Ch. 2 Clear heat Sec. 2 Cool the blood

Question 0

Sheng Di Huang

Answer 0

Clears heat and cools the blood (heat in nutritive level, high fever)
Nourishes yin and generates fluids (dry mouth)

Question 1

Shui Niu Jiao

Answer 1

Clears heat + resolves fire toxicity, cools the blood (high fever)
Clear heat and Arrests tremors (loss of consciousness)

Question 2

Xuan Shen

Answer 2

Clears heat and cools the blood (skin discoloration)
Nourishes the Yin (constipation)
Softens hardness and dissipates nodules (throat swelling, neck lumps)

Question 3

Mu Dan Pi

Answer 3

Clears heat, cools the blood (Vomit blood)
Clears fire from deficiency (steaming bone, night sweats)
Invigorates the blood and dispels blood stasis (amenorrhea)
Clears ascending LV fire (HA, eye pain)
Drains Pus and reduces swelling (skin sores)

Question 4

Zi Cao

Answer 4

Clears heat, cools the blood, resolves fire toxicity while venting rashes (chicken pox)
Clears damp-heat from the skin (eczema)