Clear Heat, Dries Dampness

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+ - Huang Qin
- + - English Names
  - Scutellaria
  - Baical Skullcap Root
  - Scute
- + - Useful Part
  - root
- + - Leads to
  - blood
- + - Direction
  - opening
  - transfer
  - closing
- + - Taste
  - bitter
- + - Property
  - cold
- + - Property Degree
  - stronger
- + - Channels
  - Gallbladder
  - Large Intestine
  - Lung
  - Stomach
- + - Actions
  - + - Drains vigorous fire toxin from the upper jiao
    - dyspnoeic cough and sticky yellow phlegm due to lung heat
    - epidemic febrile disease and high fever, severe H/A, irritability or disorientation, delirium
    - painful swollen sore throat, pharyngitis, skin boils, burn, eczema
  - + - deprives damp-heat
    - damp-warm febrile disease, unremitting fever, heavy sensation, stifling discomfort in the chest, thirst but inability to drink
      damp-heat in the intestines: diarrhea or dysentery disorder
      damp-heat in the lower jiao, stranguria
      damp-heat: jaundice
  - + - purges sthenic heat to stop bleeding
    - Hemorrhagic disorder: heat symptoms with reckless bleeding
  - + - clear heat to calm the fetus
    - heat in the womb: restless fetus with or without uterine bleeding
  - + - lowers the rising liver yang
    - ascending liver yang syndrome: H/A, flushed face, irritability, bitter taste in the mouth, insomnia
    - hypertension (liver fire rising)
- + - Function degree
  - stronger
- + - Dosage
  - 6-15g
- + - Notes
  - dry fried to reduce cold property
  - wine-fried to direct effects to the upper jiao
  - carbonized to act as a hemostatic
- + - Cautions
  - cold deficiency in the middlejiao
  - restless fetus caused by deficiency or cold
  - antibiotics
+ - Huang Lian
- + - English Names
  - Coptis Rhizome
- + - Taste
  - bitter
- + - Property
  - cold
- + - Property Degree
  - stronger
- + - Leads To
  - blood
- + - Direction
  - opening
  - transfer
- + - Channels
  - heart
  - large intestine
  - liver
  - stomach
- + - Actions
  - + - drains heat, dries dampness
    - diarrhea, dysenteric disorder or epigastrum and abdominal fullness, nausea, vomiting
    - damp-heat disorder: jaundice, strangury
  - + - purges fire toxin from the middle jiao
    - epidemic febrile disease: heat with blazing fire
    - + - excessive heat toxicity syndrome
      - carbuncle, furuncle, or abscesses with or without complications by septicemia
      - painful red eyes or sore throat, burn, ulceration of the mouth/tongue
    - Stomach fire: digestive dysfunction (belching with a foul smell)
  - + - eliminates heart-fire and relieves vexation
    - excessive heart-fire syndrome with fever, irritability, and insomnia
  - + - Clears excess fire and stops bleeding
    - hemorrhagic disorder: coughing or vomiting blood, nasal bleeding and blood in the stool
- + - Function Degree
  - stronger
- + - Dosage
  - 1.5 - 9 grams
- + - Notes
  - + - different prepared forms
    - stir back: to reduce cold property
    - add wine: to direct effect to the eyes and head
    - prpared with ginger: clears stomach heat, reduces vomiting
    - evodia fried (wu zhu yu): to treat dampheat in the qi level and vomiting, bleching, or diarrhea
  - huang lian focused on the middle jiao
  - severe bitter and severe cold, but property is dry
  - clear stomach fire
  - clear the threejiao fire
- + - Cautions
  - yin deficiency
  - vomiting and nausea caused by stomach/spleen deficiency cold
  - diarrhea due to spleen/kidney deficiency
  - long term use can injure the spleen and stomach
+ - Huang Bai
- + - English Names
  - amur cork-tree bark
  - phellodendron
- + - Useful part
  - bark
- + - Taste
  - bitter
- + - Property
  - cold
- + - Property Degree
  - stronger
- + - Leads To
  - blood
- + - Direction
  - opening
  - transfer
  - down
- + - Channels
  - kidney
  - bladder
- + - Actions
  - + - clears damp-heat from the lower jiao
    - foul smell diarrhea, dysentery disorder, vaginal discharge, strangury, jaundice, pain, redness, and edema of the lower limbs
      Tested to nourish the yin, clear damp heat and nourish yin
  - + - eliminates kidney deficiency fire
    - ascending kidney deficiency fire symptoms: hecti cfever, night sweats, nocturnal emissions, steaming bone sensation
  - + - purge the excess fire, drain toxicity
    - epidemic febrile disease
    - oral ulcers, skin ulcers or sores and swelling; furuncles, complicated with sempticemia or eczema
- + - Function Degree
  - Stronger
- + - Dosage
  - 3-12 g
- + - Notes
  - focus to the lower jiao
  - can clear kidney deficiency fire (major function)
  - bitter, cold, dry property, direction is sinking down to the lower jiao
  - clear the life gate fire, reduce deficiency heat to protect the yin
- + - Cautions
  - cold and deficiency of ST and SP
+ - Long Dan Cao
- + - English Names
  - chinese gentian root
  - gentiana
- + - Useful part
  - root
- + - Taste
  - bitter
- + - Property
  - cold
- Property Degree
- Leads To
- + - Channels
  - gallbladder
  - liver
  - stomach
- + - Actions
  - clear damp heat from the liver and gall bladder channel (all channels)
  - + - purges the liver and gallbladder fire
    - blazing of liver and gallbladder fire
    - + - liver wind-heat and fever, sasms, convulsions
      - wind from liver heat
- + - function degree
  - strong
- + - Dosage
  - 3-9 g
- + - Notes
  - stir fried with wind: ascending action
  - stir fried with bile: enhances clearing fire toxin
- + - Cautions
  - cold and deficiency of ST and SP
  - Yin deficiency
  - diuretics
  - sedatives
+ - Ku Shen
- + - English Names
  - sophora root
- + - Useful part
  - root
- + - Taste
  - bitter
- + - Property
  - cold
- + - Property Degree
  - strong
- + - Leads To
  - Down (go lower body)
- + - Direction
  - opening
- + - Channels
  - bladder
- + - Actions
  - + - drain the damp heat
    - diarrhea or dysentery, jaundice, vaginal discharge
    - recently for trichomoniasis - external wash
  - + - releases wind, stops itching, kills parasites
    - wind could be internal or external
  - + - Expels phlegm and relieves wheezing
    - this is phlegm heat or phlegm fire, not for phlegm cold
    - yellow/green phlegm
  - + - Clear heart fire, calm the spirit
    - insomnia, palpitation, insanity
    - recently for neurasthenia, manic psychosis, or arrhythmia
  - + - clear the heat by promoting urination
    - strangury or edema
    - Short term only. Not for chronic conditions
- + - Function degree
  - strong
- + - Dosage
  - 3-15 g
- + - Notes
  - + - very disturb the digestion function
    - can damage the digestion, it's very bitter and cold
    - mostly look for pain
- + - Cautions
  - incompatible with li lu
+ - Qin Pi
- + - English Names
  - korean ash branch
- + - Useful part
  - bark
- + - Taste
  - bitter
- + - Property
  - cold
- + - Property Degree
  - middle
- + - direction
  - opening
  - transfer
- + - Leads To
  - gall bladder
  - Large Intestine
  - liver
  - stomach
- + - Channels
  - lower body and intestine
- + - Actions
  - + - purge fire toxin
    - (anything more than fir eis called toxin
  - + - clears liver fire, improves visual acuity
    - liver fire syndrome with redness, swelling, and pinful eyes or film
    - This is a temporary poor vision, not chronic poor vision
  - + - clears lung-heat, relieves wheezing and stops cough
    - if yellow phlegm use, if no phlegm then add yin nourishing herbs
  - + - disperse wind-heat-damp
    - wind heat damp painful obstruction syndrome
- + - Dosage
  - 4.5 - 15 g
- + - Notes
  - anti-asthmatic effect
  - sedative effect
  - Antitussive effects
- + - Cautions
  - cold and deficiency of the ST and SP