Herbs II: Class Two Flashcards
Shan Zha / Fructus Crataegi
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Shan Zha / Fructus Crataegi
Temperature: Slightly Warm
Properties: Sour, Sweet
Shan Zha / Fructus Crataegi
Functions:
- Reduces and transforms food accumulation, especially due to meat and greasy foods
- Promotes the Qi movement and disperses blood stasis
- Treats cardiovascular disorders
Shan Zha / Fructus Crataegi
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Shan Zha / Fructus Crataegi
Channels: Spleen, Stomach, Liver
Shan Zha / Fructus Crataegi
Special Characteristic(s):
Special for digesting meat and greasy foods.
Sheng (raw) Shan Zha good for reducing food stagnation and dispersing blood stasis.
Jiao/Chao (charred) Shan Zha used for stopping diarrhea/dysentery
Shen Qu / Massa Fermentata
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Shen Qu / Massa Fermentata
Temperature: Warm
Properties: Sweet, Acrid
Shen Qu / Massa Fermentata
Functions:
- Reduces food stagnation, and harmonizes the stomach.
2. Helps to digest herbs that contain minerals and shells.
Shen Qu / Massa Fermentata
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Shen Qu / Massa Fermentata
Channels: Spleen, Stomach
Shen Qu / Massa Fermentata
Special Characteristics:
Especially good for food stagnation with exterior syndrome or when consuming alcohol.
Mai Ya / Fructus Hordei Vulgaris Germinantus
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Mai Ya / Fructus Hordei Vulgaris Germinantus
Temperature: Neutral
Properties: Sweet
Mai Ya / Fructus Hordei Vulgaris Germinantus
Functions:
- Reduces food stagnation, especially due to starchy foods; strengthens the stomach
- Inhibits lactation and relieves distention
- Spreads the liver and relieves the constrained Qi; relieves liver Qi stagnation or disharmony of the liver and stomach
Mai Ya / Fructus Hordei Vulgaris Germinantus
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Mai Ya / Fructus Hordei Vulgaris Germinantus
Channels: Spleen, Stomach, Liver
Mai Ya / Fructus Hordei Vulgaris Germinantus
Special Characteristics:
Especially good for food stagnation due to starchy foods.
Can be used when treating emotional distress such as anxiety and depression with crying.
Gu Ya / Fructus Oryzae Sativae Germinantus
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Gu Ya / Fructus Oryzae Sativae Germinantus
Temperature: Neutral
Properties: Sweet
Gu Ya / Fructus Oryzae Sativae Germinantus
Functions:
- Reduces food stagnation; promotes digestion and harmonizes the middle jiao
- Strengthens the spleen and encourages appetite
Gu Ya / Fructus Oryzae Sativae Germinantus
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Gu Ya / Fructus Oryzae Sativae Germinantus
Channels: Spleen, Stomach
Gu Ya / Fructus Oryzae Sativae Germinantus
Special Characteristics
Good for resolving food stagnation due to starchy foods, and for addressing reduced appetite due to spleen deficiency.
Sheng (raw) Gu Ya is good for harmonizing the MJ (reducing nauseas and vomiting).
Lai Fu Zi / Semen Raphani Sativi
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Lai Fu Zi / Semen Raphani Sativi
Temperature: Neutral
Properties: Acrid, Sweet
Lai Fu Zi / Semen Raphani Sativi
Functions:
- Reduces food stagnation. Eliminates distention, food accumulation with Qi stagnation.
- Descends rebellious Qi. Transforms phlegm, coughing, and wheezing with copious sputum, stifling sensation in the chest, reduced appetite.
Lai Fu Zi / Semen Raphani Sativi
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Lai Fu Zi / Semen Raphani Sativi
Channels: Spleen, Stomach, Lung
Lai Fu Zi / Semen Raphani Sativi
Special Characteristics:
Directly addresses stagnation; eliminates epigastric and abdominal distention, fullness, and pain.
Transforms phlegm, coughing, and wheezing with copious sputum.
It is not appropriate to combine with Ren Shen as the two herbs will cancel the effects of one another.
Ji Nei Jin / Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli
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Ji Nei Jin / Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli
Temperature: Neutral
Properties: Sweet
Ji Nei Jin / Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli
Functions:
- Strongly reduces food stagnation; strengthens the stomach
- Secures the essence; stops spermatorrhea and enuresis due to Kidney deficiency
- Transforms and dissolves stones
Ji Nei Jin / Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli
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Ji Nei Jin / Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli
Channels: Spleen, Stomach, Small Intestine, Urinary Bladder
Ji Nei Jin / Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli
Special Characteristics:
Strongly reduces food stagnation (various food stagnation); strongest for indigestion.
Mostly used alone in powder. Best if used raw- not effective if boiled.
Helps with secretion of digestive enzyme; increases frequency and strength of stomach movements.
Digestive Herbs (Category)
Description:
Herbs that promote digestion to strengthen the spleen, enhance the appetite, promote digestion, and relieve food stagnation.
Shan Zha
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Shan Zha
Pharmaceutical Name: Fructus Crataegi
English Name: Hawthorn Berry
Literal Translation: Mountain Hawthorn
Shen Qu
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Shen Qu
Pharmaceutical Name: Massa Fermentata
English Name: Medicated Leaven
Literal Translation: Medicated Leaven
Mai Ya
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Mai Ya
Pharmaceutical Name: Fructus Hordei Vulgaris Germinantus
English Name: Barley Sprouts
Literal Translation: Barley Sprouts
Gu Ya
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Gu Ya
Pharmaceutical Name: Fructus Oryzae Sativae Germinantus
English Name: Sprouted Setaria
Literal Translation: Paddy Sprout
Lai Fu Zi
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Lai Fu Zi
Pharmaceutical Name: Semen Raphani Sativi
English Name: Radish Seed
Literal Translation: Radish Seed
Ji Nei Jin
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Ji Nei Jin
Pharmaceutical Name: Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli
English Name: Chicken Gizzard
Literal Translation: Chicken Internal Gold
Da Huang / Radix et Rhizoma Rhei
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Da Huang / Radix et Rhizoma Rhei
Temperature: Cold
Properties: Bitter
Da Huang / Radix et Rhizoma Rhei
Functions:
- Vigorously drains downward and purges accumulation
- Purges fire, clears heat and toxins. Fire evil rising to attack the upper jiao.
- Drains fire and stops bleeding. Bleeding due to excess fire blazing thereby reckless movement of the blood.
- Drains damp-heat and promotes diuresis. Addresses jaundice and lin syndrome due to damp-heat.
- Clears heat and reduces fire toxicity.
- Invigorates the blood and dispels blood stasis.
Da Huang / Radix et Rhizoma Rhei
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Da Huang / Radix et Rhizoma Rhei
Channels: Stomach, Large Intestine, Liver, Heart
Da Huang / Radix et Rhizoma Rhei
Special Characteristics:
Sheng (raw) Da Huang used for purging; Jiu (wine) Zhi (treated) Da Huang used for blood stasis syndrome; Da Huang Tan (charred) used for bleeding.
Often combined with other herbs to regulate qi.
Da Huang
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Da Huang
Pharmaceutical Name: Radix et Rhizoma Rhei
English Name: Rhubarb Root
Literal Translation: Big Yellow
Downward Draining Herbs (Category)
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“Downward Draining” describes the action of the substances that eliminate pathogenic factors and conditions via purgative, laxative, or cathartic means.
Purgatives (Sub-Category)
Description:
Herbs that function to strongly induce defecation and eliminate constipation and accumulation of excess in the body.
Cold purgatives are bitter and cold, and treat accumulations of heat and fire in the body.
