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What is a ben cao?

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Chinese Materia Medica

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What is yao?

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Medicine/medicinals (character means ‘herb music’)

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What are the five levels of qi in herbs?

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Hot, Warm, Middle/neutral, cool, cold

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What are the five flavors of herbs and what do they do?

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Sour gathers
Acrid/pungent disperses
Sweet moderates
bitter consolidates
salty softens

extra: bland percolates and drains

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What is a liang?

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a unit of weight (mass)
1.5g, 2g, 3g, 13g, etc

1 liang = 24 zhu
1 Jin = 16 liang

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What is Gui Zhi?

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cinnamon twig

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How does Gui Zhi taste?

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acrid and sweet with warm qi

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What channels does Gui Zhi enter?

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heart, lung, and bladder

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What is Gui Zhi classified as?

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Herb that releases the exterior

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What are the actions and indications of Gui Zhi according to Bensky?

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Release the exterior and assist the Yang
Warms and unblocks the channels and collaterals
Warms the Yang and transforms thin mucus
Assists the heart yang & unblocks the yang qi of the chest
warms the middle and directs turbid yin downward

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What are the therapeutic actions of Gui Zhi according to Chen & Chen?

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Releases the exterior through diaphoresis
Warms and opens the channels and collaterals
warms yang to eliminate water or phlegm stagnation
warms yang in the chest
warms yang in the chong and ren mai (vessels) to restore normal menstruation

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What does Gui Zhi mainly treat according to Yoshimasu Todo?

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surging counterflow!

which can include running piglet, headache, heat effusion, aversion to cold, sweating and body pain.

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What is Gan Cao?

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Licorice root

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What are the properties of Gan Cao?

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sweet with neutral qi

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What channels does Gan Cao enter according to Bensky?

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all 12 channels

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What is Gan Cao classified as?

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Herb that tonifies the qi

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What are the actions and indications of Gan Cao according to Bensky?

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Tonifies the spleen and augments the qi
moistens the lungs and stops coughs
moderates spasm and alleviates pain
clears heat and resolves fire toxicity
may antidote a variety of toxic substances
moderates and harmonizes other herbs
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What channels does Gan Cao enter according to Chen & Chen?

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spleen, stomach, lung, and heart

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What are the therapeutic actions of Gan Cao according to Chen & Chen?

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tonifies the spleen and benefits the qi
moistens the lung and stops cough
relieves pain 
clears heat and eliminates toxins
treats poisoning
harmonizes other herbs
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What does Gan Cao mainly treat according to Yoshimasu Todo?

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Urgent pressing!
which includes inner urgency, urgent pain, tightening urgency.
As well as reversal cold, vexation restlessness, counterflow, as they are various forms of urgent pressing.

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What is Shao Yao (Bai/Chi Shao)?

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peony root (white or red)

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What are the properties of Shao Yao?

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bitter, sour, mildly cold (qi)

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What channels does Shao Yao enter?

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Liver & Spleen

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How is Shao Yao classified?

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Herb that tonifies/invigorates the blood

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What are the actions and indications of Shao Yao according to Bensky?
nourishes the blood and regulates the menses calms and curbs the liver yang and alleviates pain preserves the yin and adjusts the nutritive and protective levels
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What are the therapeutic actions of Shao Yao according to Chen & Chen?
Bai - White: Nourishes blood and preserves yin nourishes the liver to calm liver yang and wind softens the liver and relieves pain ``` Chi - Red: clears heat and cools blood dispels blood stasis and relieves pain reduces swelling from sores and abscesses clears heat and relieves eye pain ```
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What does Shao Yao mainly treat according to Yoshimasu Todo?
knot excess and spasm tightness including abdominal pain, headache, abnormal body sensation, aches and pains, abdominal fullness, cough surge, diarrhea, and swelling pus
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What are the main treatment applications of Shao Yao?
breaks open yin congealment and spreads yang's harmony mainly treats knots and hypertonicity (esp abdomen) Clinically: Hypertonicity - pain abdominal pain & fullness constipation or diarrhea blood pattern (stagnation)
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What is Sheng Jiang?
(raw) ginger root
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what are the properties of Sheng Jiang?
acrid & slightly warm
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What channels does Sheng Jiang enter?
Lung, Spleen, & stomach
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What is Sheng Jiang classified as?
Herb that releases the exterior
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What are the actions and indications of Sheng Jiang according to Bensky?
Releases exterior and disperses cold warms the middle burner and alleviates vomiting warms the lung and stops cough resolves toxicity
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What are the therapeutic actions of Sheng Jiang according to Chen & Chen?
Releases exterior and induces perspiration warms the middle jiao and alleviates vomiting warms the lung and stops coughing eliminates toxins
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What are the main treatment applications of Sheng Jiang?
``` disperses water, dampness, and cold in the stomach clinical applications: nausea, vomiting, retching digestive reversal: belching, hiccups excessive drooling or sputum abdominal distension cold ```
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What is Da Zao?
Chinese date (jujube)
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What are the properties of Da Zao?
Sweet & warm
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What channels does Da Zao enter?
Spleen & Stomach
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What is Da Zao classified as?
Herb that tonifies the qi
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What are the actions and indications of Da Zao according to Bensky?
Tonifies the spleen and augments the qi nourishes the blood and calms the spirit moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs
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What are the therapeutic actions of Da Zao according to Chen & Chen?
tonifies the spleen & stomach, benefits qi tonifies blood calms the shen harmonizes other herbs
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What does Da Zao mainly treat according to Yoshimasu Todo?
pulling tightness and urgent stiffness | including cough, running piglet, vexation restlessness, body aches, flank pain, and pain in the abdomen
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What are the main treatment applications of Da Zao?
``` moderates urgency pulling tightness and stiffness clinical applications: vexation restlessness, agitation, pain: pulling, stiff quality cough (with water expelling herbs) zang zao (with gan cao) combined with Sheng Jiang: transforms the yang & harmonizes the middle ```
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What is Jiao Yi (Yi Tang)?
Maltose syrup
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What are the properties of Jiao Yi (Yi Tang)?
sweet, slightly warm
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What channels are entered by Jiao Yi (Yi Tang)?
lung, spleen, stomach
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what kind of herb is Jiao Yi (Yi Tang) classified as?
herb that tonifies the qi
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What are the actions and indications of Jiao Yi (Yi Tang) according to Bensky?
tonifies the spleen & augments the qi tonifies the middle burner qi and alleviates pain moistens the lung and stops cough
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What are the therapeutic actions of Jiao Yi (Yi Tang) according to Chen & Chen?
tonifies the spleen and benefits qi relieves pain moistens the lung and relieves cough coats foreign objects
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What is interesting about the clinical application of Jiao Yi (Yi Tang)?
formulas that contain Jiao Yi (Yi Tang) have Jian Zhong (builds the middle) in the name
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What is Huang Qi?
Astragalus root
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What are the properties of Huang Qi?
sweet, slightly warm
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What channels does Huang Qi enter?
lung & spleen
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What kind of herb is Huang Qi classified as?
Herb that tonifies the qi
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What are the actions and indications of Huang Qi according to Bensky?
tonifies the qi and blood tonifies the spleen and raises the yang augments the protective qi and stabilizes the exterior reduces edema promotes the discharge of pus and generates flesh wasting and thirsting disorder - numbness of the limbs, paralysis, and painful obstruction
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What are the therapeutic actions of Huang Qi according to Chen & Chen?
tonifies qi and raises yang tonifies wei qi and consolidates the exterior promotes the discharge of pus and generates flesh regulates water circulation and reduces edema relieves numbness and pain treats wasting and thirsting syndrome
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What does Huang Qi mainly treat according to Yoshimasu Todo?
water in the flesh exterior including yellow sweat, night sweats, and skin water as well as body swelling, or abnormal sensation
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What are the main treatment applications of Huang Qi?
``` raises and brings qi to the surface mainly treats surface layer of water causing excessive sweats, swelling, sores, numbness, etc clinical applications: excessive sweating chronic, non-healing sores, abscesses weak, puffy flesh (constitutional) abnormal skin sensation ```
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What is Feng Mi (Shi Mi)?
Bee Honey (Stone Honey)
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What are the properties of Feng Mi?
Sweet and neutral qi
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What channels does Feng Mi enter?
spleen, lung, large intestine
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What kind of herb is Feng Mi classified as?
herb that tonifies the qi
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What are the therapeutic actions of Feng Mi according to Chen & Chen?
tonifies the middle jiao and relieves pain moistens the lung to stop cough lubricates the bowels to relieve constipation eliminates toxins used in preparation of other herbs
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What is the main ability of Feng Mi?
moderates urgency
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How do the four sweet moderating herbs compare? | Gan Cao, Da Zao, Feng Mi, and Jiao Yi
- Gan Cao: moderates general urgency. It can act as an antidote in certain cases by moderating and transforming toxicity already present in the body system. - Da Zao: moderates urgency with pulling tightness and stiffness in the body. Moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of powerful water expelling herbs in someformulas. - Feng Mi: moderates urgency from other strong herbs, as well as pain in the body. Moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of wu tou (aconite) in its formulas. - Jiao Yi: moderates pain with a nourishing effect. Used only in Jian Zhong formulas in the Shanghan Zabing Lun.

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