All Common Herbs

TCM: Listed under "Herbs that clear Heat", included in "Herbs that drain Fire", bitter, acrid, cold Prunella vulgaris enters the Gall Bladder and Liver channels. It clears Liver Fire and brightens the eyes, dissipates nodules and used for Liver Fire or Yang rising hypertension. General: For the treatment of headaches, dizziness, red, painful, swollen eyes, scrophula, swollen glands or goitre, mastitis and hypertension. …

TCM: Listed under ‘Herbs that drain Dampness’, bitter, cool Polygonum aviculare enters the Bladder channel. It  clears Damp-Heat and facilitates urination. General: Used in the treatment of urinary tract infections with difficult and painful urination, dribbling of urine, jaundice, eczema, trichomonas vaginalis, vulval itching with leucorrhoea,, ringworm. …