What to compare
Compare the specific traditional pathway, temperature, dryness, target system, and whether the entry is intended as a short-term study reference rather than a daily beverage.
Traditional grouping
Heat Clearing Herbs
14 herbs in this study group
How to read this category
This grouping covers several traditional heat-related pathways, including clearing, cooling blood, resolving toxicity, drying dampness, and draining fire.
- Compare the specific traditional pathway, temperature, dryness, target system, and whether the entry is intended as a short-term study reference rather than a daily beverage.
- High fever, dehydration, confusion, or rapidly worsening symptoms require medical care; a “heat-clearing” label cannot replace evaluation.
Before you leave
Open at least one entry to check its medicinal part, processing context, contraindications, and uncertainty. A category organizes discovery; it does not support self-medication.
Honeysuckle Flower
Lonicera japonica Thunb.
Cold
Forsythia Fruit
Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl
Slightly Cold
Coptis Root / Chinese Goldthread
Coptis chinensis Franch.
Cold
Baical Skullcap Root / Scutellaria Root
Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi
Cold
Amur Cork Tree Bark / Phellodendron Bark
Phellodendron chinense C.K.Schneid.
Cold
Isatis Root / Ban Lan Gen
Isatis indigotica Fort.（ Isatis tinctoria L.）
Cold
Dandelion
Taraxacum mongolicum Hand.-Mazz.
Cold
Gardenia Fruit / Cape Jasmine Fruit
Gardenia jasminoides J.Ellis
Cold
Chrysanthemum Flower
Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat.
Slightly Cold
Anemarrhena Rhizome
Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bunge
Cold
Common Selfheal / Prunella Spike
Prunella vulgaris L.
Cold
Chinese Gentian / Rough Gentian
Gentiana scabra Bunge
Cold
Heartleaf Houttuynia / Fish Mint
Houttuynia cordata Thunb.
Slightly Cold
Andrographis / Kariyat
Andrographis paniculata (Burm.f.) Wall. ex Nees
Cold