Herbs that clear heat, drain fire

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+ - Ma Huang
- + - English Names
  - Ephedra
- + - Useful part
  - Root
- + - Taste
  - Acrid
  - Slightly Bitter
- + - Property
  - warm
- Property Degree
- + - Leads To
  - Exterior
- + - Channels
  - Lung
  - Bladder
- + - Actions
  - Excess wind Cold, exterior w/out sweat
  - Facilitates the flow of lung-qi (wheexing and cough)
  - Promotes urination to reduce edema
- Dosage
- Notes
- + - Cautions
  - Exterior deficiency patterns w/ perspiration
  - Hypertension
  - Cardio problems
  - Pregnancy
  - Deficiency Problems
+ - Gui Zhi
- + - English Names
  - Cinnamon Twig
- Useful part
- + - Taste
  - acrid
  - sweet
- + - Property
  - warm
- Property Degree
- Leads To
- + - Channels
  - Heart
  - Lung
  - Bladder
- + - Actions
  - Exterior wind deficiency patter w/ sweat (wind cold)
  - Warms the channel to promote the movement of QI & Bld, stops pain and disperse cold
  - Phlegm retention in chest, dizziness, vertigo, palpatations
- Dosage
- Notes
- + - Cautions
  - Yin Deficiency fire
  - Excessive menstrual bleeding
  - pregnancy
+ - Zi Su Ye
- + - English Names
  - Perilla Leaf
- + - Useful part
  - Leaf
- + - Taste
  - acrid
  - aromatic
- + - Property
  - warm
- Property Degree
- Leads To
- + - Channels
  - lungs
  - spleen
- + - Actions
  - relieves the exterior and dissipates cold
    - coughing w/ phlegm
  - SP, stops nausea and vomiting
  - + - Calms restless fetus
    - qi moving excessively/ascending
    - Morning sickness
  - short time decoction
- Dosage
- + - Notes
  - combination w/ Fresh Ginger for morning sickness with wind cold
- Cautions
+ - Jing Jie
- + - English Names
  - Schizonepeta
- Useful part
- + - Taste
  - acrid
  - aromatic
- + - Property
  - slightly warm
- Property Degree
- Leads To
- + - Channels
  - lungs
  - liver
- + - Actions
  - + - release the exterior
    - not as strong
  - + - vents incomplete measles and alleviates skin eruptions
    - eczema, itching
  - + - stops bleeding
    - charred
- Dosage
- Notes
- + - Cautions
  - internal wind
  - not for fully erupted open sores
+ - Fang Feng
- + - English Names
  - Ledebouriella
- Useful part
- + - Taste
  - acrid
  - sweet
- + - Property
  - slightly warm
- Property Degree
- Leads To
- + - Channels
  - bladder
  - lungs
  - spleen
  - liver
- + - Actions
  - releases the exterior and expels wind
    - tai yang h/a (occipital)
  - Wind cold damp bi
    - body aches, joint pain
    - ying wei level (skin & muscle)
  - Expels LV wind/Internal wind and relieves spasm
  - intestine wind/bleeding
    - when charred
- Dosage
- + - Notes
  - does not stop cough
- + - Cautions
  - tetanus w/ bld deficiency
  - yin deficiency fire
+ - Qiang Huo
- + - English Names
  - Notopterygium Root
- Useful part
- + - Taste
  - acrid
  - aromatic
  - bitter
- + - Property
  - warm
- Property Degree
- Leads To
- + - Channels
  - bladder
  - kidneys
- + - Actions
  - + - releases the exterior and dispels wind cold damp
    - tai yang channel H/A
  - Wind cold damp bi in the upper body
- Dosage
- + - Notes
  - overdose causes nausea and vomiting
- + - Cautions
  - SP & ST deficiency
  - aches due to bld defiency
  - H/A due to yin deficiency
+ - Gao Ben
- + - English Names
  - Ligusticum Root
  - Chinese Lovage Root
- Useful part
- + - Taste
  - acrid
- + - Property
  - warm
- Property Degree
- Leads To
- + - Channels
  - lung
  - liver
- + - Actions
  - + - Jue Yin H/A
    - Expels wind and cold, aromatic and dispersing
  - Disperse wind cold damp
  - + - Wind Cold Damp Bi
    - stomach and abdominal pain and spasm due to wind cold damp accumulation in LIV channel
- Dosage
- + - Notes
  - bacteriostatic effect on pathogenic fungus
- + - Cautions
  - H/A due to bld deficiency
  - Defiency yin, qi, bld
+ - Bai Zhi
- + - English Names
  - Angelica Root
  - Foetid Cassie Seeds
- Useful part
- + - Taste
  - acrid
- + - Property
  - warm
- Property Degree
- Leads To
- + - Channels
  - lung
  - stomach
- + - Actions
  - disperse wind-cold, induces sweating
  - + - reduces swelling and promotes the discharge of puss
    - early stage carbuncle,skin sores
    - ascesses, sores, carbuncles with puss
    - fistula or hemorrhoids, breast abscesses
  - + - Dries dampness and controls discharge
    - wind cold damp bi
    - Vaginal discharge
    - eczema
    - psoriasis and burns
- + - Dosage
  - 3-9 grams
- + - Notes
  - exfoliative dermatitis using exterior wash
- Cautions
+ - Xi Xin
- + - English Names
  - Chinese WIld GInger
  - Asarum
- + - Useful part
  - whole plant
- + - Taste
  - acrid
- + - Property
  - warm
- + - Property Degree
  - stronger
- + - Leads To
  - Upper body
- + - Channels
  - lung
  - kidney
- + - Actions
  - Induces sweating to disperse
- + - Dosage
  - 1-3 grams
- Notes
- + - Cautions
  - banned by the FDA
  - Incompatible w/ Li Lu
+ - Sheng Jiang
- + - English Names
  - Fresh Ginger
- + - Useful part
  - root
- + - Taste
  - acrid
- + - Property
  - warm
- + - Property Degree
  - middle
- + - Leads To
  - stomach
- + - Channels
  - lung
  - spleen
  - stomach
- + - Actions
  - + - induces sweating and relieves the exterior and dissipates cold
    - wind cold syndrome
  - warms the middle jiao and relieves vomiting
  - disperses cold, transforms phlegm and reduces cough
  - detoxifies other substances
  - harmonizes the ying and wei qi
- + - Dosage
  - 3-10 g
- + - Notes
  - can be used to promote urination and reduce edema
  - clears the cold, soothes the liver
  - clears the cold, guides stagnation
  - clears cold, opens the orifices
  - warms the midle jiao guide the qi down
  - warms the middle jiao, claers dampness
- Cautions
+ - Xiang Ru
- + - English Names
  - Elsholtzia
- + - Useful part
  - Whole Plant
- + - Taste
  - acrid
  - aromatic
- + - Property
  - slightly warm
- + - Property Degree
  - light
- + - Leads To
  - up, middle, low
- + - Direction
  - opening
  - up
- + - Channels
  - lung
  - stomach
- + - Actions
  - relieves the exterior, induces sweating, dispels summer-heat, and transforms phlegm nd dampness
  - regulates water metabolism by inducng urination and reduces edema
- + - Dosage
  - 3-9 g
- + - Notes
  - for beri beri conditions
  - has acrid spreading, warm, breaks through property
  - has first rising and second (later) going down character
  - has open up and open low properties (makes up and low connect)
- Cautions
+ - Xin Yi Hua
- + - English Names
  - Magnolia Flower
- + - Useful part
  - flower
- + - Taste
  - acrid
- + - Property
  - warm
- + - Property Degree
  - light
- + - Leads To
  - head
- + - Direction
  - opening
- + - Channels
  - lung
  - stomach
- + - Actions
  - + - disperse wind, opens nasal passages and sinuses
    - for nasal obstruction or congestions, sinusitis w/ H/A and nasal discharge
    - Allergic rhinitis, running nose
    - can treat sinuses
- + - Dosage
  - 3-9 g
- + - Notes
  - combine xin xi, bai zhi, xin yi hua, cang er zi to treat sinuses
  - combine xin yi hua and cang er zi to treat allergic rhinitis and running nose
- + - Cautions
  - wrap in chesscloth for decoction
+ - Cang Er Zi
- + - English Names
  - Cockleburr Fruit
  - Xanthium
- + - Useful part
  - seed
- + - Taste
  - sweet
  - slightly bitter
- + - Property
  - warm and toxic
- + - Property Degree
  - light
- + - Leads To
  - up
- + - Direction
  - opening and transfer
- + - Channels
  - lung
- + - Actions
  - + - opens the nasal passages
    - nasal and sinus disorder w/ H/A and thick viscus running nose
    - allergic rhinitis running nose
  - + - Dispels wind and expels dampness
    - wind-damp panful bi syndrome - arthritis, rheumatism, chronic lumbago
    - extremity discomfort; leg qi (beri beri), cramps, numbness
    - skin disorder; eczema, skin sores/ulcers, scabies, skin pruritic rashes, leprosy
  - + - releases the exterior wind and relieves pain
    - for exterior wind-cold-damp syndrome; exterior symptoms with a splitting H/A that radiats to the back of the neck
- + - Dosage
  - 3-9 g
  - over 30 g is toxic dosage
- + - Notes
  - this herbal property tends towards dry, can damage the qi and blood
- Cautions