Aromatics to open the oriface

Question 1

What is the common taste of herbs in the aromatics to open the orifac ecategory

Answer 1

bitter, acrid

Question 2

What is the one common organ that these herbs have an affinity for

Answer 2

Heart

Question 3

What are the cautions and contraindications of herbs in this category

Answer 3

Caution with long term use and abandoned syndrome (when delirium or coma follow excessive sweating, vomiting or hemorrhage or the patient is weak or in shock with severe sweating, cold limbs, flaccidity, loss of bladder/bowel control, minute/weak pulse)

Question 4

According to medical studies, what are some of the actions these herbs

Answer 4

Stimulate the CNS, raise blood pressure, excite respiratory and cardiac functions

Question 5

What are the symptoms associated with hot closed disorders

Answer 5

delirium, irritability, convulsions, red face, heavy breathing, yellow tongue coating, rapid pulse, high fever

Occurs when warm pathogen disease enters the nutritive level (meningitis, encephalitis, severe pneumonia, and toxic stage of pussy infections. Can also occur in heat stroke, end stage liver disease, uremia and cerebrovascular accidents

Question 6

What are the symptoms associated with cold closed disorders

Answer 6

ashen or cyanotic face, cold body, white tongue coating, slow pulse, can also include sudden collapse, foaming at the mouth

Occurs with comas associated with cerebrovascular accidents, poisoning

Question 7

In cases of a patient with abandonment syndrome, aromatic herbs are not appropriate for treatment. What are the treatment principals for closed disorders due to deficiency/abandonment syndrome?

Answer 7

Tonify qi and restore yang

Question 8

What are the main actions of shi chang pu - Acori tatarinowii Rhizoma

Answer 8

1. Opens the orifices and quiets the spirit
   - phlegm dampness blocking sensory orifices
   - deafness, tinnitus, forgetfulness, seizures, stupor, dulled senses
2. Transforms damp, harmonizes the stomach
   - fullness in chest, distention, inability to eat due to dysentery

warm, acrid, bitter, aromatic
HT, ST
3-9 g

Question 9

What are the main actions of niu huang - Bovis Calculus

Answer 9

1. Sweeps phlegm and opens the orifices
   - delirium or coma due to hot cold disorder or warm heat disorders entering the pericardium
   - wind stroke, convulsions
2. Clears heat toxicity
   - painful, ulcerated sore throat, mouth and tongue sores, abscesses, boils