Single Herbs -Clear Heat Relieve Toxicity

Question 1

Jin yin hua

Answer 1

Sweet Cold
LI, Lung, Stomach
Clears heat and relieves fire toxicity
Expels external wind-heat - releases the exterior- fever, chills, sore throat
Clears damp-heat form the lower jiao
Part of an herbal pair with Lian Qiao (the root)
use smaller dose for w-h/larger dose for toxic heat
Cautions/CI: In cases of diarrhea due to spleen deficiency and stomach yang deficiency

Question 2

Lian qiao

Answer 2

BITTER, SLIGHTLY ACRID - COOL
HEART, LUNG, GALLBLADDER
clears heat and toxins - dissipates nodules, carbuncles and hot sores
vents heat from upper burner
expels wind heat - fever, chills, sore throat, headache
Part of an herbal pair with Jin Yin Hua (the leaf)

Question 3

Da qing ye

Answer 3

BITTER, SLIGHTLY ACRID - COOL
HEART, LUNG, GALLBLADDER
clears heat and toxins - dissipates nodules, carbuncles and hot sores vents heat from upper burner
expels wind heat - fever, chills, sore throat, headache
Part of an herbal pair with Jin Yin Hua (the leaf)

Question 4

Da qing ye

Answer 4

BITTER, SALTY - VERY COLD
HEART, LUNG STOMACH
strongly clears heat, relieves toxicity - contagious febrile disease outbreak
cools blood, reduces blotches - skin eruptions, intense fever*good throat herb/strep/encephalitis
*Antiviral mutual accentuation w/ban lan gen

Question 5

Ban lan gen

Answer 5

BITTER - COLD
HEART, LUNG, STOMACH
drains toxic heat and fire, cools blood -mumps, painful swollen throat
Tx's damp-heat jaundice
*Antiviral
*good throat herb/strep/encephalitis
mutual accentuation w/da qing ye

Question 6

Pu gong ying Eye herb dandelion

Answer 6

BITTER, *SWEET - COLD
LIVER, STOMACH
clears toxic heat and fire - liver heat with red-swollen-painful eyes (can be used
stand alone as a steam for this purpose)
fresh herb can be juiced + drink
dissipates nodules and abscesses - esp. firm-hard sores
*promotes lactation due to heat
*natural pyretic (brings fever down)
clears heat, resolves damp - jaundice, *lin syndrome
*antibacterial

Question 7

Zi hua di ding *viola flower

Answer 7

• ACRID, BITTER - COLD HEART, LIVER
• clears toxic heat and fire - hot swellings, red-swollen eyes/throat/ears
• clears hot sores - sores and abscess’s of head and back - topically
• cancer tumors

Question 8

Ye Ju Hua * wild Crysanthemum

Answer 8

BITTER, ACRID - COOL
LUNG, LIVER
clears toxic heat and *fire - carbuncles, swollen throat, wind-fire, red eyes
*External wash for itching

Question 9

Bai jiang cao

Answer 9

ACRID, BITTER - COOL
LARGE INTESTINE, LIVER, STOMACH
*appendicitis
-clears toxic heat and fire - expel pus, abscess, sores, swellings
-dispels blood stasis, stops pain - abdominal / chest stasis, traumatic injury
*Use with caution during pregnancy & then only when absolutely necessary
*combine with Yu xing cao for lung cancer & abscesses

Question 10

Yu xing cao

Answer 10

ACRID - COOL
LARGE INTESTINE, LUNG
*clears toxic lung heat - swellings, abscess, thick-yellow sputum
*relieves/clears toxic sores - expels pus for toxic sores (internal and external)
-drains damp heat - promote urination, diarrhea, lin syndrome
*Note: do not decoct for more than 5 minutes
*combine with Bai jiang cao for lung cancer & abscesses

Question 11

Ma chi xian

Answer 11

SOUR, SLIPPERY - COLD
LARGE INTESTINE, LIVER
*can be used as a steam for hemorhoids
*inhibits ecoli/dysentric disorders
clears toxic fire, cools blood - bacterial dysentery (with incomplete BM’s), lin syndrome
-clears damp heat, treats sores - carbuncles, red-white leucorrhea (apply topically & take
internally) *vaginal dishcharge/STD’s
-antidote for the pain & swelling of wasp stings, snakebites
-stops bleeding & unblocks painful urinary dribbling - uterine bleeding (esp. postpartum,
bloody or hot lin syndrome
Contraindication: Pregnancy

Question 12

Bai tou weng

Answer 12

BITTER - COLD
LARGE INTESTINE, STOMACH
*#1 damp heat/toxic heat diarrhea
*dysentery herb (burning hot blood in diarrhea) – colitis, chrones, IBS w/diarrhea
-clears toxic heat and fire - dysentery (damp heat in stomach or intestines
*in the formula Bai Tou Weng Tang (colitis & chrones)

Question 13

Chuan xin lian

Answer 13

extremely Bitter / cold
Lung, stomach, large and small intestines
*sore throat herb - for strep (antiviral/antibacterial)
*has it’s own patent
-clears heat and release toxins
*dries dampness (candida/yeast infection) - stops diarrhea (damp-heat dysentery disorders), hot lin syndrome, burning urination
eczema (apply topically as an ointment)
-apply topically for snakebites
*cancer throat/lungs

Question 14

Bai hua she she cao

Answer 14

BITTER, SWEET - COLD
LIVER, STOMACH, LARGE & SMALL INTESTINES
*strong to clear cancer
*snakebites & swelling (internal or external application
*strongly clears toxic heat and fire - reduces abscess, toxic sores, ulcerations,
-clears heat and damp - promotes urination, lin syndrome, jaundice

Question 15

Bai xian pi

Answer 15

BITTER - COLD
SPLEEN, STOMACH
*Flesh & muscles - itching, scabies, ringworm, rashes w/excessive pus, hives
*Relieves painful obstruction so facilitates movement of joints
-clears toxic heat and fire, expels wind, dries damp - sores, carbuncles,
rashes with excessive pus, moist skin, jaundice
-clears damp-heat & stops itching
*poison ivy

Question 16

Tu fu ling (smilax)

Answer 16

Sweet, Bland, Neutral
Liver, Stomach
-expels toxins & disperses dampness - *softens the joints (for joint pain)
-clears damp-heat from the skin - recurrent ulcers
*fibromyalgia or lhyme disease
*chelates (binds to) heavy metal toxins to clear from the body

Question 17

She gan

Answer 17

BITTER - COLD

• LUNG
• clears toxic heat - pain-swollen throat with phlegm heat (tonsilities)
• transforms phlegm, clears lung - cough, wheezing and phlegm (bronchitis)
• throat

Question 18

Shan dou gen

Answer 18

bitter, cold
LI, LU
-Clears Heat, Resolves Fire Toxin, Improves Sore Throat (even better than She gan for sore throat)
-Disperses Swellings - abscesses & other toxic sores, swelling in gums
Notes:
(1) can be used internally (drink) or as gargle
(2) boils, *cancers of throat & lung, sores
Clinically not often used.

Question 19

Ma bo

Answer 19

ACRID - NEUTRAL LUNG
-clears toxic lung fire - painful-swollen throat, loss of voice, cough
-applied topically to stop bleeding - oral cavity and lips, nosebleeds
Preparations:
-for continuous nosebleeds or spitting up blood during pregnancy, take 1.5g
of this herb in powder form internally and wash down with rice congee
- for sore throat: knead with honey, mix with water and sip
*smokebombs/tear gas
*mushroom/spore

Question 20

Qing dai

Answer 20

SALTY - COLD
LIVER, LUNG, STOMACH
*drains LR Fire, dispels *summerheat, & extinguishes wind to stop tremors -
convulsions, red eyes, sore throat
-lung heat - cough (from LR Fire accosting the LU’s)
-clears heat, relieves toxicity, cools blood
-disperses swellings, topically for inflamed oral cavity or throat
*indigo