Group 9 Flashcards by Sarah bee

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Dāng Guī
Angelicae sinensis Radix
Radix English:

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Dāng Guī

Properties

sweet, acrid, warm

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Dāng Guī

Classified as

herbs that tonify the blood

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Dāng Guī

Actions & indications:

Tonifies the blood and regulates the menses
Invigorates and harmonizes the blood and disperses cold
Moistens the intestines and unblocks the bowels
Reduces swelling, expels pus, generates flesh, and alleviates pain
Treats coughs

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Dāng Guī

Main ability

tonifies and harmonizes the blood

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Dāng Guī

Mainly treats:

blood patterns

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Dāng Guī

Clinical applications

abdominal pain
menstrual condition
cold extremities
sores/abscesses

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川芎 (芎藭)

Chu ān Xiōng (Xiōng Qióng)
Chuanxiong Rhizoma
chuanxiong root, Szechuan lovage root, cnidium

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Chu ān Xiōng (Xiōng Qióng)

Properties:

acrid, warm

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Chu ān Xiōng (Xiōng Qióng)

Classified as

herbs that invigorate the blood

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Chu ān Xiōng (Xiōng Qióng)

Actions & indications:

Invigorates the blood and promotes the movement of qi

Expels wind and alleviates pain

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Chu ān Xiōng (Xiōng Qióng)

Main ability

invigorates the blood

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Chu ān Xiōng (Xiōng Qióng)

Mainly treats:

blood pattern

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阿膠

Ē Jiāo
Asini Corii Colla
ass-hide glue, donkey-hide gelatin, gelatin

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Ē Jiāo

Properties:

sweet, neutral

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Ē Jiāo

Classified as:

herbs that tonify the blood

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Ē Jiāo

Actions & indications

Tonifies the blood o Nourishes the blood and stops bleeding o Nourishes and moistens the yin

Ē Jiāo

Main ability

nourishes the blood

Ē Jiāo

Mainly treats

blood pattern

Ē Jiāo

Clinical applications:

menstral condition - bleeding - vexation

生地黃

Sheng Dì Huáng
Rehmanniae Radix
rehmannia, Chinese foxglove root

Sheng Dì Huáng

Properties:

sweet, bitter, cold

Sheng Dì Huáng

Classified as

herbs that cool the blood

Sheng Dì Huáng

Actions & indications:

Clears heat and cools the blood

Nourishes the yin and generates fluids

熟地黃

Shu Dì Huáng Rehmanniae Radix preparata cooked rehmannia root, prepared Chinese foxglove root

Shu Dì Huáng | Properties:

sweet, slightly warm

Shu Dì Huáng | Classified as:

herbs that tonify the blood

Shu Dì Huáng | Actions & indications

Tonifies the blood Nourishes the yin Strongly enriches the yin and relieves wasting and thirsting disorder Nourishes the blood and tonifies the essence

Shu Dì Huáng | Main ability

tonifies kidney water (true yin/essence/bone marrow)

Shu Dì Huáng | Mainly treats

blood and water

麥門冬

Mài Mén Dōng Ophiopogonis Radix ophiopogon tuber

Mài Mén Dōng | Properties:

sweet, slightly bitter, slightly cold

Mài Mén Dōng | Classified as:

herbs that tonify the yin

Mài Mén Dōng | Actions & indications:

Moistens the lungs and nourishes the yin Augments the stomach yin and generates fluids Moistens the intestines Clears the heart and eliminates irritability

Mài Mén Dōng | Main ability:

nourishes the yin and moistens dryness

Mài Mén Dōng | es the yin and moistens dryness *

sensation of throat inhibition (Mai Men Dong Tang) | dry cough, qi reversal, and thirst (Zhu Ye Shi Gao Tang)

烏梅

Wū Méi Mume Fructus mume fruit

Wū Méi | Properties

sour, astringent, warm

Wū Méi | Classified as

herbs that stabilize and bind

Wū Méi | Actions & indications:

Inhibits the leakage of Lung qi and stops coughs Generates fluids and alleviates thirst Expels roundworms and alleviates pain Binds up the Intestines and stops diarrhea Stops bleeding Used topically as a plaster to treat corns and warts

Wū Méi | Main ability:

gathers wind wood

Wū Méi | Clinical application

heat above, cold below roundworm/parasites diarrhea abnormal flesh (topical)