All Common Herbs

Platycodon root is used orally in formulas to treat cough, sore throat, bronchitis, lung abscess and tonsillitis. It has been shown to have expectorant, antitussive, anti-inflammatory, hypoglycemic, antibacterial actions. …

TCM: Listed under ‘Herbs that drain Dampness’, sweet, cold Plantago asiatica enters the Bladder, Kidney, Liver and Lung channels.  It clears Heat, promotes urination and eliminates Damp, separates the clear and turbid fluids, guides Damp Heat downward and out of the body through the urine, improves visual acuity and removes Phlegm. General: Used in the treatment of Edema, dysuria with painful urination, diarrhoea caused by summer-damp, inflammation of the eyes, cough caused by Phlegm Heat. …

TCM: Listed under "Herbs that clear Heat", included in "Herbs that drain Fire", sweet, cold Phragmites australis enters the Lung and Stomach channels. It clears Heat,  generates fluids, alleviates nausea and vomiting, promotes urination and encourages rashes to surface,  cools the Lungs and Stomach,. General: For the treatment of extreme thirst from Heat disorders, dry throat, Stomach Heat vomiting, Lung Heat cough, Lung abscess, scanty urination with bleeding, Wind Heat common cold, urinary tract infection, nose bleed. …

TCM: Listed under "Herbs that clear Heat", included in "Herbs that clear Heat and dry Dampness", Phellodendron amurense /chinense stem bark (huang bai) enters the Kidney and Bladder channels. Bitter and cold, it clears Heat and removes Damp,  directs Fire downwards and clears Damp-Heat in the Lower Burner, relieves steaming bone disorder, clears toxins to treat sores. General: Treats dysentery due to Damp-Heat, jaundice, leukorrhea with yellow discharge,Heat stranguria, night swets, seminal emissions, febrile disease, pyogenic skin infection with local redness and swelling, eczema with …