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Dang Shen

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Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the qi

Neutral

Mild form of Ren Shen.

Poor man’s ginseng.

Tonify middle burner, strengthen qi, nourish fluids, tonify lungs.

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Du Zhong

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Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the yang

Warm

Tonify LV/KD (strengthen sinews, bones, fatigue).

Promotes smooth flow of qi and blood circulation.

Calm the fetus for yang deficiency kidneys.

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Gou Qi Zi

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Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the blood

Neutral

Nourish/tonify LV/KD (yin and blood deficiency).

Benefits essence, brighten eyes.

Enrich yin, dry lung, consumptive cough, xiao ke.

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Long Dan Cao

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Herbs that clear heat and dry dampness

Cold

Drain damp heat from the LV and GB (eyes/ears/throat, jaundice, swollen painful genitals, leukorrhea).

Clears ascending liver fire (headache, eyes, fever, spasm, convulsions).

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Xing Ren

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Herbs that transform phlegm and stop coughing - herbs that stop coughing and wheezing

Warm, Toxic

Stop coughing and wheezing due to heat or cold.

Moisten intestines, unblock bowels.

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Niu Bang Zi

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Cool acrid herbs that release the exterior

Cold

Expels wind heat, benefits throat (fever, cough, sore throat).

Clear heat, relieve toxicity.

Moisten intestines (wind heat constipation).

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Bo/Bai Zi Ren

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Herbs that calm the spirit - herbs that nourish the heart and calm the spirit

Neutral

Nourish heart yin, calm spirit (irritability, insomnia, forgetfulness, palpitations).

Moisten intestines due to blood/yin deficiency (constipation).

Night sweats.

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Gou Teng

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Substances that extinguish wind and stop tremors

Cool

Cleras wind nad heat in the liver (spasms, tremors, seizures, eclampsia).

Drains liver heat, ascends yang (headache, irritable, red eyes, dizzy).

Release exterior wind heat (fever, headache, red eyes).

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Fang Feng

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Warm acrid herbs that release the exterior

Warm

Release exterior, dispel wind.

Alleviate wind damp, alleviate pain.

Harmonizes liver and spleen (painful, diarrhea, blood in stool)

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Ma Dou Ling

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Obsolete substances with toxicity

Cold

Clears lungs, transforms phlegm (coughing, wheezing, heat signs).

Hypertension, bleeding hemorrhoids.

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Huang Lian

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Herbs that clear heat and dry dampness

Cold

Drain fire, relieve toxicity (high fever, irritability, disorientation, red eyes, sore throat, boils, carbuncles, abscesses).

Clear eat, drain damp in the stomach (diarrhea, dysentery, acid reflux, halitosis, belching).

Clears heart fire (irritability, insomnia).

Topically for red painful ulcerations.

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Qin Jiao

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Herbs that dispel wind dampness

Cool

Dispel wind cold/heat/damp, soothes sinews (muscle cramping) in extremities.

Clears deficiency heat.

Paralysis caused by stroke.

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Fu Zi

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Herbs that warm the interior and expel cold

Hot, Toxic

Restores devastated yang (extreme cold limbs with abundant cold).

Assists heart yang to unblock vessels and improves circulation.

Tonifies kidney yang (warms fire and assists yang qi for HT/SP/KD).

Disperse cold, warm channels, relieve pain due to cold.

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Han Lian Cao

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Tonify yin herbs

Cool

LV/KD yin deficiency (dizzy, grey hair, bad vision).

Cools blood, stops yin deficiency bleeding (uterine, nose, stool, urine).

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Shi Wei

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Herbs that drain dampness, cure lin syndrome

Cool

Promote urination, drain damp heat from the bladder (lin syndrome)

Stops bleeding.

Cleras lung, expels phlegm, relieves cough.

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Yan Hu Suo

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Herbs that regulate blood - herbs that invigorate blood

Warm

Invigorate blood, promote movement of qi.

Alleviate pain.

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Gou Ji

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Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the yang

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Ge Jie

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Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the yang

Neutral

Strengthen kidneys, tonify lungs (help kidney grasp lung qi, wheezing).

Assists kidney yang (strengthen essence and blood, impotence, day break diarrhea, urinary frequency).

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Lai Fu Zi

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Herbs that relieve food stagnation

Neutral

Reduce food stagnation, transform accumlations (raw).

Caused lung qi to descend, cough with damp phlegm (dry fried).

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Jue Ming Zi

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Herbs that clear heat and drain fire

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Hong Teng

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Herbs that clear heat and relieve toxicity

Neutral

Clear toxic heat and abscesses (skin lesions, swelling pain).

Invigorate blood, disperse stasis (trauma, dysmenorrhea, joint pain).

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Qin Pi

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Herbs that clear heat and dry dampness

Cold

Drain damp heat (dysentery).

Drain liver fire (eyes).

Clear wind damp heat (painful hot obstruction).

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Rou Cong Rong

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Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the yang

Warm

Tonify KD, strengthen yang (reproductive/urinary disorders).

Warms womb (infertility, excessive uterine bleeding, leukorrhea).

Moistens intestines, constipation.

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Li Zhi He

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Herbs that regulate qi

Warm

Regulate qi, stop pain (abdominal pain, PMS pain, postpartum pain).

Disperse cold and stagnation (hernia and testicular pain).

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San Leng

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Herbs that regulate blood - herbs that invigorate blood

Neutral

Breaks up blood stasis, promotes movement of qi, alleviates pain (dysmenorrhea, post partum abdominal pain, abdominal masses, amenorrhea).

Dissolves food stagnation/accumulations (severe abdominal pain and distention with food stagnation).

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Ai Ye

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Herbs that regulate blood - herbs that stop bleeding

Warm

Stops bleeding (deficiency cold uterine bleeding).

Warms womb (restless fetus).

Lower abdominal cold pain.

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Huang Jing

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Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the qi

Neutral

Tonify spleen and stomach qi (poor appetite, fatigue, dry mouth, loss of taste, dry stool).

Moisten lung (dry cough, little sputum).

Tonify kidney, strengthen essence (lower back pain/weak, light headed).

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Shi Liu Pi

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Herbs that stabilize and bind

Warm, Toxic

Binds intestines (deficiency diarrhea/dysentery, rectal prolapse).

Stabilize kidney, retian essence (spermatorrhea, uterine bleeding, leukorrhea).

Parasites (tapeworm, roundworm, ringworm).

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Da Zao

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Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the qi

Neutral

Tonify spleen qi (weakness, shortness of breath, reduced appetite, loose stools).

Nourish blood, calm spirit (irritable, pale, emotional, restless).

Harmonize other herb’s harsh properties.

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Chuan Xiong

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Herbs that regulate blood - herbs that invigorate blood

Warm

Invigorate blood, promote movement of qi.

Irregular menses, dysmenorrhea, lochioschesis, headache.

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Jing Jie

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Warm acrid herbs that release the exterior

Warm

Release exterior, dispel wind, carbuncles in their initial stage, vents rashes and aleviates itching.

Stops bleeding when charred (in stools, uterine)

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Di Long

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Substances that extinguish wind and stop tremors

Cold

Drains liver heat (spasms, convulsions, high fever, painful lin).

Clears lung heat (wheezing).

Clears heat in the channels (swollen, painful joints).

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Xiao Ji

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Herbs that regulate blood - herbs that stop bleeding

Cool

Stops bleeding/blood in urine (stronger than Da Ji).

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Zhi Mu

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Herbs that clear heat and drain fire

Cold

Clear heat, drain fire (lung and stomach).

Nourish yin, moisten dryness (night sweat, steaming bone, irritability, kidney heat patterns).

Generates fluids and cleras heat.

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Zi Cao

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Herbs that clear heat and cool the blood

Cold

Relieve fire toxicity, cool blood (rashes).

Damp heat in the skin, itching.

Moisten intestines, unblocks bowels (constipation).

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Huang Qi

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Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the qi

Warm

Tonify spleen and lung qi (raise spleen and stomach qi/prolapse).

Tonify wei qi (stabilize exterior).

Tonify qi and blood due to loss of blood/postpartum fever.

Promotes urination (edema, discharge of pus, generates flesh).

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(Zi) Su Zi

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Herbs that transform phlegm and stop coughing - herbs that stop coughing and wheezing

Warm

Stops coughing and wheezing.

Redirects rebellious qi downward and dissolves phlegm.

Moistens intestines.

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Bai Dou Kou

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Aromatic herbs that transform dampness

Warm

Aromatically transforms dampness, chest distention, lack of appetite.

Stagnation of middle burner qi, warms middle burner.

Causes rebellious qi to descend, nausea and vomiting.

Cook in the last 5 minutes of decoction.

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Xiang Ru

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Warm acrid herbs that release the exterior

Warm

Release exterior, expel summerheat, transform damp (chill, fever, no sweat, body ache)

Promote urination, reduce edema and swelling, lin syndrome

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Kuan Dong Hua

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Herbs that transform phlegm and stop coughing - herbs that stop coughing and wheezing

Warm

Relieves cough, expels phlegm.

Redirects rebellious qi downward and stop coughing.

Frying in honey enhances moistening function of lungs.

Used with Zi Wan.

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Huang Qin

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Herbs that clear heat and dry dampness

Cold

Clear heat, drain fire in the upper burner (thirst, irritability, thirst, cough).

Clear heat, dry damp in the stomach (diarrhea, dysentery, thirst with no desire to drink, lin syndrome, jaundice).

Clear heat, stop bleeding (vomiting, coughing, nose, stool).

Clear heat, calm fetus.

Clear liver yang rising (headache, irritability, red eyes, bitter taste).

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Ban Xia

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Herbs that transform phlegm and stop coughing - warm herbs that transform cold phlegm

Warm, Toxic

Dry dampness (transform cold phlegm, rebellious qi).

Harmonize stomach, stops vomiting.

Dissipate nodules, reduce distention.

Caution with pregnancy.

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Sang Piao Xiao

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Herbs that stabilize and bind

Neutral

Tonifies kidneys (aids yang, retains essence, incontinence, spermatorrhea, enuresis in children).

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Zi Wan

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Herbs that transform phlegm and stop coughing - herbs that stop coughing and wheezing

Warm

Relieves cough, expels phlegm.

Redirects rebellious qi downwards and stops coughing.

Frying in honey enhances the moistening function of lungs.

Used with Kuan Dong Hua.

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Huo Ma Ren

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Downward Draining herbs -moist laxatives

Neutral

Moisten and nourish intestines, elderly and postpartum constipation.

Mildly tonify spleen qi and yin.

Clear heat, promote healing of sores.

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Ban Mao

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Herbs for topical application

Cold, Toxic

Attack tocins, wears away sores (topically, carbuncles, scrofula).

Greatly irritates skin producing blisters and redness).

Breaks up blood stasis, disperses clumps (palpable non moving masses).

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Wang Bu Liu Xing

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Herbs that regulate blood - herbs that invigorate blood

Neutral

Invigorate blood in the upper body channels (promote lactation, unblocks menses, amenorrhea).

Swelling (breast or testicular swellings with pain).

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Mu Tong

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Herbs that drain dampness, cure lin syndrome

Cool

Promote urination, drains heat from heart through the small intestine.

Promotes lactation, unblocks blood vessels.

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E Jiao

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Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the blood

Neutral

Tonify blood, blood deficiency.

Stops bleeding.

Nourish, moisten yin, dry lung, xiao ke.

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Dong Chong Xia Cao

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Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the yang

Warm

Strengthen kidneys, tonify yang (impotence, sore/weak back).

Tonify kidney yang, nourish lung yin, transforms phlegm.

Cough, wheezing, bleeding, xiao ke.

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Hua Jiao

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Herbs that warm the interior and expel cold

Hot

Warm middle, disperse cold, allevaite pain, spleen and stoamch cold.

Cold pain in the abdomen with vomiting and diarrhea.

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Kun Bu

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Herbs that transform phlegm and stop coughing - herbs that cool and transform phlegm heat

Cold

Reduce phlegm, soften hardness (nodules in neck, fullness in chest due to phlegm).

Promote urination, reduce swelling (lower extremity edema).

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Ba Ji Tian

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Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the yang

Warm

Tonify KD, strengthen yang (reproductive/urinary/menstrual disorders).

Strengthen sinews and bones (back pain, muscular atrophy).

Expels wind/damp/cold (back and leg qi pain).

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Xuan Fu Hua

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Herbs that transform phlegm and stop coughing - warm herbs that transform cold phlegm

Warm

Redirect lung qi downward (expel cold phlegm).

Stop vomiting, rebellious qi.

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Gui Ban

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Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the yin

Cold

Nourish yin, anchors yang (interior liver wind).

Benefits kidneys, strengthens bones.

Cools blood, uterine bleeding.

Tonify blood, nourish heart, calm heart, anxiety, insomnia.

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Sang Ye

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Cool acrid herbs that release the exterior

Cold

Expel wind, clear lung heat (fever, headache, sore throat, cough, dry mouth, thick yellow sputum).

Clear liver heat (eyes).

Cool blood, stop bleeding (vomiting blood).

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Bai Xian Pi

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Herbs that clear heat and relieve toxicity

Cold

Clear toxic heat and fire, expels wind, dries damp (sores, carbuncles, rashes with excessive pus, moist skin, jaundice).

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Long Gu

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Herbs that calm the spirit - anchor the spirit

Neutral

Calm spirit/heart (emotional distress, insomnia, palpitations, anxiety).

Calms liver, anchors floating yang (irritable, blurred vision, vertigo).

Topically for chronic non healing sores and ulcerations.

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Mu Dan Pi

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Herbs that clear heat and cool the blood

Cool

Clear heat, cool blood (nose bleed, bloody sputum, profuse menses).

Clear deficiency fire (steaming bone, no sweating).

Clears liver blood stasis (amenorrhea, abdominal masses, bruises).

Clears liver fire (headache, eye pain, dysmenorrhea).

Drains pus, reduces swelling.

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Huang Bo/Bai

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Herbs that clear heat and dry dampness

Cold

Drain damp heat in the lower jiao (thick yellow leukorrhea, diarrhea, dysentery, red swollen painful knee joints, jaundice).

Drains kidney fire (steaming bone, night sweats, afternoon fever).

Drain fire, relieve toxicity (sores).

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Rou Dou Kou

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Herbs that stabilize and bind

Warm

Binds intestines, stops chronic/daybreak diarrhea.

Warms middle burner, moves qi (allevaites pain in the abdomen, vomiting).

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Hua Shi

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Herbs that drain dampness, cure lin syndrome

Cold

Promote urination, drain heat from bladder lin syndrome.

Clears heat, summer heat, and damp heat through urine.

Absorbs dampness (oozing eczema), used topically

Contraindicated during pregnancy.

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Lu Hui

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Downward draining herbs - purgatives

Cold

Purge accumulations, drains fire, cools liver.

Kills parasites, strengthen stomach.

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Ce Bo Ye/Ce Bai Ye

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Herbs that cool the blood and stop bleeding

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Ye Jiao Teng

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Herbs that calm the spirit - herbs that nourish the heart and calm the spirit

Neutral

Calm spirit, nourish heart and blood (insomnia, irritability, dream disturbed sleep).

Nourish blood (weakness, soreness, pain, numbness due to deficiency).

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Mu Xiang

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Herbs that regulate qi

Warm

Promote movement of qi, alleviate pain (ST and abdomenal pain), tenesmus, stagnated qi in intestines, clears damp heat.

Jaundice, dysentery, diarrhea.

Strengthen spleen, digestive disorders.

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Ma Huang Gen

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Herbs that stabilize and bind

Neutral

Deficiency sweating (night/spontaneous).

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Shi Gao

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Herbs that clear heat and drain fire

Cold

Clear heat, drain fire (thirst, sweat).

Clears excess lung heat (cough, wheezing, thick yellow sputum).

Clears stomach fire (headache, toothache, painful gums).

Topically for eczema, burns, sores.

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Yuan Zhi

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Herbs that calm the spirit - herbs that nourish the heart and calm the spirit

Warm

Calm spirit, quiet heart (insomnia, palpitations, anxiety, restlessness).

Expel phlegm from lungs, clears orifices (copious sputum, mental confusion).

Reduces abscesses, dissipate swellings (boils, sores, painful breasts).

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Bai He

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Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the yin

Cold

Moisten lung, clear heat (stop cough, sore throat).

Clear heat, calm spirit (low fever, insomnia, restlessness, irritability).

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Wu Jia Pi

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Herbs that dispel wind dampness

Warm

Dispel wind cold damp, kidney deficiency.

Transforms damp, reduce edema.

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Di Gu Pi

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Herbs that clear heat from deficiency

Cold

Drain yin deficiency heat (night swetas, steaming bone, irritaiblity, thirst).

Clear lung heat (coughing, wheezing).

Clear heat, cool blood (nosebleed, vomiting blood, bloody urine).

Drain floating kidney fire (toothache).

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Shui Zhi

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Herbs that regulate blood - herbs that invigorate blood

Neutral, Toxic

Breaks up blood stasis, reduces immobile masses (amenorrhea, trauma).

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E Zhu

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Herbs that regulate blood - herbs that invigorate blood

Warm

Breaks up blood stasis, promotes movement of qi, alleviates pain.

Dissolves accumulatiosn (distention and fullness or constriction in the chest, food stagnation).

Childhood nutritional impairment.

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Bai Jie Zi

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Herbs that transform phlegm and stop coughing - warm herbs that transform cold phlegm

Warm

Warm lung qi, expel cold phlegm.

Disspates nodules, reduce swelling, alleviate pain, yin type boils.

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Mu Li

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Herbs that calm the spirit - anchor the spirit

Cool

Calms spirit (palpitations, anxiety, restlessness, insomnia).

Benefits yin, anchors floating yang (irritable, headache, tinnitus).

Prevents leakage of fluids due to deficiency.

Softens hardness, dissipates nodules (lumps, scrofula, goiter).

Absorbs acidity (stomach pain, sour taste in mouth).

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77
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Ru Xiang

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Herbs that regulate blood - herbs that invigorate blood

Warm

Invigorate blood, dispel blood stasis, alleviate pain.

Relax sinews, promotes movement of qi, bi syndrome.

Reduces swellings, generates flesh (yin carbuncles).

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78
Q

Lian Qiao

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Herbs that clear heat and relieve toxicity

Cool

Clear heat and toxins (nodules, carbuncles, sores).

Expel wind heat.

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79
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Jin Yin Hua

A

Clear heat and relieve toxicity herbs

Cold

Clear heat, relieve toxic fire (throat/breast/eye).

Expel wind heat (fever, aversion to wind, sore throat, headache).

Clear damp heat from the lower jiao (dysnetery, lin syndrome).

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80
Q

Bai Zhu

A

Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the qi

Warm

Tonify spleen and stomach qi (diarrhea, fatigue, lack of appetite, vomiting).

Strengthen spleen qi (dry dampness, calm fetus).

Tonify wei qi (stabilize exterior, stops spontaneous sweat).

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81
Q

Guang Fang Ji

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Obsolete substances with toxicity

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82
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Wa Leng Zi

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Herbs that regulate blood - herbs that invigorate blood

Neutral

Invigorate blood, dissolve phlegm (dissipate nodules, abdominal masses).

Absorb acid, alleviate pain (chronic stomach pain, ulcer, vomiting acid).

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83
Q

Gua Lou

A

Herbs that transform phlegm and stop coughing - herbs that cool and transform phlegm heat

Cold

Pi: peel (clears and transforms phlegm heat, dissipates nodules).

Ren/Zi: seed (expels pus, promotes healing of sores, moisten intestines).

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84
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Wu Bei Zi

A

Herbs that stabilize and bind

Cold

Contain lung qi (chronic cough due to deficiency).

Binds intestines (stops diarrhea, dyesentery, prolapse).

Restrains leakage (spermatorrhea, excessive sweat, bleeding).

Absorbs moisture (swellings, toxic fire, sores, ringworm, ulcers).

Topically on scar tissue.

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85
Q

Yin Chen Hao

A

Herbs that resolve dampness, relieve jaundice

Cool

Clear damp heat from the LV and GB, relieves yang or yin jaundice.

Clear heat, shaoyang syndrome.

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86
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Pei Lan

A

Aromatic herbs that transform dampness

Neutral

Aromatically transforms middle burner dampness (halitosis).

Excess drool for summer heat.

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87
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Hou Po

A

Aromatic herbs that transform dampness

Warm

Transform dampness, promtoes movement of qi, resolves stagnation.

Warms and transforms cold phlegm and directs rebellious lung qi downwards.

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88
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Xuan Shen

A

Herbs that clear heat and cool the blood

Cold

Clear heat, cool blood (bleeding, fever, dry mouth).

Nourish yin (constipation, irritability).

Drain fire, relieve toxicity (eyes, throat).

Phlegm fire nodules.

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89
Q

Fo Shou

A

Herbs that regulate qi

Warm

Regulate and soothe liver qi (rib pain, distention, belching).

Harmonize stomach, strengthen spleen (epigastric pain and distention, lack of appetite, belching, vomiting).

Dries damp, transforms phlegm (chronic cough with phlegm and chest pain).

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90
Q

Fan Xie Ye

A

Downward draining herbs - purgatives

Cold

Drains down, guides out constipation due to heat.

Contraindicated druing pregnancy, mensturation, or nursing.

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91
Q

Lian Zi

A

Herbs that stabilize and bind

Neutral

Tonify and binds spleen (chronic diarrhea).

Tonifies kidneys (stops leukorrhea and spermatorrhea).

Nourish heart (calm spirit, stop sweating, anxiety, palpitations, insomnia).

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92
Q

Bai Wei

A

Herbs that clear heat from deficiency

Cold

Clear heat, cool blood (yin deficiency fever, post partum fever).

Cools blood, promote urination (bloody lin).

Relieves toxicity (toxic sores, swollen painful throat, snake bites).

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93
Q

Xi Yang Shen

A

Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the yin

Cold

Benefits qi, nourish yin, generates fluids.

Clear lung qi empty fire, nourish lung yin (bloody sputum, dyspnea).

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94
Q

Tao Ren

A

Herbs that regulate blood - herbs that invigorate blood

Neutral

Invigorate blood, remove stasis.

Abscess of large intestine and lung.

Moisten intestines, unblock bowels.

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95
Q

Mai Ya

A

Herbs that relieve food stagnation

Neutral

Reduce food stagnation, strengthen stomach.

Inhibit lactation (30g raw + 30g cooked = 60g decoction).

Regulates liver qi.

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96
Q

Gan Sui

A

Downward draining herbs - harsh expellants

Cold, Toxic

Drain downward, drives out congested fluids, fluid in chest and abdomen.

General edema, causes water to be passed anally.

Clear heat, reduce swellings, swollen painful skin lesions.

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97
Q

Sang Bai Pi

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Herbs that transform phlegm and stop coughing - herbs that stop coughing and wheezing

Cold

Lung heat with coughing and wheezing.

Promote urination, reduce edema, lung heat obstructs the lung qi movement, no sweating, edema, fever, thirst.

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98
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He Zi

A

Herbs that stabilize and bind

Neutral

Binds intestines (hot/cold diarrhea, dysentery).

Leakage of lung qi (cough, wheezing, loss of voice).

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99
Q

Qian Cao (Gen)

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Herbs that regulate blood - herbs that stop bleeding

Cold

Cool blood to stop bleeding.

Invigorates blood to dispel blood stasis.

Chronic skin rash (eczema).

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100
Q

Fu Pen Zi

A

Herbs that stabilize and bind

Warm

Tonify, stabilize kidney (incontinence, enuresis, spermatorrhea).

Liver and kidney deficiency (poor viison, sore low back, impotence).

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101
Q

Ou Jie

A

Herbs that regulate blood - herbs that stop bleeding

Neutral

Stops bleeding, breaks up blood stasis (lung and stomach heat causing vomiting or coughing blood).

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102
Q

Bai Fu Zi

A

Herbs that transform phlegm and stop coughing - warm herbs that transform phlegm cold

Warm, Toxic

Dry dampness, transform phlegm, expel wind cold, stop spasm pain.

Relieve toxicity, dissipates nodules, snake bite.

Do not use with pregnancy.

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103
Q

Wu Yao

A

Herbs that regulate qi

Warm

Promote movement of qi, alleviate pain, lower jiao.

Abdominal pain, hernia, menses pain.

Warm kidney, stop enuresis, urine frequency.

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104
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Jie Geng

A

Herbs that transform phlegm and stop coughing - warm herbs that transform cold phlegm

Neutral

Opens up lung qi, expel phlegm (hot or cold), benefits throat.

Promote discharge of pus.

Guiding herb to lung.

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105
Q

Hei Zhi Ma

A

Tonifying herbs - tonify yin

Neutral

Nourish LV/KD yin deficiency (blurred vision, tinnitus, dizziness, recovery after illness).

Nourish blood, clear wind (headache, dizziness, numbness).

Moisten and lubricate intestines (constipation).

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106
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Chuan Lian Zi

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Herbs that regulate qi

Cold, Toxic

Promote movement of qi, clear heat in the LV/ST, stop pain.

Kills parasites, stop pain.

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107
Q

Can Sha

A

Herbs that dispel wind dampness

Warm

Expel wind damp, relieve pain (wind damp obstruction, itchy rash).

Harmonize stomach, transform turbid dampness (vomiting, diarrhea, cramps, abdominal pain, borborygmus).

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108
Q

Ju Hua

A

Cool acrid herbs that release the exterior

Cool

Disperse wind heat.

Clear liver fire (red painful dry eyes, tearing, floaters).

Calm liver (dizziness, headache, deafness, blurred vision).

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109
Q

Jin Qian Cao

A

Herbs that drain dampness, resolve dampness relieve jaundice

Neutral

Promote urination, stone lin syndrome.

Clears damp jaundice (yang or yin), eye problems.

Snake bite.

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110
Q

Si Gua Luo

A

Herbs that clear heat and relieve toxicity

Neutral

Expel wind, damp ehat obstructing the channels (sore chest and flank areas).

Sore muscles and sinews (stiff joint, traumatic injury, breast abscess).

Expel phlegm, lung heat (high fever, chest pain, sticky sputum).

Expel summerheat, promote urination.

Breasts (swollen painful breasts, insufficient lactation).

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111
Q

Mai Men Dong

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Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the yin

Cold

Moisten lungs, dry cough (coughing up blood).

Augments stomach yin (generates fluids, dry mouth/tongue).

Moistens intestines.

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112
Q

Dan Shen

A

Herbs that regulate blood - herbs that invigorate blood

Cool

Invigorate blood, break up blood stasis.

Clear heat, soothe irritability.

Stomach pain.

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113
Q

Sheng Di Huang

A

Herbs that clear heat and cool the blood

Cold

Clear heat, cool blood.

Nourish yin, geernate fluids (dry mouth, constipation).

Cools heart fire (cankers, irritability, insomnia, malar flush).

Wasting thirsting disorder.

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114
Q

Bai Guo

A

Herbs that stabilize and bind

Neutral, Toxic

Nourish lung (expel phlegm, cough, wheezing).

Elimiante damp, stabilize lower jiao (leukorrhea, turbid/frequent urine).

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115
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Hu Po

A

Herbs that calm the spirit - anchor the spirit

Neutral

Calm spirit (tremor, palpitations, anxiety, excessive dreams, insomnia, poor memory, convulsions, seizures).

Invigorate blood, dissipate stasis (amenorrhea with pain, palpable masses).

Promote urination, invigorate blood (lin syndrome).

Reduce swellings, promote healing (sores).

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116
Q

Da Ji

A

Downward draining herbs - harsh expellants

Cold, Toxic

Drain downward, drive out congested fluids, fluid in chest, thick sputum.

Reduce swelling, dissipate nodules, (red swollen painful toxic sores or scrofula).

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117
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Lu Gen

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Herbs that clear heat and drain fire

Cold

Clear heat, generate fluids (high fever, irritability, thirst).

Clear lung heat (cough, thick yellow sputum).

Clear stomach heat (vomiting, belching).

Clear heat and promote urination (dark scanty urine, blood in urine, thirst).

Encourages rashes to the surface.

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118
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Ji Xue Teng

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Herbs that regulate blood - herbs that invigorate blood

Warm

Promote movement of blood, tonify blood.

Invigorate channels, relax sinews.

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119
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Wei Ling Xian

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Herbs that dispel wind dampness

Warm

Dispel wind damp and unblocks channels, relieves pain.

Fish bone lodged in the throat.

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120
Q

Dong Gua Pi

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Herbs that drain dampness, benefit water relieve edema

Cold

Clear lung heat, expel phlegm, discharge puss (thicky sticky yellow phlegm, lung abscess, upper jiao obstruction).

Clear heat, drain damp (leukorrhea).

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121
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Gao Ben

A

Warm acrid herbs that release the exterior

Warm

Expel wind cold and alleviate pain (pain at the vertex of the head, low back pain).

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122
Q

Qian Shi

A

Herbs that stabilize and bind

Neutral

Strengthen spleen, stop diarrhea.

Stabilize kidney (nocturnal emissions, premature ejaculation).

Expels damp (damp heat or deficient leukorrhea).

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123
Q

Gan Cao

A

Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the qi

Neutral or Warm

Tonify spleen and stomach qi (digestive disorders).

Moisten lung (stop dry cough).

Tonify heart qi (regulate pulse).

Clears heat and toxic fire.

Alleviates pain, stops spasms.

Harmonizes and moderates characteristics of other herbs.

Antidote for toxicity.

Easily causes bloating, don’t use with hypertension, edema, Hai Zao.

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124
Q

Shi Di

A

Herbs that regulate qi

Neutral

Direct stomach qi downward (hiccup, belching).

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125
Q

Xiao Hui Xiang

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Herbs that warm the interior and expel cold

Warm

Soothes liver qi, warms kidney, expels cold, alleviates pain.

Regulates and harmonizes stomach qi.

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126
Q

Qing Pi

A

Herbs that regulate qi

Warm

Liver qi stagnation (mastitis, hypochondriac pain, irritable).

Dissipates lumps/nodules, reduces food stagnation.

Raise blood pressure.

Do not use with qi deficiency.

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127
Q

Bai Bu

A

Herbs that transform phlegm and stop coughing - herbs that stop coughing and wheezing

Warm

Moisten lung, stop cough (chronic and acute cough, deficiency cough).

Expel parasites, kill lice, pinworms.

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128
Q

Chi Shi Zhi

A

Herbs that stabilize and bind

Warm

Binds intestines, stop cold diarrhea with mucus and blood.

Contain blood, stop bleeding (uterine bleeding, excess menses, prolapse).

Promotes healing of wounds (chronic ulcers, topically for wheeping sores).

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129
Q

Hu Huang Lian

A

Herbs that clear heat from deficiency

Cold

Drain damp heat (dysentery, sores).

Clear deficiency heat.

Clera heat (childhood nutritional impairment, abdominal distention, afternoon fever, dysentery, diarrhea).

130
Q

Hai Er Cha

A

Herbs for topical application

Neutral

Drain damp, absorb seepate from sores (chronic non healing sores).

Stop bleeding (topically).

Clear lung, transform phlegm (generate fluids, stop diarrhea, lung heat, thirst, summerheat).

131
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Qing Hao

A

Herbs that clear heat from deficiency

Cold

Clear summer heat (fever, headache, dizzy, stifling sensation in the chest).

Clear deficiency fever.

Cool blood, stop bleeding (rash, nosebleed).

Malaria.

132
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Ming Fan

A

Herbs for topical application

Cold

Relive toxicity, kills parasites, dry damp, alleviate itch.

Topical wash for scabies, ringworm, damp or damp heat rash.

Swollen painful eyes, throat, jaundice.

Stop bleeding, alleviate diarrhea (chronic blood in diarrhea/urine, hemorrhoids, nosebleed, bleeding gums, any external bleeding).

Clear heat, expel phlegm, wind phlegm (irritability, delirium, convulsions, cough with thick sticky sputum).

133
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Bai Jiang Cao

A

Herbs that clear heat and relieve toxicity

Cool

Clear toxic heat and fire (pus, abscess, sores, swellings).

Dispel blood stasis, stop pain (abdominal/chest stasis, traumatic injury).

134
Q

Mo Yao

A

Herbs that regulate blood - herbs that invigorate blood

Neutral

Invigorates blood, dispel blood stasis, alleviate pain.

Relax sinews, promotes movement of qi, bi syndrome.

Reduce swellings, generates flesh (yin carbuncles).

135
Q

Bai Mao Gen

A

Herbs that regulate blood - herbs that stop bleeding

Cold

Cool blood, stop bleeding due to reckless movement of hot blood.

Blood in urine, coughing blood.

Clear heat from the stomach and lungs.

136
Q

Gao Liang Jiang

A

Herbs that warm the interior and expel cold

Hot

Warms middle jiao, alelviate epigastric/abdominal pain.

Vomit, diarrhea, hiccup due to cold in the middle burner.

137
Q

Xie/Xue Jie

A

Herbs for topical application (or invigorate blood).

Neutral

Dispel blood stasis, relive pain (traumatic injury/fractures, contusions, sprains, bruising and stops bleeding topically).

Protect decay of ulcer’s surface, generate flesh (chronic non healing sores).

138
Q

Nan Gua Zi

A

Herbs that expel parasites

Neutral

Expel parasites, alleviate pain (tapeworm, roundworms).

Benefit pot partum fluid metabolism (post partum hand and feet swelling, aids in lactation).

139
Q

Chan Tui

A

Cool acrid herbs that release the exterior

Cool

Disperse wind heat (swollen throat, loss of voice).

Vents early stage of rashes.

Clears liver fire.

Stops infantile wind (spasms, delirium, night terrors, convulsions).

140
Q

Ma Huang

A

Warm acrid herbs that release the exterior

warm

Release exterior, disperse cold, moves lung qi (coughing, wheezing), promotes urination and reduces edema

141
Q

Yi Mu Cao

A

Herbs that regulate blood - herbs that invigorate blood

142
Q

Zi Hua Di Ding

A

Herbs that clear heat and relieve toxicity

Cold

Clear toxic heat and fire (hot swellings, eyes, throats, ears).

Clear hot sores in the head and back topically.

143
Q

Tian Ma

A

Substances that extinguish wind and stop tremors

Neutral

Calm liver, clears wind heat or cold (spasm, tremors, headache, epilepsy).

Disperse painful obstruction due to wind damp (numbness, pain, dizzy).

144
Q

Lu Rong

A

Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the yang

Warm

Tonify kidneys, strengthen yang.

Tonify Du, Chong, Ren vessels.

Strengthen sinews/bones, stabilizes Dai Mai, reproductive disorders.

Nourish qi/blood (yin type boils).

145
Q

Pu Gong Ying

A

Herbs that clear heat and relieve toxicity

Cold

Clear toxic heat and fire (liver heat affecting eyes).

Dissipates nodules and abscesses.

Promotes lactation due to heat.

Clear heat and resolves damp (jaundice, lin syndrome).

146
Q

Zhu Ling

A

Herbs that drain dampness, benefit water and relieve edema

Cool

Promotes urination, drains damp (combine with fu ling).

Yang jaundice, lin syndrome.

147
Q

Yu Jin

A

Herbs that regulate blood - herbs that invigorate blood

Cool

Invigorate blood, promote movement of qi.

Alleviate pain (liver qi with heat).

Clears heart, cools blood.

Benefits gallbladder (jaundice).

Stone lin syndrome.

148
Q

Huo Xiang

A

Aromatic herbs that transform dampness

Warm

Aromatically transforms turbid dampness.

Harmonizes middle burner, stops vomiting.

Release exterior (wind damp cold), stomach flu.

Cook for the last 5 minutes of decoction.

149
Q

Hai Zao

A

Herbs that transform phlegm and stop coughing - herbs that cool and transform phlegm heat

Cold

Clear heat, reduce phlegm nodules (goiter, scrofula).

Promote urination, reduce edema, leg edema and floating edema.

150
Q

Chen Xiang

A

Herbs that regulate qi

Warm

Promote movement of qi, alleviate pain, upper and middle burner.

Stomach pain with nausea, vomit, direct rebellious qi downward.

Helps kidney grasp qi.

With Rou Cong Rong for constipation due to kidney deficiency.

151
Q

Qian Hu

A

Herbs that transform phlegm and stop coughing - herbs that cool and transform phlegm heat

Cool

Redirects rebellious lung qi downward, expels phlegm.

Releases wind from the exterior.

152
Q

Xiang Fu

A

Herbs that regulate qi

Neutral

Spreads and regulate qi, soothes liver.

Regulates menses, alleviates pain.

153
Q

Tong Cao

A

Herbs that drain dampness, benefit urination cure lin syndrome

Cold

Promote urination, clear heat (lin syndrome, damp warm febrile disease).

Promote lactation.

154
Q

Bai Qian

A

Herbs that transform phlegm and stop coughing - warm herbs that transform cold phlegm

Warm

Redirects lung qi downward, expel phlegm (cough with copious sputum and gurgling in throat, wheezing).

155
Q

Qiang Huo

A

Warm acrid herbs that release the exterior

Warm

Release exterior, disperse cold, unblocks painful obstruction (wind cold damp pain), guides the herbs to Du and Taiyang Channels

156
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157
Q

Wu Wei Zi

A

Herbs that stabilize and bind

Warm

Constrain lung qi (chronic cough and wheezing).

Tonify kidney, binds essence (stop diarrhea, nocturnal emissions, spermatorrhea, leukorrhea, frequent urination).

Inhibits sweating, generates fluids (thirst with excess sweat, xiao ke).

Quiet spirit, calm heart (irritable, palpitations, insomnia).

158
Q

Ku Shen

A

Herbs that clear heat and dry dampness

Cold

Clear heat, drain damp (dysneterry, leukorrhea, jaundice, sores).

Expels wind, kills parasites (itching, skin lesions).

Clear heat, promote urination (lin syndrome, hot edema).

159
Q

He Huan Pi

A

Herbs that calm the spirit - herbs that nourish the heart and calm the spirit

Neutral

Calms spirit, relieve constrained emotions (vexation, depression, insomnia, irritability, poor memory).

Invigorate blood, alleviate pain (swelling due to trauma, abscesses).

160
Q

Meng Chong

A

Herbs that invigorate blood and move stagnation

161
Q

Ju Pi/Chen Pi

A

Herbs that regulate qi

Warm

Regualte stomach qi, invigorates spleen qi.

Dry damp, transform phlegm.

Prevents stagnation.

162
Q

San Qi

A

Herbs that regulate blood - herbs that stop bleeding

Warm

Stops bleeding, transforms blood stasis.

Stops bleeding without causing blood stasis.

Traumatic injuries, alleviates pain, reduces swelling.

163
Q

Suo Yang

A

Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the yang

Warm

Tonify Kidney yang (impotence, frequent urination, spermatorrhea).

Nourish blood, tonify essence, strengthen sinews (motor impairment, paralysis).

Moisten intestines (constipation due to deficient qi or blood).

164
Q

Ting Li Zi

A

Herbs that transform phlegm and stop coughing - herbs that stop coughing and wheezing

Cold

Drains lung heat, relieve phlegm, calm wheezing (excess type wheezing and coughing with excess sputum and gurgling sound in the throat).

Moves water, reduce edema (facial edema, fluid accumulation in the chest and abdomen, urinary difficulty).

165
Q

Quan Xie

A

Substances that extinguish wind and stop tremors

Neutral, Toxic

Clears liver wind phlegm (convulsions, tetanus, seizures, tremors).

Fire toxic nodules (topically on toxic sores, swellings).

Unblocks collaterals (painful headaches).

166
Q

Xie Bai

A

Herbs that regulate qi

Warm

Unblock yang qi in chest due to cold phlegm, disperse cold phlegm.

Promote movement of qi and blood, alelviate pain,, upper jiao.

Direct qi downward, reduce stagnation.

167
Q

Tu Si Zi

A

Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the yang

Neutral

Tonify kidneys, strengthen yin, secures essence, reserves urine.

Tonify LV, improves vision.

Strengthen spleen, stops diarrhea.

Calms fetus.

168
Q

Liu Ji Nu

A

Herbs that inbigorate blood - treat trauma

Warm

Dispel blood stasis, unblocks menses (amenorrhea, post partum abdominal pain, pain due to trauma).

Topically for burns, bleeding, contusions.

169
Q

Lu Feng Fang

A

Herbs for topical application

Neutral, Toxic

Relive toxicity, expel wind, allevaite pain (toothache).

Topically (skin rash, itching, scabies, ringworm, sores, carbuncles).

Expel wind, dry damp (painful obstruction, wind rash).

170
Q

Cao Guo

A

Aromatic herbs that transform dampness

Warm

Dries damp, damp cold obstructing the spleen, abdominal pain and distention, vomiting, diarrhea.

Malarial disorder (fever, chills with damp cold and turbid dampness).

Dissolve stagnation and distention of abodmen (nausea, spleen deficiency).

171
Q

Niu Xi

A

Herbs that regulate blood - herbs that invigorate blood

Neutral

Invigorates blood, dispels blood stasis.

Strengthens sinews/bones/joints.

Clears damp heat in the lower burner.

Brings blood downward.

172
Q

Wu Ling Zhi

A

Herbs that regulate blood - herbs that invigorate blood

Warm

Disperse blood stasis, alleviate pain (amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, post partum abdominal pain, epigastric pain due to blood stasis).

Transforms stasis, stops bleeding (uterine bleeding, lochioschesis).

Childhood nutritional impairment with focal distention.

Use raw to invigorate blood and dry fry to stop bleeding.

173
Q

Bai Hua She She Cao

A

Herbs that clear heat and relieve toxicity

Cold

Clear toxic heat and fire (abscesses, sores, ulcerations, swellings, snakebites).

Clear heat and damp (promotes urination, lin syndrome, jaundice).

174
Q

Xia Ku Cao

A

Herbs that clear heat and drain fire

Cold

Ascending liver fire (eyes, headache, dizziness).

Phlegm fire nodules (neck, scrofula, lipoma, goiter).

Hypertension.

175
Q

Da Qing Ye

A

Herbs that clear heat and relieve toxicity

Cold

Clear heat, relieve toxicity (febrile disease outbreak).

Cools blood, reduces blotches (skin eruptions, fever, irritability).

176
Q

Zhu Ru

A

Herbs that transform phlegm and stop coughing - herbs that cool and transform phlegm heat

Cool

Clear, transform phlegm heat and cough.

Clears heat from stomach, stops vomiting.

Disturbed heart by phlegm heat (insomnia, restlessness).

177
Q

Bie Jia

A

Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the yin

Cold

Nourish yin, clear deficiency heat (anchors yang, interior liver wind).

Invigorates blood, promotes menses, dissipate nodules.

178
Q

Wu Gong

A

Substances that extinguish wind and stop tremors

Warm, Toxic

Cleras wind and spasms (lock jaw, seizures, convulsions).

Dissipates toxins and nodules (sores, carbuncles, neck lumps, snake bite).

Unblocks collaterals (painful headaches).

179
Q

Mang Xiao

A

Downward draining herbs - purgatives

Cold

Purge accumulations, guides out stagnation, soften hardness.

Clears heat, reduces swelling.

180
Q

Di Yu

A

Herbs that regulate blood - herbs that stop bleeding

Cool

Cools blood, stop bleeding in the lower burner (dysentery, vomiting blood, uterine bleeding).

Cleras heat, generates flesh (carbuncles/burns).

181
Q

Sang Shen

A

Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the blood

182
Q

Liu Huang

A

Herbs for topical application

Hot, Toxic

Relive toxicity, kill parasites, stop itching.

Topically for scabies, ringworm, damp sores, ulcers, carbuncles.

Tonify vitality gate fire, strengthen yang (interior yin cold symptoms).

Kidney yang deficiency (cold lower back and knees, impotence).

Spleen deficiency cold (asthma, constipation in the eldery with Ban Xia).

183
Q

Ji Nei Jin

A

Herbs that relieve food stagnation

Neutral

Strongly reduce food stagnation, improves spleen transport.

Malnutrition in children.

Secures kidneye ssence, stop enuresis.

Transforms hardness (GB/BL/KD stones).

184
Q

Zhen Zhu Mu

A

Herbs that calm the spirit - anchor the spirit

185
Q

Xi Xin

A

Warm acrid herbs that release the exterior

Warm

Release exterior, disperse damp and cold (headache, body ache).

Warms lungs transforms phlegm (coughing, watery sputum).

Unblocks nasal congestion.

186
Q

He Shou Wu

A

Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the blood

Warm

Nourish blood (tonify liver and kidney yin and blood).

Relieve toxic fire (carbuncles, sores, scrofula, neck lumps).

Moisten intestines, unblocks bowels.

Expels wind from skin (rash).

Malaria.

187
Q

Sha Yuan Zi/Tong Ji Li

A

Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the yang

Warm

Tonify kidney yang, secures essence (lower back pain, tinnitus, impotence, premature ejaculation, frequent urination, incontinence, leukorrhea).

Strengthens kidney and liver (poor viison, blurred vision).

188
Q

Su Mu

A

Herbs that regulate blood - herbs that invigorate blood

Neutral

Invigorate blood, reduce swelling (post partum abdominal pain, amenorrhea, pain due to trauma with blood stagnation).

Stops bleeding (excessive bleeding with vertigo and shortness of breath).

189
Q

Zong Lu Tan

A

Herbs that astringe blood and stop bleeding

Neutral

Binds and stops bleeding (coughing blood, nosebleed, blood in stools, uterine bleeding).

190
Q

Gan Jiang

A

Herbs that warm the interior and expel cold

Hot

Restores devastated yang (expel interior cold, yang qi deficiency cold).

Spleen and stomach excess cold.

Warms lung and transforms phlegm.

Warms channels, stops bleeding (pao jiang).

191
Q

Yin Yang Huo

A

Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the yang

Warm

Tonify kidney yang (impotence, spermatorrhea, frequent urination, poor memory, painful and cold lower back and knees).

Expel wind damp cold (spasms, cramps, joint pain, numbness).

Strengthen yin and yang, liver yang rising (dizziness, low back pain, irregular menses).

192
Q

Cang Er Zi

A

Warm acrid herbs that release the exterior

Warm/Toxic

Expel wind and damp (painful obstruction, skin disorders, itching).

Nasal passage obstruction.

193
Q

Di Fu Zi

A

Herbs that drain dampness, benefit urination and cure lin syndrome

Cold

Clear damp heat, promote urination (lin syndrome).

Expel dampness, stop itching (damp skin disorder, eczema, scabies, genital itch).

194
Q

Tian Nan Xing

A

Herbs that transform phlegm and stop coughing - warm herbs that transform cold phlegm

Warm, Toxic

Dry dampness, expel phlegm (drying aspect stronger than ban xia).

Dipserse wind phlegm in channels, stops spasms.

Reduce swelling, alleviate pain, deep rooted sores, yin type abscess.

Caution with pregnancy.

Tian Nan Xing: prepared with fresh ginger

Dan Nan Xing: prepared with cow bile (good for heat phlegm).

195
Q

Wu Zhu Yu

A

Herbs that warm the interior and expel cold

Hot, Toxic

Warms middle, disperse cold, relieve channel to alleviate pain.

Redirects stomach qi downwards, vomiting of sour fulids.

Leads fire downwards (mouth/tongue cankers).

Warms spleen and expels damp cold, stops diarrhea.

196
Q

Xin Yi (Hua)

A

Warm acrid herbs that release the exterior

Warm

Expels wind cold unblocks nasal orifices

197
Q

Hai Jin Sha

A

Herbs that drain dampness, benefit urination and cure lin syndrome

Cold

Clear heat, promote urination (lin syndrome).

Clear heat and toxic fire (swollen painful throat).

198
Q

Ze Lan

A

Herbs that regulate blood - herbs that invigorate blood

199
Q

Bei Xie/Bi Xie

A

Herbs that drain dampness, benefit urination and cure lin syndrome

Neutral

Separates pure from turbid, cloudy urination and leukorrhea.

Expel wind damp (cold/hot bi) relax sinews.

Damp heat skin disorders.

200
Q

Da Huang

A

Downward draining herbs - purgatives

Cold

Purge accumulations, clear heat from blood, invigorates blood.

Drains heat/damp for yang jaundice.

Topically for burns, hot skin, skin lesions (combine with Shi Gao).

201
Q

Dai Zhe Shi

A

Substances that extinguish wind and stop tremors

Cold

Calms liver, anchors floating yang, clears liver fire.

Directs rebellious qi downwards (belching, vomiting, hiccough, wheezing).

Cools blood, stops bleeding (vomit/nose bleeding).

202
Q

Hai Fu Shi

A

Herbs that transform phlegm and stop coughing - herbs that cool and transform phlegm heat

Cold

Clear lung heat (expel phlegm, thick sputum, bloody sputum).

Soften hardness (dissipate phlegm nodules, scrofula).

Promote urination for lin syndrome.

203
Q

Cao Dou Kou

A

Aromatic herbs that transform dampness

Warm

Dries dampness, warms middle burner, abdominal distention, vomiting, diarrhea.

Very strong warming and drying function.

204
Q

Bai Zhi

A

Warm acrid herbs that release the exterior

Warm

Expel wind cold, alleviate pain (headache, chills, bodyache).

Clears swelling, expel pus in early stage.

Expel damp (leukorrhea).

Opens nasal passages for nasal congestion.

205
Q

Bing Pian

A

Aromatic substances that open the orifices

Cool

Aromatically opens the orifices, revives spirit (fainting, convulsions).

Clears heat, alleviates pain, dissipates nodules (alleviates itching, pain swelling of throat and skin disease, regenerate flesh).

206
Q

Ban Lan Gen

A

Herbs that clear heat and relieve toxicity

Cold

Drain toxic heat and fire, cool blood (mumps, throat).

Damp heat jaundice.

207
Q

Ci Shi

A

Herbs that calm the spirit - anchor the spirit

Cold

Anchors and calms spirit (restlessness, palpitation, insomnia, tremors).

Yin deficiency with ascending yang (dizziness, vertigo).

Tonify kidney yin and liver (improve hearing and vision).

Helps kidney to grasp qi (chronic asthma).

208
Q

Che Qian Zi

A

Herbs that drain dampness, benefit urination and cure lin syndrome

Cold

Promote urination, drain heat from bladder.

Solidify stool, clear/brighten eyes.

Lung heat (expel phlegm, stop cough).

209
Q

Bo He

A

Cool acrid herbs that release the exterior

Cool

Expel wind heat, clears head and eyes (throat, red eyes, headache).

Clears early stage rashes.

Liver qi stagnation (emotional, gynecological disorders).

210
Q

Shen Qu

A

Herbs that relieve food stagnation

Warm

Reduce food stagnation, strengthen stomach.

Aids in minderal digestion and absorption.

Excess alcohol/wheat ingestion causing stagnation.

211
Q

Yu Xing Cao

A

Herbs that clear heat and relieve toxicity

Cool

Clear toxic lung heat (swellings, abscess, thick yellow sputum).

Relieves toxicity (expels pus for toxic sores).

Drains damp heat (promotes urination, diarrhea, lin syndrome).

212
Q

Dang Gui

A

Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the blood

Warm

Tonify blood, regulate menses due to blood deficiency.

Invigorates/harmonizes blood, disperse cold, alleviate pain.

Moisten intestines, unblock bowels.

Reduce swellings (expel pus, generate flesh).

213
Q

Pi Pa Ye

A

Herbs that transform phlegm and stop coughing - herbs that stop coughing and wheezing

Cool

Transform phlegm, clears lung heat (lung qi upsurging, cough).

Harmonize stomach, clear stomach heat, redirects rebellious stomach qi, nausea, vomiting, hiccups, belching.

214
Q

Zhi Shi

A

Herbs that regulate qi

Cool

Break up qi stagnation, reduce accumulations.

Transforms phlegm, expel focal distention (abdominal pain, indigestion, constipation).

Used with qi tonifying herbs for prolapse of organs.

Raise blood pressure.

215
Q

Ding Xiang

A

Herbs that warm the interior and expel cold

Warm

Warms middle jiao, direct rebellious qi downward, cold in the stomach.

Warms kidney yang, impotence, leukorrhea due to deficiency cold.

216
Q

Tai Zi Shen

A

Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the qi

Neutral

Strengthen spleen and stomach qi (fatigue, reduced appetite).

Tonify lung qi (spontaneous sweating).

Generates fluids (thirst, fever, summer heat in children, febrile disease).

217
Q

Fu Xiao Mai

A

Herbs that stabilize and bind

Cool

Deficiency sweating (night/spontaneous).

Nourish heart (palpitations, insomnia, irritability).

Childhood bedwetting.

218
Q

Tian Men Dong

A

Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the yin

Cold

Moisten lung, clear lung heat, dry mouth, coughing up blood.

Nourish kidney yin, generates fluids, constipation.

219
Q

Lu Gan Shi

A

Herbs for topical application

Neutral

Brighten eyes (superficial visual obstruction, red swollen eyes).

Dry dampness, generate flesh (chronic draining pus from open sores).

220
Q

Yu Mi Xu

A

Herbs that drain dampness, benefit water and relieve edema

Neutral

Promote urination (lin syndrome, edema).

Regulate gallbladder jaundice.

Wasting thirstin disorder.

221
Q

Sang Zhi

A

Herbs that dispel wind dampness

Cool

Dispel wind heat bi, upper extremities, benefits joints.

Damp heat, reduce edema.

222
Q

Feng Mi

A

Tonifying herbs - tonify qi

Neutral

Tonify SP/ST

223
Q

Sha Ren

A

Aromatic herbs that transform dampness

Warm

Transform damp, stop vomiting.

Promote movement of qi, strengthen spleen.

Harmonize stomach, stop diarrhea.

Calm fetus, morning sickness.

224
Q

Shan Zhu Yu

A

Herbs that stabilize and bind

225
Q

Hong Hua

A

Herbs that regulate blood - herbs that invigorate blood

Warm

Invigorate blood, unblock menstruation.

Dispel blood stasis, stop pain due to injury or abscess.

226
Q

Wu Mei

A

Herbs that stabilize and bind

Warm

Inhibits leakage of lung qi (lung defiicency chronic cough).

Binds intestines (diarrhea, dysentery).

Generates fluids for thirst.

Expels roundworms, alleviates abdominal pain.

227
Q

Yi Zhi Ren

A

Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the yang

Warm

Warms kidneys (retain essence, hold urine, reproductive/urinary disorder).

Warms spleen (stops diarrhea, excess salivation, thick/bad taste in the mouth).

228
Q

Chi Xiao Dou

A

Herbs that drain damp, benefit water and relieve edema

Neutral

Clear heat, promote urination (abdominal fullness, swelling with edema).

DIsperse blood stasis (reduce swelling and fire toxicity, sores, carbuncles).

Clear damp heat jaundice.

229
Q

Rou Gui

A

Herbs that warm the interior and expel cold

Hot

Fortifies kidney yang.

Leads floating yang fire back to its source (KD), upper heat and lower cold.

Disperse deep cold, aleviate qi and blood stagnation.

Encourages generation of qi and blood.

Dysmenorrhea.

230
Q

Xiong Huang

A

Obsolete substances with toxicity

Warm, Toxic

Relive toxicity, kill parasites, skin itchiness, inflammation, abscesses.

Topically for scabines, ringworm, dam rashes.

Kills parasites, roundworm.

Dries damp, expel phlegm (wheezing, seizures, malarial disorders).

231
Q

Mu Gua

A

Herbs that dispel wind dampness

Warm

Relax sinews and muscles (dispel cold bi, calf cramps).

Harmonize stomach, reduce food stagnation.

232
Q

Bu Gu Zhi

A

Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the yang

Hot

Tonify KD, strengthen yang (reproductive disorders, cold lower back).

Tonify and strengthen spleen (early morning diarrhea).

Promote kidneys to grasp lung qi (wheezing).

Topically for alopecia, psoriasis, vitiligo.

233
Q

Hu Tao Rou/Ren

A

Tonifying herbs - tonify yang

Warm

Tonify kidney (weak back and knees with coldness, frequent urination).

Warms lung (helps kidney grasp lung qi, chronic cough, wheezing).

Moisten intestines, constipation in elderly.

234
Q

Zhe Chong

A

Regulate blood - invigorate blood

Cold, Toxic

Breaks up blood stasis (abdominal masses, amenorrhea, numb swollen tongue).

Renews sinews and joints bones (lacerations, fractures).

235
Q

Sha Shen

A

Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the yin

Cool

Moisten lungs (non productive cough).

Nourish stomach (generates fluids, clears heat).

Moisten exterior (dry itchy skin aggravated by cold and dry).

236
Q

Bai Ji

A

Herbs that regulate blood - herbs that stop bleeding

Cool

Stops bleeding from the lung and stomach (vomiting/coughing blood).

Reduces swelling and generates flesh (sores, ulcers).

237
Q

Shi Jue Ming

A

Substances that extinguish wind and stop tremors

Cold

Drains liver fire and ascending yang (headache, dizziness, red eyes).

Liver heat disturbing vision (photophobia, pterygium, visual obstruction).

238
Q

Zhe Bei Mu

A

Herbs that transform phlegm and stop coughing - herbs that cool and transform phlegm heat

Cool

Cleras heat, dissipates nodules due to heat.

239
Q

Bai Bian Dou

A

Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the qi

Neutral

Strengthen spleen qi (stops diarrhea).

Cleras heat and dampness (diarrhea, vomiting).

240
Q

Ren Shen

A

Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the qi

Warm

Strongly tonify yuan/original qi (extreme qi deficiency).

Tonify lung qi (respiratory disorders, asthma/dyspnea).

Strengthens spleen qi/lethargy (no appetite, chronic diarrhea, prolapsed organs, distended chest/abdomen).

Generates fluids/stops thirst.

Benefits heart qi (calms spirit).

Do not take with tea, turnips, Li Lu, Wu Ling Zhi, Zao Jia.

241
Q

Tian Hua Fen

A

Herbs that clear heat and drain fire

Cold

Drains lung heat, transforms phlegm, moistens lung dryness.

Drains heat, generates fluids (thirst, irritability, cough, thick sputum).
Relieves toxicity, expels pus (carbuncles, breast).

242
Q

Dan Dou Shi/Chi

A

Cool acrid herbs that release the exterior

Cold or Warm

Release both exterior wind heat or wind cold.

Eliminates vexation, irritability, restlessness, insomnia, yin deficiency.

243
Q

Ze Xie

A

Herbs that drain dampness, benefit water and relieve edema

Cold

Promote urination, drains damp in the lower burner.

Drain deficiency kidney fire.

244
Q

She Gan / Ye Gan

A

Herbs that clear heat and relieve toxicity

Cold

Clears toxic heat (throat, phlegm heat).

Transforms phlegm, clears lung (cough, wheezing and phlegm).

245
Q

Sheng Ma

A

Cool acrid herbs that release the exterior

Cool

Release exterior, vents measles/early stage skin rashes.

Clear heat and toxicity sores.

Raise yang for spleen qi sinking (shortness of breath, fatigue, prolapse).

Guides other herbs upwards.

246
Q

Bai Ji Li/Ci Ji Li

A

Substances that extinguish wind and stop tremors

Warm

Calm liver, anchor yang (headache, vertigo).

Expels wind heat (brighten eyes, swelling of eyes).

Promotes smooth flow of qi (chest distention, insufficient lactation).

Expels wind (stops itching).

247
Q

Shu Di Huang

A

Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the blood

Warm

Tonify blood, nourish yin.

Nourish blood, enrich essence.

248
Q

She Chuang Zi

A

Herbs for topical application

Warm

Dry damp, kill parasites, stop itch (topically for weeping itchy skin lesions, scabies, ringworm).

Warm kidney, strengthen yang (impotence, infertility, cold womb).

Disperse cold, expel wind, dry damp (leukorrhea, low back pain).

249
Q

Wu Zei Gu/Hai Piao Xiao

A

Herbs that stabilize and bind

Warm

Stop bleeding (uterine bleeding with vaginal discharge).

Kidney deficiency (nocturnal emission, premature jeaculation, leukorrhea).

Harmonize stomach (epigastric pain, acid reflux).

Resolve dampness, promote healing (topically for rashes, ulcers).

Deficiency diarrhea (pain near navel, diarrhea/dysentery).

250
Q

Sheng Jiang

A

Warm acrid herbs that release the exterior

Warm

Release exterior, dispel cold in middle jiao (vomiting).

Disperse cold phlegm in lung (acute and chronic cough).

Reduce toxicity of other herbs.

Harmonizes ying and wei for sweating.

251
Q

Hai Ge Ke

A

Herbs that resolve phlegm - cold herbs that clear phlegm heat

Neutral

Clear heat, redirect lung qi downards, transform thick sputum with chest or rib pain.

Soften hardness, dissipate nodules (phlegm fire goiter and scrofula).

Epigastric pain and acid reflux (calcined powdered form).

252
Q

Chi Shao Yao

A

Herbs that regulate blood - herbs that invigorate blood

Cool

Invigorate blood, dispel stasis (gynecology, abdominal masses, traumatic swelling/pain).

Clears heat, cools blood (blotchy skin, bleeding, irregular menses).

253
Q

Fu Ling

A

Herbs that drain dampness, promote urination and benefit edema

Neutral

Promotes urination, drains damp.

Strengthen spleen, harmonize middle jiao.

Quiet’s heart and calms spirit.

254
Q

(Fen) Fang Ji

A

Wind damp dispelling herbs

Cold

Promote urination, reduce edema (lower extremiti edema, borborygmus, abdominal distention, lower jiao damp accumulation).

Expel wind damp heat, alleviate pain (fever, red swollen hot painful joints).

255
Q

Chuan Bei Mu

A

Herbs that transform phlegm and stop coughing - herbs that cool and transform phlegm heat

Cool

Clears heat, transforms phlegm, stop cough.

256
Q

Long Yan Rou

A

Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the blood

Warm

Tonify heart and spleen, nourish blood, calm spirit, insomnia, palpitations, poor memory, vertigo.

257
Q

Cang Zhu

A

Aromatic herbs that transform dampness

Warm

Strong drying damp function, harmonizes middle burner.

Expel wind damp cold bi syndrome.

Clears damp heat from the lower burner.

Induces sweating, release exterior.

258
Q

Chai Hu

A

Cool acrid herbs that release the exterior

Cool

Clears shaoyang (fever, chills, bitter taste, irritable vomiting).

Liver qi stagnation (vertigo, menstrual disorder, chest pain, bloating).

Spleen/Stomach deficiency (prolapsed organs, diarrhea, hemorrhoids).

259
Q

Nu Zhen Zi

A

Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the yin

Neutral

LV/KD yin deficiency (dizzy, floaters, weak knees).

Clears deficiency heat.

Improves vision.

260
Q

Shi Hu

A

Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the yin

Cold

Nourish yin, clear deficiency heat, generate fluids, severe thirst.

Brightens vision, strengthen lower back.

Nourish stomach yin (dry heaves, wasting/thirsting disorder).

261
Q

Zi Su Ye

A

Warm acrid herbs that release the exterior

Warm

Release exterior, disperse cold

Promotes qi circulation, expands chest

Calms restless fetus, alleviates morning sickness

Sea food poisoning, nausea, vomiting

262
Q

Gu Sui Bu

A

Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the yang

Warm

Tonify KD (diarrhea, toothache, bleeding gums, tinnitus).

Mending sinews and bones due to falls (fractures, contusions, sprains).

Stimulates growht of hair (alopecia, topically).

263
Q

Gui Zhi

A

Warm acrid herbs that release the exterior

Warm

Harmonizes ying and wei, exterior cold with deficiency

Warms channels, disperses cold, unblocks yangqi in the chest (palpitations)

264
Q

Huai Hua

A

Herbs that stop bleeding - cool the blood, stop bleeding

Cool

Cools blood, stops bleeding (damp heat in the LI - dysentery, hemorrhoids).

Soothes liver fire (red eyes, dizziness).

265
Q

Shi Jun Zi

A

Herbs that expel parasites

Warm

Kills parasites (roundworms).

Strengthen spleen (dossolves accumulations, nutritional impairment).

Abdominal distention (poor appetite, weakness).

266
Q

Hu Jiao

A

Herbs that warm the interior and expel cold

Hot

Warms middle, disperse cold (stomach cold, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain).

267
Q

Pu Huang

A

Herbs that regulate blood - herbs that stop bleeding

Neutral

Stops bleeding (traumatic injury, uterine bleeding, vomiting blood, nosebleed, coughing blood, blood in urine/stool).

Invigorates blood and dispels stasis (chest pain, postpartum abdominal pain, dysmenorrhea).

268
Q

Du Huo

A

Herbs that dispel wind dampness

Warm

Dispel wind cold damp (relieve pain, release exterior, lower part of the body).

Shaoyin headache and toothache.

Itchy skin due to wind damp.

Do not use for excess of deficiency heat syndromes.

269
Q

Bai Fu Zi

A

Herbs that transform phlegm and stop coughing - warm herbs that transform cold phlegm

270
Q

Sang Ji Sheng

A

Herbs that dispel wind dampness

Neutral

Liver/kidney yin deficiency (strengthen sinews/bones).

Expel wind damp (bi syndrome).

Nourish blood deficinecy (restless fetus, uterine bleeding, dry scaly skin).

271
Q

Qing Dai

A

Herbs that clear heat and relieve toxicity

Cold

Clear heat, relieve toxicity, cool blood, disperse swelling.

Topically for inflamed oral cavity or throat.

Lung heat cough.

272
Q

Shan Yao

A

Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the qi

Neutral

Tonify spleen and stomach qi and yin.

Tonify lung qi and yin.

Strengthen kidney yin and yang.

273
Q

Yu Li Ren

A

Downward draining herbs - moist laxatives

Neutral

Qi stagnation, moisten intestines, constipation.

Promote urination (edema in legs).

274
Q

Da Ji

A

Herbs that regulate blood - herbs that stop bleeding

275
Q

Yi Yi Ren

A

Herbs that drain dampness, benefit water relieve edema

Cool

Promote urination, drains damp.

Strengthens spleen, stops diarrhea.

Expels wind damp, relieve joint and muscle pain.

Contraindicated during pregnancy.

276
Q

Jin Ying Zi

A

Herbs that stabilize and bind

Neutral

Stabilize kidney (spermatorrhea, incontinence, leukorrhea, rectal prolapse).

Binds intestines (diarrhea, dysentery).

277
Q

Da Fu Pi

A

Herbs that regulate qi

Warm

Promote downward movement of qi, reduce food stagnation (epigastric and abdominal distention, belching, acid regurgitaiton, constipation).

Expel dampness, promote urination (edema, damp in stomach and intestines).

278
Q

Yu Zhu

A

Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the yin

Cool

Nourish yin, moisten dryness, lung and stomach dry heat with cough, dry throat, thirst, irritability, steaming bone disorder, excess hunger, constipation.

Clear wind, nourish sinews (moisten sinews, spasms, dizziness).

279
Q

Bai Shao

A

Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the blood

Cool

Nourish blood, regulate menses due to blood deficiency.

Calms liver yang, alleviates pain.

Preserves yin, adjusts ying and wei.

280
Q

Bian Xu

A

Herbs that drain dampness, benefit water and cure lin syndrome

Cool

Damp heat in the bladder (promote urination, painful lin, blood lin, expels parasites).

Itchy skin.

281
Q

Bai Tou Weng

A

Herbs that clear heat and relieve toxicity

Cold

Clear toxic heat and fire (dysentery, damp heat in stomach).

282
Q

Zao Jiao Ci

A

Herbs that transform phlegm and stop coughing - warm herbs that transform cold phlegm

Warm

Reduce swelling, discharge pus (reduce abscess, early stage of swollen sores, encourages sores to burst).

Expels wind.

Kills parasites.

283
Q

Qu Mai

A

Herbs that drain dampness, benefit urination and cure lin syndrome

Cold

Promote urination, drain damp heat from the bladder, painful/bloody/stone lin.

Breaks up blood stasis.

284
Q

Jiang Xiang

A

Herbs that regulate blood - herbs that invigorate blood

Warm

Disperse blood stasis, stops bleeding.

Invigorates blood, promote qi movement, epigastric and abdominal pain.

Spleen and stomach qi stagnation, chest pain.

285
Q

Shan Zha

A

Herbs that relieve food stagnation

Warm

Reduces and guides out food stagnation.

Transforms blood stasis (dissipates clumps).

Hypertension.

286
Q

Yuan Hua

A

Downward draining herbs - harsh expellants

Warm, Toxic

Drain downward, drive out congested fluids, cathartic and diuretic, fluids in chest and abdomen.

Kills parasites, topically for ringworm.

287
Q

Tan Xiang

A

Herbs that regulate qi

Warm

Promote qi movement, alleviate pain (chest and abdomen).

288
Q

Shi Chang Pu

A

Aromatic substances that open the orifices

Warm

Open orifices, vaporize phlegm, quiet spirit, sensory orifice disorder due to phlegm (deafness, dizziness, poor memory, dulled sensation, seizures).

Harmonize middle warmer, transform turbid damp, abdominal pain.

Wind cold damp (painful obstruction, trauma, sores).

289
Q

Ku Lian Pi

A

Herbs that expel parasites

Cold, Toxic

Kills parasites (roundworm, hook worm, pin worm, vaginal trich infection).

Topically for tinea infections.

290
Q

Xian Mao

A

Tonifying herbs - tonify the yang

Hot, Toxic

Tonify kidney, strengthen yang (reproductive/urinary disorders).

Expel cold, eliminate damp (pain, weakness in the bones and sinews).

291
Q

Zhi Ke/Qiao

A

Herbs that regulate qi

Cool

Move qi, reduce distention with deficiency.

292
Q

Xu Duan

A

Tonifying herbs - herbs that tonify the yang

Warm

Tonify LV/KD (strengthen sinews and bones, lower back/knee weakness, stiff joints - tonify without causing stagnation).

Stops uterine bleeding (calm fetus, bleeding during pregnancy).

Promotes blood circulation, alleviates pain, generates flesh, trauma injuries.

293
Q

Suan Zao Ren

A

Herbs that calm the spirit - herbs that nourish the heart and calm the spirit

Neutral

Nourish heart yin, tonify liver blood, quiet spirit.

Irritability, insomnia, palpitations, anxiety due to deficiency.

Prevents abnormal sweating.

294
Q

Jiang Huang

A

Herbs that regulate blood - herbs that invigorate blood

Warm

Invigorates blood, unblock menses (chest and abdominal pain, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea with cold deficiency, swelling pain).

Expel wind, promote movement of blood, painful obstruction.

295
Q

Ma Qian Zi

A

Obsolete substances with toxicity

Cold, Toxic

Unblock channels, disperse clumps (reduce swelling, alleviate pain, abscesses, yin type ulcers, pain due to trauma, wind damp obstruction).

296
Q

Xie/Xue Yu Tan

A

Herbs that regulate blood - herbs that stop bleeding

Neutral

Stops bleeding (especially uterine bleeding).

Promotes urination, bloody urination.

297
Q

Dan Zhu Ye

A

Herbs that clear heat and purge fire

Cold

Clear heat in stomach or heart (irritability, cankers, swollen painful gums).

Promote urination (clear damp heat lin syndrome).

Heat in the small intestine (irritability, dark red tongue tip).

298
Q

Bing Lang

A

Herbs that expel parasites

Warm

Kills parasites (tapeworm, pinworm, blood flukes, helps expel bodies of worms).

Promote movement of qi, reduce stagnation (drain downward and unblock bowels, food accumulations, abdominal distention, constipation, tenesmus).

Promote urination (damp phlegm and malarial disorders).

299
Q

Xian He Cao

A

Herbs that regulate the blood - stop bleeding

Neutral

Stops bleeding due to cold/heat/excess/deficiency.

Alleviates diarrhea/dysentery.

Kills parasites.

300
Q

Ge Gen

A

Cool acrid herbs that dispel wind heat

Cool

Release muscle, clear heat (fever, headache, stiffness in back and neck).

Nourish fluids (thirst with stomach heat).

Vents measles/rash at early stage.

Expel water and reduce welling (difficulty urinating, hot superficial edema).

301
Q

Yin Chai Hu

A

Herbs that clear heat from deficiency

Cool

Clear deficiency heat (steaming bone, deficiency fever).

Clear heat (fever, thirst, irritability, childhood nutritional impairment).

Cool blood, stop bleeding (coughing up blood, nosebleed, bloody urination).

302
Q

Zhi Zi

A

Herbs that clear heat and drain fire

Cold

Clear heat, eliminate vexation (irritability, restlessness, insomnia, delirium).

Drains damp heat (urinary dysfunction, constrained liver and gallbladder causing jaundice).

Cools blood, stops bleeding (nose, vomit, dysentery, urinary).

Topically for blood stasis due to trauma/swelling.

303
Q

Man Jing Zi

A

Cool acrid herbs that dispel wind heat

Cool

Expel wind heat (headache, eye pian).

Wind heat in the liver (eyes).

Drains damp, expels wind (stiff, numb, cramping, heavy limbs).

304
Q

Cong Bai

A

Warm Acrid herbs that release the exterior

Warm

Release exterior, induce sweat.

Disperse cold, unblock yang (abdominal pain, nasal congestion).

Topically relieves toxicity/clumps/abscesses/sores.

305
Q

Herbs contraindicated during pregnancy

A

*Poisonous or toxic herbs

*Herbs with a strong or drastic action

*Bie Jia

Che Qian Zi

*Chuan Niu Xi

*Da Ji

*Dan Shen

*E Zhu

Fan Xie Ye

*Fu Zi

Gan Sui

*Gui Ban

*Hong Hua

*Huai Niu Xi

*Hua Jiao

*Jiang Huang

Liu Huang

*Lu Hui

Ma Qian Zi

*Mang Xiao

*Mo Yao

*Mu Dan Pi

Qu Mai

*Ru Xiang

*San Leng

Shang Lu

*Shan Zha

*She Gan

She Xiang

Shui Zhi

*Tao Ren

Tian Hua Fen

*Tian Nan Xing

*Wang Bu Liu Xing

Wu Gong

Wu Tou

Xiong Huang

Xuan Ming Fen

*Yan Hu Suo

*Yi Mu Cao

Yuan Hua

306
Q

Caution during pregnancy herbs

A

*Herbs that warm the channels to remove stasis

*Herbs that promote qi circulation and break stagnation

*Herbs that are pungent and hot

*Herbs that drain dampness

Bai Fu Zi

*Bai Jiang Cao

*Bai Ji Li

Ban Xia

Bing Pian

Chang Shan

*Chan Tui

*Che Qian Zi

*Chi Shi Zhi

*Chuan Xiong

*Da Huang

*Da Fu Pi

*Dai Zhe Shi

*Dong Kui Zi

*Gan Jiang

*Gui Zhi

*Hou Po

Huai Niu Xi

*Hua Shi

Lu Hui

Mo Yao

*Mu Tong

*Mu Zei

Pu Huang

Quan Xie

*Rou Gui

Ru Xiang

*San Qi

Su Mu

*Tian Hua Fen

Tian Nan Xing

Tong Cao

Wang Bu Liu Xing

*Xin Yi Hua

Xue Jie

Yi Yi Ren

*Yu Jin

Yu Li Ren

*Zhen Zhu Mu

*Ze Lan

*Zhi Ke

*Zhi Shi

307
Q

Toxic Herbs

A

Ai Ye

Ba Dou

Bai Fu Zi

Bai Guo

Ban Mao

Ban Xia

Bi Ma Zi

Cang Er Zi

Cao Wu

Chan Su

Chang Chun Hua

Chang Shan

Chong Lou

Chuan Lian Zi

Chuan Wu

Da Feng Zi

Da Ji

Dan Fan

Fan Xie Ye

Fu Zi

Gan Sui

Gou Wen

Gua Di

Guan Zhong

He Shi

Hong Sheng Dan

Hu Er Cao

Hua Jiao

Ji Xing Zi

Jiao Mu

Jin Qian Bai Hua She

Ku Lian Pi

Ku Xing Ren

Lei Gong Teng

Lei Wan

Li Lu

Liu Huang

Long Kui

Lu Feng Fang

Lu Hui

Ma Bo

Ma Qian Zi

Mang Chong

Mi Tuo Seng

Mu Bie Zi

Mu Tong

Nao Yang Hua

Pi Shi

Pi Shuang

Qi She

Qian Dan

Qian Jin Zi

Qian Niu Zi

Qing Fen

Quan Xie

Rou Dou Kou

Shen Ci Gu

Shan Dou Gen

Shang Lu

Shi Di

Shi Jun Zi

Shou Gong

Shui Yin

Shui Zhi

Teng Huang

Tian Nan Xing

Tian Xiaon Zi

Tian Xiong

Tu Jing Pi

Wei Ling Xian

Wu Bei Zi

Wu Gong

Wu Zhu Yu

Xi Xian Cao

Xi Xin
Xian Mao

Xiong Huang

Ya Da Zi

Yang Jin Hua

Ying Su Ke

Yuan Hua

Zao Jie

Zao Jiao Ci

Ze Qi

Shang Nan
Zhe Chong

ZHu Sha

308
Q

Gan Cao is incompatible with:

A

Gan Sui

Yuan Hua

Hai Zao

Da Ji

309
Q

Wu Tou is incompatible with:

A

Ban Xia

Gua Lou

Bei Mu

Bai Lia

Bai Ji

310
Q

Li Lu is incompatible with:

A

Ren Shen

Dan Shen

Sha Shen

Xuan Shen

Ku Shen

Xi Xin

Bai Shao

Chi Shao

Chuan Xiong

Gan Cao

311
Q

Liu Huang is antagonistic with

A

Po Xiao

312
Q

Shui Yin is antagonistic with

A

Pi Shaung

313
Q

Lang Du is antagonistic with

A

Mi Tuo Seng

314
Q

Ba Dou is antagonistic with

A

Qian Niu Zi

315
Q

Ding Xiang is antagonistic with

A

Yu Jin

316
Q

Ya Xiao is antagonistic with

A

San Leng

317
Q

Chuan Wu and Cao Wu are antagonistic with

A

Xi Jiao

318
Q

Ren Shen is antagonistic with

A

Wu Ling Zhi

319
Q

Rou Gui is antagonistic with

A

Chi Shi Zhi

320
Q

Chuan Wu, Cao Wu, and Fu Zi are incompatible with

A

Ban Xia

Gua Lou

Tian Hua Fen

Chuan Bei Mu

Zhe Bei Mu

Bai Lian

Bai Ji

321
Q

Xi Jiao is antagonistic with

A

Cao Wu

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