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ICTCM Summer 2016 > Herbology 2 Chapter 2: Herbs that clear heat and purge fire, herbs that clear heat and drain damp, herbs that clear heat and cool the blood > Flashcards

Herbology 2 Chapter 2: Herbs that clear heat and purge fire, herbs that clear heat and drain damp, herbs that clear heat and cool the blood Flashcards

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What are the therapeutic effects of herbs that clear heat?

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Clear heat, purge fire, cool the blood, resolve toxic heat, alleviate empty heat, dry damp, induce diuresis, nourish yin, release exterior

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What are the applications of herbs that clear heat?

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  1. High fever, irritability, thirst due to febrile disease
  2. Dysentery due to damp heat
  3. Carbuncles
  4. Fever due to yin deficiency
  5. Macula, papula due to mild febrile diseases with epidemic toxicity
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Temperature of herbs that clear heat

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Cool or cold

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What movement do herbs that clear heat have?

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Descending nature

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Herbs for clearing heat and purging fire (heat in what level)

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Excessive heat in the qi level

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Herbs that clear heat and dry dampness (for what kind of syndrome)

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Damp heat syndrome

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Herbs that clear heat and cool blood (for what kind of syndrome)

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Excessive heat in the blood level

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Herbs for clearing heat and resolving toxicity (for what kind of syndrome)

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Toxic heat syndrome

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Herbs for clearing empty heat (for what kind of syndrome)

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Empty heat syndrome

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Interior syndrome accompanied by exterior syndrome, what should be treated first

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  1. Exterior syndrome

2. Or treated at the same time

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When pathogenic heat in the qi level accompanied by heat in the blood level, what should be cleared first?

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Heat in the qi and blood level should be cleared away together

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When interior heat accompanied by yin injury and fluids deficiency, should also

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Nourish yin and generate fluids

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When accompanied by interior heat stagnation should add

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purgatives

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Cautions of herbs that clear heat

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  1. Cold herbs tend to impair spleen and stomach, so caution with spleen and stomach deficiency with poor appetite and diarrhea
  2. Dry damp herbs are not for yin deficiency
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Lu Gen therapeutic effects

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Clear heat and purge fire
Generate fluids and quench thirst
Eliminate irritability
Stop vomiting and promote urination

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What kind of thirst does Lu Gen treat

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Lung and Stomach excess heat causing thirst

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What kind of vomiting does Lu Gen treat

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Vomiting due to stomach heat

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What kind of cough does Lu Gen treat

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Cough due to lung heat, wind heat cough, cough with phlegm heat lung abscesses

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What kind of lin syndrome does Lu Gen treat

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Heat lin syndrome with astringent pain

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What part of Tian Hua Fen do you use

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Dried root

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Tian Hua Fen flavor

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Sweet, slightly bitter

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Tian Hua Fen temperature

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Slightly cold

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Tian Hua Fen meridians

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LU ST

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Tian Hua Fen therapeutic effects

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Clear heat and purge fire
Generate body fluids and quench thirst and moisten dryness
Resolve phlegm
Alleviate swelling and eliminate pus

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What kind of thirst does Tian Hua Fen treat

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Excessive heat in the LU and ST meridians due to febrile disease

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What kind of cough does Tian Hua Fen treat

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Dry cough due to lung heat, dry heat damaging lung, dry cough with scanty sticky sputum, blood in sputum

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What kind of heat does Tian Hua Fen treat

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  1. Stomach heat accumulation transforming into dryness and injuring the body fluids
  2. Diabetes due to damage of qi and yin
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What kind of skin problems does Tian Hua Fen treat

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carbuncles and abscesses due to extreme heat toxin, swollen sore throat due to wind heat attacking upward

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Tian Hua Fen dosage

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10-15g, up to 30g to quench thirst

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30
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Tian Hua Fen is incompatible with

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Wu Tou

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Tian Hua Fen is contraindicated in cases of

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Pregnancy

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Dan Zhu Ye therapeutic effects

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Clear heat and sedate fire
Eliminate irritability
Promote urination

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What kind of heat does Dan Zhu Ye treat

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Irritable thirst due to febrile disease

Canker sores due to exuberant heat in the hart and stomach

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What kind of urination problems does Dan Zhu Ye treat

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Heat lin syndrome with painful urine from SI heat

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What kind of plant is Zhi Zi

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Ripe Fruit

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How do you process Zhi Zi

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Raw (qi level), Stir to brown, Stir to charcoal (blood level)

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Zhi Zi flavor

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Bitter

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Zhi Zi temperature

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Cold

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Zhi Zi meridians

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HT LU ST SJ

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Zhi Zi is often paired with

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Dan Dou Chi

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Zhi Zi therapeutic effects

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Purge San Jiao fire and eliminate irritability
Clear heat and induce urination
Cool blood and relieve toxicity
Reduce swelling and alleviate pain

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What kind of febrile disease symptoms does Zhi Zi treat

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Irritability, restlessness, stuffy chest, depression, high fever, delirium, unconsciousness due to exuberant toxic fire

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What kind of damp heat does Zhi Zi treat

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Damp heat in the LV/GB manifesting as jaundice

Damp heat in the BL manifesting as lin syndrome

44
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What kind of lin syndrome does Zhi Zi treat

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Heat lin syndrome due to BL damp heat

45
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What kind of blood symptoms does Zhi Zi treat

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Heat in the blood (and blood overflow) manifesting as vomiting blood, nose bleeding, and blood in the urine

46
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What kind of skin problems does Zhi Zi treat

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Carbuncles and abscesses with red, swollen, hot sensation, pain due to toxic fire

47
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What kind of Traumatic injuries does Zhi Zi treat

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sprains, strains, soft tissue injuries with swelling and bruising

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What kind of LV/GB symptoms does Zhi Zi treat

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  1. LV/GB damp heat jaundice

2. Red painful eyes due to LV/GB fire and heat attacking upward

49
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Zhi Zi cautions

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Loose stool due to spleen deficiency

50
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What part of the plant is Xia Ku Cao

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the spikes

51
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What form do you use Xia Ku Cao in?

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Raw

52
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Xia Ku Cao flavor

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Bitter, acrid

53
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Xia Ku Cao meridians

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LV GB

54
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Xia Ku Cao therapeutic efects

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Clear liver heat and sedate liver fire
Brighten the eyes
Dissipate nodules

55
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What kind of Liver fire symptoms does Xia Ku Cao have

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Red swelling, pain in the eyes *painful eyeballs that get worse at nighttime due to liver yin deficiency, headache, dizziness due to liver fire flaming upwards

56
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What kind of nodules does Xia Ku Cao treat

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Scrofula: liver qi stagnation transforming into fire which causes phlegm fire stagnation
Goiter and cysts due to phlegm stagnation caused by heat and fire
Breast abscesses with swelling and pain

57
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Xia Ku Cao cautions

A

SP/ST xu

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Xia Ku Cao is used clinically for

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Hypertension

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Jue Ming Zi therapeutic effects

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Clear liver
Improve vision
Promote bowel movements

60
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What kind of eye problems does Jue Ming Zi treat

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Excess heat AND deficiency heat
Red, swollen, painful eyes, photophobia, tearing, nebula due to liver fire flaming upward
Headache, red eyes due to wind heat attacking upwards
Blurred vision due to LV/KD yin deficiency

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What kind of hyperactive liver problems does Jue Ming Zi treat

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Headache, dizziness due to hyepractive liver yang

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What kind of heat syndromes does Jue Ming Zi have

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Liver fire
LV/KD yin xu
Liver yang hyperactive
Wind heat

63
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What kind of constipation does Jue Ming Zi treat

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dryness in the bowels

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Mi Meng Hua therapeutic effects

A

Clear heat and sedate fire
Nourish the liver
Improve vision and remove nebula

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Qin Xiang Zi therapeutic effects

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Clear heat and sedate fire
(Nourish the liver)
Improve vision and remove nebula

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Gu Jing Cao therapeutic effects

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Disperse wind heat

Improve vision and remove nebula

67
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What part of Long Dan Cao do you use

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Root or rhizome

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What form of Long Dan Cao do you use

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Raw

69
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Long Dan Cao flavor

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Bitter

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Long Dan Cao temperature

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Cold

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Long Dan Cao meridians

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LV GB BL

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Long Dan Cao therapeutic effects

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Clear heat and dry dampness
Sedate LV/GB fire
Stop convulsions

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What kind of dampness does Long Dan Cao treat

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Damp heat Jaundice
Eczema with puritis due to damp heat pouring down
Lower jiao damp heat: leukorrhea, itchy vagina or scrotum swelling

74
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What kind of LV fire symptoms does Long Dan Cao treat

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Headache, red eyes, deafness, distending pain in the ribcage, bitter taste in the mouth due to liver fire flaming upward

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What kind of wind does Long Dan Cao treat

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High fever, convulsions, infantile convulsions, and shingles (liver meridian exuberant heat that has turned into wind)

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Long Dan Cao cautions

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yin deficiency with fluid impairment

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Long Dan Cao contraindications

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SP/ST deficiency cold

78
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Long Dan Cao is used for what clinically

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Shingles/post neuralgia

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What part of the plant is Qin Pi

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Twig or bark

80
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What form do you use Qin Pi in

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Raw

81
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Qin Pi flavor

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Bitter, astringent

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Qin Pi temperature

A

Cold

83
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Qin Pi meridians

A

LV LI

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Qin Pi therapeutic effects

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Clear heat and dry damp
Astringe diarrhea and leukorrhea
Improve eye vision

85
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What kind of diarrhea does Qin Pi treat

A

Dysentery due to damp heat with bloody stool and tenesmus

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What kind of leukorrhea does Qin Pi treat

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Damp heat leukorrhea with itchy vagina

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What kind of eye problems does Qin Pi treat

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Red eyes with swelling pain and nebula due to liver fire flaming upwards
Eye problems due to meridian wind heat

88
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Qin Pi contraindications

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SP/ST deficiency cold

89
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Ku Shen therapeutic effects

A

Clear heat and dry dampness
Kill parasites and alleviate itching
Promote urination

90
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What kind of damp heat does Ku Shen treat

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Diarrhea, dysentery due to ST and intestines damp heat
Jaundice damp heat
Rectal bleeding due to intestinal pathogenic wind
Damp heat leukorrhea with swelling and itching

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What kind of skin problems does Ku Shen treat

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Scabies, eczema, urticaria, puritis, itchy skin

92
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What kind of urination problems does Ku Shen treat

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LIn syndrome due ot damp heat - burning pain sensation with urination

93
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Ku Shen is contraindicated with

A

Li Lu

94
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Zi Cao therapeutic effects

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Clear heat and cool the blood
Activate the blood
Remove toxicity and promote eruption

95
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What kind of blood heat problems does Zi Cao treat

A

Heat in the blood level with dark purple macular eruptions or inadequate eruptions
Qi deficiency or toxic blood heat

96
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What kind of skin problems does Zi Cao treat

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Dark purple measles
Sores and ulcers
Eczema
Abscesses and sores (long term that are difficult to heal)
Burns
97
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Shui Niu Jiao therapeutic effects

A

Clear heat and cool the blood
Remove toxicity
Stop convulsions

98
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What kind of heat symptoms does Shui Niu Jiao treat

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High Fever, restlessness, coma and delirium, convulsions, febrile diseases in coma with wind stroke and hemiparalysis

99
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What kind of toxicity does Shui Niu Jiao treat

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Macula, papula, vomiting blood, nose bleeding (heat entering the nutrient blood and bleeding due to blood heat)
Abscesses, sores, ulcers, swollen and sore throat

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