Heat-clearing medicine is a large category in traditional Chinese medicine. It has the effect of clearing away internal heat. Now that summer has arrived, cats cannot tolerate high temperatures. Coupled with poor diet and care, they will occasionally experience internal heat. Fire, or various diseases caused by heat stroke, require heat-clearing drugs to treat. Western medicine often targets the symptoms, while some traditional Chinese medicine can provide treatment for the cause. Here are some heat-clearing drugs suitable for cats.

1. Gypsum

Gypsum is an ore containing the hydrous calcium sulfate mineral gypsum. Produced in the south-central and southwestern regions of my country. Gypsum fine powder is often used when added to feed. Raw gypsum is sweet, pungent, and cold in nature. It has the effects of relieving muscles and clearing away heat, relieving irritability and quenching thirst. "Famous Doctors" records that gypsum can "remove gas, headache, body heat, triple burner fever, skin heat, gastrointestinal diaphragm heat, relieve muscle sweating, relieve thirst, dysphoria, abdominal distension, gas, wheezing, and throat heat." The main component of gypsum is hydrated calcium sulfate, mixed with clay, sand, organic matter, sulfide, trace amounts of iron, magnesium, etc. Also contains organic usnic acid. Gypsum contains about 18.6% sulfur.

Gypsum is a product of great cold and has a powerful effect of clearing away heat and purging fire. If the cat has symptoms of shortness of breath, greedy drinking, and mania, it is a good choice to make Baihu Decoction with gypsum and Anemarrhena and give it to the cat. .

Gypsum also has antipyretic, sedative, and anti-inflammatory effects. Gypsum can have an antipyretic effect by inhibiting the heating center. Since the sweating center is inhibited at the same time, this product relieves heat without causing sweating. Especially suitable for high fever, the antipyretic effect is long-lasting. Gypsum decomposes into soluble calcium salts in the gastrointestinal tract and is absorbed into the blood. It has an inhibitory effect on nerve muscles, so it is suitable for use in irritability. It also has a certain antispasmodic effect on convulsions caused by high fever. At the same time, calcium can reduce the permeability of blood vessels, so it has an anti-inflammatory effect. The appropriate dosage is 3 to 5 grams.

2. Reed Root

In the past, people often had an old saying, "Drink reed root water in spring and mung bean soup in summer, and you will be healthier without all kinds of diseases." From this, we know that reed root has good edible and medicinal value. Reed root is the rhizome of the grass plant reed. It grows in low-lying areas, near lakes, rivers, streams or wetlands. It is distributed in most parts of the country. It can be harvested throughout the year. Remove the buds, fibrous roots and membranous leaves, wash and cut them. Segments, can be used fresh or dried. Reed roots and reed roots are originally the same medicine. They grow on dry land near water. The smaller ones are reeds. Those that grow in deep water are called reeds. Reed root is sweet in taste and cold in nature, and enters the lung and stomach meridians. Its taste is sweet and liquid, good at nourishing yin and nourishing the lungs. The upper part can eliminate phlegm and pus, clear away heat and clear up rash. The middle part can clear stomach heat, produce body fluid and quench thirst. The lower part can facilitate urination and conduct heat downwards. "Compendium of Materia Medica" states that it can "clear away heat and promote fluid production, relieve irritability and quench thirst, relieve vomiting, purge stomach fire, and facilitate defecation." Reed root can be used for cats with febrile diseases such as high fever, thirst, stomach heat and vomiting, and lung heat and cough. For throat inflammation, stomatitis, periodontitis, etc.There is good effect.

3. Prunella vulgaris

Prunella vulgaris is a plant in the family Lamiaceae of the order Lamiaceae. Generally, the semi-dried fruit ears are used as medicine in summer, but the whole plant is often used in the Taiwan market. Prunella vulgaris drinks are sold in general herbal tea shops. It mainly grows in sparse forests, barren hills, field ridges and roadsides. The flowering period is from April to June, and the fruiting period is from July to October. Because this grass dries up after the summer solstice, it has this name. In summer, when the ears are half withered, they are dropped and dried in the sun. Cantonese people like to drink herbal tea, and various Chinese medicinal materials must be added to the tea, such as honeysuckle, chrysanthemum, etc. Prunella vulgaris is a commonly used material. Prunella vulgaris is added to the herbal teas we usually like to drink, such as Wanglaoji and He Qizheng, to use its heat-clearing function to achieve the effects of removing dampness and heat, preventing heatstroke and cooling.

Prunella vulgaris also has the effect of clearing liver fire. If the cat's eyes are swollen and painful, we can put Prunella vulgaris, chrysanthemum, cassia seeds, and skullcap together and let the cat take it, which can have a good effect. The appropriate dosage is 3 to 5 grams.