Clear Heat Herbs - Ch 1

Front 1

#1 Herbs to clear heat
Clear heat Qi level
Mild nourish body fluid
Clear Heat Lung and Stomach
and in yangming stage

Back 1

Shi Gao (gypsum)

Front 2

Clear Heat qi level,
both excess and deficient heat,
heat in all 3 burners.
moistening
Caution: not for pt with diarrhea

Back 2

Zhi Mu

Front 3

Clear heat in all 3 burners
Clear heat and drain damp in all 3 burners
Clear heat and toxins on blood level
Jaundice

Back 3

Zhi Zi (Gardenia)

Front 4

Mild clear general heat, especially heart heat
Irritability
Summer heat and damp attack heart with restlessness
Caution: not for use during pregnancy

Back 4

Dan Zhu Ye (bamboo leaves)

Front 5

Clear heat, especially in the liver channel
Soften hard masses, especially in the neck
Brightens eyes, treats eye and ear inflammation
Anti-hypertension

Back 5

Xia Ku Cao (prunella)

Front 6

Warm Febrile disease where heat attacks pericardium
Mental confusion and delirium
treats heart fire
insomnia
irritability
hypertension

Back 6

Lian Xin (Plumule)

Front 7

Clear Lung and Stomach Heat
Nourish Body fluid, especially when yin has been damaged by heat
Stomach heat with Vomit

Back 7

Lu Gen (Phragmitis)

Front 8

Clear Liver Heat
Clears and brightens eyes
Wind heat with itchy Red, painful eyes
Ascending Liver yang
Constipation with dry stool
Eye problems
Glaucoma, cataracts,
Hypertension

Back 8

Jue Ming Zi (Cassia Seed)

Front 9

Clear Liver Heat and Liver Fire
Brightens the eyes
Blurry vision
Impaired vision
Cataracts or corneal opacity

Back 9

Qing Xiang Zi (celosia seed)

Front 10

Clear Liver Heat
Clear Vision
Brightens eyes
Night blindness
Superficial Visual Obstruction
Blurry Vision
Cataracts

Back 10

Ye Ming Sha (bat feces)

Front 11

Clears heat and alleviates spasms - high fever and convulsions in febrile disease.
Topically to relieve fire toxicity, hot skin lesions.
Red, painful eyes due to liver fire.
Reduces swelling and pain - trauma, sprains, fracture, hemorrhoids.

Back 11

Xiong Dan (Bear Gallbladder)