Robert Hayden, M.S.O.M.

- Materia Medica Lecture Notes

Clear Heat, Relieve Toxicity (continued)

Folium Isatidis Very cold, (Daqingye) (Isatis leaf) bitter / H, LU, ST Radix Isatidis (Banlangen) (Isatis Root) Herba taraxaci (Pugongying) (Dandelion herb) Acute epidemic/Warm disease/Fire toxin: hi fever, sore throat, skin eruptions. Viral or bacterial infections, hepatitis, salmonella. Contraindicated: sp & st def cold. 9-30 g

Cold, bitter Viral illness/Warm disease: flu, mumps, Contraindicated: sp & st def cold. / H, LU, ST encephalitis, toxic heat swelling, hepatitis, jaundice Cold, Various toxic heat patterns: throat, OD may cause diarrhea, but generally bitter, lung, GI. Breast abcess, agalactia. Damp considered very safe. sweet / LR, heat UT probs. ST

15-30 g

9-30 g

Hb Violae (Zihuadiding) Cold, acrid, Toxic heat swellings & sores: sore Contraindicated: sp & st def cold. (Viola) bitter / LR, throat, mumps, red eyes, abcesses esp H head & back. Hb + Rx Patriniae (Baijiangcao) (Patrinia) Sl cold, Toxic heat abcess, ext or int. Blood acrid, bitter stasis d/t heat. / LI, LR, ST Cool, acrid / LU, LI Contraindicated: sp & st def cold.

9-15 g

9-15 g

Herba Houttuyniae (Yuxingcao) (Houttuynia) Hb Andrographitis (Chuanxinlian) (Green chiretta) Hb Hedyotidis (Baihuasheshecao) (Oldenlandia) Radix Pulsatillae (Baitouweng) (Pulsatilla root) Cortex Dictamni (Baixianpi) (Dittany bark)

Lung abscess. Toxic heat sores. Damp- Contraindicated: sp & st def cold. heat in lower jiao: diarrhea, dysuria. Soak 1 hour, boil 1-3 minutes.

15-30 g

Cold, bitter/ LI, LU, ST, SI

Onset of Warm febrile disease. Lung heat cough. Various toxic heat. Dysentery d/t damp-heat.

Contraindicated: sp & st def cold. Not 9-15 g for long-term use. Contraindicated in pregnancy. Caution in pregnancy. 15-60 g

Cold, Toxic heat abcess, ext or int. Dampbitter, heat UT probs or jaundice. Various sweet / LI, cancers. LR, ST Cold, bitter Dysentery w/blood & pus, tenesmus. / LI, LR, ST

Not for chronic dysentery.

6-15 g

Cold, bitter, salty / SP, ST

Wind/damp/heat/toxic skin lesions w/ Contraindicated: sp & st def cold. itching, weeping or pus.

6-9 g

Hb Scutellariae Barbatae Cold, acrid, Toxic heat abcess, ext or int. (Banzhilian) bitter / LI, Invigorates blood. Various LR, LU, ST cancers. Fr Lasiospherae (Mabo) Neutral, (Puffball) acrid / LU Sore swollen throat w/loss of voice, oral sores w/bleeding.

Caution in pregnancy or blood def.

15-60 g

Decoct in cheesecloth, use powdered topically.

1.5-4.5 g

Rx Sophorae Tonkinensis (Shandougen)

Cold, bitter Sore swollen throat d/t fire toxin. / LU, LI

Contraindicated: sp & st def cold.

3-9 g

Rz Belamcandae Cold, bitter Sore swollen throat d/t fire toxin. (Shegan) (Belamcanda) / LU Phlegm heat in lungs.

Contraindicated in sp def cold, pregnancy.

1.5-9 g