There are many kinds of herbs that can clear heat and reduce fire, and some of them are commonly used, such as Huangbai, Zhimu, and smallpox pollen.
1. Phellodendron Bark has the efficacy of clearing heat and drying dampness (removing heat and drying dampness), diarrheal fire and removing steam, detoxifying and healing sores, and can be used for treating conditions such as bone vapor and laborious heat, night sweating (sweating abnormally after falling asleep, but sweating stops after waking up), spermatorrhea, eczema and wet sores, and jaundice with reddish urine. It is contraindicated for those who have deficiency of spleen and stomach (weak and cold spleen and stomach).
2. Zhi Mu has the efficacy of nourishing yin and moistening dryness (nourishing yin essence and clearing away heat), clearing heat and diarrhea (clearing away heat and fire from the body), and can be used to treat external fever, high fever and thirst, internal heat and thirst (internal heat accompanied by symptoms such as excessive eating, drinking and urination), lung-heat and dryness of the lungs with coughing and dryness of the intestines with constipation. Spleen deficiency loose stools (feces thin and not shaped) should not take this product.
3. Smallpox pollen has the effects of clearing away heat and fire, generating fluids and quenching thirst (promoting the production of fluids to quench thirst), subduing swelling and draining pus (eliminating pus and swelling and draining pus), and is suitable for the treatment of fever and thirst, lung-heat and dry cough, internal heat and thirst, and ulcers, swelling and toxins, and other diseases. Pregnant women should be cautious of using this product, and it should not be used with Chuanwu, Prepared Chuanwu, Caowu, Prepared Chuanwu, and Appendicitis.
After the appearance of discomfort should promptly seek medical treatment, under the guidance of the physician’s diagnosis and selection of medication, not self-medication, so as not to delay the condition.