| 清热泻火 (herbs used to clear heat and purge fire) - 栀子, fruit of Gardenia
- 石膏, gypsum
- 天花粉, root of Trichosanthes
- 知母, rhizome of Anemarrhena
- 芦根, rhizome of Phragmites
- 决明子, seed of Cassia
- 夏枯草, Prunella plant
- 谷精草, pipewort
- 青箱子, seed of the cockscomb
- 淡竹叶, bland leaf of the bamboo
- 竹叶, leaf of the bamboo
- 寒水石, calcitum
- 鸭跖草, dayflower
- 青葙子
- 密蒙花
清热凉血 (herbs used to clear heat and cool blood) 清热燥湿 (herbs to clear heat and eliminate dampness) | | 清熱解毒 (herbs used to clear heat and toxics) - 忍冬藤, stem of Lonicera japonica
- 金银花, flower of Lonicera japonica
- 大青叶, leaf of Isatis
- 连翘, fruit of Forsythia'
- 穿心莲, Andrographis plant
- 鱼腥草, Houttuynia plant
- 败酱草, Patrinia plant
- 马齿莧, Portulaca
- 蒲公英, dandelion or Taraxaci
- 紫花地丁, Viola philippica
- 青黛, Indigo naturalis
- 白头翁, root of the Pulsatilla
- 射干, rhizome of the Belamcanda
- 红藤, stem of the Sargentodoxa
- 板蓝根, root of the Isatis
- 山豆根, root of the Sophora tonkinensis
- 土茯苓, wild tuckahoe
- 北豆根, root of the Asiatic moonseed
- 山慈菇, bulb of the pleione
- 四季青 leaf of the Chinese holly
- 地锦草, wolf grass
- 金麦, rhizome of the wild buckwheat
- 拳参, rhizome of the bistort
- 蚤休, rhizome of the manyleaf Paris
- 马勃, puff-ball
- 马齿苋, purslane
- 贯丛, rhizome of the filix
- 墓回头, muhuitou
- 漏芦, root of the globethistle
- 绿豆衣, skin of the mung bean
- 鸦胆子, fruit of the Java brucea
- 白毛夏枯草
- 金荞麦
- 山慈姑
- 熊胆
- 垂盆草
清虛熱 (herbs to clear deficiency heat) |