general herb / general diagnosis Flashcards
salty taste
drains downward, softens hardness, purges bowels, enters KD
sour taste
generates fluids and yin, astringes leakage, firms tissues, enters LV
bitter taste
reduces excess, clears heat, dries damp, enters the ht
acrid taste
scatters qi, stimulates circulation, expels pathogens, warming, enters the lu
sweet taste
balances, moderates, moistens, tonifies, should be predominant flavor in diet, enters spleen
bland taste
promotes urination, leaches damp
“sheng”
fresh herb
more clearing, draining form of the herb, may help toxicities
ex: sheng gan cao
chao
dry fry
awakens and strengthens the spleen
yan
dry fry with salt
directs action to kidneys
tan
charred
stops bleeding
duan
calcined
makes herbs brittle/easier to pulverize
used for minerals/shells
zhi
frying in liquid
honey (mi) = increases tonifying and moistening
vinegar (cu) = analgesic, invigorates blood, detoxifies
wine (jiu) = clears blockages, expels wind, alleviates pain
ginger juice = reduces bitterness, protects stomach from cold, mitigates toxic properties,
herbs to decot separately in gauze
che qian zi
chi shi zhi
xuan fu hua
herbs to cook first (30-60 min longer)
minerals, shells, toxic herbs
ci shi
dai zhe shi
shi gao
mu li
shu jue ming
zhen zhu
bie jia
gui ban
long gu
shui niu jiao
zhi cao wu
zhi chuan wu
zhi fu zi
decoct in last few minutes
aromatics
bo he
bai dou kou
da huang (purgative effect)
mu xiang
qing hao
rou gui
sha ren
decoct alone
expensive herbs
lu rong
ren shen
xi yang shen
dissolve into decoction
liquid and dont need cooking
e jiao
yi tang
taken with strained decoction
powder form, ingested first followed by liquid
chuan bei mu
niu huang
san qi
zhu li
herbs that shouldn’t be consumed with onions, garlic, radishes
sheng di huang
shu di huang
he shou wu
ren shen
herb to avoid vinegar
fu ling
herb to avoid garlic
mu dan pi
herb to avoid pork with
huang lian
herb to avoid turnips and tea
ren shen
antidote to ren shen poisioning
mung bean soup
the combination of two or more similar herbs to enhance their mutual function
mutual accentuation
combining two or more herbs with different actions that together enhance a particular function
mutual enhancement
two or more herbs minimizing the positive effect of each other
mutual antagonism
incompatibilities: Li Lu
bai shao
dan shen
ku shen
ren shen
sha shen
xi xin
(4 shens, shao, xin)
incompatibilities: zhi wu tou
bai ji
bai lian
bei mu
gua lou
zhi ban xia
(the b’s)
incompatibilities: gan cao
da ji
gan sui
hai zao
yuan hua
most effective herbal preparation
decoction
category characteristics: release exterior
acrid
lung
“dispersing”
wh = cold
wc = warm
category characteristics: clear heat
bitter
category characteristics: purgative
large intestine
category characteristics: cathartic herbs to drive out water
UB
category characteristics: interior warming
**HOT **/ Acrid
not warm, HOT
category characteristics: regulate qi
acrid/warm
(not liver)
category characteristics: qi tonic
sweet
lung/spleen
category characteristics: tonify yang
kd
sweet
category characteristics: stabilize and bind
sour
astringent
category characteristics: activate blood
acrid / warm
category characteristics: nourish blood
sweet
(sp, lv, ht, kd)
category characteristics: calm shen
ht
category characteristics: drain damp
sweet, bland, neutral, cool
category characteristics: aromatic, transform damp
sp/st
category characteristics: transform phlegm heat
acrid
category characteristics: transform phlegm cold
acrid/warm
category characteristics: enrich yin
kd
sweet
1 for nosebleed
bai mao gen
1 for phlegm
ban xia
1 to dry damp
cang zhu
1 for headache
chuan xiong
1 for menstrual conditions
dang gui
1 for hemorrhoids
di yu
1 for malaria
qing hao
1 for bleeding due to trauma
san qi
1 for dizziness
tian ma
1 for breast distention
xiang fu
1 for cough
xing ren
1 for jaundice
yin chen hao
only herb that reduces cholesterol and lowers BP
Jue Ming Zi
HA Herbs: Jueyin
Gao Ben= Ub channel
Wu Zhu Yu = Lv channel
HA Herbs: taiyang
qiang huo
HA Herbs: yangming
bai zhi
HA Herbs: shaoyang
chai hu
HA Herbs: shaoyin
xi xin
du huo
HA Herbs: Taiyin
ban xia
HA Herbs: all headache
chuan xiong
calm fetus herbs
ai ye
bai zhu
du zhong
tu si zi
xu duan
e jiao
huang qin
sang ji sheng
sha ren
zhu ru
zi su ye
promote lactation
dong kui zi
hei zhi ma
mu tong
pu gong ying
wang bu liu xing
raise clear yang
chai hu
ge gen
he ye
huang qi
sheng ma
lower BP herbs
bai ji li
da ji
di long
du zhong
gou teng
huai hua mi
huang qin
jue ming zi
long dan cao
sang bai pi
sang ji sheng
shi jue ming
tian ma
xi xian cao
xia ku cao
yi mu cao
zhi zi
reduce cholesterol herbs
jue ming zi
san qi
shan zha
yin chen hao
yellow sclera
jaundice
under eye swelling
kidney xu
toothache
st fire
bleeding gums
st heat
gray/dry teeth
kd yin xu
surging flooding pulse
yin within yang
tense pulse
yang within yin
slippery pulse
yang within yin
knotted pulse
irregularly irregular - slow
intermittent pulse
regularly irregular
abrupt pulse
irregularly irregular -fast
green nose
abd pain
green around mouth
lv blood stasis
lv overact on spleen
heart
facial diagnosis
forehead
canthus
tongue (orifice)
lung
facial diagnosis
right cheek
sclera
nose (orifice)
liver
facial diagnosis
left cheek
iris
eyes (orifice)
spleen
facial diagnosis
nose
eyelids
lips (orifice)
kidney
facial diagnosis
chin
pupil
ears (orifice)
flaring nostrils
lung heat
red tip of nose
heat in lu and sp
or
sp xu
yellow nose tip
damp heat
true edema (leaves mark when pressed) means
kd yang xu
non pitting edema means
qi stag
