All Common Herbs

TCM: Listed under ‘Herbs that clear Heat’, in ‘Herbs that clear Heat and resolve Toxicity’, bitter, salty and very cold Isatis tinctoria leaf (da qing ye)  enters the Heart, Lung and Stomach channels. It clears Heat and Toxins, also clears pathogenic Heat in the Qi and Blood levels, dissipates maculae. General: Treats high fever which may include impairment of consciousness and skin eruptions in epimedic diseases, jaunice, acute dysentery, mumps, inflammation of the throat, erysipelas, carbuncles. …

TCM: Listed under "Herbs that clear Heat" in "Herbs that clear heat and resolve Toxicity", acrid, cool Houttuynia cordata (yu xing cao) enters the Lung and Large Intestine channels. It removes Toxic Heat, reduces swelling promotes the drainage of pus. It has a particular focus on Heat in the Lungs.It promotes urination and relieves dysuria. General:  It is used in the treatment of tonsillitis, lung abscesses with purulent expectoration, Lung Heat cough with dyspnoea, pneumonia, tracheitis, urinary tract infections, nephrotic edema, dysentery, leukorrhagia. …

Dan dou chi (glycine max, seed / prepared soybean) releases the exterior and eliminates irritability. It is used for headache with mild heat or cold as part of the common cold, post-febrile irritability, stifling sensation in the chest and insomnia. History First mentioned in the Ben Cao Hui Yao (Treasury of Words on the Materia Medica) by Ni Zhu Mo (1624) in the Ming dynasty. It was one of over 6oo frequently used 'drugs' described Ni Zhu Mo to create a simplified text …

Ginkgo seed is used orally in formula to treat asthma, bronchitis and chronic obstructive airways disease as well as leukorrhea, cloudy urine and seminal emission. It has been shown to have anticatarrhal and antitussive actions. …