Acrid warm, release the exterior Flashcards
Warm MJ, release muscle layer, activate yang qi, treat running piglet qi
gui zhi**
Promote sweat and urination, disperse LU qi, treat asthma
Ma huang*
Harmonize MJ, calm fetus, move qi, treat seafood poisoning, kill parasites
zi su ye**
Vent wind-heat and wind-cold, vent rash, vent blood heat and stop bleeding
Jing jie*
Treat all wind conditions, treat diarrhea and bowel pain, eliminate wind, cold and damp, treat LV over-controlling SP
Fang feng**
Ascend to vertex, guide into Du Mai, eliminate wind and damp
Gao ben*
Guide into taiyang (BL), goes to vertex and upper body
Qiang huo*
Open orifices (especially nose), dry damp and drain pus, guide into Yangming, treat frontal HA
Bai zhi**
Pierce through turbid, disperse cold in taiyang and shaoyin, guide into shaoyin, reach into head, LU, bones and joints, eliminate wind, cold and damp
Xi xin**
Promote sweat, disperse cold, activate yang
Cong bai
Warm MJ (nausea) and LU, promote sweat, treat seafood poisoning
Sheng jiang**
Promote sweat and urination, harmonize MJ, treat summer heat
Xiang ru
Open nose (sinusitis HA)
Cang er zi
Disperse UJ heat, open nose (sinusitis)
Xin yi hua*