Heat-clearing Chinese herbs

Many people can easily get inflamed if they don't pay attention to their habits in life or eat very spicy food. The most common way is to take medicine to solve it, but medicines are divided into Chinese medicine and Western medicine. The efficacy of Western medicine is relatively slow and the effect is also relatively general. You can choose Chinese herbal medicine to alleviate the condition. There are many kinds of Chinese herbal medicines, among which the herbal medicines for clearing heat include gypsum, gardenia, reed root, etc. These can effectively clear heat.

1. Gypsum (very important)

[Effects] When used raw, it can clear away heat and purge fire, relieve restlessness and quench thirst; when used calcined, it can absorb dampness and heal sores, promote tissue regeneration and stop bleeding.

【Main indications】

(1) High fever in the Qi system of febrile disease.

(2) Lung heat, cough and asthma.

(3) Headache, swollen and painful gums, and mouth ulcers caused by stomach fire.

(4) Sores that do not heal, eczema, burns caused by water or fire, and bleeding from trauma.

(2) Anemarrhena asphodeloides (very important)

【Effects】Clears away heat and purges fire, nourishes yin and moistens dryness.

【Main indications】

(1) Fever with high fever and thirst.

(2) Cough due to lung heat, dryness and heat, and cough due to yin deficiency and fatigue.

(3) Yin deficiency and excessive fire, hot flashes and night sweats.

(4) Internal heat, thirst, yin deficiency, dry intestines and constipation.

(3) Trichosanthes (very important)

[Effects] Clears away heat and produces body fluid, clears the lungs and moistens dryness, reduces swelling and discharges pus.

【Main indications】

(1) Heat disease damages body fluids and causes thirst, while internal heat causes thirst.

(2) Cough caused by lung heat, dry cough with sticky sputum, or sputum containing blood.

(3) Carbuncle, ulcer, swelling and pain caused by falls.

In addition, the injection solution can also induce labor.

(IV) Gardenia (very important)

[Effects] It can relieve fire and relieve restlessness, clear away heat and promote urination, cool blood and detoxify, reduce swelling and relieve pain.

【Main indications】

(1) Fever causes irritability, depression, restlessness and restlessness.

(2) Damp-heat jaundice, heat stranguria, and hematuria.

(3) Blood heat causing vomiting blood, nosebleed, and hematuria.

(4) Heat-toxic sores, swelling and pain caused by falls.

(V) Prunella vulgaris (very important)

【Effects】Clears the liver and improves eyesight, disperses lumps and reduces swelling.

【Main indications】

(1) Dizziness caused by rising liver yang or liver fire.

(2) Red, swollen and painful eyes, and pain in the eyeballs at night.

(3) Scrofula and goiter caused by stagnation of phlegm and fire.

Scrofula refers to what is commonly known as "scrofula neck" or "rat sore". Traditional Chinese medicine calls it "scrofula" and Western medicine calls it cervical lymph node tuberculosis.

(6) Phragmites australis (important)

[Effects] Clears away heat and produces body fluid, relieves restlessness and stops vomiting, and is a diuretic.

【Main indications】

(1) Fever, thirst, dry tongue and little fluid.

(2) Vomiting due to stomach heat.

(3) Cough due to lung heat or exogenous wind-heat, and vomiting of pus due to lung abscess.

(4) Short, dark urine, hot, painful and astringent urine.

(VII) Bamboo Leaves (Important)

【Effects】Clears away heat and relieves restlessness, promotes the production of body fluids and acts as a diure