Bensky Categories All Single Herbs Flashcards
RELEASE EXTERIOR
WIND COLD
(WARM ACRID)
pg. 2 Bensky
- MA HUANG (ephedrae herba)
- GUI ZHI (cinnamomi ramulus/cinnamon twig)
- ZI SU YE (perillae follium/perilla leaf)
- JING JIE (schizonepetae herba/schizonepeta)
- FANG FENG (saposhnikoviae radix/ siler root)
- QIANG HUO (notopterygium root)
- GAO BEN (ligustici rhizoma/chinese lovage rt)
- BAI ZHI (angelicae dahuricae radix)
- XI XIN (asari radix et rhizoma/asarum)
- SHENG JIANG (zingiberis rhizoma/ginger)
- CONG BAI (allii fistulosi bulbus)
- XIANG RU (moslae herba)
- CANG ER ZI (xanthii fructus/xanthum fruit)
- CANG ER CAO (xanthii herba)
- XIN YI (magnoliae flos)
- E BU SHI CAO (centipedae herba)
- XI HE LIU (tamaricis cacumen)
- CANG ER ZI (xanthii fructus/xanthium fruit)
- XIN YI HUA (magnoliae flos/magnolia)
RELEASE EXTERIOR
WIND HEAT
(COOL ACRID)
pg. 2 Bensky
- BO HE (menthae haplocalycis herba)
- NIU BANG ZI (arctii fructus/burdock fruit)
- CHAN TUI (cicadae periostracum)
- SANG YE (mori follium/mulberry leaf)
- JU HUA (chrysanthemi flos)
- MAN JING ZI (viticis fructus/vitex fruit)
- DAN DOU CHI (sojae semen preparatum)
- DAN DOU JUAN (sojae semen germinatum)
- FU PING (spirodelae herba)
- MU ZEI (equiseti hiemalis herba/scouring rush)
- GE GEN (puerariae radix/kudzu root)
- CHAI HU (bupleuri radix/bupleurum)
- SHENG MA (cimicifugae rhizoma)
CLEAR HEAT
DRAIN FIRE
(PURGE HEAT)
pg. 86 Bensky
- SHI GAO (gypsum fibrosum)
- ZHI MU (anemarrhenae rhizoma)
- ZHI ZI (gardeniae fructus)
- DAN ZHU YE (lophatheri herba)
- YA ZHI CAO (commelinae herba)
- XI GUA (citrulli fructus)
- XIA KU CAO (prunellae spica)
- HAN SHUI SHI (glauberitum)
- LIAN ZI XIN (nelumbinis plumula)
- LU GEN (phragmitis rhizoma)
- TIAN HUA FEN (trichosanthis radix)
- JUE MING ZI (cassiae semen)
- QING XIANG ZI (celosiae semen)
- MI MENG HUA (buddlejae flos)
- GU JING CAO (eriocauli flos)
- YE MING SHA (vespertilionis faeces)
CLEAR HEAT
COOL BLOOD
pg. 86 Bensky
- SHUI NIU JIAO (bubali cornu)
- SHENG DI HUANG (rehmanniae radix)
- XUAN SHEN (scrophulariae radix)
- MU DAN PI (moutan cortex)
- ZI CAO (arnebiae/lithospermi radix)
CLEAR HEAT
DRY DAMPNESS
pg. 86-87 Bensky
- HUANG QIN (scutellariae radix)
- HUANG LIAN (coptidis rhizoma)
- HUANG BAI (phellodendri cortex)
- LONG DAN CAO (gentianae radix)
- KU SHEN (sophorae flavescentis radix)
- QIN PI (fraxini cortex)
CLEAR HEAT
RESOLVE TOXICITY
(TOXIC HEAT)
ENTIRETY
pg. 86-87 Bensky
- JIN YIN HUA
- REN DONG TENG
- LIAN QIAO
- DA QING YE
- NAN BAN LAN YE
- BAN LAN GEN
- BEI BAN LAN GEN
- NAN BAN LAN GEN
- QING DAI
- PU GONG YING
- ZI HUA DI DING
- YE JU HUA
- SI GUA LUO
- TIAN KUI ZI
- HONG TIAN KUI
- LONG KUI
- WAN NIAN QING
- BAI JIANG CAO
- SU BAI JIANG
- YU XING CAO
- CHONG LOU
- QUAN SHEN
- CHUAN XIN LIAN
- BAI HUA SHE SHE CAO
- SHAN CI GU
- BAI TOU WENG
- WEI LING CAI
- YA DAN ZI
- MA CHI XIAN
- HE YE
- LU DOU
- HONG TENG
- BAI XIAN PI
- TU FU LING
- CHUI BEN CAO
- JI GU CAO
- JI XUE CAO
- BAN ZHI LIAN
- MA BO
- SHAN DOU GEN
- BEI DOU GEN
- QING GUO
- SHE GAN
- TU NIU XI
- BAI LIAN
- LOU LU
- YU ZHOU LOU LU
- SHI SHANG BAI
CLEAR HEAT
D/T DEFICIENCY
ENTIRETY
pg. 86-87 Bensky
- QING HAO (artemisiae annuae herba)
- DI GU PI (lycii cortex)
- BAI WEI (cynanchi atrati radix)
- YIN CHAI HU (stellariae radix)
- HU HUANG LIAN (picrorhizae rhizoma)
DOWNWARD DRAINING
PURGATIVES
ENTIRETY
Bensky pg. 234
- DA HUANG (rhei radix et rhizoma)
- MANG XIAO (natrii sulfas)
- FAN XIE YE (sennae folium)
- LU HUI (aloe)
DOWNWARD DRAINING
MOIST LAXATIVES
ENTIRETY
Bensky pg. 234
- HUO MA REN (cannabis semen)
- YU LI REN (pruni semen)
DOWNWARD DRAINING
HARSH EXPELLANTS
(CATHARTICS)
ENTIRETY
Bensky pg. 234
- QIAN NIU ZI (pharbitidis semen)
- GAN SUI (kansui radix)
- HONG DA JI (knoxiae radix)
- JING DA JI (euphorbiae pekinesis radix)
- YUAN HUA (genkwa flos)
- BA DOU (crotonis fructus)
- SHANG LU (phytolaccae radix)
DRAIN DAMPNESS
ENTIRETY
Bensky pg. 266
- FU LING (poria)
- ZHU LING (polyporus)
- ZE XIE (alismatis rhizoma)
- YI YI REN (coicis semen)
- CHE QIAN ZI (plantaginis semen)
- HUA SHI (talcum)
- MU TONG (akebiae caulis)
- CHUAN MU TONG (clematidis armandii caulis)
- TONG CAO (tetrapanacis medulla)
- DENG XIN CAO (junci medulla)
- QU MAI (dianthi herba)
- BIAN XU (polygoni avicularis herba)
- SHI WEI (pyrrosiae folium)
- DI FU ZI (kochiae fructus)
- DONG GUA ZI (benincasae semen)
- DONG GUA PI (benincasae exocarpium)
- DONG KUI GUO (malvae fructus)
- QING MA ZI (abutili semen)
- BI XIE (dioscoreae hypoglaucae rhizoma)
- MIAN BI XIE (dioscoreae septemlobae rhiz)
- JIN QIAN CAO (Lysimachiae herba)
- GUANG JIN QIAN CAO (desmodii..)
- LIAN QIAN CAO (glechomae herba)
- HAI JIN SHA (lygodii spora)
- CHI XIAO DOU (phaseoli semen)
- YIN CHEN (artemisiae scopariae herba)
- HAN FANG JI (stephaniae tetrandrae radix)
- MU FANG JI (cocculi radix)
- BAN BIAN LIAN (lobeliae chinensis herba)
- YU MI XU (maydis stigma)
DISPEL WIND DAMPNESS
ENTIRETY
Bensky pg 322
- DU HUO (angelicae pubescentis radix)
- WEI LING XIAN (clematidis radix)
- HAI TONG PI (erythrinae cortex)
- CHUAN TONG PI (kalopanacis cortex)
- ZHE TONG PI (zanthoxyli cortex)
- MU MIAN PI (bombacis malabarici cortex)
- MU GUA (chaenomelis fructus)
- CAN SHA (bombycis faeces)
- SANG JI SHENG (taxilli herba)
- HU JI SHENG (visci herba)
- WU JIA PI (eleutherococci gracilistyli cortex)
- XIANG JIA PI (periplocae cortex)
- LAO GUAN CAO (erodii herba)
- LU XIAN CAO (pyrolae herba)
- SHEN JIN CAO (lycopodii herba)
- XU CHANG QING (cyanchi paniculati radix)
- CHUAN SHAN LONG (dioscoreae nipponicae)
- QING FENG TENG (sinomenii caulis)
- LIANG MIAN ZHEN (zanthoxyli radix)
- HAI FENG TENG (piperis kadsurae caulis)
- QIAN NIAN JIAN (homalomenae rhizoma)
- QIN JIAO (gentianae macrophyllae radix)
- SANG ZHI (mori ramulus)
- XI XIAN CAO (siegesbeckiae herba)
- CHOU WU TONG (clerodendri folium)
- LUO SHI TENG (trachelospermi caulis)
- KUAN JIN TENG (tinosporae sinensis caulis)
- BAI HUA SHE (agkistrodon/bungarus)
- QI SHE (agkistrodon)
- JIN QIAN BAI HUA SHE (bungarus)
- WU SHAO SHE (zaocys)
- SHE TUI (serpentis periostracum)
- SONG JIE (pini lignum nodi)
COOL AND TRANSFORM PHLEGM-HEAT
(DISSOLVE HOT PHLEGM)
ENTIRETY
Bensky pg. 373
- QIAN HU (peucedani radix)
- BEI MU (fritillariae bulbus)
- CHUAN BEI MU (fritillariae cirrhosae bulbus)
- ZHE BEI MU (fritillariae thunbergii bulbus)
- GUA LOU (trichosanthis fructus)
- GUA LOU PI (trichosanthis pericarpium)
- GUA LOU REN (trichosanthis semen)
- TIAN ZHU HUANG (bambusae concretio silicea)
- ZHU LI (bambusae succus)
- ZHU RU (bambusae caulis in taeniam)
- FU SHI (pumex)
- FU HAI SHI (costaziae Os)
- QING MENG SHI (chloriti lapis)
- JIN MENG SHI (micae lapis aureus)
- GE QIAO (GE KE) (meretricis concha)
- KUN BU (eckloniae thallus)
- HAI DAI (laminariae thallus)
- HAI ZAO (sargassum)
- PANG DA HAI (sterculiae lychnophorae sem)
- ZE QI (euphorbiae helioscopiae herba)
- HUANG YAO ZI (dioscoreae bulbiferae rhiz)
- MING DANG SHEN (changii radix)
- BI QI (eleocharitis rhizoma)
WARM AND TRANSFORM COLD-PHLEGM
(DISSOLVE COLD-PHLEGM)
ENTIRETY
Bensky pg. 373
- ZHI BAN XIA (pinelliae rhizoma prep)
- ZHI TIAN NAN XING (arisaematis rhiz prep)
- ZHI BAI FU ZI (typhonii rhiz prep)
- ZHI GUAN BAI FU (aconiti coreani rad prep)
- BAI JIE ZI (sinapis semen)
- ZAO JIA (gleditsiae fructus)
- ZAO JIAO CI (gleditsiae spina)
- JIE GENG (platycodi radix)
- XUAN FU HUA (inulae flos)
- BAI QIAN (cynanchi stauntonii rhizoma)
RELIEVE COUGHING & WHEEZING
(STOP COUGH & WHEEZING)
ENTIRETY
Bensky pg. 373
- XING REN (armeniacae semen)
- ZI WAN (asteris radix)
- KUAN DONG HUA (farfarae flos)
- ZI SU ZI (perillae fructus)
- PI PA YE (eriobotryae folium)
- BAI BU (stemonae radix)
- SANG BAI PI (mori cortex)
- TING LI ZI (lepidii semen)
- ZI JIN NIU (ardisiae japonicae herba)
- MU HU DIE (oroxyli semen)
- LUO HAN GUO (momordicae fructus)
- GUA DI (melo pedicellus)
- LI LU (veratri nigri radix et rhizoma)
AROMATIC
TRANSFORM DAMPNESS
ENTIRETY
Bensky pg. 466
- CAN ZHU (atractylodis rhizoma)
- HOU PO (magnoliae officinalis cortex)
- HUO XIANG (pogostemonis/agastaches herba)
- GUANG HUO XIANG (pogostemonis herba)
- TU HUO XIANG (agastaches herba)
- PEI LAN (eupatorii herba)
- SHA REN (amomi fructus)
- BAI DOU KOU (amomi fructus rotundus)
- HONG DOU KOU (galangae fructus)
- CAO DOU KOU (alpiniae katsumadai semen)
- CAO GUO (tsaoko fructus)
RELIEVE FOOD STAGNATION
ENTIRETY
Bensky pg 493
- SHAN ZHA (crataegi fructus)
- SHEN QU (massa medicata fermentata)
- MAI YA (hordei fructus germinatus)
- GU YA (setariae/oryzae fructus germinatus)
- SU YA (setariae fructus germinatus)
- DAO YA (oryzae fructus germinatus)
- LAI FU ZI (raphani semen)
- JI NEI JIN (gigeriae galli endothelium corneum)
REGULATE QI
ENTIRETY
Bensky pg 508
- CHEN PI (citri reticulatae pericarpium)
- JU HONG (citri reticulatae exocarpium rubrum)
- HUA JU HONG(citri grandis exocarp. rubrum)
- QING PI (citri reticulatae viride pericarpium)
- ZHI SHI (aurantii fructus immaturus)
- ZHI KE (aurantii fructus)
- FO SHOU (citri sarcodactylis fructus)
- GAN SONG (nardostachydis radix seu rhizoma)
- XIANG YUAN (citri fructus)
- DA FU PI (arecae pericarpium)
- XIANG FU (cyperi rhizoma)
- MU XIANG (aucklandiae radix)
- TU MU XIANG (inulae radix)
- CHUAN MU XIANG (dolomiaeae radix)
- WU YAO (linderae radix)
- CHEN XIANG (aquilariae lignum resinatum)
- TAN XIANG (santau albi lignum)
- XIE BAI (allii macrostemi bulbus)
- MEI GUI HUA (rosae rugosae flos)
- DAO DOU (canavaliae semen)
- CHUAN LIAN ZI (toosendan fructus)
- LI ZHI HE (litchi semen)
- SHI DI (kaki calyx)
- BA YUE ZHA (akebiae fructus)
- JIU XIANG CHONG (aspongopus)
- SUO LUO ZI (aesculi semen)
- ZI SU GENG (perillae caulis)
REGULATE BLOOD
STOP BLEEDING
ENTIRETY
Bensky pg 556
- SAN QI (notoginseng radix)
- PU HUANG (typhae pollen)
- QIAN CAO (rubiae radix)
- DA JI (cirsii japonici herba sive radix)
- XIAO JI (cirsii herba)
- DI YU (sanguisorbae radix)
- HUAI MI (sophorae flos immaturus)
- HAI JIAO (sophorae fructus)
- CE BAI YE (platycladi cacumen)
- BAI MAO GEN (imperatae rhizoma)
- ZHU MA GEN (boehmeriae radix)
- ZI ZHU (callicarpae formosanae folium)
- XIAN HE CAO (agrimoniae herba)
- BAI JI (bletillae rhizoma)
- XUE YU TAN (crinis carbonisatus)
- ZONG LU PI (trachycarpi petiolus)
- OU JIE (nelumbinis nodus rhizomatis)
- LIAN FANG (nelumbinis receptaculum)
- HUA RUI SHI (ophicalcitum)
- AI YE (artemisiae argyi folium)
- ZAO XIN TU (terra flava usta)
REGULATE BLOOD
INVIGORATE BLOOD
ENTIRETY
Bensky pg 556-557
- CHUAN XIONG (chuanxiong rhizoma)
- DAN SHEN (salviae miltiorrhizae radix)
- JI XUE TENG (spatholobi caulis)
- YAN HU SUO (corydalis rhizoma)
- YU JIN (curcumae radix)
- JIANG HUANG (curcumae longae rhizoma)
- YI MU CAO (leonuri herba)
- CHONG WEI ZI (leonuri fructus)
- ZE LAN (lycopi herba)
- YUE JI HUA (rosae chinensis flos)
- HU ZHANG (polygoni cuspidati rhizoma)
- CHI SHAO (paeoniae radix rubra)
- TAO REN (persicae semen)
- HONG HUA (carthami flos)
- FAN HONG HUA (croci stigma)
- E ZHU (curcumae rhizoma)
- SAN LENG (sparganii rhizoma)
- RU XIANG (olibanum)
- MO YAO (myrrha)
- NIU XI (achyranthis bidentatae radix)
- CHUAN NIU XI (cyanthulae radix)
- WANG BU LIU XING (vaccariae semen)
- LU LU TONG (liquidambaris fructus)
- LIU JI NU (artemisiae anomalae herba)
- ZI RAN TONG (pyritum)
- XUE JIE (draconis sanguis)
- SU MU (sappan lignum)
- WU LING ZHI (trogopterori faeces)
- JIANG XIANG (dalbergiae odoriferae lig.)
- WA LENG ZI (arcae concha)
- SHUI ZHI (hirudo)
- TU BIE CHONG (eupolyphaga/steleophaga)
- MENG CHONG (tabanus)
- GAN QI (toxicodendri resina)
- LING XIAO HUA (campsis flos)
- MAO DONG QING (ilicis pubescentis radix)
- MA BIAN CAO (verbenae herba)
- GUI JIAN YU (euonymi ramulus)
WARM INTERIOR
& EXPEL COLD
ENTIRETY
Bensky pg 672
- ZHI FU ZI (aconiti radix lateralis prep)
- ZHI CHUAN WU (aconiti radix prep)
- ZHI CAO WU (aconiti kusnezoffii rad prep)
- GAN JIANG (zingiberis rhizoma)
- ROU GUI (cinnamomi cortex)
- WU ZHU YU (evodiae fructus)
- HUA JIAO (zanthoxyli pericarpium)
- JIAO MU (zanthoxyli semen)
- GAO LIANG JIANG (alpiniae officinarum rh)
- DING XIANG (caryophylli flos)
- XIAO HUI XIANG (foeniculi fructus)
- BI CHENG QIE (litseae fructus)
- BI BA (piperis longi fructus)
- HU JIAO (piperis fructus)
TONIFY QI
Bensky pg 706
- REN SHEN (ginseng radix)
- DANG SHEN (codonopsis radix)
- TAI ZI SHEN (pseudostellariae radix)
- HUANG QI (astragali radix)
- HONG QI (hedysari radix)
- SHAN YAO (dioscoreae rhizoma)
- BAI ZHU (atractylodis macrocephalae rh)
- DA ZAO (jujubae fructus)
- GAN CAO (glycyrrhizae radix)
- CI WU JIA (acanthopanacis senticosi rad)
- HUANG JING (polygonati rhizoma)
- BAI BIAN DOU (lablab semen album)
- SHA JI (hippophae fructus)
- YI TANG (maltosum)
TONIFY BLOOD
ENTIRETY
Bensky pg 706
- SHU DI HUANG (rehmanniae rad prep)
- ZHI HE SHOU WU (polygoni multi rad prep)
- SHENG HE SHOU WU (polygoni multi nonp)
- DANG GUI (angelicae sinensis radix)
- BAI SHAO (paeoniae radix alba)
- E JIAO (asini corii colla)
- GOU QI ZI (lycii fructus)
- SANG SHEN (mori fructus)
- LONG YAN ROU (longan arillus)
TONIFY YANG
ENTIRETY
Bensky pg 706-7
- LU RONG (cervi cornu pantotrichum)
- GE JIE (gecko)
- DONG CHONG XIA CAO (cordyceps)
- ROU CONG RONG (cistanches herba)
- SUO YANG (cynomorii herba)
- YIN YANG HUO (epimedii herba)
- BA JI TIAN (morindae officinalis radix)
- HU LU BA (trigonellae semen)
- HE TAO REN (juglandis semen)
- BU GU ZHI (psoraleae fructus)
- YI ZHI REN (alpiniae oxyphyllae fructus)
- XIAN MAO (curculiginis rhizoma)
- DU ZHONG (eucommiae cortex)
- GOU JI (cibotii rhizoma)
- XU DUAN (dipsaci radix)
- GU SUI BU (drynariae rhizoma)
- TU SI ZI (cuscutae semen)
- SHA YUAN ZI (astragali complanati semen)
- ZI HE CHE (hominis placenta)
- JIU CAI ZI (allii tuberosi semen)
- HAI GOU SHEN (callorhini testes et penis)
- YANG QI SHI (actinolitum)
- ZHONG RU SHI (stalactitum)
- HAI LONG (syngnathus)
- HAI MA (hippocampus)
- HAI SHEN (stichopus)