Chapter 2 - Wind Attack, Properties, Tastes

Question 1

What is Pungent associated with?

Answer 1

Metal
White
Autumn
Lung
Circulatory

Question 2

What is Sour associated with?

Answer 2

Wood
Green
Spring
Liver
Astringent

Question 3

What is Bitter associated with?

Answer 3

Fire
Red
Summer
Heart
Drains damp, clears heat
Stimulates digestion - gall bladder

Question 4

What is Salty associated with?

Answer 4

Water
Black
Winter
Kidney
Softens hardness and dissolves accumulation

Question 5

What is Sweet associated with?

Answer 5

Earth
Yellow
Seasonal transition 
"The Mother"
Spleen
Strengthens and sedates, tonifies

Question 6

What is Bland associated with?

Answer 6

Leeches or percolates dampness
Slow acting diuresis that gently removes damp accumulation
“A non-taste”

Question 7

How can herbs be Cold?

Answer 7

Clears heat
Cooling
Cold
Slightly {sl} cool
Cool

Question 8

How can herbs be Warm?

Answer 8

Dispels cold
Warming
Hot
Slightly {sl} warm
Warm

Question 9

When do you use Neutral herbs?

Answer 9

Can be used in either heat or cold syndromes

Question 10

What are the properties of herbs?

Answer 10

Taste
Temperature
Channels

“General Characteristics of all herbs found in the category (based on function:
-General nature (taste and maybe temperature)
-General channel to which herbs in this category are directed
Any Cautions/Contraindications
Any special cooking instructions
Examples of Signs/Symptoms and Western “diseases” that would fall under treatment of herbs in this category”

Question 11

What is Zang & Fu?

Answer 11

Bowels and Viscera

Question 12

Wind properties

Answer 12

External pathogen 
Can be internal and external
Combines with cold & heat
Yang evil - attack outer body and disperses
Penetrates Wei Qi

Question 13

What is Wei Qi?

Answer 13

Protective layer of body
Wei - treated releasing exterior
Qi - dispels heat and promotes body fluids

Question 14

What is diaphoretic?

Answer 14

Makes you sweat by releasing the exterior. Helps with dispersing.

Acrid (pungent)
Channel - Lung
Contradictions - Sweating due to Yang deficiency. Night sweats, dehydration and bleeding

Should be cooked 10-15 mins

Question 15

How are warm acrid and cool acrid diaphoretics?

Answer 15

Promotes sweating
Pungent
Channel - Lung
Volatile oil ,can’t overcook

Question 16

What does Wind-Cold excess look like?

Answer 16

NO SWEATING - too much wind like ac - so no need to sweat
Nasal congestion + discharge
Tongue is pink with thing white coat
Slight fever
Chills
Head and body aches
Cough with white sputum
Pulse is floating [superficial] and tigh

Question 17

What is Ma Huang (Ephedrae Herba)

Answer 17

Acrid/Pungent [Spicy]
Bitter
Warm
Channel - Lungs and Urinary Bladder
Functions:
Strongly promote sweating by releasing the exterior
Disperses lung qi and calm asthma
Promote diruesis

Question 18

What does Wind-Cold deficiency look like?

Answer 18

SWEATING
Chills
Slight fever
Body aches
Headache
Fatigue
Cough with white sputum -Nasal congestion
Nasal discharge
Pale face
Tongue is Pale with a Thin White Coat -Pulse is Floating and Weak

Question 19

How do you treat Wind-Cold excess?

Answer 19

Release the exterior and dispel wind-cold

Question 20

How do you treat Wind-Cold deficiency?

Answer 20

Release the exterior, dispel wind-cold, and harmonize the ying + wei

Occurs in patients who have a weak constitution or deficient at time of wind-cold attack

Question 21

What is Gui Zhi (Cinnamomi Ramulus)

Answer 21

Acrid/Pungent
Sweet
Warm
Channel: Lung, urinary bladder, heart

Functions:

1. Releases the exterior and dispels Wind-Cold
2. Invigorates the #low of Yang Qi and warms the channels 3. Harmonizes the Ying and Wei
3. Toni#ies Heart Yang