Ophiopogon tuber

Chinese medicine believes that Ophiopogon japonicus is sweet, slightly bitter and slightly cold, and belongs to the stomach, lungs and heart meridians. Has the effects of nourishing yin, moistening lung, benefiting stomach, promoting fluid production, clearing away heart fire. Used for lung dryness, dry cough, cough due to yin deficiency, sore throat, body fluid injury, thirst, insomnia, intestinal dryness and constipation.

It should be noted that Ophiopogon japonicus should not be taken for a long time, otherwise it may produce phlegm and dampness, which is counterproductive. In addition, Ophiopogon japonicus is not suitable for everyone. People with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, it is best not to eat Ophiopogon japonicus casually, otherwise it will aggravate the condition.

asparagus fern

Chinese medicine believes that asparagus is sweet, slightly bitter and cold. Enter the lung and kidney meridians. Asparagus has the effects of clearing lung fire, nourishing yin and moistening dryness. Indications: fever due to yin deficiency, cough and hematemesis, lung flaccidity, lung abscess, sore throat, thirst quenching, constipation and dysuria. Diarrhea due to deficiency-cold and cough due to exogenous wind-cold are prohibited.

Ophiopogon japonicus and Asparagus japonicus belong to yin-tonifying drugs, among which Asparagus japonicus is cold and has a strong kidney-tonifying effect, while Ophiopogon japonicus has a more obvious effect on gastric heart disease syndrome.

Figuerut

Chinese medicine believes that Scrophularia is sweet, bitter and salty; Slightly cold. Enter lung, stomach and kidney meridians. Has the effects of clearing away heat, cooling blood, nourishing yin, reducing pathogenic fire, removing toxic substances, resolving hard mass, controlling fever, and nourishing blood and body heat; Thirst; Tongue; My eyes are dim; Sore throat, etc. Pay attention to loose stool with damp spleen and stomach and spleen deficiency.

Scrophularia has stronger nourishing effect on kidney yin than Ophiopogon japonicus. The yin of nourishing lung and stomach is weaker than that of asparagus and Ophiopogon japonicus.

2. A traditional Chinese medicine for clearing away heat and purging fire

Rhubarb in China

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that rhubarb tastes bitter and cold. Return to stomach meridian, large intestine meridian, liver meridian and spleen meridian. Rhubarb has the effects of purgation, purging fire and detoxicating, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and clearing away damp-heat.

Rhubarb is a laxative and an important drug for treating constipation, especially for treating constipation caused by excess heat. Rhubarb is bitter in taste and cold in nature, with severe effects, which is easy to damage healthy qi and spleen and stomach. Rhubarb is generally not recommended unless it is empirical.

Rhizoma coptidis

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Coptis chinensis is cold and bitter, and enters the heart, stomach, liver and large intestine. It has the effects of clearing away heat, eliminating dampness, purging fire, detoxicating, purging heart fire, treating dysphoria and fever, clearing away heat, improving eyesight, treating red eyes and swelling pain, enhancing gastrointestinal function and stopping heat dysentery. In addition, it has the function of cooling blood and detoxifying, and can be used for heat-toxic carbuncle.

Pay attention to spleen and stomach deficiency and cold.

cork oak

Chinese medicine believes that Cortex Phellodendri tastes bitter and cold. Meridian of kidney and bladder. It has the effects of clearing away heat, eliminating dampness, purging pathogenic fire, detoxicating, protecting liver and benefiting gallbladder, and is suitable for patients with damp-heat diarrhea, jaundice and hematuria, leukorrhagia, spleen and stomach weakness, urinary incontinence and cold uterus.