Clearing away heat and purging fire, these three Chinese medicines are the most effective

Nowadays, the method of using traditional Chinese medicine to maintain health is the most popular way among people who care about health. Among the commonly used traditional Chinese medicines, the ones that have the effect of clearing heat and purging fire are mainly the following three types.

1. Atractylodes macrocephala

Amaranthus is an annual herb, up to 1m tall. The stem is erect, green or reddish purple, with longitudinal stripes. Bitter taste, slightly cold. It has the effects of clearing liver fire, dispelling wind-heat, improving eyesight and lowering blood pressure.

Combined with Cassia Seed, Cnidium monnieri Seed, Antelope Horn, etc., it can treat red, swollen and painful eyes, eye film, blurred vision, etc. caused by liver fire. Combined with raw Rehmannia root, Scrophularia ningpoensis and Plantago seed, it can treat blurred vision caused by liver deficiency and blood heat. Combined with Cuscuta australis, Cistanche deserticola, Chinese yam and other medicinal herbs, it can treat liver and kidney deficiency, blurred vision and dryness.

2. Gypsum

Gypsum is a mineral containing hydrated calcium sulfate. When used raw, it has the effects of clearing away heat and purging fire, relieving restlessness and quenching thirst; when used calcined, it has the effects of astringing sores, promoting tissue regeneration, absorbing dampness and stopping bleeding. It is commonly used for exogenous febrile diseases, high fever and thirst, lung heat, cough and wheezing, hyperactivity of stomach fire, headache and toothache. It is a magical agent for reducing fire and a holy medicine for purging heat.

For treating superficial heat that has not been relieved and lung heat cough: 4 liang of ephedra, remove the nodes, 50 almonds, remove the skin and tips, 2 liang of licorice, roast it, 0.5 jin of gypsum, crush it and wrap it in cotton. Use seven liters of water to boil ephedra and remove the foam. Add other herbs and boil until two liters are left. Remove the residue and take one liter while warm.

Treat excessive heat in the Yangming Qi: 6 liang of Anemarrhena asphodeloides, 1 jin of Gypsum, 2 liang of Licorice, and 6 he of Japonica rice. Take the above four ingredients, add one dou of water, boil the rice until hot, remove the dregs and drink one liter of the warm soup three times a day.

3. Cold Water Stone

Hanshui stone is a kind of mineral Chinese medicinal material, a traditional Chinese medicine name, a medicine for clearing away heat and purging fire, also known as condensed water stone, water stone, and magpie stone. This product is a natural sedimentary mineral monoclinic calcium sulfate or trigonal calcium carbonate ore. Used for fever, thirst, erysipelas and burns.

Used together with gypsum, talc, etc., it can be used for patients with febrile diseases with evil in the qi, high fever and thirst. This product can be calcined and used together with Indigo Naturalis to treat sores and swellings caused by heat and toxicity.