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)