Single Herbs - Clear Heat and Dry Dampness Flashcards
Huang qin – scutellaria rad.
:BITTER - COLD
Dosage: 6 – 15g.
Meridian: GALLBLADDER, LARGE INTESTINE, LUNG, STOMACH
-clear heat, drain fire – upper burner, fever, irritability, thirst, cough-clear heat, dry damp –
stomach – diarrhea, dysentery, thirst with no
desire to drink, lin syndrome, jaundice
-clear heat, stop bleeding – vomit/cough blood, nosebleed, blood in stool
-clear heat, calm fetus – restless fetus due to heat
-clear liver yang rising – headache, irritability, red eyes, bitter taste
Huang lian – coptis rhiz.
Properties: BITTER - COLD
Dosage: 1.5 – 9g.
Meridian HEART, LARGE INTESTINE, LIVER, STOMACH
-drain fire, relieve toxicity – high fever, irritability, disorientation, delirium, painful-red eyes, sore throat, boils carbuncles, abscesses clear heat, drain damp –
stomach – diarrhea, dysentery, acid reflux,
halitosis, belching-clear
heart fire – irritability, insomnia
-topically – red-painful ulcerations
Huang bai – phellodendrum cort.
Properties: BITTER - COLD
Dosage: 3 – 12g.
Meridian: KIDNEY, BLADDER
-drain damp heat – lower jiao – thick-yellow leucorrhea, diarrhea,dysentery, red-swollen-painful knee joints, jaundice
-drains kidney fire – steaming bone, night sweat, afternoon fever
-drain fire, relieve toxicity – sores and lesions
Long dan cao – gentiana rad.
Properties: BITTER - COLD
Dosage: 3 – 9g.
Meridian: GALLBLADDER, LIVER, STOMACH
-drain damp heat from liver and gallbladder
– red-swollen-sore throat/eyes/ears, jaundice, painful-swollen genitals,leucorrhea
-clears ascending
liver fire – headache, red eyes, fever, spasm, convulsions
Ku shen – sophora flav. rad.
Properties: BITTER - COLD
Dosage: 3 – 15g.
Meridian: BLADDER, HEART, LIVER, LARGE INTESTINE, SMALL INTESTINE
-clear heat, dry damp – dysentery, leucorrhea, jaundice, sores-expels wind, kills parasites - itching, skin lesions
-clear heat, promote urination – lin syndrome, hot edema
