Acrid and Warm to release Exterior

Question 1

*Ma Huang

Answer 1

(Ephedra)
Nature: Warm
Flavor: Acrid, Slightly Bitter
Channels Entered: Lung, Bladder
FUNCTIONS: Induces and promotes sweating, calms and relieves asthma, promotes urination
BOLD--
1. Induces sweating to release exterior syndrome due to invasion of wind-cold
2. Disperses and facilitates Lung Qi
TOXIC dose @ 30-45g

Question 2

**Gui Zhi

Answer 2

(Cinnamon Twig)
Nature: Warm
Flavor: Acrid, Sweet
Channels: Heart, Lung, Bladder
FUNCTIONS: ACTIVATES YANG QI AND WARMS AND OPENS channels. Release muscle layer and control the Wei Qi at the surface. Warm the Middle Jiao.
1. releases exterior and assists Yang. attack of WIND-COLD either excess or xu
2. Bi syndrome
3. Warms Yang and transforms thin mucus
4. Assists Heart Yang and unblocks Yang Qi; Qi surging upward with Fright and Fear (Running Piglet)
5. Warms the channels, vessels, and collaterals
6. Warms the middle jiao

Question 3

**Zi Su Ye

Answer 3

(Perilla Leaf)
Nature: Warm
Flavor: Acrid, Aromatic
Channels: Lung, Spleen
FUNCTION: relieve exterior syndrome by dispersing cold, disperse and discharge, HARMONIZE MIDDLE JIAO, PROMOTE QI MOVEMENT, revive Sp, alleviate seafood poisoning and kill parasites
2. vomiting, morning sickness
3. Anti-Parasitic actions

Question 4

*Jing Jie

Answer 4

(Schizonepeta)
Nature: Slightly Warm and Harmonious
Flavors: Acrid, Aromatic
Channels: Lung, Liver
FUNCTIONS: Moderate by nature, light and ascending it vents wind-heat or wind-cold to relieve exterior syndromes. ELIMINATES WIND, EXPRESSES SKIN ERUPTIONS, vents heat in blood and stops bleeding
1. wind-cold or wind-heat
2. vents rashes and alleviates itching
3. hemafecia

Question 5

**Fang Feng

Answer 5

(Siler)
Nature: Slightly Warm
Flavor: Acrid, Sweet
Channels: Bladder, Liver, Spleen
FUNCTIONS: Moderate and less drying than most wind herbs. FOR ALL WIND CONDITIONS. Relieves exterior syndrome and stops pain by ELIMINATE WIND, cold and damp. Stops diarrhea and bowel pain.
2. Bi syndrome
4. Liver over-controlling Spleen

Question 6

*Gao Ben

Answer 6

(Ligusticum)
Nature: Warm
Flavor: Acrid, Aromatic
Channels: Du Mai, Bladder
FUNCTION: powerfully ascending it reaches to the vertex.  Relieves exterior syndrome and stops pain by dispersing cold. Eliminate wind and damp. Guide herb into the Du meridian in some texts.
1. headache, especially VERTEX HEADACHE

Question 7

*Qiang Huo

Answer 7

(Notopterygium Root)
Nature: Warm
Flavor: Acrid, Bitter, Aromatic
Channels: Bladder, Kidney
FUNCTIONS: With a clear, strong aroma it travels through the Qi level.  It is light in weight and reaches to the vertex and upper body, travels through the limbs, and expels superficial dampness
1. Headache and body aches

Question 8

**Bai Zhi

Answer 8

(Angelica)
Nature: Warm
Flavors: Acrid, Aromatic
Channels: Lung, Spleen, Stomach
FUNCTIONS: Aromatic and warm to release the exterior syndromes by eliminating wind-cold, opens and unblocks orifices, especially the nose, dries damp, drains pus, relieves swelling and stops pain
2. Frontal headache (Yangming channel)
3. Reduce swelling, drain and expel pus

Question 9

**Xi Xin

Answer 9

(Asarum, Chinese Wild Ginger)
Nature: Warm, Slightly Toxic
Flavors: Acrid
Channels: Lung, Kidney, Heart
FUNCTIONS: Powerfully and aromatically warms and pierces through turbidity. Disperses Taiyang and Shaoyin cold, opens orifices, relieves pain, reaches into head, lungs, bones and joints and eliminates wind, cold and damp. Relatively weak to release exterior but relatively strong to warm the interior.
1. Headache, toothache

Question 10

Cong Bai

Answer 10

(Green Onion)
Nature: Warm
Flavor: Acrid
Channels: Lung and Stomach
FUNCTIONS: relieve exterior syndrome by promoting sweats; disperse cold and activate yang

Question 11

**Sheng Jiang

Answer 11

(Fresh Ginger)
Nature: Slightly Warm
Flavor: Acrid
Channels: Lung, Spleen, Stomach
FUNCTIONS: Dispersing in nature, benefits the stomach and alleviates nausea by warming the middle jiao, RELIEVES EXTERIOR SYNDROME by promoting sweating; Stops cough and transforms phlegm by warming the lung, alleviates poisoning from seafood and some herbs
1. Wind cold
2. Vomiting

Question 12

Xiang Ru

Answer 12

(Aromatic Madder)
Nature: Slightly Warm
Flavor: Acrid
Channels: Lung, Stomach
FUNCTIONS: relieve exterior syndrome by promoting sweating, HARMONIZE MIDDLE JIAO and resolve dampness, relieve edema by promoting urination
1. abdominal pain and vomiting DUE TO ATTACK OF WIND COLD OR SUMMER HEAT WITH DAMP IN SUMMER

Question 13

Cang Er Zi

Answer 13

(Xanthium)
Nature: Warm, Slightly Toxic
Flavor: Acrid, Bitter
Channels: Lung, Liver
FUNCTIONS: eliminate wind and dampness, OPEN NOSE AND STOP PAIN
1. Sinusitis with headache

Question 14

*Xin Yi Hua

Answer 14

(Magnolia Flower)
Nature: Warm
Flavor: Acrid
Channels: Lung, Stomach
FUNCTIONS: disperses upper burner wind heat, disperse wind-cold, clears nasal passages, OPENS THE NOSE
1. One of the key herbs to treat sinusitis