Ch 9 - Drain Dampness Flashcards
Zhu ling (豬苓)
Polyporus
Black sow (ballet, BL, KD, SP)
Sweet, bland, slightly cool
Mainly used for drain, urine drib during preg, vaginal discharge
Fu ling (茯苓)
Poria
Kid with sprung heart (window frame, KD SP LU, HT)
Sweet, bland, neutral
Tonify spleen, balance mid-jiao, calm spirit (HT)
Ze xie (澤瀉)
Alismatis rhizoma
Blackened kidney (bath/swamp, UB, KD)
Sweet, bland, cold
Less hurt yin cause minister fire drain DH in KD, DH in low jiao
Yi yi ren (薏苡仁)
Coicis semen
Spleen tattoo stuck on lung (mirror, SP ST KD LU)
Sweet, bland, slightly cold
Drain SP D hence strengthens SP, bi synd, expels pus, clears DH
Che Qian Zi (車前子)
Plantaginis semen
Can’t lift my big lung (construction site, KD, LV, UB, LU)
Sweet, cold
Eye probs, stop phlegm, cough, solidify loose stool (by drain), DH
Hua shi (滑石)
Talcum
Blast (urine fountain, UB ST)
Sweet, bland, cold
Summerheat, DH, damp skin (topically)
Deng Xin cao (燈心草)
Junci medulla
Lude hussy (phone box, LU, HT, ST)
Sweet, bland, slightly cold
Insomnia, sleep disorder (HT heat), HT&KD not communicating
Mu tong (木通)
Akebiae caulis
Small baby hogs (feeding pigs, SI UB HT)
Bitter, slightly cold
Promote lactation, unblock blood vessel
Qu Mai (瞿麥)
Dianthi herba
Busy heart (sprinkler fence, UB SI HT)
Bitter cold
Blood stasis
Bian xu (萹蓄)
Polygoni avicularis herba
Bladder bath (bath, UB)
Bitter, slightly cold
Expel parasites, stop itching
Shi Wei (石葦)
Pyrrosiae folium
Lub, lub (slaughterhouse, UB, LU)
Bitter, sweet, slightly cold
Bleeding for chaotic blood, clear LU, stop cough
Dong Gua Zi (東瓜子)
Benincasae semen
Silly stylu (trumpet cat, SI LI ST LU)
Sweet, cold
Discharge pus,
Dong Kui Zi (東葵子)
Malvae fructus
Silli boob (toys, SI LI UB)
Sweet, cold
Lactation, moisten int, unblock bowels, Swollen breast
Bi xie (箄薢)
Dioscorae hypoclaucae Rhizoma
Living’a blast (Raining, LV, BL, ST)
Bitter, neutral
Relax sinews, separate clear from turbids, skin
Hai Jin sha (海金沙)
Lygodii spora
USB (UB SI)
Sweet, bland, cold
Edema and jaundice due to SP D