Qing Re Xie Huo 清热泻火 bitter fruits of cold nature
Fire (火 Huǒ) is, in the traditional reading, the most intense form of heat — the one that rises and stirs. The “Qing Re Xie Huo” (清热泻火) family gathers the coldest and most bitter matter of the pharmacopoeia, which the classical texts set against this side.
