Clear Heat, Clear Deficiency Heat

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+ - Di Gu Pi
- + - English Names
  - cortex of wolfberry root
  - lycium bark
- + - Useful part
  - root bark
- + - Taste
  - sweet
- + - Property
  - cold
- + - Property Degree
  - middle
- + - Leads To
  - yin
- + - Direction
  - closing
  - transfer
- + - Channels
  - lung
  - liver
  - kidney
- + - Actions
  - + - eliminates deficiency heat
    - late stage febrile diesease and depletion of yin and fluids: thirst, lingering and tidal fever (night fever and morning coolness w/ absence of sweating)
      yin deficiency and empty heat: steaming bone fever, night sweating, and 5 palm fire
      infantile malnutrition
  - + - clears heat and cools the blood
    - nose bleeds, vomiting blood, and blood in the urine and stool
  - Lowers blood pressure: hypertension
- + - Function degree
  - middle
- + - Dosage
  - 6-16g
- + - Notes
  - can treat toothache
  - this herb is sweet, cold, light, slightly moist. Can clear hiiding heat
  - this herb can treat heat in the bones
  - can clear deficiency heat
  - can cool down the blood and reduce steam heat
- + - Cautions
  - stomach and spleen cold from deficiency w/ loose stools and exterior disorders
  - early pregnancy
+ - Bai Wei
- + - English Names
  - Swallowwort root
- + - Taste
  - bitter
  - salty
- + - Property
  - cold
- + - Property Degree
- + - Leads To
  - yin
- + - Direction
  - opening
- + - Channels
  - lung
  - stomach
  - kidney
- + - Actions
  - + - clear deficiency heat
    - sequelae of febrile diseases
    - yin deficiency and empty heat
    - + - infantile summer heat
      - remember: every 60 days children run a natural mild fever
    - + - post-partum fever (blood deficiency)
      - blood deficiency is only one reason for this. It could also be an excess for be carefull
  - + - vvents and releases the exterior
    - yin deficiency w/ exterior syndrome
  - + - promotes urination and relieves stranguria
    - frequent, scanty, painful urination or bloody urine
  - + - clears heat, cools the blood, relieves toxicty
    - toxic sores, swollen painful throat, snake bite
- + - Function degree
  - middle
- + - Dosage
  - 6-15 g
- + - Notes
  - bitter but not dry
  - salt leads to the blood area
  - property cold, but not harsh
  - can clear deficiency and excess heat (both)
  - has anti-malaria effect
- Cautions
+ - Xin Chai Hu
- + - English Names
  - Stellaria root
- + - Taste
  - sweet
- + - Property
  - cool
- + - Property Degree
  - light
- + - Leads To
  - yin
- + - Direction
  - transfer
- + - Channels
  - Lung
  - Stomach
- + - Actions
  - + - clears deficiency heat
    - yin or blood deficiency and empty heat
    - sequelae of febrile disease (injuries to blood and yin)
  - + - eliminates heat and reduces infantile malnutrition
    - infantile malnutrition with fever and emaciation (accumulation of heat)
  - + - Cools the blood and stops bleeding
    - hemorrhagic disorder
- + - Function Degree
- + - Dosage
  - 3-9 g
- + - Notes
  - + - taste is sweet and slightly cold, property is gentle
    - doe snot have cold-bitter, damaging yin side effect.
    - Very good at clearing deficiency heay
  - reduces fever, but not bitter or purging
  - regulates the yin, but not over rising
- + - Cautions
  - wind-cold exterior
+ - Hu Huang Lian
- + - English Names
  - Picrorhiza Rhizome
- + - Useful Part
  - root
- + - Leads to
  - yin
- + - Direction
  - opening
  - transfer
- + - taste
  - bitter
- + - Property
  - cold
- + - Property Degree
  - middle
- + - Channels
  - Liver
  - stomach
  - Large intestines
- + - Actions
  - + - clears deficiency heat
    - yin deficiency and empty heat
    - late stage febrile disease and injuring of the yin and fluids
  - + - clears heat and improves infantile malnutrition
    - fever associated with childhood malnutrition
  - + - deprives damp-heat, dissipates toxicty
    - dysentery disorder hemorrhoid or diarrhea (damp heat)
    - carbuncle, conjunctivitis (Heat toxin)
- + - Dosage
  - 3-9 g
- + - Notes
  - this herb is better, cold properties are doing down
    goes into the blood area to cool heat, it has a coold down blood and nourish yin function
    this herb goes into the bone marrow to clear organ abnormal heat and to clear pregnancy fetus steam heat
    - bone marrow makes the blood, deep-yin foundation is the bone marrow)
    can replace huang lian
- Cautions
+ - Qing Hao
- + - English Names
  - wormwood
- + - Useful part
  - whole plant
- + - Taste
  - bitter
- + - Property
  - cold
- + - Property Degree
  - light
- + - Leads To
  - yin
- + - Direction
  - transfer
- + - Channels
  - kidney
  - liver
  - gallbladder
- + - Actions
  - + - clears deficiency heat
    - tidal fever from yin and blood deficiency or sequelae of febrile disease
  - + - clears summer heat
    - fever with or without sweating, H/A, dizziness, stifling sensation of the chest
  - + - cools the blood and arrests bleeding
    - purpuric rashes or nosebleeding
  - + - blocks malaria and relieves heat
    - alternating fever and chills, especially malignant malaria and those resistant to choroquine
- + - Function Degree
  - light
- + - Dosage
  - 3-9 g
  - for stronger heat-clearing effect up to 24g
- + - Notes
  - decoction for just the last five minutes
  - combination can treat menopause
  - can spreading wind-fire to release summer heat
  - can clear dampness heat in the blood
  - ventilate the heat, not cooling per se.
- + - Cautions
  - postpartum women w/ blood deficiency
  - SP & ST deficiency cold