（有郁火、实火、虚火，气分热、血分热、五脏热、十二经热）
【升散】〔草部〕柴胡（平肝胆三焦包络相火，除肌热潮热，寒热往来，小儿骨热疳热，
妇人产前产后热。虚劳发热，同人参煎服。） 升麻（解肌肉热，散郁火。） 葛根（解阳明
烦热，止
（骨蒸劳热。） 水萍（暴热身痒，能发汗。） 香附
【泻火】〔草部〕黄连（泻肝胆心脾火，退客热。） 黄芩（泻肺及大肠火，肌肉骨蒸诸
热。肺热如火燎，烦躁咳嗽引饮，一味煎服。） 胡黄连（骨蒸劳热，小儿疳热，妇人胎蒸
。） 秦艽（阳明湿热，劳热，潮热骨蒸。）
胆火，
胃中伏热。） 青黛（五脏郁火。） 蛇莓 白藓皮 大青（并主时行，腹中大热。） 连翘
（少
阳、阳明、三焦气分之火。） 青蒿（热在骨间。） 恶实（食前 吞三枚，散诸结节筋骨烦
热毒。） 灯笼草（骨热肺热。） 积雪草（暴热，小儿热。） 虎杖（压一切热毒。） 茵陈
（去湿热。） 景天（身热，小儿惊热。） 钩藤（平心肝火，利小便。同甘草、滑石服，治
小儿惊热。）
便，泄火热。） 乌韭（热在肠胃。） 屋游（热在皮肤。） 土马 （骨热烦败。） 大黄（泻
诸实热不通，足太阴、手足阳明、厥阴五经血分药。） 〔菜果〕 子 李叶 桃叶
枣叶 〔木部〕楮叶 楝实 羊桃 秦皮 梓白皮（并浴小儿身热。） 栀子（心肺胃小
肠火，解郁利小便。） 鼠李根皮（身皮热毒。） 木兰皮（身热面 。） 桑白皮（虚劳肺
火
。） 地骨皮（泻肺火、肾火、胞中火，补正气，去
溲疏（皮肤热，胃中热。） 竹叶 竹茹 竹沥（并主烦热有痰。）荆沥（热痰。） 〔水
石
〕雪水 冰水 井水（并除大热。） 石膏（除三焦、肺、胃、大肠火，解肌发汗退热。潮
热骨蒸发热，为丸散服。食积痰火，为丸服。小儿壮热，同青黛丸服。） 长石（胃中
热，四肢寒。） 理石（营卫中大热烦毒。） 方解石（胸中留热。） 玄精石（风热。） 凝
水石（身热，皮中如火烧，烦满，水饮之。凉血降火。） 食盐 卤碱（除大热。） 硝石（五
脏积热。） 朴硝（胃中结热。紫雪、碧雪、红雪、金石凌，皆解热结药也。） 玄明粉（胃
中
实热，肠中宿垢。）
〔兽部〕犀角（泻肝，凉心，清胃，解大热诸毒瓦斯。） 牛黄（凉心肝。） 羚羊角（风热寒
热。） 象牙（骨蒸热。） 牛胆 猪胆 熊胆（并除肝火。） 白马胫骨（ 过，降火可代
芩、连。） 〔人部〕人中白（降三焦、膀胱、肝经相火。） 人溺（滋降火甚速。） 人
屎（大解五脏实热，骨蒸劳热。）
【缓火】〔草部〕甘草（生用，泻三焦五脏六腑火。） 黄 （泻阴火，补元气，去虚热
。无汗则发，有汗则止。） 人参（与黄 、甘草三味，为益气泻火、除肌热躁热之圣药，
甘温除大热也。） 麦门冬（降心火，
门冬三味，为清金滋水泻火止渴止汗生脉之剂。） 天门冬（肺劳风热，丸服。阴虚火动有
痰热，同五味子，丸服。妇人骨蒸，同生地黄，丸服。） 葳蕤（五劳七伤虚热。煎服，治
发热口干小便少。） 白术（除胃中热、肌热，止汗。妇人血虚发热，小儿脾虚骨蒸，同茯
苓、甘草、芍药煎服。） 茅根 地筋（客热在肠胃。） 甘蕉根 菰根 芦根 天花粉（并
主大热烦渴。） 栝蒌根（润肺降火化痰。饮酒发热，同青黛、姜汁丸服。妇人月经不调，
夜热痰嗽，同青黛、香附末服。） 〔菜谷〕山药（除烦热，凉而补。） 小麦（客热烦渴
，凉心。） 粱米（脾胃客热。） 麻仁（虚劳客热，水煎服。） 〔果部〕梨（消痰降火，
凉心肺。） 柿（凉肺，压胃热。） 李（曝食，去骨间劳热。） 乌梅（下气除热。） 马槟
榔（热病，嚼食。） 蕉子（凉心。） 甘蔗（解热。） 〔介禽〕鳖肉（同柴胡诸药，丸
服，治骨蒸。） 鸭肉 鸽肉（并解热。） 〔兽人〕兔肉（凉补。） 豪猪肉 猪肉（肥
热人宜食之。） 猪乳 酥酪 醍醐 人乳
【滋阴】〔草部〕生地黄（诸经血热，滋阴退阳。蜜丸服，治女人发热成劳。蜜煎服，
治小儿壮热，烦渴昏沉。） 熟地黄（血虚劳热，产后虚热，老人虚燥。同生地黄为末，姜
汁糊丸，治妇人劳热。） 玄参（烦躁骨蒸，滋阴降火，与地黄同功。治胸中氤氲之气，无
根之火，为圣剂。同大黄、黄连丸服，治三焦积热。） 当归（血虚发热，困渴引饮，目赤
面红，日夜不退，脉洪如白虎证者，同黄 煎服。） 丹参（冷热劳，风邪留热。同鼠屎末
服，主小儿中风，身热拘急。） 牡丹（治少阴厥阴血分伏火，退无汗之骨蒸。） 知母（心
烦，骨热劳往来，产后蓐劳，热劳。泻肺命火，滋肾水。）〔木部〕黄柏（下焦湿热，滋阴
降火。）
【各经火药】肝（气，柴胡；血，黄芩。） 心（气，麦门冬；血，黄连。） 脾（气，
白芍药；血，生地黄。） 肺（气，石膏；血，栀子。） 肾（气，知母；血，黄柏。） 胆
（气，连翘；血，柴胡。） 小肠（气，赤茯苓；血，木通。） 大肠（气，黄芩；血，大黄
。） 膀胱（气，滑石；血，黄柏。） 胃（气，葛根；血，大黄。） 三焦（气，连翘；血，
地骨。） 包络（气，麦门冬；血，牡丹皮。）
【各经发热药】肝（气，柴胡；血，当归。） 心（气，黄连；血，生地黄。） 脾（气，
芍药；血，木瓜。） 肺（气，石膏；血，桑白皮。） 肾（气，知母；血，地黄。） 胆（气，
柴胡；血，栝蒌。） 小肠（气，赤茯苓；血，木通。） 大肠（气，芒硝；血，大黄。） 膀
胱（气，滑石；血，泽泻。） 胃（气，石膏；血，芒硝。） 三焦（气，石膏；血，竹叶。）
包络（气，麦门冬；血，牡丹皮。）
(Comprising stagnant fire, excess fire, deficiency fire, qi-level heat, blood-level heat, five-zang organ heat, and twelve-meridian heat)
[Ascending and Dispersing Methods] [Herbal Category] Chai Hu (Bupleuri Radix): Calms the ministerial fire of the Liver, Gallbladder, Sanjiao, and Pericardium; eliminates muscle-layer tidal fever, bone-steaming tidal fever, alternating chills and fever; treats pediatric bone heat and malnutrition fever, as well as pre- and postpartum fever in women. For fever caused by consumptive disease, decoct with Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma). Sheng Ma (Cimicifugae Rhizoma): Resolves heat in the muscles; disperses stagnant fire. Ge Gen (Puerariae Lobatae Radix): Resolves vexatious heat in the Yangming meridian; stops thirst. Shui Ping (Lemna Minoris Herba): Treats sudden high fever with itching; induces sweating. Xiang Fu (Cyperi Rhizoma)
[Draining Fire Methods] [Herbal Category] Huang Lian (Coptidis Rhizoma): Drains fire from the Liver, Gallbladder, Heart, and Spleen; clears exogenous heat. Huang Qin (Scutellariae Radix): Drains fire from the Lung and Large Intestine; treats various heats such as muscle and bone steaming. When lung heat is like a blazing fire, causing irritability, coughing, and excessive thirst, decoct alone. Hu Huang Lian (Coptidis Rhizoma alternative/Huahuanglian): Treats bone-steaming consumptive fever, pediatric malnutrition fever, and maternal fetal steaming heat. Qin Jiao (Gentianae Macrophyllae Radix): Treats Yangming damp-heat, consumptive fever, tidal fever, and bone steaming. Dan Huo (Gallbladder fire), Wei Zhong Fu Re (Hidden heat in the Stomach). Qing Dai (Indigo Naturalis): Clears stagnant fire of the five zang organs. She Mei (Duchesnea Indica Fruit), Bai Xian Pi (Dictamni Cortex), Da Qing (Isatidis Folium or Radix): All treat epidemic diseases and severe abdominal heat. Lian Qiao (Forsythiae Fructus): Drains fire from the Shaoyang, Yangming, and Sanjiao qi levels. Qing Hao (Artemisiae Annuae Herba): Treats heat located between the bones. E Shi (Arctii Fructus): Swallow three fruits before meals to dissipate nodules in tendons and bones, and resolve toxic heat. Deng Long Cao (Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii): Treats bone heat and lung heat. Ji Xue Cao (Centellae Herba): Treats sudden heat and pediatric heat. Hu Zhang (Polygoni Cuspidati Rhizoma et Radix): Suppresses all types of heat toxins. Yin Chen (Artemisiae Scopariae Herba): Removes damp-heat. Jing Tian (Sedum Acre): Treats body heat and pediatric convulsive fever. Gou Teng (Uncariae Ramulus cum Uncis): Calms heart and liver fire; promotes urination. Combined with Gan Cao (Licorice Root) and Hua Shi (Talcum), it treats pediatric convulsive fever. Bian (Urine/Feces context implied), Xie Huo Re (Drains out fire heat). Wu Jiu (Allium tuberosum variant?): Treats heat in the intestines and stomach. Wu You (Moss on house roofs): Treats heat in the skin. Tu Ma (Soil Horse/Plant name): Treats bone heat, vexation, and debility. Da Huang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma): Drains excess heat with obstruction; acts on the blood level of the Foot Taiyin, Hand-Yangming, Foot-Yangming, and Jueyin meridians. [Vegetable/Fruit Category] Zi (Seed), Li Ye (Plum Leaf), Tao Ye (Peach Leaf), Zao Ye (Jujube Leaf) [Wood Category] Chu Ye (Paper Mulberry Leaf), Lian Shi (Toosendan Fruit), Yang Tao (Actinidia Fruit), Qin Pi (Fraxini Cortex), Zi Bai Pi (Catalpae Cortex): All used for bathing to treat pediatric body heat. Zhi Zi (Gardeniae Fructus): Drains fire from the Heart, Lung, Stomach, and Small Intestine; resolves stagnation and promotes urination. Shu Li Gen Pi (Rhamni Radicis Cortex): Treats skin heat and toxicity. Mu Lan Pi (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex): Treats body heat and facial redness. Sang Bai Pi (Mori Cortex): Treats consumptive lung fire. Di Gu Pi (Lycii Cortex): Drains fire from the Lung, Kidney, and Uterus; tonifies healthy qi; removes... Sou Shu (Aralia chinensis root? Context implies clearing heat): Treats skin heat and stomach heat. Zhu Ye (Bambusae Folium), Zhu Ru (Bambusae Caulis in Taenia), Zhu Li (Bambusae Succus): All treat vexatious heat with phlegm. Jing Li (Phyllostachys nigra juice): Treats hot phlegm. [Water/Stone Category] Xue Shui (Snow Water), Bing Shui (Ice Water), Jing Shui (Well Water): All remove severe heat. Shi Gao (Gypsum Fibrosum): Clears fire from the Sanjiao, Lung, Stomach, and Large Intestine; releases the muscle layer, induces sweating, and reduces fever. For tidal fever and bone steaming, prepare as pills or powders. For food accumulation and phlegm-fire, prepare as pills. For pediatric vigorous fever, combine with Qing Dai (Indigo Naturalis) to make pills. Chang Shi (Long Stone/Mineral): Treats stomach heat and cold limbs. Li Shi (Li Stone/Mineral): Treats severe vexation and toxicity in Ying and Wei levels. Fang Jie Shi (Alabaster): Treats retained heat in the chest. Xuan Jing Shi (Xuanjing Stone/Mineral): Treats wind-heat. Ning Shui Shi (Ningshui Stone/Mineral): Treats body heat, sensation of burning in the skin, vexation and fullness; drinking water helps. Cools blood and drains fire. Yan Shi (Rock Salt), Lu Jian (Halite Alkali): Remove severe heat. Xiao Shi (Niter): Clears accumulated heat in the five zang organs. Pu Xiao (Mirabilite): Treats knotted heat in the Stomach. Zi Xue (Purple Snow), Bi Xue (Green Snow), Hong Xue (Red Snow), Jin Shi Ling (Metallic Ice): All are drugs that resolve heat knots. Xuan Ming Fen (Mirabilite Purified): Treats excess heat in the Stomach and old fecal impaction in the Intestines.
[Animal Category] Xi Jiao (Rhinocerotis Cornu): Drains the Liver, cools the Heart, clears the Stomach, and resolves severe heat and various toxic vapors. Niu Huang (Calculus Bovis): Cools the Heart and Liver. Ling Yang Jiao (Saigae Tataricae Cornu): Treats wind-heat and alternating chills/fever. Xiang Ya (Elephantis Dentis Massa): Treats bone-steaming heat. Niu Dan (Bovis Fel), Zhu Dan (Suis Fel), Xiong Dan (Ursi Fel): All remove liver fire. Bai Ma Jing Gu (Equi Tibia Bone): ...Guo (Excess?), Jiang Huo (Drains fire); can substitute for Huang Qin and Huang Lian. [Human Category] Ren Zhong Bai (Hominis Excrement Dealbatum): Descends ministerial fire of the Sanjiao, Bladder, and Liver channels. Ren Ni (Hominis Urine): Nourishes yin and drains fire very rapidly. Ren Shi (Hominis Feces): Greatly resolves excess heat in the five zang organs and treats bone-steaming consumptive fever.
[Slowing/Moderating Fire Methods] [Herbal Category] Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma): When raw, drains fire from the Sanjiao and the five zang and six fu organs. Huang Qi (Astragali Radix): Drains yin fire, tonifies primal qi, removes deficiency heat. If no sweat, it induces sweating; if sweating, it stops it. Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma): Combined with Huang Qi and Gan Cao, these three constitute the sacred medicine for tonifying qi and draining fire, eliminating muscle heat and restlessness—using sweet-warm nature to remove great heat. Mai Men Dong (Ophiopogonis Radix): Descends heart fire... [Combined with] Men Dong and three flavors, constitutes a formula to clear metal, nourish water, drain fire, stop thirst and sweating, and generate pulse. Tian Men Dong (Asparagi Radix): Treats pulmonary consumption and wind-heat; taken as pills. For yin deficiency with fire agitation and phlegm-heat, combine with Wu Wei Zi (Schisandrae Fructus) and take as pills. For women's bone steaming, combine with Sheng Di Huang (Rehmanniae Radix) and take as pills. Wei Yu (Polygonati Rhioma): Treats deficiency heat from five labors and seven injuries. Decoct to treat fever, dry mouth, and scanty urination. Bai Zhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma): Removes stomach heat and muscle heat; stops sweating. For women's blood-deficiency fever and pediatric spleen-deficiency bone steaming, decoct with Fu Ling (Poria), Gan Cao, and Shao Yao (Paeoniae Radix). Mao Gen (Imperatae Rhizoma), Di Jin (Ophiopogonis tuber?), Ke Re Zai Chang Wei (Exogenous heat in intestines/stomach). Gan Jiao Gen (Banana Root), Gu Gen (Zizania Caduciflora Root), Lu Gen (Phragmitis Rhizoma), Tian Hua Fen (Trichosanthis Radix): All treat severe heat, vexation, and thirst. Gua Lou Gen (Trichosanthis Radix alternative/Nama): Moisten lungs, descend fire, transform phlegm. For heat after drinking alcohol, combine with Qing Dai and Ginger Juice to make pills. For irregular menstruation, night fever, and phlegmy cough, combine with Qing Dai and Xiang Fu powder. [Vegetable/Cereal Category] Shan Yao (Dioscoreae Rhizoma): Removes vexatious heat; cool and tonifying. Xiao Mai (Tritici Veneni Fructus): Treats exogenous heat, vexation, and thirst; cools the heart. Liang Mi (Millet): Treats exogenous heat in spleen and stomach. Ma Ren (Semen Cannabis): Treats consumptive exogenous heat; decoct in water. [Fruit Category] Li (Pyrus Sinensis Fruit): Eliminates phlegm and descends fire; cools heart and lungs. Shi (Diospyros Kaki Fruit): Cools lungs, suppresses stomach heat. Li (Prunus Salicina Fruit): Dried/consumed to remove bone-interior consumptive heat. Wu Mei (Mume Fructus): Directs qi downward and removes heat. Ma Bin Lang (Areca Seed variant?): Heat disease, chew and eat. Jiao Zi (Banana fruit?): Cools heart. Gan Zhe (Sacchari Sacchariferae Caulis): Resolves heat. [Shell/Bird Category] Bie Rou (Trionycis Carapax et Squama meat): Combine with Chai Hu and other herbs, make pills, treat bone steaming. Ya Rou (Anatis Carns), Ge Rou (Columbae Carns): Both resolve heat. [Animal/Human Category] Tu Rou (Leporis Carns): Cool and tonifying. Hao Zhu Rou (Porcupine Meat), Zhu Rou (Suis Carns): Suitable for consumption by obese individuals prone to heat. Zhu Ru (Swine Milk), Su Lao (Butter), Ti Hu (Clarified Butter), Ren Ru (Human Milk)
[Nourishing Yin Methods] [Herbal Category] Sheng Di Huang (Rehmanniae Radix): Treats blood-heat in all meridians; nourishes yin and retreats yang. Honey pills treat women's fever progressing to consumptive disease. Honey-decocted form treats pediatric vigorous fever, vexation, thirst, and lethargy. Shu Di Huang (Rehmanniae Radix Preparata): Treats blood-deficiency consumptive fever, postpartum deficiency heat, and elderly dryness-deficiency. Combined with Sheng Di Huang as powder, formed into pills with ginger juice, treats women's consumptive fever. Xuan Shen (Scrophulariae Radix): Treats irritability and bone steaming; nourishes yin and descends fire; has similar efficacy to Di Huang. It is a sacred remedy for treating misty qi in the chest and rootless fire. Combined with Da Huang and Huang Lian as pills, treats accumulated heat in the Sanjiao. Dang Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix): Treats blood-deficiency fever, fatigue and thirst with desire to drink, red eyes and face unrelenting day and night, pulse surging like Bai Hu Tang syndrome; decoct with Huang [Qi]. Dan Shen (Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix et Rhizoma): Treats cold-heat consumption and lingering heat from wind pathogens. Combined with Shu Shi (Mouse Feces) powder, treats pediatric wind-stroke, body heat, and stiffness. Mu Dan (Moutan Cortex): Treats latent fire in the blood level of Shaoyin and Jueyin; resolves bone steaming without sweat. Zhi Mu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma): Treats mental restlessness, bone heat, alternating consumptive fever, postpartum confinement fever, and heat consumption. Drains fire of the Lung and Mingmen; nourishes Kidney water. [Wood Category] Huang Bo (Phellodendri Cortex): Treats damp-heat in the Lower Jiao; nourishes yin and descends fire.
[Medicinals for Fire in Each Meridian] Liver (Qi level: Chai Hu; Blood level: Huang Qin). Heart (Qi level: Mai Men Dong; Blood level: Huang Lian). Spleen (Qi level: Bai Shao Yao; Blood level: Sheng Di Huang). Lung (Qi level: Shi Gao; Blood level: Zhi Zi). Kidney (Qi level: Zhi Mu; Blood level: Huang Bo). Gallbladder (Qi level: Lian Qiao; Blood level: Chai Hu). Small Intestine (Qi level: Chi Fu Ling; Blood level: Mu Tong). Large Intestine (Qi level: Huang Qin; Blood level: Da Huang). Bladder (Qi level: Hua Shi; Blood level: Huang Bo). Stomach (Qi level: Ge Gen; Blood level: Da Huang). Sanjiao (Qi level: Lian Qiao; Blood level: Di Gu). Pericardium (Qi level: Mai Men Dong; Blood level: Mu Dan Pi).
[Medicinals for Fever in Each Meridian] Liver (Qi level: Chai Hu; Blood level: Dang Gui). Heart (Qi level: Huang Lian; Blood level: Sheng Di Huang). Spleen (Qi level: Shao Yao; Blood level: Mu Gua). Lung (Qi level: Shi Gao; Blood level: Sang Bai Pi). Kidney (Qi level: Zhi Mu; Blood level: Di Huang). Gallbladder (Qi level: Chai Hu; Blood level: Gua Lou). Small Intestine (Qi level: Chi Fu Ling; Blood level: Mu Tong). Large Intestine (Qi level: Mang Xiao; Blood level: Da Huang). Bladder (Qi level: Hua Shi; Blood level: Ze Xie). Stomach (Qi level: Shi Gao; Blood level: Mang Xiao). Sanjiao (Qi level: Shi Gao; Blood level: Zhu Ye). Pericardium (Qi level: Mai Men Dong; Blood level: Mu Dan Pi).