EXPEL WIND DAMPNESS Flashcards
EXPEL WIND DAMPNESS (OVERVIEW)
“WHEN THERE IS OBSTRUCTION, THERE IS PAIN; WHEN THERE IS FREE FLOW, THERE IS NO PAIN”
- ORTHOPEDIC CONDITIONS, RHEUMATIC, AUTOIMMUNE
- MUSCLES/TENDONS/JOINTS
- BI SYNDROME
- ACRID AND WARM (ACRID DISPERSES)
- HERBS THAT DISPEL WIND DAMPNESS FROM MUSCLES, SINEWS, JOINTS, BONES, ALLEVIATE OBSTRUCTION, INVIGORATE COLLATERALS
- STRENGTHEN BONES, STOP SPASMING
- GOALS: 1)STOP BI PAIN 2)UNBLOCK CHANNELS. 3)STRENGTHEN BONES+SINEWS
- ELDERLY OFTEN AFFECTED
BI SYNDROME
WIND BI - WANDERING BI; MIGRATES FROM JOINT TO JOINT; USE DISPEL WIND HERBS
COLD BI - PAINFUL BI; WORSE WHEN IT’S COLD; COLD LIMBS; USE WARMING HERBS THAT UNBLOCK YANG AND WARM CHANNELS
DAMP BI - FIXED BI; FIXED LOCATION; HEAVY SENSATIONS; SWOLLEN JOINTS; WORSE WITH DAMP HUMID CONDITIONS; USE DRYING AND WARMING HERBS WITH HERBS THAT STRENGTHEN SPLEEN AND LEACH OUT DAMPNESS
HEAT BI - MIX OF WIND/DAMP/HEAT BI; RED HOT SWOLLEN JOINTS; FEVER; USE COOLING HERBS THAT EXPEL WIND DAMP, CLEAR HEAT AND RELIEVE TOXICITY
WAN BI - STUBBORN BI; CHRONIC AND STUBBORN; DOES NOT RESPOND TO REGULAR TREATMENT; JOINT DEFORMITY AND LIMITATION OF MOVEMENT
XU BI - DEFICIENCY BI; CHRONIC WITH VARIOUS DEFICIENCY SYMPTOMS
DU HUO / SELF RELIANT EXISTENCE / RADIX ANGELICAE PUBESCENTIS
- KIDNEY AND BLADDER
- BITTER (SO DRAINS DAMP!) /SPICY/WARM
- VERY POROUS IMPORTANT HERB
KEY POINTS:
- DISPELS WIND COLD DAMPNESS AND ALLEVIATES PAIN
- ESPECIALLY FOR LOWER BODY PROBLEMS (LOWER BACK AND LEGS!)
- GOOD FOR HEADACHES (SHAO YIN HEADACHES) THAT FEEL COLD ALL OVER HEAD
- RELEASES THE EXTERIOR (FOR EXTERIOR WIND COLD DAMP)
3-10G
(HAN) FANG JI / PROTECT ITSELF / RADIX STEPHANIAE TETANDRAE
URINARY BLADDER / SPLEEN / KIDNEY
BITTER + ACRID + COLD
KEY POINTS:
- PROMOTE URINATION AND REDUCE EDEMA ESP IN LOWER BODY
- EDEMA WITH JOINT PAIN THAT IS HOT TO THE TOUCH
- DAMP HEAT BI SYNDROME
6-12G
C/I: NOT FOR DEFICIENT PATIENTS BECAUSE VERY COLD AND DRAINING; OVERDOSAGE CAN BE TOXIC!
NOT SAME AS GUANG FANG JI WHICH IS NEPHROTOXIC!
WEI LING XIAN / AWESOME SPIRITUAL IMMORTAL / RADIX CLEMATIDIS
- URINARY BLADDER (MOBILIZES STRONGLY ALL 12 CHANNELS!)
- ACRID (WARM AND OPENING) / SALTY (SOFTENS/RELAXES) / WARM
- IT’S A VINE! CAN CRAWL THROUGH CHANNELS FOR PEOPLE WITH PAIN
KEY:
- DISPELS WIND DAMPNESS, UNBLOCKS THE CHANNELS, ALLEVIATES PAIN
- VINE LIKE QUALITY TO UNBLOCK CHANNELS; ENTERS ALL 12 CHANNELS!
- FISH BONES STUCK IN THROAT (BECAUSE RELAXES THROAT MUSCLES)
- REDUCES PHLEGM AND PATHOGENIC WATER (SOFTENS HARDNESSES)
OFTEN USED IN LIQUOR/POWDER FORM BECAUSE LONG TERM; CAN BE FRIED WITH YELLOW RICE WINE WHICH ADDS WARMTH
C/I: EXCESSIVE USE CAN INJURE QI
QIN JIAO / CURVED FROM QIN COUNTY / GENTIANAE MACROPHYLLAE RADIX
- GALLBLADDER / LIVER / STOMACH
- BITTER / ACRID / SLIGHTLY COLD
KEY:
- EXPELS WIND DAMP AND RELIEVES PAIN
- CAN HELP WITH SPASMS (ESP UPPER BODY!)
- GOOD FOR SINEWS AND COLLATERALS (IT’S RELAXING!)
- STEAMING BONE DISEASE - CLEARS HEAT FROM DEFICIENCY (YIN DEFICIENCY PATTERNS IE MENOPAUSAL)
- REMOVES JAUNDICE DUE TO DAMP HEAT
- DRY CONSTIPATION - MOISTENS INTESTINES AND UNBLOCKS BOWELS
5-10G
C/I: SPLEEN QI DEFICIENCY WITH LOOSE STOOL, FREQUENT URINATION
XI XIAN CAO / SPARSE STICK HERB / HERBA SIEGESBECKIAE
- KIDNEY / LIVER
- BITTER AND COLD
KEY:
- DISPELS WIND DAMP AND UNBLOCKS THE CHANNELS
- STRENGTHENS SINEWS
- CALMS SHEN
- POST STROKE: SPASMS/NUMBNESS/PARALYSIS IN EXTREMITIES
- ELIMINATES TOXINS (DAMP HEAT AND COLD ELIMINATED)
- PATIENTS WITH GOUT
- HEADACHE AND DIZZINESS (ASCENDING LIVER PATTERNS)
- HYPERTENSION (BECAUSE DRAINS DOWN!)
- ITCHING AND SORES (IE LUPUS) AROUND ELBOWS/WRISTS
9-15G
MU GUA / WOOD MELON / FRUCTUS CHAENOMELES LAGENARIA
- LIVER / SPLEEN
- SOUR / SLIGHTLY WARM
KEY:
- #1 HERB FOR SPASMING - RELAXES THE SINEWS (IE CALF SPASMS)
- HARMONIZES STOMACH AND TRANSFORMS DAMPNESS - WHEN YOU HAVE SO MUCH VOMITING/DIARRHEA THAT YOU HAVE SPASMS BECAUSE OF ELECTROLYTE LOSS (ESP IN LEGS/CALVES)
- REDUCES FOOD STAGNATION FOR UNDIGESTED FOOD (NOT COMMONLY USED FOR THIS)
6-12G
C/I: HIGHLY GASTRIC; VERY SOUR SO CAN DAMAGE TEETH/BONES
SANG ZHI / MULBERRY TWIGS / RAMULUS MORI ALBA
- LIVER
- BITTER / SWEET / SLIGHTLY COLD
- TWIG OF THE MULBERRY TREE; UPPER LIMBS
KEY:
- DISPELS PAINFUL DAMP OBSTRUCTION WITH NUMBNESS AND SPASM, ESPECIALLY UPPER LIMBS
- POST STROKE PARALYSIS
- HOT JOINT PAIN - ARM PAIN DUE TO WIND HEAT
- PROMOTES DIURESIS, REDUCES SWELLING/EDEMA
10-30G
SANG JI SHENG / MULBERRY PARASITE / HB TAXILLI
- KIDNEY / LIVER
- BITTER / NEUTRAL
KEY:
- TONIFIES LIVER AND KIDNEYS (STRENGTHENS SINEWS AND BONES)
- EXPEL WIND DAMP
- CALMS FETUS - PREVENTS MISCARRIAGE DUE TO DAMPNESS OR LIVER/KIDNEY DEFICIENCY
- LOWERS BLOOD PRESSURE
- NOURISHES BLOOD AND BENEFITS SKIN (DRY SCALY SKIN)
- HELPS WITH LACK OF BREAST MILK
9-15G
WU JIA PI / BARK OF FIVE ADDITIONS / ELEUTHEROCOCCUS GRACILISTYLUS CORTEX
- KIDNEY / LIVER
- SPICY, BITTER, WARM
- PI MAKES YOU PEE!
KEY:
- CLEARS WIND DAMP
- STRENGTHENS SINEWS AND BONES
- KIDS AND ELDERLY WITH PAIN - WHEN SMOOTH QI IS OBSTRUCTED
- TRANSFORMS DAMPNESS AND REDUCES SWELLING FOR EDEMA
4.5-15G
HAI TONG PI / COPPER BARK FROM THE SEA / CORTEX ERYTHRINAE
- KIDNEY/LIVER/SPLEEN
- ACRID(SPICY), BITTER - SO MOVES THINGS!
- NEUTRAL
KEY:
- DISPELS WIND DAMPNESS
- WIND DAMP PAINFUL OBSTRUCTION ESP WHERE THERE IS SORENESS AND PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK AND KNEES OR SPASMS IN EXTREMITIES
- PROMOTES URINATION FOR SUPERFICIAL (NOT DEEP) EDEMA
- TREATS ITCHING WHICH CAN BE PARASITE RELATED
- USE AS GARGLE/MOUTHWASH
- HAS SOME ANTIBIOTIC EFFECT AGAINST STAPH
4.5-12G
C/I: NONE BUT BEWARE OF BLOOD XU AND NON WIND DAMP CAUSES!
CANG ER ZI / OLD (“DEEP GREEN”) EAR SEEDS / FR. XANTHIUM
PRONOUNCED “SONG ART TZA”
- LUNG
- SWEET, BITTER
- WARM
- TOXIC!!! (TOXIC QUALITY IS CHANGED AFTER DECOCTION)
KEY:
- OPENS NASAL PASSAGES - DEEP THICK NASAL DISCHARGE; SINUS PROBLEMS; THICK DISCHARGE WITH HEADACHES
- DISPERSES WIND AND DISPELS DAMPNESS
- SKIN DISORDERS WITH ITCHING (AROUND NOSE)
- EXTERIOR DISORDERS IE. SPLITTING HEADACHE THAT RADIATES TO BACK OF NECK
- INHIBITORY EFFECT ON STAPH
3-9G
C/I: OVERDOSE CAN LEAD TO VOMITING/ABDOM PAIN/DIARRHEA
HU GU / TIGER BONE / OS TIGRIS
- LIVER/KIDNEY
- ACRID, SALTY, WARM
- OBSOLETE SUBSTANCE
KEY:
- DISPELS WIND DAMP; STOPS PAIN
- STRENGTHENS SINEWS AND BONES
- WANDERING BI (PAIN ALL OVER BODY THAT MOVES) - CHASES THE WIND
- ANTI INFLAMMATORY
- AFFECTS CNS
- OFTEN IN WINE
3-6G
PILL FORM, IN A WINE, IN AN EXTERNAL PLASTER
HAI FENG TENG / SEA WIND VINE / PIPERIS KADSURAE CAULIS
- LIVER
- ACRID, BITTER
- WARM
KEY:
- FOR PAIN THAT NEEDS WARMTH! IE STIFF JOINTS, LOWER BACK PAIN, SORE KNEES, CRAMPING OF MUSCLES/SINEWS, PAIN FROM TRAUMA
- DISPELS WIND DAMPNESS AND UNBLOCKS CHANNELS AND COLLATERALS
6-12G
VINE FROM A BIG TREE; WHEN YOU CUT IT, IT OOZES RED LIKE BLOOD
BAI HUA SHE / WHITE FLOWER SNAKE / AGKISTRODON SUE BUNGARUS
AND WU SHAO SHE (WHICH HAS A SIMILAR FXN BUT IS WEAKER, MORE COMMONLY USED, WEAKER FOR PAIN, BETTER FOR ITCHING, NONTOXIC!)
- LIVER, SPLEEN
- SWEET, SALTY
- WARM
- TOXIC
KEY:
- # 1 HERB TO OPEN UP THE CHANNELS - POWERFULLY UNBLOCKS THE CHANNELS AND EXTINGUISHES WIND FOR CHRONIC STUBBORN CASES WITH NUMBNESS AND WEAKNESS OF LIMBS AND CRAMPING OF THE SINEWS
- SKIN CONDITIONS: NUMBESS OF SKIN OR RASHES
- PARALYSIS AFTER A STROKE
- SPASMS/TREMORS/SEIZURES (IE BELLS PALSY)
- COAGULATES SO GOOD FOR CLOTS (BE CAREFUL OF SOMEONE ON BLOOD THINNERS!)
3-10G
PILLS AND POWDERS
SI GUA LUO / SILK MELON / LUFFAE FRUCTUS RETINERVUS
- LUNG/STOMACH/LIVER
- SWEET
- NEUTRAL
- VERY LIGHTWEIGHT SO EASY TO GO UP!
- FOOD MEDICINE
- CAN BE USED CHARRED
KEY:
- RESOLVES TOXICITY AND SWELLING LINKED TO YELLOW STICKY LUNG PHLEGM
- BREAST PAIN/CYSTS
- SWELLING
- UNBLOCKS COLLATERALS AND CHANNELS WHILE DISPELLING WIND
- PHLEGM IN BREAST/LUNGS (THINK OF A COUGH WITH HEAT IN LUNG); OK FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN
6-15G (UP TO 20-30G FOR BREAST ISSUES)
NO C/I
