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Herbs 2 Week 10 (herbs that transform phlegm and stop coughing functions) Flashcards

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Herbs that transform cold phlegm

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Warm, used to treat cold phlegm or phlegm dampness, tend to be strong and can be toxic, care is thus required to make sure they are prepared properly

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Herbs that dispel cold phlegm

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warm the lung, dispel cold, dry dampness, and dissolve phlegm, clear or white phlegm

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Symptoms of herbs that dispel cold phlegm

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chest tightness, aversion to cold, weak limbs, dyspnea, sore limbs, yin sores, palpable masses

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Treatment for herbs that dispel cold phlegm

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herbs with interior warming, spleen strengthening or dampness drying functions

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Zhi Ban Xia functions

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1 herb for thin phlegm (as a result of SP qi xu)

Directs qi downward
External for nodules
Plum pit qi

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Zhi Tian Nan Xing functions

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Drying within channels
Stubborn phlegm
Careful with yin xu
Disperses internal wind phlegm spasms
Stronger than Zhi Ban Xia
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Bai Jie Zi functions

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Penetrates yin (phlegm) to restore yang's (LU qi) movement 
Warms lung and disperses phlegm
Nodules
Moves qi
Sadness and Grief
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Jie Geng functions

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Benefits throat and loss of voice
Releases the exterior
Coughing/wheezing
Expels pus in the lungs
Envoy that directs to the chest, lungs, throat
Raises Lung Qi
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Xuan Fu Hua functions

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Descends ST qi
Morning sickness
Softens hard nodules

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Bai Zian functions

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Coughing, wheezing
Descends Lu qi
Not for phlegm

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what is the major caution for herbs that transform phlegm cold

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yin xu

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what herb is neutral

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Jie Geng

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What herb benefits the throat

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Jie Geng

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What herb penetrates yin to restore yang’s movement

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Bai Jie Zi

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what herb is really drying

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Zhi Tian Nan Xing

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what herb directs qi downward

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Zhi Ban Xia

Xuan Fu Hua

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common causes of phlegm

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  1. spleen qi xu or inactivity of spleen yang
    leads to stasis of fluids and dampness accumulation
  2. pathogenic heat or cold that has transformed int heat, congeals the fluids
  3. kidney deficiency which losses the ability to control the fluids which then overflow
  4. liver qi stagnation which fails to T&T the spleen, direct cause, qi fails to circulate smoothly
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is phlegm a primary or secondary cause

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secondary

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cautions with herbs that transform phlegm and stop coughing

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  1. with hemoptysis, avoid herbs that are expectorants and intensely stimulate the lungs
  2. with cough that accompanies the early stage of measles, use herbs that lightly spread lung qi, avid herbs that are warm and astringent and stop coughing
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Herbs that cool and transform phlegm-heat

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cold in nature, also treat scrofula, goiter, and convulsions, antitussive, anti inflammatory, sedative properties

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Qian Hu functions

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Descends lung qi
Wind heat constraining Lu
Releases the exterior
Dry thick yellow/green sputum

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Chuan Bei Mu functions

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MOISTENS
All coughs with constrained Qi
Disperses nodules
Not as harsh as Zhe Bei Mu
Does not release the exterior
Breast abcesses
Better for chronic problems
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Zhe Bei Mu functions

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Acute phlegm heat with productive cough
STRONGER
heat and toxin in neck
Does not release the exterior
Harsher than Chuan Bei Mu
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Gua Lou functions

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Moistens the intestines
Opens the chest
Transform phlegm heat and turbid phlegm

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Gua Lou Pi functions

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Descends wheeze or hard to expectorate phlegm in the chest

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Gua Lou Ren functions

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Moistens lungs and intestines

Slippery

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Zhu Ru functions

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Scours phlegm
Sour vomiting or nose bleeding from phlegm heat in ST and GB
Calms spirit
Hypochondriac distention
Cold alternative to Ginger
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Kun Bu functions

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Softens neck nodules
Mildly promotes urination
Liver channel nodules

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Hai Zao functions

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Softens neck nodules or bulging disorders
Promotes urination and reduces edema
Incompatible with Gan Cao

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