✵The TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) herbalism is also known as pharmaceutics of Traditional Chinese Medicine, or Chinese pharmaceutics, is the branch of health science dealing with the preparation, dispensing, and proper utilization of Chinese herbs. It is majorly composed of Introduction of Chinese Medicinals, Classification of Chinese Herbs, Formulas, and Patent medicines.
Classifications of Herbs:Asthenic heat-clearing herbs.
Introduction: Asthenic heat-clearing herbs: an agent or substance herbs that clears heat from deficiency conditions, often indicated in the treatment of heat due to Yin deficiency, symptoms observed are including afternoon fever with heat sensation in the palms and soles, night sweets, reddened tongue and scanty tongue coating, and is also used in the late stage of a warm disease with residual heat.
Heat-clearing herbs mostly are cold and cool in property, a few are neutral and cool in nature, mostly are bitter in flavor, some are sweet, pungent or salty, has functions clearing heat, purging fire, cooling blood, detoxifying heat-pathogen, relieving asthenic heat, drying dampness, removing dampness, nourishing Yin, relieving exterior, etc., and these herbs are mainly used for various syndromes of interior-heat. Clearing-heat herbs are classified into several kinds: ①.heat-clearing and fire-purging herbs, ②.heat-clearing and dampness-drying herbs, ③.heat-clearing and counteracting-toxins herbs, ④.heat-clearing and blood-cooling herbs, and ⑤.asthenic heat-clearing herbs, etc.
Asthenic heat-clearing herbs mostly are cold or cool in property, bitter or pungent in flavor, have functions cooling blood, relieving asthenic heat, and these herbs are mainly used for various syndromes from asthenic heat, such as osteopyrexia and fever (hectic fever due to yin deficiency), low fever and could not be relieved, afternoon fever, dysphoria in chestpalms-soles, deficiency dysphoric insomnia (insomnia with deficient restlessness), night sweat, red tongue and less tongue coating, late stage of seasonal febrile disease, etc. Representative herbs of this kind are Cortex Lycii (Dì Gǔ Pí), Herba Artemisiae Annuae (Qīnɡ Hāo), and other herbs including Rhizoma Picrorhizae (Hú Huánɡ Lián), Radix Stellariae (Yín Chái Hú), Radix Cynanchi Atrati (Bai Wei), etc.
✵Till January 1st, 2024, there are totally [5] kinds of common TCM herbs, [8] kinds of related plant species, are recorded in this category. These Asthenic heat-clearing herbs are briefly introduced separately:
Cortex Lycii (Chinese Wolfberry Bark).
Brief Introduction: The herb Cortex Lycii is the dried root-bark of Lycium chinense Mill., or Lycium barbarum L (family Solanaceae), used for treating chronic fever and hemoptysis in cases of consumptive diseases, and also for diabetes. The herb is commonly known as Cortex Lycii, Chinese Wolfberry Bark, Dì Gǔ Pí.
Radix Stellariae (Starwort Root).
Brief Introduction: The herb Radix Stellariae is the dried root of Stellaria dichotoma L.var.lanceolata Bunge (family Caryophyllaceae), used for clearing heat of deficiency type and malnutritional fever in children. The herb is commonly known as Radix Stellariae, Starwort Root or Yín Chái Hú.
Herba Artemisiae Annuae (Sweet Wormwood Herb).
Brief Introduction: The herb Herba Artemisiae Annuae is the dried aerial part of Artemisia annua L (family Compositae), used to clear heat of deficiency type for relieving consumptive fever and also for combating malaria. The herb is commonly known as Herba Artemisiae Annuae, Sweet Wormwood Herb, Qīnɡ Hāo.
Brief Introduction: The herb Radix Cynanchi Atrati is the dried root and rhizome of Cynanchum atratum Bunge., or Cynanchum versicolor Bunge.(family Asclepiadaceae), used (1).to clear heat and cool blood for fever in cases of consumptive diseases or cases due to Yin deficiency, (2).to induce diuresis in cases of heat stranguria and bloody stranguria, and (3).to counteract toxins in cases of boils and sores. The herb is commonly known as Blackend Swallowwort Root, Root of Blackend Swallowwort, Root of Versicolorous Swallowwort or Bái Wēi.
Brief Introduction: The herb Rhizoma Picrorhizae is the dried rhizome of Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora Pennell., or Picrorhiza kurroa Royle (family Scrophulariaceae), used (1).to remove damp-heat for the treatment of acute dysentery and jaundice, and (2).to relieve consumptive fever in cases of phthisis and infantile malnutrition. The herb is commonly known as Rhizoma Picrorhizae, Figwortflower Picrorhiza Rhizome, Hú Huánɡ Lián.
✵The TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) herbalism is also known as pharmaceutics of Traditional Chinese Medicine, or Chinese pharmaceutics, is the branch of health science dealing with the preparation, dispensing, and proper utilization of Chinese herbs. It is majorly composed of Introduction of Chinese Medicinals, Classification of Chinese Herbs, Formulas, and Patent medicines.
Introduction: Asthenic heat-clearing herbs: an agent or substance herbs that clears heat from deficiency conditions, often indicated in the treatment of heat due to Yin deficiency, symptoms observed are including afternoon fever with heat sensation in the palms and soles, night sweets, reddened tongue and scanty tongue coating, and is also used in the late stage of a warm disease with residual heat.
Brief Introduction: The herb Cortex Lycii is the dried root-bark of Lycium chinense Mill., or Lycium barbarum L (family Solanaceae), used for treating chronic fever and hemoptysis in cases of consumptive diseases, and also for diabetes. The herb is commonly known as Cortex Lycii, Chinese Wolfberry Bark, Dì Gǔ Pí.
Brief Introduction: The herb Radix Stellariae is the dried root of Stellaria dichotoma L.var.lanceolata Bunge (family Caryophyllaceae), used for clearing heat of deficiency type and malnutritional fever in children. The herb is commonly known as Radix Stellariae, Starwort Root or Yín Chái Hú.
Brief Introduction: The herb Herba Artemisiae Annuae is the dried aerial part of Artemisia annua L (family Compositae), used to clear heat of deficiency type for relieving consumptive fever and also for combating malaria. The herb is commonly known as Herba Artemisiae Annuae, Sweet Wormwood Herb, Qīnɡ Hāo.
Brief Introduction: The herb Radix Cynanchi Atrati is the dried root and rhizome of Cynanchum atratum Bunge., or Cynanchum versicolor Bunge.(family Asclepiadaceae), used (1).to clear heat and cool blood for fever in cases of consumptive diseases or cases due to Yin deficiency, (2).to induce diuresis in cases of heat stranguria and bloody stranguria, and (3).to counteract toxins in cases of boils and sores. The herb is commonly known as Blackend Swallowwort Root, Root of Blackend Swallowwort, Root of Versicolorous Swallowwort or Bái Wēi.
Brief Introduction: The herb Rhizoma Picrorhizae is the dried rhizome of Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora Pennell., or Picrorhiza kurroa Royle (family Scrophulariaceae), used (1).to remove damp-heat for the treatment of acute dysentery and jaundice, and (2).to relieve consumptive fever in cases of phthisis and infantile malnutrition. The herb is commonly known as Rhizoma Picrorhizae, Figwortflower Picrorhiza Rhizome, Hú Huánɡ Lián.