Herbs that Clear Heat & Relieve Toxicity

what 4 herbs belong to the marquee subcategory?

Jin Yin Hua, Ren, Dong Teng, Lian Qiao

what 2 herbs belong to the medium-deep fire toxic subcategory?

Pu Gong Ying, Zi Hua Di Ding, Ye Ju Hua

what 2 herbs belong to the skin subcategory?

Tu Fu Ling, Bai Xian Pi

what 4 herbs belong to the throat and lungs category?

Ban Lan Gen, Da Qing Ye, Qing Dai, She Gan

what 2 herbs belong to the lower-jiao subcategory?

Bai Tou Weng, Yu Xing Cao

what actions does jin yi hua have?

• Disperses exterior Wind-Heat & Summer-heat

• Clears Heat & relieves toxicity

• Clears Damp-Heat (i.e. Lower-burner)

• Cools the Blood, stop bleeding (if charred)

• Clears Wei, Qi and Xue levels

what cautions does jin yin hua have?

• deficiency cold in spleen or stomach

• sores due to qi deficiency

what actions does ren dong teng have?

• Clears Heat, resolves toxicity (Sores)

• Dispels Wind-Dampness, soothes the sinews

• Cools the Blood (Abdominal pain, mastitis,

  menorrhagia)

what cautions does ren dong teng have?

• deficiency cold in spleen and stomach

what actions does lian qiao have?

• Disperses exterior Wind-Heat

• Clears Heat & relieves toxicity

• Clears Heat in Wei and Qi levels

• Dissipates Yang type of nodules and carbuncles (“King of carbuncles”)

• Clears Heart Fire

what cautions does lian qiao have?

• ulcerated carbuncles

what actions does pu gong ying have?

• Clear Heat, resolve toxicity

• Clears LR Heat, brighten the eyes

• Reduces abscesses (i.e. breast & intestinal) & dissipates nodules (esp. firm & hard)

• Clears Damp-Heat & unblocks painful urinary dribbling

what cautions does pu gong ying have?

• None

what actions does zi hua di ding have?

• Clears Heat & relieves toxicity (i.e. eyes, throat)

• Clears the LR, brighten the eyes

• Clears hot sores internally & topically (i.e. head & back)

• For snake poisoning

what cautions does zi hua di ding have?

• deficiency cold

what actions does ye ju hua have?

• Drains Fire, resolves Fire toxicity (Sores, furuncles, carbuncles)

• Disperse Wind, clears Heat (Sore throat, red eyes)

what cautions does ye ju hua have?

• None

what actions does tu fu ling have?

• Resolves toxicity, eliminates Dampness (Joint pain, urination issues, jaundice)

• Eliminates Damp-Heat from the skin (Ulcers, other hot lesions)

what cautions does tu fu ling have?

• None

what actions does bai xian pi have?

• Clears Heat, resolves Fire toxicity, expels Wind & dries Dampness (i.e. itchy rashes, sores, eczema, hives, vaginal pruritis)

• Expels Damp-Heat in blood vessels of muscle/flesh

• Relieves Damp-Heat painful obstruction (lower extremities)

• Drains Damp-Heat through urination

what cautions does bian xian pi have?

• Rare immunoallergic reactions with atopic conditions (i.e.

  eczema) or history of Liver disease

what actions does ban lan gen have?

• Clears Heat & relieves toxicity (i.e. throat, mumps)

• Cools the Blood (macules)

• Clears Damp-Heat jaundice

what cautions does ban lan gen have?

• weak patients

what actions does da qing ye have?

• Clears Heat & relieves Fire toxicity (esp throat and Lungs)

• Clears Heat in both Qi & Blood level

• Disperse rashes

what cautions does da qing ye have?

• Contraindicated in cold deficiency of spleen and/or stomach

what actions does qing dai (natural indigo) have?

• clears Heat & relieves toxicity

• Cools the Blood & reduces swelling (i.e. swollen sore throat, mouth sores, mumps)

• Drains LR Fire & extinguishes Wind (i.e. convulsions)

• Clears LR Fire and drains LU Heat (i.e. LR fire invading LU, nose bleeds)

what cautions does qing dai have?

caution with stomach cold

what actions does she gan have?

• Clears Heat & relieves toxicity (i.e. throat)

• Transforms Phlegm and clears Lung Heat (very strongly downward directing)

• Best herb for Phlegm-Fire in the throat

what cautions does she gan have?

• pregnancy

• short-term use (disperses qi in absence of clumps)

what actions does bai tou weng have?

• Clears Heat & relieves toxicity

• Clears Heat and dries Dampness (i.e. ST, LI) and in the Lower-jiao (genitals/vaginal)

• Best herb for dysentery due to Heat, Blood Heat or Damp-Heat

what cautions does bai tou weng have?

• dysentery from spleen and/or stomach deficiency

what actions does yu xing cao have?

• Clears Heat, resolves toxicity, reduce swelling and abscesses (esp Lung abscesses)

• Drains Damp-Heat, promotes urination (Diarrhea, painful urination)

what cautions does yu xing cao have?

• no toxicity when ingested, but can be an allergen if injected