Clear Toxic Heat Flashcards
Define what is heat toxicity?
An extreme accumulation of heat that is usually associated with an infectious disease.
This includes hot, swollen, painful deep-set sores (boils, carbuncles, furuncles) - as in skin infections caused by bacteria/viruses, external or internal abscesses, diarrhea or dysentery, epidemic febrile outbreaks, poisons/venom toxins/insect bites, certain kinds of cancers or side effects of cancer treatment
What is the taste and temprature of herbs in this category?
Taste: bitter
Temp: cold
What is the main contraindication for herbs in this category?
Spleen and stomach deficiency and cold
What are the 4 actions of Jin Yin Hua - honeysuckle?
Sweet-cold
LI, ST, LU
- Clears heat toxicity
- Expels wind-heat invasion
- Clears damp-heat from lower jiao
- Use charred to stop bleeding
What are the 3 actions of lian qiao - forsythia fruit
Bitter - slightly acrid
HT, LU, GB
- Clears heat toxicity
- Expels wind-heat invasion
- Discharges pus
What two herbs in this category make up a dui yao to treat 4 stage wind-febrile disease and are also the cheif herbs in the formula Yin Qiao San - Honeysuckle and forsythia powder?
Jin yin hua - honeysuckle
lian qiao - forsythia fruit
What four herbs benefit the throat?
Ban lan gen - Istasis root
Shan dou gen - Sophorae
She gan - Belamcanda
Ma bo - Lasiosphera
Which herb treats dysentary?
Bai tou weng - pulsatilla root
Which herb treats lung abcess?
Yu xing cao - Houttuynia
Which herb treats large intestine abcess and also moves blood?
Bai jiang cao - Patrinia
Which two herbs treats breast abscess and insufficient lactation?
Pu gong ying - dandelion
Si gua luo - luffia
Which two herbs move blood AND stop pain?
Si gua luo - luffia
Hong teng - Sargentodoxa
Which two herbs are used for snake bite?
Bai hua she she cao - Hedyotis
Zi hua di ding - violet
Which two herbs are used as an external wash for itching?
Ye ju hua - wild chrysanthemum
Bai xian pi - Dictamnus root
Which two herbs treat summer heat?
Lu dou - mung bean
He ye - lotus leaf
Which 3 herbs require caution when used for pregnancy?
Bai jiang cao - Patrinia
Hong teng - Sargentodoxa
Bai hua she she cao - Hedyotis
Name the 3 properties of Pu gong yin - dandelion
- Clears heat toxicity
- most well known for breast abscess/mastitis - Clears liver heat and brightens the eyes
3.Promotes urination to drain dampness
Name the 2 functions of bai jiang cao - Patrinia
- Clears heat toxicity
-large intestine sores* - Invigorates blood
-OBGYN conditions, post partum pain
-pain due to blood stagnation due to heat
Name the 2 functions of bai hua she she cao - hedyotis
- Clears heat toxicity
-internally and externally used for skin infections
-cancer in the digestive tract*
externally for snakebite* - Promotes urination
Name the 4 actions of Lu dou - mung bean
- Clears heat toxicity
- Clears summer heat*
- Promotes urination to treat edema
- Detoxifies Fu Zi poisioning
Name the 3 actions of He ye - lotus leaf
- Clears heat
-especially summer heat* - Transforms middle jiao dampness
-diarrhea - Stops bleeding in the lower jiao
Name the 1 function of Bai tou weng - pulsatilla
- Clears heat toxicity
-best for dysentery*
-has antimicrobial affect against amoebas*
Name the 2 functions of Bai xin pi - Dictamnus Root Bark
- Clears heat toxicity
-damp heat related skin problems*
-for leukorrhea (stops itching)*
2.Dispels wind and dampness
-mild for jaundace and bi syndrome
Name the 3 functions of Tu fu ling - smilacis
- Clears heat toxicity and resolves dampness*
-was used to treat mercury poisoning (which was used to treat syphilis) - Benefits the joints
-for painful joints due to damp heat, bi syndrome - Promotes urination