Herbs

Actions

Fuling

(Poria Cocos )

茯苓

Promote diuresis to resolve dampness from the lower energizer

Invigorate the spleen and tranquilize the mind

Yiyiren

(Coix Seed )

薏苡仁

Promote diuresis to resolve dampness from the lower energizer

Invigorate the spleen

Clear away heat to drain the pus

Treat Bi-syndrome

Zexie

(Rhizoma Alismatis )

泽泻

Promote diuresis to resolve dampness from the lower energizer

Expel heat

Zhuling

(Polyporus )

猪苓

Promote diuresis to resolve dampness from the lower energizer

Cheqianzi

(Plantain seed )

车前子

Induce diuresis to treat stranguria

Clear away liver-fire to improve eyesight

Clear away lung-heat to resolve phlegm

Resolve dampness to stop diarrhea

Jinqiancao

(Lysimachia Christinae Hance )

金钱草

Induce diuresis to treat stranguria

Eliminate dampness to treat jaundice

Eliminate toxic materials and relieve swelling

Haijinsha

(Lygodium Japonicum )

海金沙

Induce diuresis to treat stranguria

Huashi

(Talc)

滑石

Induce diuresis to treat stranguria

Eliminate summer hotness

Mutong

(Caulis Arkebiae )

木通

Induce diuresis to treat stranguria

Promote lactation

NOTE: Guanmutong(Caulis Aristolochiae Manshuriensis) is not suitable to be overlarge and it is contraindicated in a case with imcomplete function of the heart and kidney, and used with caution in pregnant women. It contains aristolochine, whose overdosage can result in acute renal failure.

Difuzi

(Fructuskochiae )

地肤子

Induce diuresis to treat stranguria

Alleviate itching

Yinchenhao

(Herba Artemisiae Scopariae)

茵陈蒿

Clear away heat, Eliminate dampness

Drain the gallbladder to relieve jaundice

Bixie

(Rhizoma Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae)

萆薢

Eliminate dampness and turbidity, Expel wind