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Chinese herbs for febrile illness — Chinese food and Chinese herbs
Herbs for febrile illness
Job’s tears
Scientific name: Semen Coicis
Chinese name: Yi Yi Ren 薏苡仁
Plant parts used: the sun dried seeds used without preparation or grilled
This herb has influences on the human body: meridians of Spleen, Stomach, Lung (and Gros intestine by certain items).
Flavor: sweet and tasteless
Nature: slightly cold
Health Effects :
– Promotes the elimination of water and humidity, process BI syndrome (joint pain)
– Removes heat
– Drains the pus
– Tones the spleen
– Lung abscess
– Bowel abscess
– Stop diarrhea
– Edema, dysuria
– Rheumatic pains cold wind, curvature of the four members
– Febrile syndrome of moisture in the early stages
– Diffuse pains due to wind-humidity
– Moisture diarrhea Spleen
– Tonic occurs in elderly and weak, especially with stiffness of the limbs.
Against, precautions: no
Modern pharmacological actions:
– Action antipyretic;
– Action analgesic;
– Action cardiotonic;
– Inhibition of the contraction of striated muscle;
– Improved immune function;
– Action cancer in mice with extended lifetime.
Gromwell
Scientific name: Radix Seu Arnebia Lithospermi
Chinese name: Zi Cao 紫草
Parts of the plant used: roots dried in the sun, well moistened and sliced
This herb has influences on the human body: the meridians of the heart and liver
Flavor: sweet
Nature: Cold
Health Effects :
– Febrile diseases
– Refreshes the blood and activates blood
– Promotes the release of rash
– Eliminate toxin and treat skin inflammations
– Encourage the urine and humidify the Intestine
– Prevention of measles: + GAN CAO (licorice), decoction, 3 times / day, every 2 days.
CONTRAINDICATIONS, PRECAUTIONS: Measles and with recent heavy eruptions
MODERN PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTION:
– Inhibition of the growth of choriocarcinoma (= malignancy at the fetal portion of the placenta) and sarcoma (= tumor connective tissue);
– Therapeutic in acute lymphocytic leukemia;
– Actions promoting wound healing in rats
Mint
Scientific name: Herba Menthae
Chinese name: Bo He 薄荷
Parts of the plant used: aerial part and leaves, dried in the shade, moist, cut into pieces.
BO HE YE: Wind disperse the heat of BIAO;
HE BO GENG: regularize IQ and soothe the liver.
This herb has influences on the human body: meridians of the liver and lungs.
Taste: Spicy
Nature: fresh
Health Effects :
– Disperses heat
– Clarify the head and eyes (TOU QING MU), promote the throat (LI YAN ROU)
– Promotes breakouts and stop the itching
– Colds, sore throat (fever, slight fear of cold, headache, body pain, anhidrosis) or red and painful eyes, swollen and painful throat
– The beginning of an eruptive disease (especially measles, rubella, urticaria)
– In case of dizziness and fever due to extreme heat
Herbs for febrile illness source:http://ls.csc86.com/news/yinshi/2014/1217/9185.html