Clear Heat, and cool blood

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+ - Xi Jiao
- + - English Names
  - Rhinoceros Horn
- + - Taste
  - bitter
  - salty
- + - Property
  - cold
- Property Degree
- Leads To
- + - Channels
  - heart
  - liver
  - stomach
- + - Actions
  - drains the fire-toxin from ying (nutritve) or Xue (blood) levels and sedates tremors
  - cools the blood, stops bleeding
- + - Dosage
  - 1-2g (drink directly)
  - 1.5 - 6g decoction
- Notes
- + - Cautions
  - used with caution in pregnancy
  - incompatible with Wu Tou (aconite)
  - always substitute water buffalo horn
+ - Shui Ni Jiao
- + - English Names
  - Water Buffalo Horn
- + - Taste
  - salty
- + - Property
  - cold
- + - Property Degree
  - stronger
- + - Leads To
  - yin and blood area
- + - Direction
  - opening
  - closing
- + - Channels
  - Heart
  - Liver
  - Stomach
- + - Actions
  - clears heat and cools the blood
  - drains toxic heat in ying and xue levels
  - clears blood heat and sedates tremors
- + - Dosage
  - 6-15g as powder
  - 30-60g in decoction
- + - Function Degree
  - Stronger
- + - Notes
  - can treat blood heat causing skin eruptions and bleeding
  - Can treat mental condition (left kidney)
  - cook 30 minutes before adding other herbs
  - use as granulated tea
  - as a powder for treating the skin
- Cautions
+ - Sheng Di Huang
- + - English Names
  - Fresh Rehmannia
  - Chinese Foxglove Root
- + - Useful part
  - root
- + - Taste
  - sweet
  - bitter
- + - Property
  - cold
- + - Property Degree
  - middle
- + - Leads To
- + - Direction
  - closing
- + - Channels
  - heart
  - kidney
  - liver
- + - Actions
  - + - Drains heat and cools the blood
    - warm febrile disease involving the ying and blood levels
    - hemorrhagic disorder due to blood heat
  - + - enriches the yin and promotes fluids and clears deficiency heat
    - late stage of febrile disease with injuring of body fluids (low grade fever, malar flush, thirst, constipation)
      yin deficiency empty heat
      lung-dryness syndrome and coughing or coughing of blood
      sore throat associated with yin deficinecy
      wasting-thirsting disorder (diabetes and exhaustion thirst)
  - + - Cools the rising of deficiency heart fire
    - tongue and mouth sores
    - insomnia and irritability
    - sore throat
  - Clears dry toxic heat but does not have detoxify function
- + - Dosage
  - 9-30 g
- + - Notes
  - stir fry with wine to reduce cold/cool, nourish, and greasy properties
  - make charred to stop bleeding (gum bleeding, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, internal eye bleeding)
  - Property of herb is cold, function property is cool, material property is moisture
  - internally, cools the blood and nourishes the yin. Externally moisten and nourish the skin
  - Nourish yin and reduce hyper yang
  - can bring down blood sugar levels (consumes KD, LV, and Pancrease yin)
- + - Cautions
  - not with spleen qi deficiency
+ - Xuan Shen
- + - English Names
  - Ningpo Figwart Root
  - Scrophularia
- + - Useful part
  - root
- + - Taste
  - Salty
  - Sweet
  - Bitter
- + - Property
  - Cold
- + - Property Degree
  - Middle
- + - Leads To
  - yin
- + - Direction
  - opening
  - closing
- + - Channels
  - kidney
  - lung
  - stomach
- + - Actions
  - + - Clears heat and cools blood
    - seasonal febrile disease with heat entering the ying and xue levels
    - hemorrhagic disorders
  - + - Enriches the yin and moistens the dryness
    - febrile disease consuming ying and fluids (sequalae to fever, constipation, thirst
    - sore swollen throat or mouth
    - cough (lung dryness)
  - + - Subdues fire toxins (from wind-heat)
    - swollen, red, painful eyes
    - sore throat
  - + - Softens firm masses and dispels clumps
    - Scrofula, goiter (phlegm fire depression)
    - enlargement of lymph glands or chronic phlegm nodules
    - swollen, painful breasts, abscess
- + - Function Degree
  - middle
- + - Dosage
  - 9-30g
- + - Notes
  - herb color is black
  - property is cool and more liquid
  - nourish yin pushes the fire down, goes through the urination which is blocked by blood stagnation
- + - Cautions
  - caution in spleen deficiency with dampness
  - incompatible with Li Lu
  - Antidiabetics
+ - Mu Dan Pi
- + - English Names
  - moutan
  - cortex of peony root
- + - useful part
  - root bark
- + - Taste
  - acrid
  - bitter
- + - Property
  - cool
- + - Property Degree
  - middle
- + - Leads To
  - blood
- + - direction
  - opening
  - transfer
- + - Channels
  - heart
  - liver
  - kidney
- + - Actions
  - + - clears heat and cools the blood
    - warm febrile diseases entering the blood level
    - blood heat syndrome (bleeding symptoms)
  - + - clears deficiency fire
    - defiency and empty fire syndrome (w/o sweat)
  - + - promotes blood circulation and dissipates blood stasis
    - blood stasis syndrome (abdominal masses, irregular menstration, etc)
      - carefully with irregular menstruation caused by blood stagnation)
    - traumatic injury (bruises, pain)
  - + - clears ascending liver fire
    - liver fire rising symptoms (H/A Flushing, Eyes/Flank pain)
  - + - reduces swelling and promotes the discharge of pus
    - boils, carbuncles, pruritis, sore or swollen skin
    - allergic rhinitis
- + - Dosage
  - 6-12 g
- + - Function Degree
  - middle
- + - Notes
  - raw for cools blood, wine fried for invigorates blood, charred for stops bleeding
    can clear heat hiding in the blood
    this is qi herb in the blood is aromatic and spicy and acrid. Because mu dan pi can promote circulation and because this is acrid (moving) it moves qin in the blood area
    combination in the nourish yin formula will have opening and moving, not stagnated property. this will reach to the cool down blood function
- + - Cautions
  - blood deficiency or cold disorder
  - pregnancy or excessive menstruation
+ - Zi Cao
- + - English Names
  - Lithospermum
  - Groomwell Root
  - Arnebia
- + - Useful part
  - root
- + - Taste
  - sweet
- + - Property
  - cold
- + - Property Degree
  - middle
- + - Drection
  - opening
- + - Leads To
  - blood
- + - Channels
  - heart
  - liver
- + - Actions
  - + - clears heat, cools blood, drains the fire toxin and vents rashes
    - various skin eruptions, incomplete expression of rashes, dark purple rashes, measles, or chickenpox
    - burns, carbuncles, abscesses, cermatitis
    - works as an agent for preventing measles
  - + - eliminates damp heat
    - eczema, skin lesions or sores, profuse vaginal discharge and itching
  - + - moistens dryness and relaxes the bowels
    - constipation (dryness and blood heat)
- + - Dosage
  - 3-9 g
- + - Function Degree
  - middle
- + - Notes
  - corlor: purple - it translates to purple grass
  - ointment for external use
- + - Cautions
  - contraindicated during pregnancy
  - caution with loose stools