Herbs that Clear Heat and Eliminate Toxins
Shan Dou Gen 山豆根
Radix Sophorae Subprostratae Sophora Root or Subprostrate
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Materia Medica Data
- Temperature
- Cold
- Nature & Flavour
- Bitter, Cold
- Channels Entered
- LI, LU
- Latin (pharmaceutical)
- Radix Sophorae Subprostratae
- Chinese
- 山豆根
- Tone Marks
- shān dòu gēn
- Translation
- Mountain Bean Root
Chinese Herb Actions
- Clears Heat, Removes Toxins and Soothes the Throat For painful and swollen throat.
- Improves the Lungs For Lung heat cough.
- Reduces Inflammation Recently used to treat gingivitis, swelling of the uterine cervix, and cancer of the throat, Lungs, and urinary bladder.
- Clears Damp-Heat For Damp-Heat jaundice.
Chinese Herb Dosage
- 3-9 grams.
- Part used: root and rhizome.
Chinese Herb Contraindications & Cautions
- Do not use in cases of diarrhea from spleen deficiency.
Sources & References
Compiled and edited by Thomas Dehli, Founder & Editor, Sacred Lotus
The information here is referenced from numerous sources — teachers, practitioners, class notes from Five Branches University, the books below, and the published research literature, with citations given as resolvable PubMed identifiers. Where sources disagree, I have flagged the discrepancies directly. If facts couldn't be verified, I have left them out. How we source our content.
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Chinese Herbs Books & References
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