fx - drain damp, warm interior, transform phlegm Flashcards
fu ling
poria (poria cocos)
drain water and excrete damp
chi fu ling
poria (poria cocos)
drain water and excrete damp
fu shen
poria (poria cocos)
drain water and excrete damp
fu ling pi
poria (poria cocos)
drain water and excrete damp
zhu ling
polyporus (polyporus umbellatus)
drain water and excrete damp
ze xie
water plantain (alisma orientalis)
drain water and excrete damp
yi yi ren
coix seeds, job’s tears (coix lacryma-jobi)
drain water and excrete damp
che qian zi
plantain seed (plantago asiatica)
drain water and excrete damp
hua shi
talcum
drain water and excrete damp
mu tong
akebia / clematis (akebia quinata / clematis armandii caulis)
drain water and excrete damp
tong cao
tetrapanax (tetrapanax papyferus)
drain water and excrete damp
qu mai
fringed pink, dianthus (dianthus superbus)
drain water and excrete damp
bian xu
knotweed (polygonum aviculare)
drain water and excrete damp
shi wei
pyrrosia leaf (pyrrosia lingua)
drain water and excrete damp
stops itching, removes damp heat (lower jiao) by unblocking urination; clears wind heat affecting eyes & head.
treats scabies, eczema, damp heat skin disorders.
di fu zi
broom cypress, kochia fruit (kochia scoparia)
drain water and excrete damp
reduces edema by promoting urination; facilitates removal of pathogenic water & damp; clears heat; expels phlegm & pus.
Lu
intestinal or Lu
intestinal abscess; lower jiao masses
vaginal discharge dt heat & damp
dong gua ren/zi
winter melon seed (benincasa hispida)
drain water and excrete damp
expels & drains damp esp from the lower jiao by separating clear from turbid; expels wind & damp (Bi syndrome) and relaxes sinews; treats painful urination w turbid urine dt damp (Gao Lin)
bi xie
tokoro rhizome (dioscorea collettii)
drain water and excrete damp
expels stones (Lr, Gb, Ki, or BL) - treats painful urination dt damp-heat or stone in lower jiao; jaundice dt damp-heat in liver & gallbladder; cleans toxins and relieves swelling (carbuncles, boils, snake bite)
jin qian cao
lysimachia (lysimachia christinae)
drain water and excrete damp
clears and drains damp & heat from the blood level by promoting urination. treats all kinds of Lin syndrome (heat, stone, blood) - painful urination w blood or turbid urine dt damp heat or stone in lower jiao. edema w scanty urine.
hai jin sha
lygodium spore (lygodium japonicum)
drain water and excrete damp
promotes urination for relieving edema (abdominal distention); cleans toxin and drains pus; jaundice
chi xiao dou
adzuki bean (phaseolus calcaratus)
drain water and excrete damp
clears heat and drains damp for relieving jaundice (liver & gallblader damp-heat); major herb for treating all types of jaundice
eczema dt damp-heat, especially lower body
yin chen (hao)
virgate wormwood (artemisia capillaries)
drain water and excrete damp
clears damp heat; opens fluid pathways; treats painful urinary issues
reduces edema; damp leg qi, gurgling stomach & intestines; ascites, abdominal distention; wind-damp bi, hot painful joint pain
han feng ji
stephania (stephania tetrandae radix)
drain water and excrete damp
ranunculaceae - buttercup family
fu zi
aconite accessory root (aconitum carmichaeli)
warm the interior
chuan wu tou
aconite main root (aconitum carmichaeli)
warm the interior
