Herbs That Clear Heat

Herbs in this category clear interior heat which will show the symptoms of  fever without chills, dry mouth, thirst, irritability, scanty urine, dark yellow urine, yellow tongue coating, constipation or diarrhea and possible abdominal distention.

Shi Gao

Properties: SWEET, PUNGENT  – COLD

Dosage: 9 30g.

Gypsum Meridian: LUNG, STOMACH

-clear heat, drain fire high fever with no chill, excessive thirst and sweat

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-clear excess lung heat cough, wheezing, fever, thick yellow sputum

-clears blazing stomach fire  headache, toothache, painful gums, halitosis

-topically eczema, burns, ulcerated sores

Zhi Mu

Properties: BITTER  – COLD

Dosage: 6 12g.

Anemarrhena Rhizome    Meridian:

LUNG, KIDNEY, STOMACH

 -clear heat, drain fire  high fever in lung and stomach, irritability, thirst

-nourish yin, moisten dryness night sweat, steaming bone, irritability, kidney heat patterns, spermatorrhea, nocturnal emission

-generates fluids and clears heat – oral ulcers and inflammation, thirst

Zhi Zi

Properties: BITTER  – COLD

Dosage: 3 – 12g.

Cape Jasmine Fruit

Meridian: HEART, LIVER, LUNG, STOMACH, SAN JIAO

(Gardenia)

-clear heat, eliminate vexation irritable, restlessness, insomnia, delirium

-drains damp heat urinary dysfunction, constrained liver and gallbladder causing jaundice

-cools blood, stop bleeding nosebleed, blood in vomit, dysentery, xue lin

-topically – blood stasis due to trauma, reduces swelling

Lu Gen

Properties: SWEET  – COLD

Dosage:15 – 30g.

Reed Rhizome

Meridian: LUNG, STOMACH

USED ALONE 60g.

-clear heat, generate fluids high fever, irritability, thirst

-clear lung heat cough, thick-yellow sputum

-clear stomach heat vomiting, belching

-clear heat, diuretic  dark-scanty urine, xue lin, accompanied by thirst

-encourages rashs to surface

Tian Hua Fen

Properties: BITTER, SWEET  – COLD

Dosage: 9 15g.

Trichosanthes Root Meridian: LUNG, STOMACH

-drains lung heat transforms phlegm moistens lung dryness

-drains heat, generates fluids – thirst, irritability, cough, thick sputum

-relieves toxicity, expels pus – toxic hot carbuncles, breast abscess

Lian Zi Xin

Properties: BITTER  – COLD

Dosage: 1.5 6g.

Lotus Plumule Meridian: HEART, PERICARDIUM

-drains heart fire confusion, delirium, insomnia, irritability

-stops bleeding, binds essence vomiting blood

Xia Ku Cao

Properties: BITTER, PUNGENT  – COLD

Dosage: 9 – 15g.

Selfheal Spike Meridian: GALLBLADDER, LIVER

USED ALONE 30g. (Prunella) -ascending liver fire- dry-painful eye, brighten eyes, headache, dizzy -dissipate phlegm fire nodules – neck lumps, scrofula, lipoma, goiter-hypertension

Qing Xiang Zi

Properties: SWEET  – COOL

Dosage: 3 15g.

Celosia Seeds

Meridian: LIVER

-drains liver fire, clears wind improves vision, red-painful eyes

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Mi Meng Hua

Properties: SWEET  – COOL

Dosage: 3 9g.

Buddleia Flower Bud Meridian: LIVER

-benefits eyes red-swollen eyes, excessive tearing, light sensitivity

Gu Jing Cao

Properties: SWEET  – NEUTRAL

Dosage: 6 15g.

Pipewort Scapus

Meridian: LIVER, STOMACH (Inflorescence) -disperse wind-heat – brighten eyes, red-painful eyes, floaters

Mu Zei

Properties: SWEET, BITTER  – NEUTRAL

Dosage: 3 9g.

Scouring Rush Meridian: LIVER, LUNG

(Shave Grass) -disperse wind-heat red-painful eyes, blurred vision, pterygium

-clear heat, stop bleeding blood in stool, haemorrhoids