Herbs that Clear Heat & Cool the Blood

Question 1

List the 6 Herbs that Clear Heat and Cool the Blood

Answer 1

Xi Jiao
Sheng di huang
Xuan Shen
Mu Dan Pi
Chi Shao
Zi Cao

Question 2

Xi Jiao (rhino horn)

Answer 2

Strongest Herb that Cools the Blood & Stops Bleeding

• Relieves Fire Toxicity: fever, erythema, purpura (bleeding under the skin)

.5 to 1.5 g (in powder form)
Shui niu jiao is used instead (milder) 15-30gm- shred and cook first

Question 3

Sheng Di Huang (dried rehmannia root)

Answer 3

Nourishes Yin, Generates Fluids: yin deficiency with heat; injury to fluids: dry mouth, low grade fever, constipation, throat pain

9-30gm

Xian di huang ( fresh, not dried, rehmannia root)- more bitter than sweet, very cold- stronger to clear heat and cool blood, and generate fluid; weaker to nourish yin (20-60gm or grind for juice)

Question 4

Xuan Shen

Answer 4

Nourishes Yin; moistens dryness: sequelae of warm febrile disease and Lung Yin Deficiency: dry cough and throat, blood tinged sputum; constipation; irritability

• Relieves Toxicity: sore throat, mumps, carbuncles

9-15g

Question 5

Mu Dan Pi

Answer 5

Cools Blood: stops bleeding (epistaxis, hematemesis, hemoptysis)

Clears Deficient Heat: steaming bone disorders, yin def heat after fever: most suitable in absence of sweating

*Invigorates Blood; dispels blood stasis: blood stasis with amenorrhea; traumatic injury; intestinal abscesses

Clears LV Fire: headache, eye pain, irritabilty, hypertension

6-12g

Question 6

Chi Shao

Answer 6

Invigorates blood; dispels blood stasis: dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, pain and swelling with traumatic injuries, abdominal pain

6-15 g

Question 7

Zi Cao

Answer 7

Relieves Fire Toxicity; clears damp heat from the skin: skin lesions, vaginal itching; burns

3-9g
taken internally or applied topically