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Clear Heat Drain Fire Flashcards

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石膏

A

Shi Gao

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What is the pharmaceutical name of 石膏?

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Gypsum Fibrosum

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What is the Latin name for 石膏？

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Crystalline Gympsum

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What are the properties of 石膏?

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Sweet, Pungent and Cold

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What channels does 石膏 enter?

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肺 胃

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What are the 3 functions of 石膏

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清热泻火 - clear heat drain fire
除烦止渴 - Relieve irritability and stop thirst
Externally applied for eczema, burns and ulcerated sores

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7
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What symptoms show in 肺 胃 for using 石膏?

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肺 - cough with thick sputum, wheezing, fever
胃 - toothache, painful/swollen gums
Fever with sweating and NO chills

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What level does 石膏 effect?

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the Qi level

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知母

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Zhi Mu

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What is the pharmaceutical name of 知母?

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Anemarrhenae Rhizoma

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What is the Latin name of 知母?

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Anemarrhena aspheloides

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What are the properties of 知母?

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Bitter, Sweet, Cold

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What channels does 知母 enter?

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肺 胃 肾

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What are the 4 main functions of 知母？

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清热泻火 - clears heat drains fire
滋阴润燥 - Enriches yin moistens dryness
生津清热 - generates fluids clears heat
Softens the dryness of tonifying or warming substances (黄气/桂枝)

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Break down 知母’s functions in the 3 burners

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肺 - clears lung heat
胃 - cools stomach
肾 - drains minister fire
Enriches 阴 of all 3

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16
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What level does 知母 act at?

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气 level

17
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栀子

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zhi zi

18
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What is the pharmaceutical name for 栀子?

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Gardeniae Fructus

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What is the Latin name of 栀子?

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Gardenia jasminoides

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What are the properties of 栀子？

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bitter, cold (pungent)

21
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What channels does 栀子 enter?

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心 肺 胃 肝 三焦

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What are the 4 functions of 栀子?

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泻火除烦 - drain fire reduce irritability
清热利湿 - clear heat rectify dampness
凉血解毒止血 - cool blood, release toxicity, stop bleeding
清肿止痛 - clear swelling, stop pain

23
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What type of heat does 栀子 treat?

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Static heat - it does not treat clumped heat or floating heat. It treats traumatic and static heat by SLOWLY draining and guiding out through the urine.
Resolves constrained heat

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What level does 栀子 enter?

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Qi and blood

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