Herbs III: Class Nine Flashcards
Da Ji / Herba seu Radix Cirsii Japonici
Japanese Thistle
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Da Ji / Herba seu Radix Cirsii Japonici
Japanese Thistle
Temperature: Cool
Properties: Sweet
Da Ji / Herba seu Radix Cirsii Japonici
Japanese Thistle
Functions:
- Cools blood and stops bleeding; addresses reckless movement of hot blood leading to vomiting blood, coughing of blood, nosebleed, uterine bleeding, and blood in urine
- Disperses blood stasis and reduces swelling; treats sores and carbuncles due to toxic heat with blood stasis
- Reduces hypertension; addresses hypertension due to ascendant Liver Yang
Da Ji / Herba seu Radix Cirsii Japonici
Japanese Thistle
Channels:
Da Ji / Herba seu Radix Cirsii Japonici
Japanese Thistle
Channels: Liver
Da Ji / Herba seu Radix Cirsii Japonici
Japanese Thistle
Special Characteristics:
Especially effective in stopping bleeding from Lung and Stomach
Di Yu / Radix Sanguisorbae
Garden Burnet Root
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Di Yu / Radix Sanguisorbae
Garden Burnet Root
Temperature: Cool
Properties: Bitter, Sour
Di Yu / Radix Sanguisorbae
Garden Burnet Root
Functions:
- Cools the blood and stops bleeding; used especially for Lower Jiao blood leading to blood in the stool, bleeding hemorroids, bloody dysentery, and abnormal uterine bleeding. Also for vomiting blood and nosebleed
- Clears toxic heat and generates flesh. Apply topically for sores, ulcers, and injuries from burns
Di Yu / Radix Sanguisorbae
Garden Burnet Root
Channels:
Di Yu / Radix Sanguisorbae
Garden Burnet Root
Channels: Liver, Large Intestine, Stomach
Di Yu / Radix Sanguisorbae
Garden Burnet Root
Special Characteristics:
Especially effective for heat in the Lower Jiao
Huai Hua Mi / Flos Sophorae
Japanese Pagoda Tree Flower
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Huai Hua Mi / Flos Sophorae
Japanese Pagoda Tree Flower
Temperature: Cool
Properties: Bitter
Huai Hua Mi / Flos Sophorae
Japanese Pagoda Tree Flower
Functions:
- Cools the blood and stops bleeding; addresses bleeding due to blood heat. Especially used for bleeding in the Lower Jiao such as blood in the stool, bleeding hemorrhoids, and blood dysentery. Also used for coughing of blood and nosebleed
- Clear the Liver heat and drains fire; addresses headache and red eyes due to ascendant Liver fire. Recently used for hypertension
Huai Hua Mi / Flos Sophorae
Japanese Pagoda Tree Flower
Channels:
Huai Hua Mi / Flos Sophorae
Japanese Pagoda Tree Flower
Channels: Liver, Large Intestine
Huai Hua Mi / Flos Sophorae
Japanese Pagoda Tree Flower
Special Characteristics:
Especially used for bleeding in the Lower Jiao
Ce Bai Ye / Cacumen Platycladi
Arborvitae Leaves
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Ce Bai Ye / Cacumen Platycladi
Arborvitae Leaves
Temperature: Cool
Properties: Bitter, Astringent
Ce Bai Ye / Cacumen Platycladi
Arborvitae Leaves
Functions:
- Cools the blood and stops bleeding; widely used for various bleeding due to blood heat such as coughing of blood, vomiting blood, nosebleed, bleeding gums, blood in the stool or urine, and uterine bleeding.
- Transforms phlegm and stops coughing; treats coughing with copious sputum due to Lung heat
Ce Bai Ye / Cacumen Platycladi
Arborvitae Leaves
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Ce Bai Ye / Cacumen Platycladi
Arborvitae Leaves
Channels: Heart, Liver, Large Intestine
Ce Bai Ye / Cacumen Platycladi
Arborvitae Leaves
Special Characteristics:
Widely used for various bleeding
Bai Mao Gen / Rhizoma Imperatae
Woolly Grass
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Bai Mao Gen / Rhizoma Imperatae
Woolly Grass
Temperature: Cold
Properties: Sweet
Bai Mao Gen / Rhizoma Imperatae
Woolly Grass
Functions:
- Cools the blood and stops bleeding; treats bleeding due to blood heat. Often used for vomiting blood, coughing of blood, nosebleed, and blood in urine
- Clears heat and promotes urination; treats hot-Lin syndrome, urinary difficulty, and edema
- Clears Lung heat and Stomach heat; addresses warm febrile disease with irritability and thirst, vomiting sue to Stomach heat, and coughing due to Lung heat
Bai Mao Gen / Rhizoma Imperatae
Woolly Grass
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Bai Mao Gen / Rhizoma Imperatae
Woolly Grass
Channels: Lung, Stomach, Small Intestine, Urinary Bladder
Bai Mao Gen / Rhizoma Imperatae
Woolly Grass
Special Characteristics:
One of the few blood cooling/blood stopping herbs that doesn’t enter the Liver
Xian He Cao / Herba Agrimoniae
Agromony
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Xian He Cao / Herba Agrimoniae
Agromony
Temperature: Neutral
Properties: Bitter, Acrid
Xian He Cao / Herba Agrimoniae
Agromony
Functions:
- Restrains leakage of blood and stops bleeding; widely used for various bleeding such as vomiting blood, coughing of blood, nosebleed, blood in stool or urine, and uterine bleeding.
- Reduces food stagnation
- Alleviated diarrhea and dysentery; can be used for chronic diarrhea and dysentery as this herb has a restraining nature
- Kills parasites— particularly trichomonas vaginitis and tapeworm.
Xian He Cao / Herba Agrimoniae
Agromony
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Xian He Cao / Herba Agrimoniae
Agromony
Channels: Lung, Liver, Spleen
Xian He Cao / Herba Agrimoniae
Agromony
Special Characteristics:
Often used for Qi and blood deficiency due to chronic injury from physical working; also used for thrombocytopenia purpura.
Currently used for treating some cancers
Bai Ji / Rhizoma Bletillae
Bletilla
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Bai Ji / Rhizoma Bletillae
Bletilla
Temperature: Cool
Properties: Bitter, Sweet
Bai Ji / Rhizoma Bletillae
Bletilla
Functions:
- Restrains leakage of blood and stops bleeding; addresses coughing of blood, vomiting blood, and traumatic bleeding
- Reduces swelling and generates flesh; treats sores, ulcers, anal fissures, and chapped skin
Bai Ji / Rhizoma Bletillae
Bletilla
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Bai Ji / Rhizoma Bletillae
Bletilla
Channels: Lung, Stomach, Liver
Bai Ji / Rhizoma Bletillae
Bletilla
Special Characteristics:
Use powder form and take with cold water; decoction will turn out like glue
Xue Yu Tan / Crinis Carbonisatus
Charred Human Hair
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Xue Yu Tan / Crinis Carbonisatus
Charred Human Hair
Temperature: Neutral
Properties: Bitter
Xue Yu Tan / Crinis Carbonisatus
Charred Human Hair
Functions:
- Restrains leakage of blood, stops bleeding, and transforms blood stasis; widely used for various bleeding such as vomiting blood, coughing of blood, nosebleed, blood in the stool or urine, and uterine bleeding
- Promotes urination; treats Lin syndrome, especially bloody Lin syndrome
Xue Yu Tan / Crinis Carbonisatus
Charred Human Hair
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Xue Yu Tan / Crinis Carbonisatus
Charred Human Hair
Channels: Heart, Liver, Kidney
Ou Jie / Nodus Nelumbinis Rhizomatis
Lotus Node
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Ou Jie / Nodus Nelumbinis Rhizomatis
Lotus Node
Temperature: Neutral
Properties: Sweet, Astringent
Ou Jie / Nodus Nelumbinis Rhizomatis
Lotus Node
Functions:
- Restrains leakage of blood, stops bleeding, and transforms blood stasis; used for many types of bleeding. Most often used for bleeding associated with heat in the Lung or Stomach with vomiting or coughing of blood, or nosebleed
Ou Jie / Nodus Nelumbinis Rhizomatis
Lotus Node
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Ou Jie / Nodus Nelumbinis Rhizomatis
Lotus Node
Channels: Lung, Stomach, Liver
Ou Jie / Nodus Nelumbinis Rhizomatis
Lotus Node
Special Characteristics:
Raw herb can stop bleeding and transform blood stasis; charred herb is used only for stopping bleeding
San Qi / Radix Notoginseng
Notoginseng
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San Qi / Radix Notoginseng
Notoginseng
Temperature: Warm
Properties: Sweet, Slightly Bitter
San Qi / Radix Notoginseng
Notoginseng
Functions:
- Restrains leakage of blood, stops bleeding, and transforms blood stasis; vomiting blood, coughing of blood, nosebleed, blood in urine or stool, uterine bleeding and traumatic bleeding
- Reduces swelling and alleviates pain; treats traumatic injuries with swelling and pain due to blood stasis
- Recently used for angina
San Qi / Radix Notoginseng
Notoginseng
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San Qi / Radix Notoginseng
Notoginseng
Channels: Liver, Stomach, Large Intestine
San Qi / Radix Notoginseng
Notoginseng
Special Characteristics:
Especially proper for bleeding with blood stagnation
Qian Cao Gen / Radix Rubiae
Madder Root
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Qian Cao Gen / Radix Rubiae
Madder Root
Temperature: Cold
Properties: Bitter
Qian Cao Gen / Radix Rubiae
Madder Root
Functions:
- Cools the blood and stops bleeding; addresses vomiting blood, nosebleed, coughing of blood, blood in the stool or urine, uterine bleeding, or any kind of bleeding due to blood heat
- Invigorates the blood and unblocks the channels; treats amenorrhea due to blood stasis, traumatic injuries, and Bi syndrome
Qian Cao Gen / Radix Rubiae
Madder Root
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Qian Cao Gen / Radix Rubiae
Madder Root
Channels: Heart, Liver
Qian Cao Gen / Radix Rubiae
Madder Root
Special Characteristics:
Use charred to help stop bleeding; use in raw form to invigorate the blood. Good for early, heavy, or lingering period
Pu Huang / Pollen Typhae
Cattail Pollen
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Pu Huang / Pollen Typhae
Cattail Pollen
Temperature: Neutral
Properties: Sweet, Acrid
Pu Huang / Pollen Typhae
Cattail Pollen
Functions:
- Stops bleeding; addresses various forms of bleeding whether there is stasis or not
- Invigorates the blood and dispels blood stasis; treats chest pain, postpartum abdominal pain, and menstrual pain due to blood stasis
Pu Huang / Pollen Typhae
Cattail Pollen
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Pu Huang / Pollen Typhae
Cattail Pollen
Channels: Liver, Heart, Spleen
Pu Huang / Pollen Typhae
Cattail Pollen
Special Characteristics:
Use in raw form to dispel blood stasis; use toasted to stop bleeding
Ai Ye / Folium Artemisiae Argyi
Mugwort Leaf
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Ai Ye / Folium Artemisiae Argyi
Mugwort Leaf
Temperature: Warm
Properties: Bitter, Acrid
Ai Ye / Folium Artemisiae Argyi
Mugwort Leaf
Functions:
- Warms the channels and stops bleeding; addresses bleeding due to deficient cold and can especially warm the Lower Jiao (and uterus) for prolonged menstrual bleeding and uterine bleeding. Also used for vomiting due to Middle Jiao deficient cold
- Disperses cold and alleviates pain; treats dysmenorrheal, infertility, and epigastric and abdominal pain due to deficient cold
- Warms to the uterus and calms the fetus; treats restless fetus, lower abdominal pain, and vaginal bleeding as in threatened miscarriage
- Topically used for skin itching from eczema
Ai Ye / Folium Artemisiae Argyi
Mugwort Leaf
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Ai Ye / Folium Artemisiae Argyi
Mugwort Leaf
Channels: Spleen, Liver, Kidney
Ai Ye / Folium Artemisiae Argyi
Mugwort Leaf
Special Characteristics:
Stops bleeding due to cold.
Use in raw form to warm the channels and alleviate pain; used charred to stop bleeding
