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Ch 5: (3-1) Formulas that Clear Heat Flashcards

1
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Key symptoms of Dao Chi San?

A
  • Dark brown urination
  • Hot sensation in chest
  • Irritability
  • Thirst
  • Ulceration of mouth and tongue
  • Red tongue
  • Rapid pulse
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Ingredients of Dao Chi San?

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●Sheng Di Huang - raw rehmannia root (Clear Heat Cool Blood)

●Mu Tong or Tong Cao - Akebia caulis or Rice paper plant pith (Drain Dampness)

●Zhu Ye - Lopatherum (Clear Heat Drain Fire)

●Gan Cao Shao - Raw Licorice root (Tonify Qi)

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Functions of Dao Chi San?

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  • Clear heat in heart
  • Promote urination
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Indications of Dao Chi San?

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Heart fire transmits to small intestine

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5
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Pathogenesis of ulceration of mouth and tongue, red face?

A

Heart fire flames up along the meridian

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Thirst, irritability, red tongue, rapid pulse pathogenesis?

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Heart fire consumes body fluid and disturbs the mind

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Symptoms of heart fire transmitting down to the small intestine?

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  • Frequent urination
  • Painful urgen urination
  • Lower abdominal distentino
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8
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Sheng Di Huant actions?

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King herb

  • Enter heart and kidney meridian
  • Clear heart heat
  • Cool blood and nourish yin
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9
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Actions of Mu Tong?

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Deputy

  • Enter heart and small intestine meridian
  • Promote urination and conduct heat out
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Actions of Zhu Ye (Lopatherum)?

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Assistant

  • Promote urination and clear heat
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Gan Cao Shao actions?

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Messenger

  • Harmonize other herbs
  • Reduce fire and stop pain
  • Prevent herbs from injuring SP/ST
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Combination of _____ ____, eliminate _____, nourish ___ herbs to give the formula character of __________ _____ without damaging ____, sedate ____ without damaging ______, nourish ____ without ______ ______.

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clear heat; water; yin; eliminating water; yin; fire; yin; keeping pathogens

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13
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Dao Chi San represents the principle of….

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treating excess without causing deficiency, treating deficiency without causing stagnation.

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14
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Applications of Dao Chi San?

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  • Acute urinary tract infection
  • Children crying at night
  • Ulceration of oral cavity
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15
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Key symptoms of Long Dan Xie Gan Tang?

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  • Bitter taste in mouth
  • Dark brown urine
  • Red tongue with yellow coating
  • Wiry, rapid pulse
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16
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Ingredients of Long Dan Xie Gan Tang?

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●Long Dan Cao - Chinese Gentian root (Clear Heat, Dry Damp)

●Huang Qin - Scute (Clear Heat, Dry Damp)

●Zhi Zi - Gardenia seeds (Clear Heat, Drain Fire)

●Mu Tong/ Tong Cao - Akebia caulis/Rice paper pith (Drain Damp)

●Ze Xie - Alisma rhizome, Water plantain (Drain Damp)

●Che Qian Zi - Plantago seeds (Drain Damp)

●Sheng Di Huang - Raw Rehmannia (Clear Heat, Cool Blood)

●Dang Gui - Angelica root (Tonify Blood)

●Chai Hu - Bupleurum (Cool, Acrid Surface Releasing)

●Gan Cao - Licorice (Tonify Qi)

17
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Functions of Long Dan Xie Gan Tang?

A
  • Clear excessive fire in LV/GB
  • Clear damp heat in LV/GB and lower jiao
18
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Indications of Long Dan Xie Gan Tang?

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  • Flaring up of fire in LV/GB

or

  • Damp heat in LV, GB and LJ
19
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What are the symptoms when LV/GB excessive fire follows the meridian up to the head and face?

A
  • Headache
  • Painful red swollen eyes
  • Swollen ears
  • Tinnitus or deafness
20
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What are the key signs of LV/GB excessive fire and damp heat?

A
  • Bitter taste in mouth
  • Hypochondriac pain
  • Red tongue with yellow sticky coating
  • Rapid and wiry pulse
21
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What are the symptoms caused by LV GB damp heat following the meridian down to the genitals?

A
  • Swelling or itching in genitals
  • Turbid urine, painful urination
  • Yellow leucorrhea
22
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Actions of Long Dan Cao (Gentian)?

A

King herb

  • Clear liver and gallbladder excessive fire
  • Clear dampness from lower jiao
23
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Actions of Huang Qin and Zhi Zi?

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Deputy herbs

  • Clear excessive heat
  • Eliminate damp heat in LV & GB
24
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Mu Tong (Akebia), Che Qian Zi (Plantago), Ze Xie (Water plantain) actions?

A

Assistants

  • Promote urination
  • Eliminate dampness
  • Clear heat
25
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Sheng Di Huang (Rehmannia) and Dang Gui (Angelica) actions?

A

Assistants

  • Replenish yin and blood
  • Prevent actions of other herbs from injuring yin
26
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Actions of Chai Hu?

A

Messenger

  • Guide herbs to LV/GB meridian
  • Soothe the liver
27
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Actions of Gan Cao?

A

Messenger

  • Harmonize actions of other herbs
  • Protect stomach
28
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Characteristics of combination: Combine ______ herbs in ______ formula, combine _______ herbs in a _______ formula.

A

tonifying; sedating; ascending; descending

29
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Long Dan Xie Gan Tang removes pathogen without….

sedates fire without….

A

Removes pathogen without damagin vital energy, sedates fire without damaging stomach.

30
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Applications of Long Dan Xie Gan Tang?

A

Widely used for internal, otorhinolaryngologic, gynecological, urological diseases

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