Herbs That Clear and Relieve Summerheat

Herbs That Clear and Relieve Summer Heat:

  • Summer-heat is characterized by fever, sweating, irritability, diarrhea, and/or thirst.

Section Herbal Summary:

  • All are good for summerheat disorders, but each of them is particularly well suited for:

Chinese Herbsort icon Functions and Usage
Bai Bian Dou (Hyacinth Bean)
  • Clears summerheat - especially with pronounced diarrhea or vomiting.
  • Strengthens the spleen - chronic diarrhea, vaginal discharge due to spleen deficiency.
He Ye (Lotus Leaf)
  • Treats summerheat patterns - fever, irritability, excessive sweating, scanty urine, diarrhea due to summerheat.
  • Raises and clears the spleen yang - diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, especially after summer-heat.
  • Stops bleeding - lower burner bleeding due to heat or stagnation, also for vomiting blood.
Lu Dou (Mung Bean)
  • Clears summerheat - thirst (main symptom), fever, irritability; often drunk as a tea in summertime to prevent over heating.
  • Antidote to Fu Zi.
Qing Hao (Wormwood)
  • Clears summer heat - fever, headache, dizziness, stifling sensation in the chest.
  • Clears deficient fever - unremitting fever or night fever with no sweating (from blood deficiency or sequel of febrile disease).
  • Cools the blood, stops bleeding - purpuric rash, nosebleed due to heat in the blood.
  • Malarial disorders - alternating fever and chills.
Xi Gua (Watermelon)
  • Clears summerheat and generates fluids - thirst, dry heaves, scanty urine.
  • Promotes urination and expels jaundice.