Herbs that clear the heat Clear Heat & drain fire herbs: Shi Gao Zhi Mu Zhi Zi Lu Gen Tian Hua Fen Xia Ku Cao Jue Ming Zi Dan Zhu Ye Clear Heat & Cool Blood Herbs Shui Niu Jiao Sheng Di Huang Xuan Shen Mu Dan Pi Zi Cao Heat ( Excess ) High Fever, no chills, irritability, scanty, dark urine, yellow tongue coating, red tongue with rapid pulse Enter Lung & St. channel Shi Gao; Zhi Mu; Zhi Zi; Lu Gen; Tian Hua Fen Treat Eye disease Xia Ku Cao; Jue Ming Zi Clear heart heat Dan Zu Ye Cool Blood Enter Heart & Liver Sheng Di Huang; Mu Dan Pi; Zi Cao Gen; Chi Shao; Shui Niu Jiao

Clear Heat & Drain fire herbs Part One Agents which enter the Lung & Stomach channels to Clear heat & drain fire Shi Gao 石膏 Zhi Mu 知母 Zhi Zi 梔子 Lu Gen 蘆根 Tian Hua Fen 天花粉

Shi Gao 石膏 White ice-berg like mineral Distinct look

Shi Gao (very Cold) 石 膏 Actions Clear heat & drains fire Pharmaceutical Name Gypsum Actions Clear heat & drains fire Clear excess lung heat Clear Stomach fire Clear skin fire toxin Indications (Excess) High fever in Qi level Cough & wheezing with fever and thick yellow sputum Headache, toothache due to St. fire Eczema, burns and ulcerated sores Dosage 15 – 60g Cook Add first Toxic dosage Contraindications Heat due to Yin Def. Or cold disease

Shi Gao (very Cold) 石 膏 Combinations Indications Formular Zhi Mu 知母 Fever in Qi level Bai Hu Tang 白虎湯 Shu Di Huang 熟地黃 Headache & toothache& thirsty due to Yin def. type of heat Qin Wei San 清胃散 Zhi Zi 梔子 High fever Ma Huang 麻黃 Cough or wheezing due to lung heat Ma Xin Shi Gan Tang 麻辛石甘湯 Sheng Ma 升麻 Vertex headache & toothache Huang Bai 黃柏 Open skin sores, eczema & burns

Zhi Mu 知母 Slices of flexible fibrous root Yellow white on the inside Orange brown with lines outside Distinct look

Zhi Mu (Cold) 知 母 Actions Clears heat & drains fire Pharmaceutical Name Anemarrhenae Asphodeloidis, Rhizoma Actions Clears heat & drains fire Enriches the Yin & moistens dryness Generates fluids & clear heat Ameliorates the dryness of tonifying or warming substances Indications ( Excess or Def. ) Excess heat in Lu. & St. Yin def. type of fever Thirst & irritability due to Lu. & St. Diabetes II Dosage 6 ~ 12 g Cook Toxic Sym.

Zhi Mu (Cold) 知 母 Contraindications Cold or diarrhea Combinations Formular Shi Gao 石膏 Qi level fever Bai Hu Tang白虎湯 Bei Mu 貝母 Sha shen 沙參 Cough due to lung Yin def. or dryness Huang Bai 黃柏 Fever due to Yin def. Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan知柏地黃丸 Huang Qin 黃芩 Cough due to lung heat Tian Hua Fen 天花粉 Diabetes Bie Jia 鱉甲 Steaming bone disorder

Zhi Zi 梔子 Brittle burnt-orange colored Paper lantern like Distinct look

Zhi Zi (Cold) 梔 子 Actions Drains fire and eliminate irritability Pharmaceutical Name Gardenia Jasminoides Fructus Actions Drains fire and eliminate irritability Clears heat & resolves dampness Cools the blood & resolves toxicity Reduces swelling & moves blood stasis due to truma Indications (Excess) Fever, irritability Painful urinary dribbling due to damp heat Blood sym. Injury Dosage 6 ~ 9 g Cook Toxic Sym. With normal dosage range, no side effects are to be expected. There have been two reports of allergic skin reactions Also Used For: Historically, Zhi Zi has been used for pepatitis, hepatic pain due to cirrhosis, and abdominal pain due to dysentery. Many Jasminum species have been used as a sedative, aphrodisiac, or in cancer treatment. Food uses, Zhi Zi is utilized to flavor beverages, frozen dairy desserts, candy, baked goods, gelatins, and puddings. Manufacturing, jasmine is used to add fragrance to creams, lotions, and perfumes.

Zhi Zi (Cold) 梔 子 Contraindications Def. or weakness of the Sp. & St. Blood def. Combinations Indications Formular Zhi Mu 知母 Fever with insomnia & irritability Bai Mao Gen 白茅根 Bleeding sym. Xiao Ji Yin Zi 小薊飲子 Jiang Zhi姜汁 Stomach ache due to St. heat Jiang Huang 姜黃 Liver & GB. Disease Huang Bai 黃柏 Yang Jaundice Mu Dan Pi 牡丹皮 Steaming lower fever Dan Dou Chi 淡豆豉 Irritability & insomnia Zhi Chi Tang 梔豉湯 Suan Zhao Ren 酸棗仁 Insomnia

Lu Gen 蘆根 Fattened, hollow, yellow reed Distinct look

Lu Gen (Cold) 蘆 根 Actions Clears heat & generates fluids Pharmaceutical Name Phragmitis Rhizoma Actions Clears heat & generates fluids Clears heat & promotes urination Encourage rashes to surface Indications (Excess) Fever with irritability & thirsty Dark, scanty urine or blood in the urine Lung heat type coughing Rashes Dosage 15 ~ 30 g Cook Toxic Sym. none Also Used For: Orally, Lu Gen/Reed herb is used for digestive disorders. Topically, Lu Gen/Reed herb is used to relieve insect bites. Also In Chinese Medicine, Lu Gen/Reed herb is used for diabetes, leukemia, and breast cancer.

Lu Gen (Cold) 蘆 根 Contraindications Cold disease Combinations Formular Sang Ye 桑葉 Wind heat exterior disease Sang Ju Yin桑菊飲 Zhu Ru 竹茹 Vomiting due to St. heat up Mai Dong 麥冬 High fever caused thirsty Xing Ren 杏仁 Pi Pa Ye 枇杷葉 Lung Heat type coughing with yellow sputum Ge Gen 葛根 Rashes

Tian Hua Fen 天花粉 Flat white root Distinct bitter taste Compare with : Shan Yao; Ge Gen; Fu Ling

Tian Hua Fen 天花粉 (Cold) Actions Drains heat & generate fluids Pharmaceutical Name Trichosanthis Radix Actions Drains heat & generate fluids Clears and drains lung heat Resolves toxicity and expel pus Indications (Excess & def. ) Fever disease with thirsty Diabetes Lung heat type couging Dosage 10 ~ 15 g Cook Toxic Sym. Allergic reaction

Lung heat type coughing Hot toxic carbuncles and sores Tian Hua Fen 天花粉 (Cold) Contraindications Pregnant women Def. type of cold disease Combinations Indications Formular Lu Gen 蘆根 Fever & thirsty Zhi Mu 知母 Diabetes Bei Mu 貝母 Lung heat type coughing Jing Yin Hua 金銀花 Hot toxic carbuncles and sores Mai Dong 麥冬 Nourish yin

Clear Heat & Drain fire herbs Part two Agents which enter the Liver channel to clear heat & drain fire & treat the eye problems. Xia Ku Cao Jue Ming Zi

Xia Ku Cao 夏枯草 Dark purplish brown spike Distinct look Compare with Jing Jie

Xia Ku Cao (Cold) 夏枯草 Actions Clears liver fire & brightens the eyes Pharmaceutical Name Prunellae Spca Actions Clears liver fire & brightens the eyes Clears heat & dissipates nodules Indications (Excess) Red painful swollen eyes Neck lump or nodules Hypertension ( liver fire ) Dosage 9~ 15 g Toxic Sym. Allergy reaction; swollen lips and throat, nausea, vomiting

Red & tearing painful eyes due to wind heat Xia Ku Cao (Cold) 夏枯草 Contraindications Spleen & St. def. Combinations Indications Formular Niu Xi 牛膝 Long Dan Cao 龍膽草 Hypertension Shi Jue Ming 石決明 Jue Ming Zi 決明子 Red & painful eyes Ju Hua 菊花 Chan Tui 蟬蛻 Red & tearing painful eyes due to wind heat Xuan Shen 玄參 Mu Li 牡蠣 Neck lump or nodule Ban Xia 半夏 Insomnia * Some books talk about this contraindications, not a standard theory.

Jue Ming Zi 決明子 Purple-brown, hard, angular seed Distinct look

Jue Ming Zi 決明子 (slightly cold ) Actions Clears the liver & eyes Pharmaceutical Name Cassiae Semen Actions Clears the liver & eyes Calms the liver Yang Moistens the intestine & unblock the bowels Indications (Excess & Def.) Red swollen and painful eyes Headache & dizziness ( Liver Yang up) Chronic constipation ( Liver Yin def. ) Hypertension Dosage 9 ~ 15 g Cook Toxic Sym. Allergic reactions: numb sensation on the lips & tongue, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain & diarrhea

Jue Ming Zi 決明子 (slightly cold ) Contraindications Diarrhea Low blood pressure Combinations Indications Formular Ju Hua 菊 花 Man Jing zi 曼荊子 Mu Zei 木賊 Acute red & painful eye disease Jue Ming Zi San 決明子散 Gou Qi Zi 枸杞子 Vision degeneration Shi Jue Ming 石決明 Hypertension Dang Gui 當歸 Constipation due to lack of fluid in LI. Chuan Xiong 川芎 Headache Xia Ku Cao 夏枯草 Pain eyes due to liver Yang up

Clear Heat & Drain fire herbs Part three Agents which enter the heart channel to clear heat and drain fire Dan Zhu Ye 淡竹葉

Dan Zhu Ye 淡竹葉 Flat green reed-like Distinct look

Dan Zhu Ye (Cold) 淡竹葉 Actions Pharmaceutical Name Lophateri Herba Actions Clears heat in Heart, Stomach & Small Intestine Promotes urination Clears damp-heat Indications (Excess) Irritability & thirsty Rough, scanty, painful urination Wind-heat Dosage 6 ~ 9 g Cook Toxic Sym. none

Late-stage febrile disease Thirsty after febrile disease Dan Zhu Ye (Cold) 淡竹葉 Contraindications None noted Combinations Indications Formular Jin Ying Hua金銀花 Lian Qiao連翹 Exterior wind heat Shi Gao 石膏 Mai dong 麥冬 Late-stage febrile disease Tian Hua Fen天花粉 Thirsty after febrile disease Mu tong木通 Sheng Di Huang生地黃 Heart heat sym.

Clear Heat & Cool blood Sheng Di Huang 生地黃 Mu Dan Pi 牡丹皮 Zi Cao 紫草 Agents which enter the heart & liver channels to clear heat and cool blood Sheng Di Huang 生地黃 Mu Dan Pi 牡丹皮 Zi Cao 紫草 Chi Shao 赤芍 Shui Niu Jiao 水牛角

Sheng Di Huang 生地黃 Black, flat, round, sticky with lighter blotches; usually brown on one side. Distinct look

Sheng Di Huang (cold) 生地黃 Actions Clears heat Cool the blood Pharmaceutical Name Rehmanniae Radix Actions Clears heat Cool the blood Nourishes the Yin & generates fluids Indications (Excess & Def.) Warm-heat pathogen disease Hemorrhage due to heat in the blood Yin def. disease Dosage 9 ~ 15 g Cook Toxicity Diarrhea; abdominal pain; vertigo; fatigue, and palpitations

Sheng Di Huang (cold) 生地黃 Contraindications Dampness from spleen def. Loose stools & abdominal fullness Combinations Indications Formular Chi Shao 赤芍 Blood in urinary Xuan Shen 玄參 Mai Dong 麥冬 Yin Def. disease Zeng Ye Tang Huang Qi 黃耆 Tian Hua Fen 天花粉 Ge Gen 葛根 Diabetes Huai Jiao 槐角 Di Yu 地榆 Hemorrhoids bleeding Bie Jia 鱉甲 Di Gu Pi 地骨皮 Heat due to Yin def. Qin Hao Bie Jia Tang

Xuan Shen 玄参

Xuan Shen 玄参 Xuan Shen 玄参 (cold) (cold) Actions Pharmaceutical Name Scrophulariae Radix Actions Clears heat & cools the blood Nourishes the Yin Softens hardness and dissipates nodules Indications (Excess & Def.) Bleeding due to heat in the blood Warm-heat disease with constipation & irritability Neck lumps due to phlegm fire Dosage 9 ~ 15 g Cook Toxicity None noted

cough due to lung dryness Swollen abscesses & toxic sores Xuan Shen 玄参 (cold) Contraindications cold-dampness Anti Li Ru Combinations Indications Formular Niu Pang Zi 牛蒡子 Jie Geng 桔梗 Swelling of the throat Bai He 百合 Chuan Bei Mu 川贝母 cough due to lung dryness Jin Yin Hua 金银花 Lian Qiao 连翘 Swollen abscesses & toxic sores Mu Li 牡蛎 Zhe Bei Mu 浙贝母 Xia Ku Cao 夏枯草 nodules due to phlegm

Mu Dan Pi 牡丹皮 Off white cylindrical sections, hollow or lighter color center Distinct look

Mu Dan Pi (slightly Cold) 牡丹皮 Actions Clears heat & cools blood Pharmaceutical Name Moutan Cortex Actions Clears heat & cools blood Clears deficient fire Clears liver blood stasis Clears ascending liver fire Drains pus & reduces swelling Indications (Excess or Def.) Nose bleed; blood sputum; profuse menses Steaming bone; no sweating amenorrhea, abdominal mass, bruise’s headache, eye pain, dysmenorrhoea topically for non-draining sores Dosage 6 ~ 12 g Cook Toxicity Occasionally, nausea & dizziness Mu Dan Pi is good at treating heat in the blood with blood stasis

Mu Dan Pi (slightly Cold) 牡丹皮 Contraindications Pregnant Combinations Formular Chai Hu　 柴胡 Exterior heat disease Chai Ge Jie Ji Tang柴葛解肌湯 Sheng Ma 升麻 Bo he 薄荷 Measles at early stage Huang Lian 黃連 Huang Qin 黃芩 Heat induced diarrhea & dysenteric disorders due to damp-heat Ge Geng Qin Lian Tang 葛根芩連湯 Bai Zhu 白朮 Chronic Diarrhea due to Sp. Def. Qi Wei Bai Zhu San七味白朮飲 Mai Dong 麥冬 Sheng Di 生地 Thirsty due to diabetes

Zi Cao 　紫草 Very dark purple Distinct look

Zi Cao 紫草 (cold) Actions Pharmaceutical Name Arnebiae/Lithospermi Radix Actions Clears heat, cools blood & resolves fire toxicity Clears damp-heat from the skin * Moisten intestine Indications (Excess) encourages progression of rashes to vent damp heat skin lesion, itching * Constipation Dosage 3 ~ 9 g Cook Toxicity

Heat toxin with dark purple measles Ointment to treat Burns or sores Zi Cao 紫草 (cold) Contraindications Loose stools ( spleen def.) Combinations Indications Formular Chi Shao 赤芍 Chan Tui 蟬蛻 Lian Qiao 連翹 Rashes Da Qin Ye 大青葉 Shui Niu Jiao 水牛角 Heat toxin with dark purple measles Sheng Di 生地 Bai Mao Gen 白茅根 Blood in the urine Bai Zhi 白芷 Dang Gui 當歸 Ointment to treat Burns or sores Zi Yun Gao 紫雲膏

Chi Shao 赤芍 Flat strips of off white, dry root with dark brown edges Distinct look

Chi Shao 赤芍 (slightly Cold) Actions Pharmaceutical Name Paeoniae Radix rubra Actions Invigorates the blood & dispels blood stasis Clears heat & cool blood Indications (Excess) dysmenorrhoea, amenorrhea, abdominal pain and masses, traumatic pain associated with swelling and pain blotchy skin, bleeding, irregular mense Dosage 6 ~ 15 g Cook Toxicity None notes Also Used For: Orally, Chi Shao Yao / Peony root is used for spasms. It is also used for epilepsy, excitability, whooping cough, arthritis, bowel complaints, as an emetic, and for inducing menstruation. In herbal combinations, Chi Shao Yao / Peony root is used for arthritis, GI tract diseases, the heart and circulatory system, neuralgia, migraines, as a tonic, and for chronic fatigue syndrome.

Chi Shao 赤芍 (slightly Cold) Contraindications Deficient cold Combinations Indications Formular Tao Ren 桃仁 Chuan Xiong 川芎 dysmenorrhoea, amenorrhea, Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang 血府逐瘀湯 Xiang Fu 香附 Rib area pain; dysmenorrhoea Bai Shao 白芍 Spasms & cramping pain Ru Xiang 乳香 Mo Yao 沒藥 Pain from traumatic injury Mu Dan Pi 牡丹皮 Sheng Di 生地 Heat entering the blood level

Shui Niu Jiao 水牛角

Shui Niu Jiao (Cold) 水牛角 Actions Clears heat, resolves fire toxicity Pharmaceutical Name Bubali Cornu Actions Clears heat, resolves fire toxicity Cool blood Clears heat and arrests tremors Indications (Excess) High fever ( worse at night ) Loss of consciousness Heat enters the blood level Vomiting blood due to heat Dosage 30 ~ 120 g in decoction; 6~15 g as a powder Cook Toxicity In high dosage; gastric discomfort, nausea, vomiting, reduced appetite Also Used For: Orally, Chi Shao Yao / Peony root is used for spasms. It is also used for epilepsy, excitability, whooping cough, arthritis, bowel complaints, as an emetic, and for inducing menstruation. In herbal combinations, Chi Shao Yao / Peony root is used for arthritis, GI tract diseases, the heart and circulatory system, neuralgia, migraines, as a tonic, and for chronic fatigue syndrome.

Shui Niu Jiao (Cold) 水牛角 Contraindications Cold from middle Jiao Combinations Indications Formular Sheng Di 生地 Dan Pi 丹皮 Chi Shao 赤芍 Heat caused bleed Xi Jiao Di Huang Tang 犀角地黃湯 Ling Yang Jiao 羚羊角 Niu Huang 牛黃 High fever caused spasm An Gong Niu Huang Wan 安宮牛黃丸 Da Qing Ye 大青葉 Shi Gao 石膏 Red or purple rashes Hua Ban Tang 化斑湯 Jin Yin Hua 金銀花 Huang Lian 黃連 Fever with irritability Qing Ying Tang 清營湯