What Chinese medicine is better for clearing liver heat?

Liver qi is generally relatively strong in spring. Some people who are impatient and have excessive liver fire, or who are under great stress, are easily affected by the sudden rise in external yang energy, which triggers liver heat in the body and causes symptoms of excessive liver fire such as anxiety, irritability, dissatisfaction, insomnia, and temper tantrums. So what are the traditional Chinese medicines that can clear liver heat?

1. Summer chrysanthemum

It is a common herbal tea for clearing away heat and detoxifying. Xia Sangju is a classic recipe "Sangju Drink" from Wu Jutong's "Treatise on Warm Diseases" in the Qing Dynasty. It has a sweet taste, aromatic smell, and can clear away heat and detoxify. In 1980, Xingqun Pharmaceuticals used an exclusive confidential process to create the first Xiasangju in the country, and has been producing it on an industrial scale for nearly 30 years. After market cultivation and baptism, Xingqun Xiasangju granules are distributed throughout Guangdong and South China, and sold to Hong Kong, Macao, the United States, Canada and other regions, benefiting hundreds of millions of people. "Xingqun Xiasangju, cleanses the liver and improves eyesight, clears away heat and relieves sores" is now a household name and is deeply welcomed by citizens.

2. Prunella vulgaris

It enters the liver and gallbladder meridians. It has pure Yang Qi, replenishes the Jueyin blood vessels of the eyes and liver, treats Yin with Yang, and has miraculous effects! It is a "holy medicine" for clearing and protecting the liver. Specially used to treat night eye pain and dizziness.

3. Cassia seed

Cassia seed is the seed of the leguminous plant Cassia tora or Cassia tora, which contains anthracene esters and anthraquinone glycosides, cassia bark and vitamin A. Pharmacological experiments have shown that Cassia seed can lower blood pressure and serum cholesterol; it has the effects of resisting multiple pathogens and softening stools.

Chinese medicine for clearing liver heat

4. Other Chinese medicines

Lycium bark

The bark of Lycium barbarum is the root bark of Lycium barbarum, a plant of the Solanaceae family. It contains cinnamic acid, various phenolic substances, betaine and linoleic acid. The bark of Lycium bark has a significant antipyretic effect, and its decoction can lower blood sugar, lower serum cholesterol and resist fatty liver. The infusion of Lycium bark has a significant effect of lowering blood pressure in animals.

Phragmites australis

Reed rhizome is the underground stem of the grass plant reed, which contains coixol, asparagine, etc.

Forsythia

Forsythia suspensa is the fruit of the Oleaceae plant Forsythia suspensa, which contains volatile oil, forsythia phenol, flavonoids, alkaloids, etc. Pharmacological experiments have shown that Forsythia suspensa has a broad-spectrum antibacterial effect, and the forsythia phenol it contains may be the main antibacterial component; Forsythia suspensa also has anti-inflammatory, antiemetic, diuretic and cardiotonic effects; the flavonoids it contains can enhance the density of capillaries, and thus have a hemostatic effect on bleeding caused by capillary rupture and subcutaneous hemorrhage.