Honeysuckle Flower: Sweet, cold. Attributed to the lung, stomach and large intestine meridians. Functions and Indications Sweet, cold, fragrant and dispersing, not only dispersing the evil heat of the lungs and guards, but also clearing heat and removing toxins. It is used in treating external wind-heat or warm-heat diseases with fever and slight chill at the beginning, as well as sores, carbuncles, boils and heat-poisoned diarrhea, dysentery with pus and blood. Dosage and Administration 10-15 g. Apply externally. Appendix Lonicera japonica is also known as silver flower vine. It is similar to honeysuckle in flavor and efficacy, and is mostly used in carbuncle sores. It can also clear the wind-dampness-heat evil in the meridians to stop pain, so it is also used for wind-dampness-heat paralysis, joints red, swollen, pain, flexion and extension of the evidence of unfavorable. Dosage 16-20g, decoction or soaked in wine to drink. Modern research Jinyinhua contains a variety of chlorogenic acid compounds, flavonoids, inositol and volatile oils, volatile oils are mainly bisabolol and linalool. It has different degrees of inhibitory effect on a variety of pathogenic bacteria and viruses. It also has anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, hepatoprotective and choleretic effects. Forsythia Sexual flavor and attribution Bitter, slightly cold. Bitter, slightly cold. Attributes to lung, heart and gallbladder meridians. Efficacy and Indications It can clear away heat and detoxify the toxin, eliminate carbuncle and dissipate lumps. It can be used in treating exogenous wind-heat or the first signs of warm disease, such as fever, headache and thirst. It is also used in the treatment of high fever, irritability and dizziness when heat is trapped in the pericardium. This product is known as the holy medicine of sores, and is often used in various sores and carbuncles caused by heat and toxicity, or scrofula and tuberculosis. Dosage and Administration 6-15g. Modern Research Containing lignans and phenylethanol glycosides, pentacyclic triterpenoids, flavonoids and volatile oils and other adequate, with antipathogenic microorganisms, anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic, antipyretic, hepatoprotective effect Mung bean Sexual flavors and attributes Sweet, cold. Sweet, cold. Attributes to the heart, stomach meridian. Effects and Indications Clearing heat and removing toxins, eliminating summer heat. It is used in treating summerheat, thirst, carbuncle, swelling and sores, and relieving poisoning by croton, epiphyllum or other heat-poisoning agents. Dosage and Administration 15-30 g. Appropriate amount for external use. Mung Bean Coat is the seed coat of mung bean. Soak the mung bean in water and take the skin, then dry it in the sun. Sweet, cold. Attributed to the heart, stomach meridian. The function is the same as mung beans, but the power of clearing the summer heat is not as good as beans; clearing heat and detoxification is better than beans, and can retreat cataracts, treatment of acne cataracts. Its dosage is 6-12g. Modern research Mainly contains protein (mainly globulin type), fat, carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, vitamins. Ascending hemp Sexual flavors and attributes Pungent, sweet, slightly cold. Attributed to the lung, spleen, large intestine and stomach meridians. Efficacy and Indications It is used to clear heat and detoxify the toxin, for treating wind-heat headache in Yangming, as well as the early stage of measles, rash and many other diseases caused by heat and toxin. This product can elevate Yang and lift the trap, and is also used for shortness of breath, tiredness, prolonged diarrhea, prolapse of the uterus, as well as the collapse and leakage of blood which cannot be taken in by Qi deficiency. Dosage and Administration 3-l0 g. It is recommended to be used in raw form for detoxification, release and penetration of rashes, and roasted shengma is often used for elevating yang qi. Note: This product has strong ascending and dispersing power, and should be avoided in cases of yin deficiency and fire exuberance, hyperactivity of liver yang, penetration of measles, and Qi reversal without descending. Modern Research It mainly contains triterpene polyoxides and chromogenic ketone, phenolic acid, etc. It has anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects. It has anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects, and has a certain inhibitory effect on HIV; it has an inhibitory effect on the central nervous system, and has the effect of lowering body temperature and analgesia. Pueraria Mirifica Sexual flavors and attributes Glycyrrhiza glabra, pungent, cool. Attributes to the spleen and stomach meridians. Efficacy and Indications Releasing and relieving muscles, elevating Yang and transmitting rashes, relieving fever and generating body fluid. It is used in treating external fever, headache, no sweat, strong pain in the neck and back, the first signs of measles, fever, malignant cold, rash, etc., damp-heat diarrhea, diarrhea of spleen deficiency, fever and thirst, and thirst and drinking. Dosage and Administration 10-20g, decocted or added into pills and powder. It should be used raw to reduce fever and generate body fluid, and simmered to stop diarrhea. Modern Research Pueraria Mirifica contains Puerarin, Puerarin Xyloside, Soy Flavonoids and more than 20 kinds of isoflavonoids and Puerarin Glycosides. It has anti-inflammatory and anti-immune effects. Cnidium monnieri Sexual flavors and attributes Glycyrrhiza glabra is sweet and flat. Attributed to the liver and stomach meridians. Efficacy and Indications Dispersing wind-heat, brightening the eyes and relieving cataract. It is used for treating wind-heat in the liver meridian, eye redness, swelling and pain, shyness, tearfulness and cataracts. Attributes to the liver and lung meridians. Efficacy and Indications Dispersing wind and clearing heat, detoxicating and improving eyesight. It is used in treating external wind-heat and the first signs of warm diseases, fever, dizziness and headache, redness and swelling of the eyes due to wind-heat in the liver meridian or the attack of liver-heat, liver wind-heat headache and headache caused by hyperactivity of liver-yang, dizziness and furuncles and poisons, etc.. Dosage and Administration 10-15g, decoction or in pills. Note: Due to the differences in origin, color and processing method, it is divided into white chrysanthemum flower, yellow chrysanthemum flower, Hangzhou chrysanthemum flower, Chu chrysanthemum flower and other varieties. Yellow chrysanthemum flower (Hangzhou chrysanthemum flower) is often used for evacuating wind-heat, and white chrysanthemum flower (Chu chrysanthemum flower) is often used for brightening the eyes and calming the liver. Modern research: Flowers, leaves and stems contain volatile oil, the main components of lobster, camphor, chrysanthemum ester cyclic ketone and diethyl acetal diethyl acetal and so on. Chrysanthemum also contains chrysanthemum glycosides, acacia, lignans, a variety of amino acids, vitamins and trace elements, including vitamin E and manganese content is higher. Taste and flavor attributed to the sweet, bitter, flat. Sweet, bitter, flat. Attributed to the lung, liver and gallbladder meridians. Efficacy and Indications Dispersing wind-heat, brightening the eyes and relieving cataract, and stopping bleeding. It is used for treating eye redness and tearing caused by wind-heat, blood in stool, hemorrhage and hemorrhoids. Dosage and Administration 3-10g. Note: This product is generally not used as an emulsifier, and is only used for eye diseases, or those with wind-heat symptoms. It should not be used in eye diseases with blood deficiency. Modern Research The main chemical constituents are volatile oil, flavonoids, glucose, fructose and so on. Among the volatile components are succinic acid, fenugreek acid, ferulic acid. It has antihypertensive and anti-atherosclerotic effects. Fangfeng Sexual flavor attributed to the meridian Xin, sweet, slightly warm. Attributes to bladder, liver and spleen meridians. Efficacy and Indications Dispelling wind and relieving epidemics, winning dampness, relieving pain and spasm. It is used in treating headache, body ache, cold and wind-cold-dampness paralysis, joint pain and contracture of limbs caused by wind-cold. This product enters the liver meridian, can be used to treat tetanus, tetanus horns, teeth, convulsions and spasms. Dosage and Administration 3-10g in decoction, wine or pills. Note: This product is mainly used for external wind, and should be used with caution in cases of blood deficiency and spasm, as well as in cases of yin deficiency and fire exuberance. Modern Research Containing polysaccharide, coumarin and so on. It has anti-inflammatory and anti-metamorphic effects, and can enhance the phagocytosis of macrophages. Clinically used in allergic skin diseases, rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis. Qiangwu Sexual flavors and attributes Xin, bitter, warm. Attributed to bladder and kidney meridians. Efficacy and Indications It can relieve exterior cold, dispel wind and dampness, and relieve pain. It is used in treating external wind-cold, malignant cold and fever, headache and body pain, as well as pain in limbs and joints, shoulder and back pain caused by wind-cold and dampness, especially in upper body pain. Dosage and Administration 3-10g. Modern Research Containing mainly volatile oils, it has anti-inflammatory, inhibit the effect of delayed hypersensitivity reaction, and has an excitatory effect on adrenal cortex function. Gypsum: Pungent, sweet, cold. Attributed to the lung and stomach meridians. Effects and Indications When used raw, this product can clear away heat and fire, remove vexation and quench thirst. It can be used for treating the symptoms of warm disease in the qi portion of the body, such as strong heat, vexation and thirst, flooding of the pulse, and so on, which are characterized by exuberant heat. It can be used to treat cough with thick phlegm, fever, asthma caused by lung heat, and headache, gum swelling and pain caused by inflammation of stomach fire. Calcined gypsum can be used externally for sores and ulcers that do not converge, eczema, water and fire burns. Dosage and Administration 15-60g for internal use, should be used raw. For human soup, it should be broken and decocted first. For external use, it should be powdered by fire calcination. Modern Research The main component is calcium sulfate. The effect of single-flavored gypsum on experimental fever varies, and its antipyretic active ingredient and mechanism of action need to be further studied Zhi Mu. Bitter, sweet, cold. Attributed to lung, stomach and kidney meridians. Effects and Indications It can clear away heat and fire, nourish Yin and moisten dryness. It is used in the treatment of warm-heat disease, hyperthermia, strong heat, irritable thirst, flooding of the pulse, such as solid heat in the lungs and stomach, as well as yin deficiency and dry cough due to yin deficiency of the lung and kidney, bone vapor and tidal fever, and yin deficiency and thirst, etc.. Dosage 6-12g. Note: This product is cold and moist in nature, it can slide the intestine, so it is not suitable for those with spleen deficiency and loose stool. Modern research Containing Zhimai saponins and sarsaparilla saponins. Effect on adrenal cortex and adrenocorticotropic hormone Clinical use of Radix et Rhizoma Zizoma Glycyrrhizae orally, can antagonize the inhibition of the peak of blood cortisol secretion in the early morning caused by dexamethasone in normal people, patients with nephrotic syndrome can significantly reduce the hormone-induced side effects such as full-moon face, euphoria and insomnia. Zhi mother, raw land, licorice single flavor, double flavor or three flavor decoction can also make the experimental rabbits plasma corticosterone content rose significantly, especially Zhi mother role for strong, Zhi mother crude extracts of total saponins also have a similar effect. However, if there is no corticosteroid, there is no such effect. The above mechanism of action is related to the inhibition of adrenocorticotropic hormone catabolism in the liver. Bitter ginseng Bitter, cold. Bitter, cold. Attributes to heart, liver, stomach, large intestine and bladder meridians. Effects and Indications It can clear away heat and dampness, expel wind and kill worms, and diuretic. It is used in treating damp-heat jaundice, diarrhea, itching of skin, impetigo, scabies, leprosy, and cases of damp-heat retention and incontinence of urine. Dosage and Administration 3-10g, decoction or in pills. Appropriate amount for external use. Caution: Bitter and cold products, avoid for those with cold spleen and stomach. Anti-Veratrum. Modern Research It mainly contains alkaloids, including 22 kinds of alkaloids, such as Picrasidine, Oxidized Picrasidine, Sophoridine, Sophorine, etc. It can enhance the phagocytosis of macrophages. It can enhance the phagocytosis of macrophages, elevate white blood cells, anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor, anti-radiation effects, ginseng alkaloids can significantly inhibit the proliferation of T-cells, ginseng is a bidirectional regulation of B-cells and cytokines. Rhizoma Coptidis Sexual flavor and attribution Bitter, cold. Bitter, cold. Attributes to heart, liver, stomach and large intestine meridians. Effects and Indications It is bitter and cold, clearing heat and drying dampness, and is often used in diarrhea, dysentery and vomiting caused by damp-heat in the stomach and intestines. It can also detoxify fire. It can be used in fever, heat and fire, strong heat, irritability, and even delirium, as well as carbuncle sores and poisons, boils and internal attack, ear and eye swelling and pain. Dosage and Administration 2-10g, decoction or pills. Appropriate amount for external use. Note: This product is bitter and cold, overdose or prolonged use may cause stomach failure. It is not to be used in cases of cold stomach, vomiting and diarrhea in spleen deficiency. Modern Research It contains a large number of alkaloids, mainly berberine, rhizobine, root alkaloids and leaf anthemisine. It has broad-spectrum antipathogen effect and anti-inflammatory and antipyretic effect, and berberine has antiulcer and choleretic effect. Phellodendron Bitter, cold. Bitter, cold. Attributed to kidney, bladder and large intestine meridians. Effects and Indications It can clear away heat and dry dampness, expel fire and detoxify toxins, and reduce deficiency heat. It is used in treating damp-heat diarrhea, yellow gangrene, leucorrhoea, swelling and pain of feet and knees, feverish drenching, sores and sores, as well as damp-heat, bone vapor, night sweating and spermatorrhea due to yin deficiency and yang dynamics. Dosage and Administration 3-10g, decoction or pills. Appropriate amount for external use. Caution This product is bitter and cold, easily damaging the stomach qi, and should not be used by people with cold spleen and stomach. Modern Research It mainly contains alkaloids, such as berberine, root alkaloids, leaf anthelmintic alkaloids and magnoflorine. It has the effect of antipathogenic microorganisms. Infectious inflammatory diseases, enteritis, bacillary dysentery, genitourinary infections Rhubarb Taste and attribute Bitter and cold. Attributed to the spleen, stomach, large intestine, liver, heart meridian Functions and Indications Diarrhea heat through the bowels, diarrhea fire detoxification, commonly used in heat constipation, strong heat and fainting Yang Ming bowel syndrome, and blood heat paranoia, red eyes and throat, heat sores and ulcers; and also activate the blood to eliminate blood stasis, with the treatment of stasis caused by blood stasis blockage caused by a variety of diseases. Dosage and Administration 3-12 g. Appropriate amount for external use. It should not be decocted for a long time. Rhubarb is strong in laxative effect in raw form, but slow in control. Rhubarb in wine is good at clearing fire and heat in the upper part of the body, and is good at activating blood circulation, while fried charcoal removes blood stasis and stops bleeding. Note: It should be used with caution or avoided during pregnancy, menstruation and lactation. Modern Research Rhubarb mainly contains anthraquinone derivatives of rhubarb phenol, rhubarb pigment and anthraquinone derivatives of rhubarb acid, senna glycosides and so on. The main diarrhea-causing components are senna glucoside and rhubarb acid. Rhubarb has antipyretic and anti-inflammatory effects, can reduce the level of PGE2, cAMP and TXA2. Buckwheat Bitter, flat. Attributed to the lung, spleen, stomach meridian. Efficacy can clear heat and detoxification, clear the lung and resolve phlegm, used for lung carbuncle sputum thick and smelly and scrofulous sores and lung heat cough, sore throat; this product can also strengthen the spleen and eliminate food, used for the loss of the spleen due to abdominal distension and less food or noma emaciation. The dosage is 15-30g. Modern Research It mainly contains p-coumaric acid, ferulic acid, erythrosine, etc. It has the properties of antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, and antipyretic. It has antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, expectorant and cough suppressant effects, and its expectorant effect may be induced by central or nerve reflex. Cichlid Mushroom AKA Hairy Cichlid Mushroom Sexual flavor and attribution of the meridian is acrid, cold; there is a small poison. Attributed to the liver and stomach meridians. Efficacy and Indications It can clear away heat and detoxify, eliminate carbuncles and disperse knots. It is used in treating carbuncles, boils, swellings and malignant sores. Dosage: 3-6 g. Appropriate amount for external use. Modern Research Contains colchicine and other alkaloids. Colchicine and its derivatives, such as colchicine amide, have inhibitory effects on transplanted tumors in many animals. It is often used in the treatment of tumor, chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis. White Flower Snake Tongue Herb Sexual flavor and attribution Slightly bitter, sweet, cold. It enters the stomach, large intestine and small intestine meridians. Effects and Indications Clearing heat, inducing diuresis, detoxifying, promoting blood circulation and eliminating carbuncle. It is used in treating carbuncle, sores, sore throat, poisonous snake bites and feverish urination. Dosage: 15-60 g. Appropriate amount for external use. Modern research This product in vitro antibacterial effect is not significant, can improve the reticuloendothelial system phagocytosis, lower doses can enhance the humoral immunity and cellular immunity of experimental mice, the effect on the adrenal cortex function is inconclusive, in addition to anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor, analgesic, sedative effect. Fishweed Alias Houttuynia cordata Sexual flavor and attributive Jing Xin, slightly cold. Attributed to the lung meridian. Efficacy and Indications It can clear away heat and detoxify, expel pus and diuretic. It can be used for coughing up pus and blood in lung carbuncle, coughing up phlegm thick in lung heat, and hot drenching, astringent pain in urination. Dosage: 15-30 g. Appropriate amount for external use. Modern Research Fishwort mainly contains volatile oil and flavonoids, and the decanoyl acetaldehyde in volatile oil is the source of its special odor. Fishweed has different degrees of inhibitory effect on a variety of pathogenic microorganisms, can promote the ability of peripheral blood leukocytes phagocytosis of Staphylococcus aureus, but also has significant anti-allergic effect. Fleabane AKA Chonglou 七叶一枝花草河车 性味归经 Bitter, slightly cold; slightly toxic. Attributed to the liver meridian. Efficacy and Indications Clearing heat and removing toxins, subduing swelling and relieving pain, often used in carbuncle, swelling, sore and poisonous snake bites, traumatic bleeding, or bruising and pain. It can also cool the liver and calm convulsions, and is used in treating liver-heat and wind, epilepsy, and fever with dizziness and convulsions. Dosage and Administration 5~10g, decoction or pills. Appropriate amount should be used externally. Modern Research This product contains a variety of steroidal saponins, its saponins include diosgenin and metanosgenin. It also contains alkaloids, polysaccharides, amino acids and trace elements. It has antitumor, antibacterial, antiviral, sedative, analgesic effects Poria cocos Sexual flavor attribution Sweet, light, flat. Attributed to the liver and stomach meridians. Efficacy and Indications Detoxification, removing dampness, facilitating joints. It is used in treating syphilis or contracture of limbs due to taking mercurial agent for syphilis and in treating syphilis or contracture of limbs due to taking mercurial agent for syphilis. Dosage and Administration 15-60g. Modern Research This product contains saponins, tannins, flavonoids, resins and other saponins such as luoxinoside, isohuangqi glucoside, carotenoside, etc., which can selectively inhibit cellular immune response, and also has antibacterial and antitumor effects. Guanzhong Sexual flavors and attributes Bitter, slightly cold. Bitter, slightly cold. Attributed to liver and spleen meridians. Effects and Indications Clearing heat and removing toxins, stopping bleeding and killing worms. It is often used in treating wind-heat and cold, warm rash and epistaxis, bleeding in discharges and many kinds of intestinal parasitic diseases. Dosage and Administration 10-15g. For clearing heat and removing toxins and driving away worms, it should be used raw; for stopping bleeding, it should be used in fried charcoal. Modern Research Sambucus nigra has significant antiviral, anticancer and estrogen-like effects.