If food is unable to cool the blood and clear heat, Chinese herbs such as Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata, Radix Paeoniae Miltiorrhizae and Radix et Rhizoma Zizoma Gastrodiae can be used to do so.
Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata (生地黄), the fresh or dried tuberous root of the plant Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata (地黄), has the effect of clearing heat and cooling the blood, as well as nourishing the yin and generating fluid. It can be used to treat conditions such as heat entering the camp and blood (heat evils invading the body to a deep degree and with more severe symptoms), irritable thirst, spotting and epistaxis (spitting out blood and nosebleeds) as well as intestinal dryness and constipation. It is contraindicated for those who have lumps in the middle cold and are prone to leakage.
Peony Peel: the dried root bark of peony has the effect of clearing heat and cooling blood, as well as activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis. It can be used in the treatment of warm-heat spots (spots and plaques on the skin caused by warm-heat poison), blood-heat epistaxis (vomiting blood and nosebleed due to blood-heat) and carbuncle, swelling, sore and poisonous diseases. It is forbidden to be taken by pregnant women and women with excessive menstruation.
Comfrey: The roots of plants such as Xinjiang Comfrey have the effect of clearing heat and cooling blood, as well as activating blood circulation, in addition to detoxifying and transmitting rashes. This product can be used for the treatment of warm disease, blood-heat toxicity, spot rash purple and black, measles not penetrate and other diseases. It should be used with caution for those with weak stomach and intestines as well as those with slippery stools.
Chinese medicines or proprietary Chinese medicines need to be used under the guidance of a Chinese doctor, and individuals should not use them blindly to avoid adverse consequences.