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Herbs that clear the heat. Clear Heat & Drain fire herbs Part One. Agents which enter the Lung & Stomach channels to Clear heat & drain fire Shi Gao 石膏 Zhi Mu 知母 Zhi Zi 梔子 Lu Gen 蘆根 Tian Hua Fen 天花粉. Shi Gao 石膏. White ice-berg like mineral Distinct look.
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Clear Heat & Drain fire herbs Part One Agents which enter the Lung & Stomach channels to Clear heat & drain fire Shi Gao 石膏 Zhi Mu 知母 Zhi Zi 梔子 Lu Gen 蘆根 Tian Hua Fen 天花粉
Shi Gao 石膏 White ice-berg like mineral Distinct look
Zhi Mu 知母 Slices of flexible fibrous root Yellow white on the inside Orange brown with lines outside Distinct look
Zhi Mu (Cold) 知 母
Zhi Mu (Cold) 知 母
Zhi Zi 梔子 Brittle burnt-orange colored Paper lantern like Distinct look
Zhi Zi (Cold) 梔 子
Zhi Zi (Cold) 梔 子
Lu Gen 蘆根 Fattened, hollow, yellow reed Distinct look
Lu Gen (Cold) 蘆 根
Lu Gen (Cold) 蘆 根
Tian Hua Fen 天花粉 Flat white root Distinct bitter taste Compare with : Shan Yao; Ge Gen; Fu Ling
Tian Hua Fen 天花粉 (Cold)
Tian Hua Fen 天花粉 (Cold)
Clear Heat & Drain fire herbs Part two Agents which enter the Liver channel to clear heat & drain fire & treat the eye problems. Xia Ku Cao Jue Ming Zi
Xia Ku Cao 夏枯草 Dark purplish brown spike Distinct look Compare with Jing Jie
Jue Ming Zi 決明子 Purple-brown, hard, angular seed Distinct look
Jue Ming Zi 決明子 (slightly cold )
Jue Ming Zi 決明子 (slightly cold )
Clear Heat & Drain fire herbs Part three Agents which enter the heart channel to clear heat and drain fire Dan Zhu Ye 淡竹葉
Dan Zhu Ye 淡竹葉 Flat green reed-like Distinct look
Clear Heat & Cool blood Agents which enter the heart & liver channels to clear heat and cool blood Sheng Di Huang 生地黃 Mu Dan Pi 牡丹皮 Zi Cao 紫草 Chi Shao 赤芍 Shui Niu Jiao 水牛角
Sheng Di Huang 生地黃 Black, flat, round, sticky with lighter blotches; usually brown on one side. Distinct look
Sheng Di Huang (cold) 生地黃
Sheng Di Huang (cold) 生地黃
Xuan Shen 玄参 (cold) Xuan Shen 玄参 (cold)
Mu Dan Pi 牡丹皮 Off white cylindrical sections, hollow or lighter color center Distinct look
Mu Dan Pi (slightly Cold)牡丹皮
Mu Dan Pi (slightly Cold)牡丹皮
Zi Cao 紫草 Very dark purple Distinct look
Zi Cao 紫草 (cold)
Zi Cao 紫草 (cold)
Chi Shao 赤芍 Flat strips of off white, dry root with dark brown edges Distinct look
Chi Shao 赤芍 (slightly Cold)
Chi Shao 赤芍 (slightly Cold)
Shui Niu Jiao (Cold) 水牛角
Shui Niu Jiao (Cold) 水牛角