Herbs II: Class One Flashcards
Cang Zhu / Rhizoma Atractylodis
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Cang Zhu / Rhizoma Atractylodis
Temperature: Warm
Properties: Aromatic, Acrid, Bitter
Cang Zhu / Rhizoma Atractylodis
Functions:
- Dries dampness and strengthens the spleen
- Dispels wind-dampness / Wind-damp Bi Syndrome; induces Perspiration
- Releases exterior / Wind-cold exterior disorder (common cold)
- Improves night vision
Cang Zhu / Rhizoma Atractylodis
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Cang Zhu / Rhizoma Atractylodis
Channels: Spleen, Stomach
Cang Zhu / Rhizoma Atractylodis
Special Characteristics:
Strongly dries dampness and strengthens spleen.
Improves night vision/night blindness.
Contraindicated in cases with excessive sweating (deficiency).
Huo Po / Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis
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Huo Po / Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis
Temperature: Warm
Properties: Aromatic, Bitter, Acrid
Huo Po / Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis
Functions:
- Dries dampness, promotes movement of the Qi and reduces accumulation / dampness obstruction, Qi stagnation, and food accumulation
- Directs rebellious Qi downward, calms wheezing
Huo Po / Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis
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Huo Po / Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis
Channels: Spleen, Stomach, Lung, Large Intestine
Huo Po / Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis
Special Characteristics:
Descending herb.
Can guide or subdue qi downward, but does not treat qi stagnation.
Huo Xiang / Herba Agastache seu Pogostemi
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Huo Xiang / Herba Agastache seu Pogostemi
Temperature: Slightly warm
Properties: Acrid
Huo Xiang / Herba Agastache seu Pogostemi
Functions:
- Transforms dampness, revives the spleen; used for dampness obstructing the spleen and stomach
- Eliminates turbid evil; regulates middle jiao, vomiting and diarrhea
- Resolves summer-evil / summer-damp syndrome
- Releases exterior / exterior wind-cold with dampness
- Also used for naso-sinusitis and halitosis
Huo Xiang / Herba Agastache seu Pogostemi
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Huo Xiang / Herba Agastache seu Pogostemi
Channels: Spleen, Stomach, Lung
Huo Xiang / Herba Agastache seu Pogostemi
Special Characteristics:
Revives the spleen and helps address poor appetite (poor transformation and transportation).
Regulates the middle jiao. Stops vomiting and diarrhea due to dirty and turbid evil attacking.
Pei Lan / Herba Eupatorii Fortunei
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Pei Lan / Herba Eupatorii Fortunei
Temperature: Neutral
Properties: Acrid
Pei Lan / Herba Eupatorii Fortunei
Functions:
- Transforms dampness / dampness obstructing the spleen and stomach; revives the spleen
- Resolves summer-evil / summer-damp syndrome
Pei Lan / Herba Eupatorii Fortunei
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Pei Lan / Herba Eupatorii Fortunei
Channels: Spleen, Stomach
Sha Ren / Fructus Amomi
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Sha Ren / Fructus Amomi
Temperature: Warm
Properties: Aromatic, Acrid