Class 7- Blood Activators

Question 1

What herb promotes urination and helps with edema especially in the legs as well as bloating in the stomach acites?

Answer 1

Da Fu Pi

big abdomen peel

Question 2

what are the properties of blood activators?

Answer 2

acrid, bitter, and warm

Question 3

what is the number one herb for headaches?

Answer 3

chuan xiong

Question 4

all blood invigorators go to what channel

Answer 4

liver

Question 5

what is the Chinese name for cordalyis?

Answer 5

Yan Hu Suo

-corydalis

Question 6

What is one of the number one herbs for alleviating PAIN due to blood stasis?

Answer 6

Yan Hu Suo

corydalis

Question 7

what herb in the blood activator category is cold?

Answer 7

Yu Jin (curcumin); pronounced like “Eugene”, so think Eugene is cold

Question 8

what 2 herbs are always used together to treat masses/tumors/fibrodids because they break up blood stasis?

Answer 8

1. E Zhu “art of a beautiful lady”

2. San Leng “three edges”

Question 9

what herb is good for frozen shoulder pain?

Answer 9

Jiang Huang

Question 10

what herb cools the blood and is cold in nature?

Answer 10

Yu Jin “Eugene” ; Indian turmeric/cucumin

-think Eugene rain is cooling

Question 11

are blood activators good for pregnancy?

Answer 11

basically no

Question 12

What pair of blood activators are good for sprains, injuries, trauma like a car accident as they reduce pain and remove accumulation like tumors

Answer 12

Ru Xiang (frankincense)
Mo Yao (myrrh)

Question 13

What pair of blood activators are good for braking up blood stasis and are the blood breakers?

Answer 13

1. E zhu (Javanese tumeric)

2. San Leng (“three edges)

Question 14

What herb is important for mental health disorder as in phlegm misting the heart

Answer 14

Yu Jin “Eugene”

• indian curcumin
• think everyone gets depressed in the Oregon rain

Question 15

What is the number one herb for pain??

Answer 15

Yan Hu Suo (corydalis)

Question 16

What herb benefits the GB and reduces jaundice

Answer 16

Yu Jin ("Eugene")
-indian curcumin

Question 17

What herb is used for amenororrhea, dysmenorrhea, chest or abdominal pain induced by cold, as well as shoulder issues?

Answer 17

Jiang Huang

Question 18

What herb reduces swelling and generates the flesh?

Answer 18

Ru Xiang (frankincense; looks like little flesh fat pockets)

Question 19

What herb moves qi and blood, is the number one herb for headaches, and expels wind and releases the exterior?

Answer 19

Chuan Xiong

Question 20

What herb strongly moves qi and blood and alleviates pain due to blood stasis?

Answer 20

Yan Hu Suo (corydalis) (bc it moves qi AND blood that’s what it alleviates pain; opioum family)

Question 21

What herb is cold, soothes liver qi constraint, cools the blood and clears heat, and is used for mental health?

Answer 21

Yu Jin -indian curcumin

Question 22

What 2 herb breaks up blood stasis (fibroids, tumors, masses) and can be used for food stagnation?

Answer 22

1. E Zhu “art of a beautiful lady”
   - javenes tumeric
2. San Leng “three edges”

Question 23

What herb is neutral, moves the qi, and breaks qi and blood stasis

Answer 23

San Leng

Question 24

What qi regulator regulates the liver qi for constraint/stagnation and strongly moves the qi but is not good for pain, harmonizes the spleen stomach and dries damp

Answer 24

Fo Shou

-buddahs hand

Question 25

What wi regulator herb directs Qi down, reduces stagnation, promotes urination/edema Pi Shui, and is useful for epigastric and abdominal distension, constipation

Answer 25

da fu pi

“big abdomen peel”