What are the Chinese herbal medicines for clearing away heat and detoxification? These four are the most common

Traditional Chinese medicine health care has always been a health care method that people often choose in their daily lives. Generally speaking, among the commonly used Chinese medicinal materials, those with the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying are the most commonly chosen. So, which Chinese medicines can clear away heat and detoxify?

1. Smilax glabra

Smilax glabra, the dried rhizome of the dicotyledonous medicinal plant Smilax glabra of the Liliaceae family. It has the effects of detoxification, dehumidification and benefiting joints. It is mainly used to treat syphilis, stranguria, muscle and bone spasm, athlete's foot, furunculosis, carbuncle and scrofula.

2. Honeysuckle

Honeysuckle is the flower bud of Lonicera japonica of the Caprifoliaceae family. It contains chlorogenic acid, inositol, flavonoids, etc. Pharmacological experiments have shown that it has inhibitory effects on influenza virus and a variety of pathogenic bacteria and skin pathogenic fungi, reflecting the heat-clearing and detoxifying effects of honeysuckle.

3. Forsythia

According to traditional Chinese medicine, Forsythia suspensa is slightly cold in nature, bitter in taste, and has the functions of clearing away heat and detoxifying, dispersing nodules and reducing swelling. It is suitable for treating febrile diseases, erysipelas, rashes, carbuncles, swelling and allergic purpura, etc.

4. Andrographis paniculata

Andrographis paniculata tastes bitter and is cold in nature. It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, cooling blood, and reducing swelling. It can treat colds and fever, sore throat, mouth sores, diarrhea, dysentery, snake bites, etc. Andrographis paniculata can clear away heat and detoxify, and eating it cold can better maintain its nutritional value and health benefits. However, Andrographis paniculata is cold in nature, so people with weak constitution, prone to diarrhea and cold body should eat less.