Herbology 2 Chapter 5: Aromatic Herbs That Transform Dampness Flashcards
Aromatic herbs that transform dampness definition
Aromatic, warm, dry. Enhance the function of the spleen to dissolve dampness for treating dampness accumulation
Aromatic herbs that transform dampness therapeutic effects
Enhance the function of the spleen to eliminat damp turbidity, activate spleen, release summer heat, open orifice, treat malaria
Aromatic herbs that transform dampness clinical applications
Epigastrium and abdomen stuffiness and fullness, nausea and vomiting, acid reflux, loose stools, poor appetite, tiredness, white greasy coating, sweet taste in the mouth, watery saliva
Aromatic herbs that transform temperature and flavor
Warm and pungent
Aromatic herbs that transform temperature meridians
Spleen and stomach
Aromatic herbs that transform temperature movement
Ascending and floating
Aromatic herbs that transform temperature cautions
Yin xu and blood xu (due to th warm and dry nature that consumes the yin easily)
Decoct only for a short time
Dou Kou properties
Pungent warm
Dou Kou meridians
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Dou Kou therapeutic effects
Dissolve damp and move qi, warm middle jiao and arrest vomiting
Dou Kou applications
Dampness obstructing the middle jiao with SP/ST qi stagnation
Early stage warm damp with poor appetite and chest congrstion
Vomiting due to stomach cold with damp and qi stagnation
Dou Kou decoction
For short time
Dou Kou contraindications
Yin xu with blood dryness
What is Dou Kou Qiao
Shell of Dou Kou
Dou Kou Qiao applications
Not as warm as Dou Kou - for epigastrium and abdominal stuffiness and fullnesd, poor appetite, vomiting due to damp with qi obstruction
