Disperse Wind Heat Flashcards
Signs and symptoms that cold acrid herbs are appropriate for treatment
Floating, rapid pulse
Slight fever/chills (fever will be more pronounced)
Red, sore, swollen, painful throat
Cough with phlegm (yellow, sticky, scanty, difficult to expectorate)
Rash - superficial with itching
Eye problems - dry, red, itchy
What stage/level do these herbs treat?
Shang Han Lun: Tai Yang Stage
Wen Bing: Wei Level
Taste/Temp of herbs in the DIsperse Wind Heat category?
Acrid/Dispersing
Cool/Cold
What channels do the herbs in this category typically enter?
Liver, Lung
What are cautions and contraindiations for this category of herbs?
Caution with patients who have deficiency conditions, profuse sweat
Avoid long-term use
Which 4 herbs benefit the throat
Bo he - mint
Niu bang zi - arctii/articum
chuan tui - cicada molting
Sheng ma - cimicifuga rhizome
Which 6 herbs clear the eyes
Bo he - mint
chan tui - cicada molting
sang ye - mulberry leaf
Ju hua - chrysanthemum flower
Man jing zi - vitex
Mu zei - equisetum/horsetail
Which 6 herbs vent rashes
Bo he - mint
Fu Ping - spirodelae
Niu bang zi - arctii/articum
Chan tui - cicada molting
Sheng ma - cimicifugae
Ge gen - pueraria/kudzu root
Bo He functions (3 main and 1 secondary)
- Expels wind heat
- Vents rashes
- Gently moves liver qi (clears eyes)
LU, LV
acrid, aromatic, cool
Which 3 herbs raise yang qi
Chai hu - buplerum
Sheng ma - cimicifugae
Ge gen - pueraria
Which two herbs prevent sinking of the middle jiao
Chai hu - buplerum
Sheng ma - cimicifugae
Which herb helps with diarrhea
Ge gen - pueraria
Niu bang zi - arctii fructus/burdock fruit 3 functions and indications
- Expels wind heat invasion (benefits the throat)
- Clears heat toxicity/vents rashes
- Moistens LI to relieve constipation
LU, ST
acrid, bitter, cold
Chan tui - cicada molting - 4 functions and indications
- Expels wind heat (good for sore throat, vents rashes, brightens the eyes)
- Vents rashes
- Clears the eyes, removes superficial visual obstruction
- Extinguishes wind and stops spasms (spasm and convulsions due to febrile disease/liver wind rising)
LU, LV
sweet, salty, sl cold
Sang ye - mulberry leaf - 3 functions and indications
- Expels wind heat invasion (moistens the lung, dry cough)
- Calms the liver, brightens the eyes
- Cools the blood, stops bleeding
Ju Hua - chrysanthemum flower - 4 functions and indications
- Expels wind heat invasion
- Calms liver and brightens the eyes (any liver heat or liver yin xu that affects the eyes)
- Subdues liver yang rising
- Clears toxicity due to sores and swellings
Man jing zi - vitex - 3 functions and indications
- Disperses wind and clears heat - especially in the face (HA’s, red eyes, eye pain, swollen gums, tooth pain)
- Clears the eyes
- Drains dampness and expels wind (dampness in the channels, heaviness, stiffness, numbness)
Dan Dou Chi - fermented soybean - 2 functions and indications
- Releases the exterior (mild for wind heat/cold)
- Eliminates irritability (for shen disturbance following febrile disease, insomnia, restlessness, stifling sensation in the chest
Mu zei - equiseti/horsetail - 2 functions and indications
- Clears wind heat to brighten the eyes
- Clears heat and cools blood to stop bleeding (secondary for blood in stools/hemorrhoids)
Ge gen - kudzu root 5 functions and indications
- Releases the exterior and muscle layer (fever, HA, ridgid back - tai yang attack)
- Generates body fluids (thirst)
- Raises yang to stop diarrhea
- Vents and discharges measles
- Treats symptoms of hypertension (HA, dizziness, tinnitus, paresthesia)
Sheng ma - cimifuga/black cohosh
- Clears wind heat to vent rash (early stage measles)
- Clear stomach/yang ming heat and resolve toxicity in the mouth (canker sores, bleeding gums, toothache, etc)
- Raises the spleen yang and lifts the sunken qi (counters prolapse, raises the clear qi of the spleen, down bearing sensation in the lower jiao)