Herbs Dispel Wind-Dampness Flashcards
When wind predominates, the pain will be migratory; herbs that dispel wind should be the focus of treatment, assisted by those that _______ the ______ and ________ the _____ level.
invigorate, blood, nourish, nutritive
When dampness predominates, the body will feel heavy and leaden, and the joints are often swollen; herbs that are drying and warming should be the focus of treatment, assisted by those that ________ the ______ and leach out _______.
strengthen, Spleen, dampness
When cold predominates, the pain will be intense and limbs cold; relatively warm herbs should be chosen, assisted by those that ________ the ______ and warm the ______.
unblock, yang, channels
For patients with hot painful obstruction, cooling herbs that dispel wind dampness should be the focus of treatment, accompanied by herbs that ______ ______ and ______ _______.
clear heat, resolve toxicity
Painful obstruction and similar musculoskeletal pain are often related not only to exposure to external wind-cold-dampness, but also to such factors as _____ ______ and _______.
blood stasis, phlegm
Painful obstruction is also common in the _______ and debilitated. To be effective, treatment should include those wind-dampness dispelling herbs that also tonify the _____ or _____ and therefore strengthen their associated tissues, the _______ and ________.
Liver, Kidneys, sinews, bones
Painful obstruction is a often a chronic complaint; these substances are therefore commonly taken in _______ _____ or as a ______. The use of herbs should also be combined with _____ _______.
prepared form, tincture, other modalities
Most of the substances that dispel wind-dampness are ______ and _____ and are therefore ______ in nature. For this reason they may injure the ____ and _____ and should be used with caution in patients with ____ or _____ deficiency.
aromatic, warm, drying, yin, blood, blood, yin
Du Huo dispels ____-_____-____ painful obstruction, especially in the _____ _____ and ______.
wind-cold-damp, lower back, legs
Du Huo disperses ____-____-____ and ____ the _____.
wind-cold-damp, releases, exterior
Do Huo is also used for lesser ___ stage _____ and _____.
yin, headache, toothache
Wei Ling Xian strongly mobilizes ____ _____ channels to unblock _____ _____ by dispelling wind, dampness, and _____, and to _____ areas of ______.
all 12, painful obstruction, phlegm, soften, hardness
Wei Ling Xian softens and transforms ____ _____. Also used for focal distention and accumulation in ____ _____ _____ because it reduces _____ and pathogenic water.
fish bones, the middle burner, phlegm
Hai Tong Pi can be used for patterns of _____ _____ or _____, depending on the other herbs with which it is combined. It treats ____ _____ _____: used topically for ______ and other ____ _____.
either hot, cold, itching skin lesions, scabies, skin lesions
Mu Gua transforms dampness, harmonizes the _____ and _____, and alleviates ________. Therefore, it reduces ____ _____.
Spleen, Stomach, cramping, food stagnation
Mu Gua relaxes the sinews and unblocks the ________, for damp painful obstruction in the ________, especially from severe _______ pain, and weakness in the _____ _____ and ______ extremities.
channels, extremities, cramping, lower back, lower
Mu Gua is one of the more effective herbs for _______ the ______.
relaxing, sinews
Can Sha dispels wind and eliminates dampness: for painful obstruction or _____, _____ ______ due to wind-dampness.
damp, itchy rashes
Can Sha harmonizes the _______ and transforms _____ ______.
Stomach, turbid dampness
Sang Ji Sheng tonifies the ______ and _____, strengthens the ______ and ______, and expels wind-dampness: for insufficiency of ______ and _____ ___ with soreness and pain in the lower back and legs, ______ problems, numbness, and weakness and atrophy of the ______ and _____. Can be used for these problems whether or not wind-dampness is present.
Liver, Kidneys, sinews, bones, Liver, Kidney yin, joint, sinews, bones
Sang Ji Sheng nourishes the _____ and _____ the ______.
blood, calms, Womb
Wu Jia Pi transforms damp, reduces _______, tonifies the ________ ( for ____ _____ delays, specifically in the ________). It is also _________.
edema, Kidneys, motor function, elderly, adaptogenic
Shen Jin Cao dispels wind and eliminates dampness: for wind-damp painful obstruction, especially when there are problems _____ and ______ the ______.
flexing, extending, joints
Qin Jiao can be used for acute of chronic, _____ or _____ disorders. Dispels wind-dampness and soothes the _____ and ______: for wind-damp painful obstruction and _______, especially in the extremities.
cold, hot, sinews, collaterals, cramping
