Herbs 2 Week 9 (herbs that dispel wind damp functions)

Question 1

Du Huo

Answer 1

Lower body acute or chronic pain
Wind in the KD
Relatively gentle
Exterior wind
Deficient and older people
Shao Yin toothache/headache

Question 2

Wei Ling Xian

Answer 2

Strongly unblocks wind damp and phlegm

fish bones in the throat

Question 3

Hai Tong Pi

Answer 3

Lower body PAIN
Promotes urination
Puritis
Tooth pain from cavities

Question 4

Mu Gua

Answer 4

Relaxes sinews
Relieves spasms/cramping
Not for long term
Muscles (not bones)
Often paired with Can Sha

Question 5

Can Sha

Answer 5

Wind damp
Middle jiao obstruction with turbid dampness
Puritis
Often paired with Mu Gua

Question 6

Sang Ji Sheng

Answer 6

Nourishes yin for chronic pain
Nourishes blood
Calms Fetus
Tonifies the LV/KD

Question 7

Wu Jia Pi

Answer 7

Strengthens LV/KD qi from wind damp cold
Gently moves
Developmental Delays

Question 8

Qin Jiao

Answer 8

Wind damp pain in extremities
Clears heat from deficiency
Jaundice
Protects intestines from drying
50 year shoulder

Question 9

Sang Zhi

Answer 9

Upper extremities contractions
Envoy
Numbness

Question 10

Xi Xian Cao

Answer 10

Unblocks wind damp heat in channels

Calms liver yang rising

Question 11

Qi She

Answer 11

Tracks down and eliminates wind
Usually in a pill
Chronic numbness/weakness
Puritis

Question 12

Hu Gu

Answer 12

Endangered tigers

Very Strong

Question 13

Definition for herbs that dispel wind and dampness

Answer 13

Eliminate wind and dampness from muscles and joints to relieve obstruction and pain associated with bi zheng

Question 14

Herbal selection for treating bi zheng is based on

Answer 14

The nature of the disorder
The age and constitution of the patient
The site of the pain
The stage of the illness

Question 15

Contributing factors of herb selection

Answer 15

External wind damp cold exposure
Blood stasis
Phlegm accumulation/obstruction
Liver or kidney xu
Debilitated constitution or chronic condition

Question 16

Wind pattern signs and symptoms

Answer 16

Migratory pain

Question 17

wind pattern focus

Answer 17

herbs that dispel wind

Question 18

wind pattern assistance

Answer 18

herbs that invigorate the blood and nourish the nutritive level

Question 19

dampness pattern signs and symptoms

Answer 19

the body feels heavy, often swollen joints

Question 20

dampness pattern focus

Answer 20

herbs that are drying and warming

Question 21

dampness assistance

Answer 21

herbs that strengthen the spleen and leach out dampness

Question 22

cold pattern signs and symptoms

Answer 22

intense pain, cold limbs

Question 23

cold pattern focus

Answer 23

relatively warm herbs

Question 24

cold pattern assistance

Answer 24

herbs that unblock yang and warm the channels

Question 25

heat pattern signs and symptoms

Answer 25

overabundance of yang transforms contracted pathogens into heat, or localized long term obstruction and constraint

Question 26

heat pattern focus

Answer 26

cooling herbs that dispel wind damp

Question 27

heat pattern assistance

Answer 27

herbs that clear heat and relieve toxicity

Question 28

common properties of herbs that dispel wind damp

Answer 28

acrid and bitter

Question 29

common channels of herbs that dispel wind damp

Answer 29

liver and kidney

Question 30

common actions of herbs that dispel wind damp

Answer 30

strengthen soft tissue, promote healing

Question 31

common cautions of herbs that dispel wind damp

Answer 31

yin and xue xu

Question 32

common contraindications for herbs that dispel wind damp

Answer 32

liver wind

Question 33

Dispel wind and damp to relieve pain

Answer 33

herbs that strongly dispel exterior pathogenic factors of wind, cold, and damp, and relieve pain, in those with no interior deficiency

Question 34

open peripheral channels and collaterals

Answer 34

herbs that eliminate stagnation to address chronic and stubborn bi zheng that is characterized by decreased range of motion of the joints, decreased mobility of the extremities, bodily numbness, hemiplegia and paralysis

Question 35

strengthen the tendons and bones

Answer 35

herbs that also enter the liver and kidney channels to tonify the tendons and bones, and are most effective at treating chronic cases of bi zheng characterized by weakness, deficiency, and atrophy of the soft tissue

Question 36

xing bi

Answer 36

mobile painful obstruction wind attacking the body upper body pain, specifically travelling pain

Question 37

tong bi

Answer 37

extremely painful obstruction cold severe, fixed pain, worse with cold, relieved by warmth

Question 38

zhuo bi

Answer 38

fixed painful obstruction damp affects specific, fixed areas lower extremity pain and swelling

Question 39

re bi

Answer 39

heat painful obstruction prolonged obstruction of the channels and collaterals by wind, cold, or damp characterized by local redness, swelling, burning sensations and pain

Question 40

wan bi

Answer 40

stubborn painful obstruction chronic/repetitive injuries stiffness, numbness, lack of mobility

Question 41

wei bi

Answer 41

atrophic painful obstruction LV/KD deficiency atrophy, weakness, muscle and bone pain

Question 42

xue bi

Answer 42

``` blood painful obstruction dull pain (deficient blood unable to nourish the bones and tendons) sharp pain (blood stagnation blocking the channels and collaterals) ```

Question 43

zhou bi

Answer 43

generalized painful obstruction | generalized pain that aslo affects the bones and joints

Question 44

which herbs do you give to a cold bi

Answer 44

du huo, wei ling xian, mu gua, can sha, wu jia pi (hai tong pi, sang ji sheng, sang zhi)

Question 45

which herbs do you give to a hot bi

Answer 45

qin jiao, xi xian cao (hai tong pi, sang ji sheng, qin jiao)

Question 46

what are the channels of joints

Answer 46

LV KD

Question 47

which herb is for oral care

Answer 47

hai tong pi

Question 48

which herb can you only use a short time because it depletes the body's calcium levels

Answer 48

mua gua

Question 49

which herbs are for deficiency

Answer 49

du huo, sang ji sheng, qin jiao

Question 50

which herb is for excess

Answer 50

wei ling xian

Question 51

which herbs are for hypertension

Answer 51

sang ji sheng, xi xian cao, sang zhi

Question 52

which herbs calm the fetus

Answer 52

sang ji sheng, xi xian cao, sang zhi

Question 53

which herb is for constipation

Answer 53

qin jiao