Clearing heat and detoxifying toxins is actually a term used in Chinese medicine, mainly to treat a series of symptoms caused by fire and heat, or heat and poisonous evil in the body. There are many herbs for clearing heat and detoxifying the body. Today, we would like to introduce several common herbs for clearing heat and detoxifying the body.
What are the herbs used to clear heat and detoxify the body?
1,Golden silver flower
Honeysuckle is the medicine of choice for clearing heat and detoxifying the body. It is sweet and cold in taste and goes to the lung, stomach and heart meridians. This medicine is sweet and cold, aromatic and dispersing, and has the effect of dispersing wind-heat in the lung meridian, and also has the function of detoxifying heat in the heart and stomach meridians. It can be used for the initial sore throat, chills and fever of external influenza, and can also treat furuncles, sores, swellings and toxins, and has the effect of detoxifying them.
2,Forsythia
Forsythia is cold in nature and has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, dispersing nodules and swelling. It can be used to treat wind-heat colds, dripping urine, blockage of urine and high fever. Forsythia is widely used, as it is found in the common Vitamin C silver forsythia tablets. Patients with a weak spleen and stomach and those with fever due to Qi deficiency are prohibited from using it.
3,Scutellaria baicalensis
It is also known as Scutellaria baicalensis, a perennial herb with roots that can be used as medicine. It is cold in nature, bitter in taste, and belongs to the lung, gall bladder, stomach and large intestine. Scutellaria baicalensis is bitter-cold and injurious to the stomach, and should not be used by patients with a cold spleen and stomach.
4, Zingiber officinale
Bitter in taste and cold in nature, Zihua Di Ding enters mainly the liver, lung and stomach meridians and is a clinical herb used to clear heat and detoxify the body. It is used to clear heat and cool the blood, and can be used to treat signs of blood loss, such as coughing up blood, nosebleeds, or rashes, pimples and spots on the skin. In addition to being used in tonics, it can also be applied externally after pounding with fresh groundnuts.
5,Dandelion
Dandelion, also known as Brahmi and Huang Hua Di Ding, is a commonly used herb that clears heat and detoxifies the body, reduces swelling and dissipates knots, and is a diuretic and laxative. Dandelion is very suitable for use in a variety of heat poisoning diseases, of which the effect of clearing liver heat is very good, for assisting some serious redness, swelling and pain caused by liver heat, as well as a variety of wounds after infection or suppuration of disease auxiliary effect is also very good.
6,Xiaquan herb
The main function of Xia Ku Cao is to clear heat and detoxify the body, clear the liver and brighten the eyes, as well as to disperse nodules and reduce swelling, which is good for relieving redness and swelling caused by liver fire. In fact, many herbal teas contain the ingredients of Xia Ku Cao, which is the use of the heat-clearing function of Xia Ku Cao, to play the role of dispelling the heat.
7,Cassia seeds
Cassia seeds can clear the liver and benefit the kidneys, as well as dispel wind-heat, and have the effect of brightening the eyes. It is important to note that patients with spleen deficiency, patients with weak spleen and stomach function, and patients with diarrhea should not take it.
8,Gardenia
Gardenia has the efficacy of dispelling fire and removing annoyance, clearing heat and diuretic, cooling blood and detoxifying, secondly, gardenia infused water can also calm the emotions and promote body metabolism, at the same time, it also has a certain alleviating effect on sore throat, more phlegm and cough.
