Dui Yao

Question 1

Bai shao peony (tonify blood) + gan cao licorice (tonify qi)

Answer 1

sour + sweet, bai shao focuses on the liver, gan cao focuses on the spleen. Together they engender yin, calm the liver and fortify the spleen. Sooth the sinews and stop pain (Shao Yao Gan Cao Tang)

Question 2

Bai shao peony (tonify blood) + gui zhi cinnamon twig (WARE)

Answer 2

Both harmonize yin and yang, qi and blood. Drain without damaging yin, constrain yin without retaining evils. Harmonize the vessels, relive tension, stop pain, support stomach yin and spleen yang. Regulate spleen and stomach.

Question 3

Bai zhu atractylodes (tonify qi) + fu ling poria (drain damp)

Answer 3

One supplements while the other drains. They reinforce each other. They supplement the spleen and dry dampness.

Question 4

Bai zi ren biota seed (calm spirit) + suan zao ren ziziphus seed (calm spirit)

Answer 4

They both calm the spirit, nourish the liver and heart, tranquilize the heart and quiet the spirit. Good for insomnia.

Question 5

Chuan xiong ligusiticm (reg blood) + dang gui angelica (tonify blood)

Answer 5

Combined they move qi and blood, quicken the blood without damaging it. Nourish the blood without creating stasis, stop pain.

Question 6

Gan cao licorice (tonify qi) + jie geng playcodon (transform phlegm stop cough)

Answer 6

Clear heat, transform phlegm, disinhibit the throat, stop pain, evacuate pus and resolve toxins.

Question 7

Sheng jiang ginger (WARE) + da zao dates (tonify qi)

Answer 7

Move defensive qi, nourish constructive qi, harmonize constructive and defensive, fortify spleen, harmonize middle jiao.

Question 8

du huo angelica root (dispel wind damp) + qiang huo notopterygium (WARE)

Answer 8

For wind damp bi syndrome, joint pain

Question 9

mu li oyster shell (anchor shen) + long gu dragon bone (anchor shen)

Answer 9

Strongly anchors the shen, calm spirit

Question 10

jin yin hua honeysuckle (clear heat, purge fire) + lian qiao forsythia (clear heat, purge fire)

Answer 10

yin qiao san - sore throat, swelling

Question 11

da qing ye isatis (clear heat, purge fire) + ban lan gen isatis root (clear heat, purge fire)

Answer 11

cold herbs for wind heat invasion, antimicrobial, antiviral

Question 12

mo yao myrrh (reg blood) + ru xiang francencense (reg blood)

Answer 12

both are blood moving and relieves pain

Question 13

shao yao white peony (tonify blood) + gan cao licorice (tonify qi)

Answer 13

relieves cramping and pain from blood xu, softens, build qi to build blood