Herbs that Drain Dampness
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Channels:
HT, SP, LU
Properties:
Sweet, Bland, Neutral
Actions:
- Promotes urination and leeches out dampness: urinary difficulty, diarrhea, or oedema due to fluid stagnation or dampness
- Strengthen the spleen & - Fu Ling
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Channels:
SP, KI, BL
Properties:
Sweet, Bland, Slightly Cool
Actions:
-Promotes urinatino & leeches out dampness:
oedema, scanty urination, leukorrhea, Cloudy Lin
Contraindications:
Long term - Zhu Ling
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Channels:
ST, BL
Properties:
Sweet, Bland, Cold
Common:
Talcum
Actions:
- Promote urination & drain heat from bladder:
Hot Lin, damp-heat generated diarrhea
- Clear heat & rel - Hua Shi
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Channels:
SP, LU, KI
Properties:
Sweet, Bland, Slightly Cold
Actions:
-Promote urination & leech out damp:
oedema, difficult urination & damp leg qi
- Strengthen Spleen & stop diarrhea:
dam - Yi Yi Ren
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Channels:
LU, ST, LI, SI
Properties:
Sweet, Cold
Actions:
- Clear heat, expel phlegm, & promote discharge of pus:
lung heat with thick, yellow sputum. Lung or Intestinal abcess
- Clear heat & drain d - Dong Gua Ren
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Channels:
BL, KI, LIV, LU
Properties:
Sweet, Cold
Actions:
- Promote urination & clear heat:
Hot Lin
- Promote urination to solidify the stool:
damp-heat diarrhea (or summerheat)
- Clear the ey - Che Qian Zi
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Channels:
BL, HT, SI
Properties:
Bitter, Cool
Actions:
- Promote urination and drain Heart heat through the Small Intestine:
for mouth sores with irritability & scanty urine
- Promote lactation & un - Mu Tong
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Channels:
LU, ST
Properties:
Sweet, Bland, Slightly Cold
A&I:
- Promotes urination & clears heat: for damp warm-febrile diseases or damp-heat painful urinary dysfunction. Usually prescribed as an assistant or - Tong Cao
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Channels:
HT, LU, SI
Properties:
Sweet, Bland, Slightly Cold
A&I:
- Promotes urination & leaches out dampness: Dark scanty urination or Hot Lin
- Clears heat from hear channel: pediatric sleep disor - Deng Xin Cao
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Channels:
BL, HT, SI
Properties:
Bitter, Cold
A&I:
- Clears damp-heat, promotes urination, & unblocks Lin: for any type of Lin dysfunction, especially bloody lin.
- Breaks up blood stasis: used as a - Qu Mai
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Channels:
BL
Properties:
Sweet, Bitter, Cold
A&I:
- Clears damp-heat & promotes urination: for damp-heat lin.
- Expels dampness & stops itching: Use internally & topically for damp skin diso - Di Fu Zi
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Channels:
BL
Properties:
Bitter, Slightly Cold
A&I:
- Clears damp-heat & unblocks lin: for damp-heat lin.
- Expels parasites & stops itching: for damp skin lesions w/ itching or for intestinal p - Bian Xu
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Channels:
BL, LU
Properties:
Bitter, Sweet, Slightly Cold
A&I:
- Clears damp-heat & unblocks lin: for either hot, stony, or bloody lin due to damp-heat.
- Clears heat & stops bleeding: uterine b - Shi Wei
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Channels:
BL, LI, SI
Properties:
Sweet, Cold
A&I:
- Promotes urination and unblocks lin: for hot, bloody, or stony lin. Especially when accompanied by constipation.
- Benefits breasts: for insufficient - Dong Kui Zi
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Channels:
BL, LIV, ST
Properties:
Bitter, Neutral
A&I:
- Seperates the pure from the turbid: turbid dampness in the lower burner manifesting in cloudy urine or vaginal discharge
- Expels wind dampness ( - Bi Xie
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Channels:
BL, GB, KI, LIV
Properties:
Sweet, Bland, Neutral
A&I:
- Promotes urination, unblocks lin, & expels stones: treating stones in both the urinary and biliary tracts.
- Clears damp-heat in th - Jin Qian Cao
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Channels:
HT, SI
Properties:
Sweet, Sour, Neutral
A&I:
- Clears heat & promotes urination: edema, urinary difficulty, & leg qi oedema. The nature of this herb is to move downward & relieve edema by cau - Chi Xiao Dou
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Channels:
KI, BL
Properties:
Sweet, Bland, Cold
A&I:
- Promotes urination & leaches out dampness: urinary difficulty, edema, & diarrhea. Especially useful when there is damp-heat in the lower burner.
- Ze Xie
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Channels:
LIV, SP, GB, ST
Properties:
Bitter, Spicy, Cool
A&I:
- Clears damp-heat from Liver & Gallbladder & relieves jaundice: this is the principal herb for treating jaundice due to either damp-heat or d - Yin Chen Hao
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Channels:
BL, SP, KI
Properties:
Bitter, Spicy, Cold
A&I:
Guang:
- Expels wind-dampness & alleviates pain: wind-damp-heat bi: patient has diffuse aches & pains, thirst & a yellow greasy tongue coa - Fang Ji
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Channels:
HT, LU, SI
Properties:
Sweet, Neutral
A&I:
- Promotes urination & reduces edema: floating edema and ascites
- Cools the blood & reduces toxicity: one of the herbs of choice for treatin - Ban Bian Lian
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Channels:
BL, GB, LIV
Properties:
Sweet, Neutral
A&I:
- Promotes urination: for hot or stony lin or edema
- Benefits the Gall-bladder & removes jaundice: for either yin or yang jaundice, depending o - Yu Mi Xu