Clear Heat & Dry Damp Flashcards
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** Huang Qin (Baical Skullcap)
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- Clear Heat / Dry Damp
- Cold, Bitter
- **Lung, *Stomach, Large Intestine, Gallbladder
- San Huang (Upper Jiao)
- ** Dysentery – major herb for damp heat in stomach and LI
- Cools heat in blood (stop bleeding)
- Lung heat toxins (cough, sticky-yellow phlegm, thirst)
- Heat in blood
- Calm fetus that may threaten miscarriage (due to heat)
- Formulas: Xiao Chai Hu Tang (Huang Qin + Chai Hu) – Huang Lian Jie Du Tang (fire toxin in the San Jiao)
- HDI: Andibiotics (increases effectiveness)
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** Huang Lian (Coptis)
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- Clear Heat / Dry Damp
- Cold, Bitter
- *Heart (enters), *Stomach, *Large Intestine, Liver
- San Huang (Middle Jiao)
- **Dysentery (diarrhea) – due to damp heat in SP, ST, LI
- Heart fire or blockage of heart by fire (high fever, restlessness, delirium, coma)
- Stomach Fire or Liver Fire attaching Stomach (Excessive hunger & thirst, acid reflux (+ tian Hua fen)
- Formulas: Bai Tou Weng Tang (dysentery) – Ban Xia Xia Xin Tang – Ge Gen Qin Lian Tang (ext w-c w/ int heat diarrhea — Ge gen + Huang Qin + Huang Lian + zgc)
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** Huang Bai (Phellodendron)
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- Clear Heat / Dry Damp
- Cold, Bitter
- Kidney, Bladder, Large Intestine
- San Huang (Lower Jiao)
- Directs fire downward (damp heat in lower Jiao)
- Clears deficiency heat
- Drains kidney fire
- Dysentery (diarrhea) – leukorrhea, dysuria, swollen, painful knees and feet (hot leg Qi)
- Yin Xu leading to Kidney Fire (Shi & Xu Heat) w/ tidal fever, night sweats, steam bone, seminal emission (+ Zhi Mu)
- Fire Toxins: carbuncles, boils, eczema, sores
- Formulas: Bai Tou Weng Tang – Huang Lian Jie Du Tang (fire toxin in San Jiao)
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** Ku Shen (Sophora Root)
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- Clear Heat / Dry Heat
- Cold, Bitter
- *Heart, Liver, Stomach, Large Intestine, Bladder, Small Intestine
- ***Bitter Shen the stellar constellation to the spleen - Tai Yang, Yang Ming
- *Kills worm and expels wind (itching): genial itch, itchy skin, fungal, infection (damp heat itching of the skin)
- Cautions: Do not combine with LI Lu (Veratrum)
- Formulas: Xiao Feng San
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- Long Dan Cao (Gentiana)
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- Clear Heat / Dry Damp
- Very Cold, Very Bitter
- *Liver, *Gall Bladder, Stomach
- ***Clear heat in the wood element
- Promotes urination
- *Damp heat in Liver / Gallbladder (or Lower Jiao) - leads to jaundice, itchy swollen external genitals
- *Excess heat in Liver and GB
- Wind stirred due to extreme heat
- Formulas: Long Dan Xie Gan Tang - Long Dan Cao + Huang Qin + Zhi Zi + Chai Hu (for liver/go heat/fire damp heat uti)
- HDI: Diuretics, Sedatives
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Qin Pi (Ash Bark)
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- Clear Heat / Dry Damp
- Cold, Astringent - Bitter
- Liver, Gallbladder, Large Intestine
- **Dysentery (pus, blood, d/t heat toxin in LI)
- LR Heat (red swollen eyes)
- Lung Heat (cough, wheeze)
- W-D (Hot) Bi-syndrome
- Dose: 6-12g
- Formulas: Bai Tou Weng Tang (dysentery)
