English Name

Perslain
Dandelion
Mulberry

Other Name
Horse teeth
Laulele

Ginseng
Honeysuckle

Cold herbs

Chinese Name
Ma chi chien
Pu gong ying

Jin Yin Hua

Flower
Ren dong teng
vine
Cool/ drain fire

Gardenia

Shi (stone) Gao

(paste)
Calcium sulfate
Mineral
Zhi Mu (mother)
Zhi Zi (jir zer)

Mang Xao

Watermelon

Pear juice
Watermelon
Sugarcane
Arginine

Water buffalo
horn
Lotus
Blooming of the
lotus Chi Kung
form

Tonifies qi and
blood

Stem good for

chest to move
qi.
Seed has heart
inside.

Clear heat
Diabetes
Branches for the limbs
Good for the whole body
Ascending
For Bi syndrome, arthritis, etc.
Open / clear the channels (tea)
Intestinal abscess.
Not for postpartum women!
Sher gao ==

Pg 95 MM
Insomnia
Drains damp heat in lower
burner
Excessive heat
Trauma mix w/ vinegar
Intestinal, liver, mouth sores,
bleeding
External only
For skin situations

Tonifies yin

Xia ku cao
TNT
Tonic formula

Used for

Dong shen
Wai men dong
Ten men dong

Heart fire
2 kernels
Extract for heart
fire

6 cups of watermelon juice =

Viagra
Lycopene
Clear heat, bitter, nodules,
Too rich for some people

Many formulas can/may cause

loose stools
Cooling, make a tea for fever,
etc
Use whole plant
Bitter, clears heat from the
heart channel
Organ for late summer is spleen
Mid summer is heart, fire
Stop bleeding, keeps blood in

For menopause,
Shell of the seed etc
Ti(a)n fa fun
Dre ning shi
Ye (night)
Ming (bright)
Sha (sand)

Bat feces

Fox glove root

Mung beans
Rhemania

Shang di huang

the organ
Excessive bleeding

Growth of new tissue

Clears liver, improves vision,
liver fire or kidney deficiency
Clear heat
Sweet, bitter, cold
Clears heat
Heart, kidney, liver
Nourish yin, generates fluids
Insomnia, diabetes

Herbs that clear heat

When heat enters the blood
level

Bleed nose, bleeding, vomit

blood

Night fevers, delirium, deep

purple tongue, hemorrhage,
rash

The Three Yellows

Huang (yellow) Lian

Hard to take, potent
Huang (yellow) Bai

Middle burner
Stomach
Lower burner
Yeast infection, UTI,
Skin infection
Upper burner
Lungs

Huang (yellow) Qin

Lung yung qiao
Herbs that clear heat and clear toxicity
Use cold /yin
The flowers
Chrysanthemum
Honeysuckle
Dandelion
Forsythia
Violet
Zi
purple
Hua
flower
Di
earth
Ding
spike
Luffa
Si gua

Phlegm, lumps,

Mumps
Sore throat
Expels wind
Pain in muscles
Breast abscess
Swollen / painful breast
Phlegm
Body aches
Painful breasts