Ch 4 - clear heat, cools blood

Question 0

Sheng Di Huang

Answer 0

Rehmanniae radix
Sweet, bitter, cold
Hot little car
HT, LV, KD
nourish yin, fluid, all warm heat, thirst
(Contra: cold damp in SP, ST)

Question 1

Shui Niu jiao

Answer 1

Bubali Cornu
Salty, cold
Fox Lives in a Hot State
HT, LV, ST
Extreme heat, fever, arrest tremors, HT, toxic, sores
(Contra: cold from deficiency of middle burner)

Question 2

Xuan Shen

Answer 2

Scrophulariae radix
Salty, sweet, bitter, cold
Stuck on a Lump
ST, KD, LU
nourish yin (esp 4 sequelae of WH disease p), soften nodules, toxicity

Question 3

Mu dan pi

Answer 3

Moutan cortex
Acrid, bitter, slightly cold
Hiney Lift
HT, LV, KD

Question 4

Zi Cao

Answer 4

Arnebiae radix
It’s a Hard Life
HT, LV
Sweet, cold

Question 5

Huang qin

Answer 5

Scutellariae radix
Stan Longs for a Large Gust
ST, LU, LI, GB
Cold, bitter

Question 6

Huang Lian

Answer 6

Coptidis Rhizoma
Hot little stones seems large
HT, LV, ST, LI
Bitter, cold

Question 7

Huang Bai

Answer 7

Phellodendri cortex
Kitty blanket
KD, BL (lower jiao)
Bitter, cold

Question 8

Long Dan Cao

Answer 8

Gentianae radix
Liver dogs Gobble Stray
LV, GB, ST
Bitter, cold

Question 9

Ku Shen

Answer 9

Sophorae flavescentis radix
Bad intestine still hangs on for Life
UB, LI, SI, ST, HT, LV
Bitter, cold

Question 10

Qin Pi

Answer 10

Franxini cortex
Stan lives with intense gall
ST, LV, LI, GB
Astringent, bitter, cold

Question 11

Qing Hao

Answer 11

Artemisiae annuae herba
Gabby’s kind of life
GB, KD, LV
Bitter, cold

Question 12

Di Gu Pi

Answer 12

Lycia cortex
Lucky life
LU, LV
Sweet, bland, cold

Question 13

Bai Wei

Answer 13

Cynanchi atrati radix
Steamy lung candy
ST, LU, KD
Salty, bitter, cold

Question 14

Yin chai Hu

Answer 14

Stellariae radix
Light up the stove
LV, ST
Sweet, cold