清热解毒

清熱解毒
qīngrèjiědú
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 to clear heat and remove toxins (TCM)
  2. 2 to reduce internal heat and detoxify

Examples

Lǜdòu tāng yǒu qīngrèjiědú de zuòyòng.
Mung bean soup has a heat-clearing and detoxifying effect.
Zhè kuǎn liángchá zhǔyào gōngxiào shì qīngrèjiědú.
The main effect of this herbal tea is to clear heat and remove toxins.

Tips

culture
A core TCM concept. (heat) and (toxin) are traditional Chinese medical categories for internal imbalance — things like fever, sore throat, acne, or ulcers are seen as 'heat'. Cooling foods (, 绿豆, 菊花) are thought to address this.

Stroke Order

qīng
jiě