Dandelion (Pu Gong Ying) Nature: Cold Taste(s): Bitter, Sweet Meridians: Stomach, Liver Category: Herbs that clear Heat and relieve Toxicity
Honeysuckle flower (Jin Yin Hua) Nature: Cold Taste(s): Sweet Meridians: Stomach, Heart, Lung Category: Herbs that clear Heat and relieve Toxicity
Greater burdock fruit (Niu Bang Zi) Nature: Cold Taste(s): Bitter, Pungent Meridians: Stomach, Lung Category: Cool/Acrid herbs that release the Exterior
Field thistle (Xiao Ji) Nature: Cool Taste(s): Bitter, Sweet Meridians: Heart, Liver Category: Herbs that cool the Blood
Houttuynia (Yu Xing Cao) Nature: Cool Taste(s): Pungent Meridians: Lung Category: Herbs that clear Heat and relieve Toxicity
Cape jasmine fruit (Zhi Zi) Nature: Cold Taste(s): Bitter Meridians: Gallbladder, Heart, Lung, Sanjiao Category: Herbs that clear Heat and purge Fire and/or clear Summer Heat
Smilax glabra root (Tu Fu Ling) Nature: Neutral Taste(s): Sweet Meridians: Stomach, Liver Category: Herbs that clear Heat and relieve Toxicity
Dittany root bark (Bai Xian Pi) Nature: Cold Taste(s): Bitter Meridians: Bladder, Spleen, Stomach Category: Herbs that clear Heat and dry Dampness
Maral root (Lou Lu) Nature: Cold Taste(s): Bitter, Salty Meridians: Stomach, Large intestine Category: Herbs that clear Heat and relieve Toxicity
Swallow-wort root (Bai Wei) Nature: Cold Taste(s): Bitter, Salty Meridians: Stomach, Kidney, Liver Category: Herbs that clear Heat and dry Dampness
Sophora root (Ku Shen) Nature: Cold Taste(s): Bitter Meridians: Bladder, Stomach, Heart, Large intestine, Liver Category: Herbs that clear Heat and dry Dampness
Ningpo figwort root (Xuan Shen) Nature: Cold Taste(s): Bitter Meridians: Stomach, Large intestine, Liver Category: Herbs that cool the Blood
Baikal skullcap root (Huang Qin) Nature: Cold Taste(s): Bitter Meridians: Gallbladder, Spleen, Heart, Large intestine, Lung, Small intestine Category: Herbs that clear Heat and dry Dampness
Goldthread rhizome (Huang Lian) Nature: Cold Taste(s): Bitter Meridians: Gallbladder, Spleen, Stomach, Heart, Large intestine, Liver Category: Herbs that clear Heat and dry Dampness
Forsythia fruit (Lian Qiao) Nature: Cool Taste(s): Bitter Meridians: Heart, Lung, Small intestine Category: Herbs that clear Heat and relieve Toxicity
Safflower (Hong Hua) Nature: Warm Taste(s): Pungent Meridians: Heart, Liver Category: Herbs that invigorate the Blood