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石膏

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Shí Gāo
• "stone paste"
• gypsum
• Gypsum fibrosum
• Crystalline gypsum
• sweet, acrid, and very cold
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Shí Gāo according to Dr. Lee?

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MAIN ABILITY:
• cools and disperses the heat in the yang ming
MAINLY TREATS:
• vexing thirst
CLINICAL APPLICATIONS:
• w/ geng mi: heat, profuse sweat, big thirst, vexation, flooding big or floating slippery pulse
- Bai Hu Tang: fever, vexation, delirium, mental disorder
- Zhu Ye Shi Gao Tang: recovery stage from febrile disease, chronic dry cough
• w/ ma huang: pulmonary conditions, pain conditions, skin conditions, edema

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Shí Gāo according to Bensky?

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CLASSIFICATION:
• herbs that clear heat (and drain fire)
ACTIONS & INDICATIONS:
• Clears heat and drains fire
• Clears heat from excess from the lungs
• Clears blazing stomach fire
• For eczema, burns, and ulcerated sores (topical)
CONTRAINDICATIONS:
• in cases of cold from deficiency of the Spleen and Stomach, or fever yin deficiency
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知母

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Zhī Mǔ
• "know about mother"
• anemarrhena rhizome
• Anemarrhenae Rhizoma
• Anemarrhenae aspheloides
• bitter, sweet, and cold
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Zhī Mǔ according to Dr. Lee?

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MAIN ABILITY:
• enriches yin and clears heat
MAINLY TREATS:
• vexation due to heat or yin deficiency
CLINICAL APPLICATIONS:
• n/a
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Zhī Mǔ according to Bensky?

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CLASSIFICATION:
• herbs that clear heat (and drain fire)
ACTIONS & INDICATIONS:
• Clears heat and drains fire
• Enriches the yin and moistens dryness
• Generates fluids and clears heat
• Ameliorates the dryness of tonifying or warming substances
CONTRAINDICATIONS:
• in cases of cold from deficiency of the Spleen and Stomach, or diarrhea
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(淡)竹葉

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(Dàn) Zhú Yè
• "(bland) bamboo leaves"
• bamboo leaves, lophatherum stem and leaves
• Phyllostachys nigrae Folium (竹葉)
 - (Lophateri Herba (淡竹葉))
• Phyllostachys nigra (竹葉)
 - (Lophatherum gracile (淡竹葉))
• sweet, bland, and cold
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Zhú Yè according to Dr. Lee?

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MAIN ABILITY:
• disperses and clears heat
MAINLY TREATS:
•  n/a
CLINICAL APPLICATIONS:
• n/a
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Zhú Yè according to Bensky?

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CLASSIFICATION:
• herbs that clear heat (and drain fire)
ACTIONS & INDICATIONS:
• Clears heat and eliminates irritability
• Promotes urination and clears damp heat

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粳米

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Gēng Mǐ
• rice
• Oryza sativa
• sweet and cool

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Gēng Mǐ according to Dr. Lee?

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MAIN ABILITY:
• nourishes fluids and moderates urgency
MAINLY TREATS:
•  n/a
CLINICAL APPLICATIONS:
• n/a
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Gēng Mǐ according to Chen & Chen?

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CLASSIFICATION:
• n/a
ACTIONS & INDICATIONS:
• Tonifies the lung, spleen and intestines

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梔子

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Zhī Zǐ
• gardenia fruit, Cape Jasmine fruit
• Gardeniae Fructus
• Gardenia jasminoides
• bitter, and cold
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Zhī Zǐ according to Dr. Lee?

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MAIN ABILITY:
• clears constrained heat and vexation
MAINLY TREATS:
•  vexation due to constrained heat
CLINICAL APPLICATIONS:
• Vexation, irritability, restlessness, insomnia
• Skin conditions
• Jaundice
• Drinker's condition
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Zhī Zǐ according to Bensky?

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CLASSIFICATION:
• herbs that clear heat (and drain fire)
ACTIONS & INDICATIONS:
• Drains heat and eliminates irritability
• Clears heat and resolves dampness
• Cools the blood and resolves toxicity
• Reduces swelling and moves blood stasis due to trauma (topical use)
CONTRAINDICATIONS:
• in those with cold from deficiency of the Spleen and Stomach with reduced appetite and reduced stools

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淡豆豉

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Dàn Dòu Chǐ
• prepared soybean
• Sojae Semen preparatum
• Glycine max
• sweet, slightly bitter, and cold/warm
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Dòu Chǐ according to Dr. Lee?

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MAIN ABILITY:
• n/a
MAINLY TREATS:
• vexing anguish sensation in the chest
CLINICAL APPLICATIONS:
• Vexation, irritability, restlessness, insomnia
• Chest pain
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Dòu Chǐ according to Bensky?

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CLASSIFICATION:
• herbs that release the exterior
ACTIONS & INDICATIONS:
• Releases the exterior
• Eliminates irritability
CONTRAINDICATIONS:
• n/a
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茵陳蒿

A 
Yīn Chén Hāo
• "originates from old-aged Hāo"
• virgate wormwood
• Artemisiae scopariae Herba
• Artemisia capillaris
• bitter, and slightly cold
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Yīn Chén Hāo according to Dr. Lee?

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MAIN ABILITY:
• clears damp heat
MAINLY TREATS:
•  jaundice
CLINICAL APPLICATIONS:
• Jaundice
• Skin eruptions due to alcohol or foods
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Yīn Chén Hāo according to Bensky?

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CLASSIFICATION:
• herbs that drain dampness
ACTIONS & INDICATIONS:
• Clears heat, resolves dampness, and reduces jaundice
• Clears heat and facilitates the resolution of dampness
CONTRAINDICATIONS:
• n/a
• “classically” - in cases of yin jaundice d/t blood accumulation (as opposed to yang jaundice)

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黄柏

A 
Huáng Bǎi
• "yellow fir"
• phellodendron bark
• Phellodendri Cortex
• Phellodendron chinense/amurense
• bitter, and cold
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Huáng Bǎi according to Dr. Lee?

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MAIN ABILITY:
• clears heat and dries dampness
MAINLY TREATS:
• damp heat
CLINICAL APPLICATIONS:
• Damp heat in the lower jiao: diarrhea, dysentery, turbid vaginal discharge, etc.
• Jaundice
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Huáng Bǎi according to Bensky?

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CLASSIFICATION:
• herbs that clear heat (and dry dampness)
ACTIONS & INDICATIONS:
• Drains damp heat, particularly from the lower burner
• Drains kidneyfire
• Drains fire and fire toxicity
CONTRAINDICATIONS:
• in cases of cold from deficiency of the Spleen and Stomach

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