Expel Wind-Damp

Question 1

Number 1 calf cramps and spasms and stiffness

Answer 1

Mu Gua (Fructuós chaenomeles lagenaria)
-Papaya

Question 2

Which herb is associated with upper body pain of extremities?

Answer 2

sang zhi
-mulberry twig

Question 3

Which herbs are associated with lower body pain?

Answer 3

1. Du Huo
2. (Han) Fang Ji
3. Sang Ji Sheng

Question 4

Which herb is used for restless fetus and hypertension?

Answer 4

Sang Ji Sheng

Misteltoe stem

Question 5

which herb goes to all 12 channel

Answer 5

wei ling xian

Question 6

1 herb for the lower body and treats shao yin headaches

Answer 6

du huo

Question 7

which herb is good for elderly and children?

Answer 7

Wu Jia Pi (elftherococcus gracilistylus cortex)

Question 8

-post stroke numbness, paralysis
-hypertension
-calms shen
-stengethens sinews and clears liver heat

Answer 8

Xi Xian Cao (herba siegesbeckiae)

Question 9

-promotes urination reduces edema
-especially for HOT bi (herb is cold)

Answer 9

1. Fang Ji

Question 10

Which herb is associated with pain ALL over the body?

Answer 10

wei ling xian (celmatidis radix)

Question 11

-clears xu heat
-joint pain with weather changes
-jaunduce
-especailly for frozen shoulder

Answer 11

Qin Jiao

Question 12

-treats WD bi
-harmonizes spleen/stomach
-helps with food stagnation

Answer 12

mu gua
-payaya

papaya

Question 13

Which 2 herbs reduces swelling and edema and helps with urination

Answer 13

1. Sang Zhi
   (has a hole in the middle and looks like a straw)
2. Fáng Jĭ (Radix Stephaniae Tetandrae)

Question 14

Which herbs strengthen the tendons and bones and tonify the liver and kidneys?

Answer 14

1. Sāng Jì Shēng- mistletoe
2. Wŭ Jiā Pí (Eleutherococci Gracilistyli Cortex)
3. Hu gu (next week)

Question 15

Which herbs treat bi syndrome AND unblock smooth tendons for spasms and cramping

Answer 15

1. Mu Gua (papaya)
2. Sang Zhi (mulberry twig)
3. Xi xian cao (sparse stick herb)
4. Hai Feng Teng
5. Si Gua Lou
6. Bai Hua Shi

Question 16

Which dispel wind-damp herbs relieve pain?

Answer 16

1. Du Huo
2. Wei Ling Xian
3. Fang ji
4. Qin Jiao

Question 17

What herb relaxes the sinews, used for hot painful bi, clears deficiency heat/steaming bone disorder?

Answer 17

Qín Jiāo (Gentianae Macrophyllae Radix )

Question 18

This herb tonifies the liver and kidneys, helps with low back pain, calms the fetus, and nourishes liver blood

Answer 18

Sāng Jì Shēng (herba taxilli)

-mistletoe

Question 19

This herb strengthens the kidneys and bones, helps with flow of qi, good for elderly/children, and transforms dampness and reduces edema

Answer 19

Wŭ Jiā Pí (Eleutherococci Gracilistyli Cortex)

Question 20

What 2 herbs treat bi syndrome AND release the exterior?

Answer 20

1. Wei Ling Xian
2. Du Huo

Question 21

-For heat or cold bi
-Low back and knee pain/spasms
-Promotes urination/edema
-Topically for skin lesions, eczema, scabies, parasites

Answer 21

Hăi Tóng Pí (Cortex Erythriniae)

Question 22

-opens the nose (nasal congestion, sinusitis, headaches, lose of smell)
-bi syndrome
-itching skin

Answer 22

Cang er zi (fructus xanthium)

Question 23

What herb is issued for pain all over the body that wanders (wind)?

Answer 23

Hu Gu
-tiger bone

Question 24

-Wind-cold-damp bi (stiff joints, lower back pain)
-For lower body trauma (because damp sinks)

Answer 24

Hăi Fēng Téng (Piperis Kadsurae Caulis)
-pepper plants

Question 25

-resolves toxicity and reduces swelling
-good for breasts and lactation
-phlegm in LU

Answer 25

Si Gua Luo
-loofah