Food Stagnation

Question 1

promote digestion, eliminate food retention, move qi and blood, best for meat and greasy food, HDI w/ digoxin/lanoxin

Answer 1

shan zha** (hawthorn fruit)

Question 2

promote digestions, move qi, alleviate diarrhea, good for grains and starch

Answer 2

shen qu** (medicated leaven)

Question 3

promote digestion, adjust MJ, reduce stagnation of starches and fruits, soften hardness, inhibit lactation, move LV qi, HDI w/ antidiabetic meds

Answer 3

mai ya** (barley malt sprout)

Question 4

an umbrella term for a variety of grain sprouts

Answer 4

gu ya** (grain sprout)

Question 5

promote digestion and appetite, strengthen ST, gently reduce food stagnation, mildly tonify SP

Answer 5

dao ya* (rice sprout)

Question 6

promote digestion and appetite, strengthen ST, mildly tonify SP, gently reduce food stagnation

Answer 6

su ya* (millet sprout)

Question 7

promote digestion, eliminate food retention, descend LU qi, move LU, SP, and LI qi, transform phlegm

Answer 7

lai fu zi** (raphanus/radish seed)

Question 8

strengthen SP, promote digestion, remove all types of food stagnation, dissolve all types of stones, childhood nutritional impariment, secure KI qi (urinary incontinence and seminal emission)

Answer 8

ji nei jin** (chicken gizzard lining)

Question 9

strengthen MJ, promote digestion, move blood, remove blood stasis, lower cholesterol, HDI w/ warfarin and antifungals

Answer 9

hong qu** (red yeast rice)