diarrhea
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Chuan Xin Lian (Herba Andrographitis Paniculatae)

-Andrographitis

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-white fresh bark

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Bai Xian Pi (Cortex Dictamni Dasycarpi Radicis)

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  1. Clears the skin (damp-heat or wind-heat scabies, rubella, and other rashes); itchy skin
  2. Profuse yellow pus and pruritus
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Bai Xian Pi (Cortex Dictamni Dasycarpi Radicis)

-white fresh bark

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  1. Clears LU heat and benefits the throat for a sore swollen throat
  2. Coughing mild wheezing with copious sputum, especially due to LU heat
A

She Gan (Rhizoma Belamcandae)

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  1. Relieves toxicity and benefits the throat (Sore swollen throat)
  2. Early stage lung cancer, throat cancer, and cervical cancer
A

Shan Dou Gen (Radix Sophorae Tonkinensi)

18
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  1. expel pus for toxic heat carbuncles and swellings, especially for intestinal abscess
  2. Disperses blood stasis for postpartum abdominal pain and painful menses
A

Bai Jiang Cao (Herba cum Radice Patriniae)

-“spoiled grass”

19
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  1. Syphilis
    1. Damp heat, painful urination, jaundice
A

Tu Fu Ling (Rhizoma smilacis Glabrae)

20
Q
  • ENT herb
  • breast abscess
  • deep seated sores
  • snake bite
A

Zi Hua Di Ding (Herba cum Radice Violae Yedoensitis)

21
Q
  • Fishy Smelling Herb
  • HH
A

Yu Xing Cao (Herba cum Radice Houttuyniae Cordatae)

22
Q
  1. Eliminates heat and toxins (antiviral)
  2. Reduces lung abscess, infections, cough with thick yellow green sputum
  3. Detoxes and expels pus
  4. Internally/externally for sores
  5. Drains damp
  6. Damp heat in LI (UTI, colitis)
A

Yu Xing Cao (Herba cum Radice Houttuyniae Cordatae) -Fishy Smelling Herb

-HH

23
Q
  1. Dysentery due to damp heat in stomach and intestines
  2. Bleeding hemorrhoids
  3. Vaginitis
A

Bai Tou Weng - (Radix Pulsatillae Chinensis)

24
Q
  1. Eliminates heat and stops diarrhea
  2. Clears liver heat and clears eyes (cataracts and red painful eyes)
  3. Clears wind damp bi from heat
A

Qin Pi - (Cortex Fraxini)

25
Q

Which herbs benefit the throat?

A
  1. Ban Lan Gen (Radix Isatidis seu Baphicacanthi)
    - indigo wood root
  2. Da Qing Ye (Folium Daqingye) -big green leaf
  3. Chuan Xin Lian (Herba Andrographitis Paniculatae)
  4. She Gan (Rhizoma Belamcandae)
  5. Shan Dou Gen (Radix Sophorae Tonkinensi)
26
Q

which herbs are good for the eyes?

A
  1. Zi Hua Di Ding (Herba cum Radice Violae Yedoensitis)
  2. Qin Pi - (Cortex Fraxini)
27
Q

-contraindicated for SP/ST deficiency, -should not be used in long term or overdose

A

Shan Dou Gen (Radix Sophorae Tonkinensi)

28
Q

which resolve toxicity herb can expel pus and disperse blood stasis?

A

Bai Jiang Cao (Herba cum Radice Patriniae)

-“spoiled grass”

29
Q

which herbs are good for UTIs/ lin syndrome

A
  1. Yu Xing Cao (Herba cum Radice Houttuyniae Cordatae) -Fishy Smelling Herb -HH
  2. Chuan Xin Lian (Herba Andrographitis Paniculatae)-Andrographitis
  3. Lian Qiao (Frnctus Forsythiae Suspensae). -forsythia fruit
  4. Pu Gong Ying (Herba Taraxaci Mongolicicum Radix) -dandelion
30
Q

which herb can treat mumps?

A

Ban Lan Gen