Shi Gao

Gypsum

10-50 grams

acrid-sweet-very cold>St, Lu

Caution:  Weak Stomach/without true Heat

-Clears Heat Drains Fire (for high fever w/o chills,irritability, excessive thirst, profuse sweat, flooding & rapid pulse)

-Clears Lung Heat (relieves coughing & wheezing with thick phlegm)

-Relieves Thirst & Restlessness (for thirst & restlessness caused by heat)

-Clears Stomach Heat (for severe headaches, toothache, gingivitis caused by stomach fire)

-Cools Heat when applied externally (applied as a powder or paste externally for wounds & burns)

Zhi Mu

Anemarrhena

6-12 grams

sweet-bitter-cold>St, Lu, K

Caution:  Sp Deficiency with diarrhea/Yin Deficient Heat (clrs excess)/ONLY for Wind-Heat!

-Clears Heat & Fire from the Qi level (with Sx of high fever, thirst or acute infections disease & full and rapid pulse)

-Clears Heat & Fire from the Lu & St (with Sx of thirst or cough with thick yellow phlegm)

-Clears Heat & tonifies Yin ( for signs of False Heat due to Lung or Kidney Yin Deficiency with Sx of night sweats, low back pain, low-grade fever, bleeding gums, nocturnal emissions or abnormally high sex drive)

Lu Gen

Reed Rhizome (Phragmitis)

9-30 grams

sweet-cold>Lu, St

Caution:  weakness of St or Sp caused by cold

-Clears Heat & promotes the generation of Fluids (for Heat that causes thirst, fever & dehydration)

-Dispels Lung Heat (for Lung Heat with Sx of abscesses & cough with thick yellow sputum)

-Dispels Stomach Heat (for Stomach Heat with Sx of vomit & belching)

-Promotes urine and clears Heat in the urinary tract (treats acute UTI with Sx of burning urine, blood in the urine, dark urine & scanty urine)

Tian Hua Fen

Trichosanthes Root

9-15 grams

bitter-sl sweet-sour-cold>Lu, St

Caution:  PG/without Heat/diarrhea

-Clears Heat in the Lungs & moistens Dryness especially when there is Phlegm that is aggravating the condition (for Heat or Phlegm-Heat where the condition is injuring the Fluids of the Lungs with Sx such as thirst, dry cough or cough with blood streaked sputum)

-Brings down inflammation & reduces pus (for inflammation of any type, especially of the Lu & St and where there is pus)

Dan Zhu Ye

Lophatherum

6-12 grams

sweet-bland-cold>Ht, St, SI

Caution:  PG

-Clears Heat & aids thirst (for Heat affecting the Stomach or Heart meridians with Sx of irritability, thirst & swollen & painful gums)

-Aids urination & drains Damp-Heat (treats painful & difficult urination associated with Damp-Heat in the Small Intestine with a tongue with a dark red tip)

Shan Zhi Zi

Gardenia

3-12 grams

bitter-cold>Ht, Liv, GB, Lu, St, SJ

Caution:  diarrhea/cold/deficiency

-Clears Heat & calms spirit (for pathogenic Heat which causes high fever, which results in insomnia, irritability or delirium)

-Drains Damp-Heat affecting the Liver & GB (for other lower burner organs such as UB; where there are Damp-Heat Sores affecting the face, including the mouth & eyes, or difficult UTI)

-Clears Heat in the Blood & stops bleeding (for bleeding due to Heat in the Blood with symptoms of blood in the urine or stool, vomit blood, epistaxis)(for bleeding should be charred)

-Anti-Inflammatory (used externally to move blood & reduce inflammation due to an injury; for this mix with egg white & apply topically)

Xia Ku Cao

Prunella

9-18 grams

sweet-acrid-bitter-cold>Liv, GB, Lu

Caution:  Weak St or Sp associated with coldness

-Clears Liver Heat that affects the eyes (for red & painful eyes & HA)

-Clears Heat & reduces nodules (for Stagnant Hot Phlegm which causes nodules in the neck such as goiter, or other areas involving the lymph)

-Calms Liver Fire & ascendant Yang (for HTN caused by Liver fire rising or ascendant Yang patterns)

Jue Ming Zi

Cassia Seed

6-12 grams

sweet-bitter-salty-cool>Liv, K, LI, GB

Caution:  diarrhea/lethargy/cannabis

-Calms ascendant Liver Yang & brightens the eyes (with Sx of red painful eyes with excessive tearing & sensitivity to light & HA)

-Expels Wind-Heat affecting the eyes (for externally contracted Wind-Heat with red, itchy & painful eyes with light sensitivity to light)

-Moistens the Intestines (for constipation or slow evacuvation due to dry Intestines or Liver Yin Deficiency)

-Lowers both blood pressure & serum cholesterol)(for the treatment of atherosclerosis)

Gu Jing Cao

pipewort

6-15 grams

Sweet-neutral>Liv, St

Caution:  Blood Deficiency/Eye disease d/t

-Clears Heat, benefits the eyes (for superficial visual obstruction, red swollen, pterygium)

-Antibiotic Function

Lu Cha

green tea

3-12 grams

bitter-cold>St

Caution:  St deficiency replace with black tea

-Harmonizes the Stomach (directs rebellious Qi downward, relieves diarrhea, GI Pain)

-Dispels Damp (obesity)

-Clears the Head (HA)

*antineoplastic effect decreases Cholesterol

Qing Xiang Zi

Argentea

3-15 grams

sweet-cold>Liv

Caution:  Glaucoma caused by Liv & K Deficiency

-Clears Heat in the Liver & brightens the eyes (for swollen, red eyes & visual impairment especially caused by HTN)

-For Hypertension caused by ascendant Liver Yang (for HTN)