sweet, acrid, very cold, Lu, St

clear heat and drain fire, Clear Lu heat, clear blazing St heat for toothache, absorb exudation for eczema, burns and ulcerated sores

bitter, sl cold, Lu, St

clears and drains Lu heat, transforms phlegm, moistens Lu dryness, resolves toxicity and expels pus, clears heat and penetrates fluids for heat patterns with fluid injury, and Xiao Ke

bitter, sweet, cold, Lu, St, Kd

clear heat and drain fire, enrich yin, moisten dryness for Lu/Kd, yin def w heat

sweet, cold, Lu, St

clears heat from St and Lu and stops vomiting and coughing, and promotes fluids and urination,vents rashes

sweet, bland, cold, Ht, Si, St

clears heat and eliminates irritability, clears Ht heat and promotes urination for mouth sores and ulcers and rough scanty painful urination, DH

bitter, cold, Ht, Lu, St, Lv, SJ

(Shan Zhi Zi)

eliminate irritability, clear heat and drain fire HA, hypochondriac pain, red eyes, high fever, drain damp heat for UTI, jaundice,cools blood and stops bleeding

bitter, acrid, cold, GB, Lv

clear Lv and eyes, clears heat and dissipate nodules, treats hypertension due to Lv fire due to Lv fire or Lv yang rising

bitter, sweet, salty, sl cold, Lv, Li, Kd

clear Lv and eyes, moisten intestines and move stools, lowers blood pressure and serum cholesterol, treats hypertension due to Lv fire or Lv yang rising

salty, cold, Ht, Lv, St

clears heat, cools blood, relieves toxicity, arrests convulsions for evil heat affecting ying and blood level marked by high fever, macula, bleeding

treats vomiting of blood, nosebleed, blood in stools

sweet, bitter, cold, Ht, Kd, Lv

clear heat and cool blood in blood level, used for wasting and thirsting disorder (Xiao Ke), enriches yin and generates thirst, cool upward blazing of Ht fire (warm febrile diseases), clear ying and blood levels

salty, sweet, bitter, cold, Kd, Lu, St

clear heat and cool blood (warm febrile diseases), clears heat and relieves toxicity for painful and swollen throat (benefits throat), soften hardness and dissipate nodules, clear ying and blood level

Incompatible w Li Lu

acrid, bitter, sl cold, Ht, Kd, Lv

clears heat and cools blood, clears deficient heat without sweating, invigorates blood and dispels blood stasis, clears ascending Lv fire, drain pus and reduce swelling, clears blood and moves blood

clears heat and cools blood, invigorates blood and dispels blood stasis,(painful menses and can be used for bloody dysentery w abdominal pain), clears Lv fire (HA, red eyes due to Lv yang rising)

Incompatible w Li Lu

sweet, cold, Ht, Lv

"Zi Cao Gen"

clears heat and cools blood in blood level, vents rashes and relieves fire toxicity (ulcers in legs, burns), clear damp heat in skin (eczema, reduce jaundice), facilitates passage of stool and urine

overdose causes loose stools

CI in cases of Sp xu w loose stools

sweet, cold, Li, Lu, St

clear heat and relieve fire toxicity, expel externally contracted wind heat, clear damp heat in LJ

Dui-Yao for 4 stages of warm febrile diseases

bitter, sl acrid, sl cold, Ht, Lu, Gb

clear heat and reduce fire toxicity, reduce abscesses and disspate clumps, clear Ht heat

Dui Yao for 4 stages of warm febrile diseases

bitter, cold, Lu

clear heat and relieve fire toxicity, benefit throat, transform phlegm and clear Lu

bitter, cold, Ht, Lu, St

clear heat and relieve fire toxicity, benefit throat, cool blood, prevent epidermic, clear damp heat for jaundice

bitter, cold, Lu, Li

clear heat and relieve toxicity, benefit throat, clear lung for cough, ANTI CANCER, clear damp heat for jaundice

sweet, bland, neutral, Lv, St

clear heat and relieve fire toxicity, relieve toxic and damp, and benefit the joint, clear damp heat from skin, treat syphillis, clear damp heat for jaundice

bitter, sweet, cold, Lv St

clear heat and relieve fire toxicity, reduce abscess, used for breast (mastitus and poor lactation), clear Lv and eyes, painful urinary dribbling, promote lactation, clear damp heat for jaundice

acrid, bitter, sl cold, Li, Lv, St

clear heat and relieve fire toxicity, reduce abscess, expel pus for intestinal abscess, dispel blood stasis and stop pain

bitter, sl sweet, neutral, Ht, Lv, Sp

clear summer heat, raise and clear Sp yang for diarrhea, stop bleeding