Herbs That Cool The Blood
Herbs That Cool the Blood are generally used for:
- Patterns of heat in the blood from febrile disease entering the blood level – blood moves recklessly and causes rashes, nosebleed, vomiting, spitting, or coughing of blood, blood in stool or urine
- Also treats ying level of a febrile disease – night fevers, delirium, deep scarlet tongue
Section Herbal Summary:
- Xi Jiao is most effective in clearing fire from heart and cooling the blood – for high fever and delirium, coma, and convulsions, bleeding due to heat at yin or blood level of disease. Use Shui Niu Jiao as a substitute
- Sheng Di Huang and Xuan Shen – cool blood and nourish the yin and generate fluid; sheng di huang is more effective in cases involving the reckless movement of hot blood, while xuan shen is used in cases involving heat toxin, such as throat pain and scrofula
- Yin Chai Hu – cools blood; very effective in reducing symptoms of heat from deficiency associated with steaming bone disorder; fever associated with chronic nutritional impairment
- Di Gu Pi – cools blood and clears heat from ying level in warm-febrile diseases; used to treat steaming bone disorder that presents with sweating; effective in draining upward-flaring fire
- Mu Dan Pi – cools blood; steaming bone disorder without sweating; drains upward flaring fire
- Bai Wei – cools blood and treats blood-deficient type steaming bone disorder; nourishes yin
TCM Herbal Sources and More Information
The information on our site is drawn from our own lecture notes and clinical experience. The following lecture notes were used within this section:
- Jin, Yan Ping: New England School of Acupuncture, CHM Pharmacopoeia I and II, Formulas I and II Lecture Notes
For a complete list of valuable resources, see our Herbal Medicine Resources section. The most recommended texts are below:
