What are the herbs that can clear heat and detoxify the body?

There are many Chinese herbs with the effect of clearing heat and removing toxins, commonly including dandelion, honeysuckle, dazhongye, and panax quinquefolium. These herbs are suitable for all kinds of heat and toxicity, such as sores, canker sores, dengtoxin (acute infectious disease, visible redness of the skin like paint), herpes and so on. 1. Dandelion: It has the effect of removing warmth and toxicity from the body, eliminating swelling of limbs, dissipating nodules and facilitating urination. It is used for treating sores and swelling, acute mastitis, burning pain in urination, jaundice caused by dampness-heat, redness and swelling of eyes, and so on. It should be noted that too much can lead to slow diarrhea. 2. Honeysuckle: It has the effect of removing warmth and toxicity from the body and evacuating wind-heat. It can be used for treating sores, swelling and poison, external wind-heat, dysentery with heavy heat and mucus, pus and blood stools. Should not be used with dandelion. 3. Da Qing Ye: It is effective in removing warmth and toxicity from the body, clearing heat in the blood, and eliminating plaque. It is used for treating heat in the blood, plaques caused by warm-heat toxicity, sore throat and sores, eruption of fire, mumps and so on. Note that it is contraindicated for those with deficiency of cold in spleen and stomach (spleen and stomach weak and cold). Chinese medicines or proprietary Chinese medicines need to be used under the guidance of a Chinese doctor to identify the symptoms, and individuals should not use them blindly to avoid adverse consequences.