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Heat-Clearing, Dampness-Drying Herbs
Herbs that clear damp-heat, traditionally used for skin conditions, jaundice, and dysentery. 4 herbs
Coptis Rhizome黃連
Coptis chinensis Franch.
Coptis is the archetypal bitter-cold herb of Korean medicine, so bitter that the proverb "bitterer than c…
Dittany Root Bark白鮮
Dictamnus dasycarpus Turcz.
Dittany root bark's Korean folk name literally translates to "white goat-smell," a nickname the Donguibog…
Scutellaria Root黃芩
Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi
Scutellaria root is one of the most enduring heat-clearing herbs in East Asian medicine, its old alternat…
Sophora Root苦參
Sophora flavescens Aiton
Sophora root's name says it all — "bitter root" — and the Donguibogam does not soften the point, warning …