Herbs that Dispel Wind- Dampness Flashcards
What do Wind-Damp dispelling herbs do?
Dispel wind-dampness from muscles, sinews, joints, and bones, alleviates painful obstructions (bi) and invigorates collaterals.
Wind is migratory and causes pain.
Damp is heavy and swollen.
Can involve blood stasis and phlegm.
Most herbs are drying and can injure yin and blood.
du huo overview
Pharama name: Angelicae pubescentis Radix
English: angelica root
Properties: Bitter, Acrid, Warm
Channels: Kidney, Bladder
Characteristics:
treats painful obstructions in lower body
dispels wind in Kidneys
Caution: Can injure yin or those with blood deficiency
CHRONIC AND ACUTE
Acrid- dispersing, Bitter- drying, warming to expel pathogenic cold, promote qi and blood flow, dispels wind, prevails dampness, disperses cold, unblocks painful obstruction
du huo
Angelicae pubescentis Radix
Angelica Root
Bitter, Acrid, Warm
Kidney, Bladder
CHRONIC AND ACCUTE
WARMING HERB
Treats painful obstructions in the lower body
Dispels Wind in Kidneys
Warming, drying, dispersing
Promotes qi and bloodflow
Drys dampness
Lesser yin stage headache and toothache
Caution: can injure yin or those with blood deficiency. Not for those with wind caused by the external.
Hai tong pi overview
Pharmaceutical name: Erythrinae Cortex
English name: coral-bean bark
Channels: Liver, spleen, kidneys
Key characteristics: treats wind dampness in lower half of the body, excels at alleviating pain
Bitter, neutral, downward directing
Internally: unblocks collaterals, alleviate lower body pain form wind-damp obstruction, leg qi, and gout.
Externally: transforms dampness, skin disorders such as scabies, toothache from cavities
Most associated with hot painful obstructions or damp heat in lower burner
Treats damp heat diahrrea and dysentary
hai tong pi actions, indications, contraindication
Used for hot or cold
Dispels wind dampness
Unblocks channels and collaterals for wind damp painful obstructions
Promotes urination and reduce edema
Itchy skin lesions
Gargle for toothache
Acrid- dispersing, mobilization, warms unblocking, promotes flow in channels, favors lower body
Contraindications:
Lower back pain not from wind dampness
those with lack of blood or accumulated fire
wei ling xian overview
Pharmaceutical name: Clematidis Radix
English: celmatis root
Properties: acrid, salty, warm
Channels: Bladder
Contraindications: piercing and mobilizing, excessive use will injure qi. Caution with qi or blood deficiency.
wei ling xian actions and indications
Dispels wind dampness
unblocks channels
alleviates pain - especially with obstruction
releases the exterior
promotes movement of qi in channels
softens and transforms fish bones
focal distention and accumulation in middle burner
reduces phlegm and pathogenic water
Degree of toxcicity
mu gua overview
Pharma name: Chaenomelis Fructus
English: quince fruit
Properties: sour, warm, aromatic
Channels: Liver, Spleen
Key Characteristics: transforms dampness, harmonizes spleen and stomach, alleviates cramping
warm without drying
Contraindication:
those with internal constrained heat and scanty dark urine
hyperchlorhydria
if weakness in lower back is from insufficient essence, blood, or true yin
mu gua actions and indications
relaxes sinews and unblocks channels for damp painful obstructions in extremities (especially with severe cramping and weakness in lower back and lower extremities)
VERY effective for relaxing sinews
harmonizes stomach and transforms dampness
Reduces food stagnation and indigestion
Can sha overview
Pharm name: Bombycis Faeces
English: silkworm feces
Properties: sweet, acrid, warm
Channels Entered: liver, spleen, stomach
Key characteristics: dried dampness, expels wind
No contraindications
MILD Good for deficient patients
Can sha Actions and indications
Dispels wind
eliminates dampness
painful obstructions or damp itchy rashes
harmonizes stomach and transforms turbid dampness (vomiting, diarrhea, cramps, abdominal pain, spasms in calf)
sang ji sheng overview
Pharma name: Taxilli Herba
English: mulberry mistletoe stems
Properties: bitter, sweet, neutral
Channels: Kidney, Liver
Key Characteristics: tonifies Liver and Kidneys, nourishes tin and blood, expells wind dampness, quiets fetus in pregnancy
Used for chronic painful obstruction disorders
TONIFIES
sang ji sheng actions and indications
Tonifies Liver and Kidneys
Strengthens sinews and bones
expels wind-dampness
insufficient liver and kidney yin with soreness and pain in lower back and extremities
Nourishes blood
Calms womb
Nourishes blood and benefits the skin from dryness from blood deficiency
wu jian pi
Pharmaceutical name: Eleutherococci gracilistyli Cortex
English: eleutheroococcus root bark
Properties: bitter, warm, acrid
Channels: Liver, Kidney
Key Characteristics: clears wind dampness, warms kidneys and liver, strengthens sinews
disperses pathogenic wind dampness, warmly tonifies yang qi of kidney and liver, strengthens sinews and bones
wi jia pi actions and indications
Dispels wind dampness
strengthens sinews and bones
painful obstruction when chronic kidney and liver deficiency cause weak or fost sinews and bones
useful to unblock qi and blood flow
good for elderly
transforms dampness and reduces swelling
Contraindications: not taken by those without wind, cold, damp pathogens in lower body who have fire instead or those with K,L, deficiency with fire
lao gan cao overview
Pharma Name: Erodii/ Geranii Herba
English: cranesbill
Properties: acrid, bitter, neutral
Key characteristics: stops pain and itching due to wind, invigorates the blood, clears heat, resolves toxicity
treats pain from wind dampness, cramps, numbness, traumatic injuries, sores, dysentary
lao guan cao actions and indications
Dispels wind and eliminates dampness while dredging and unblocking channels and collaterals for painful obstruction and severe pain due to wind dampness, spasms, numbness
clears heat, resolves toxcity, restrains, and generates flesh
shen jin cao
Pharma: Lycopodii Herba
English: Lycopodium, ground pine
Properties: bitter, acrid, warm
Channels: Liver, Spleen, Kidney
Key Characteristics: Dispels wind dampness, relaxes sinews, invigorates collaterals
Contra: use with caution in pregnancy and bleeding diathesis
primarily used in treatment of wind damp painful obstruction with contraction of sinews constricting leg movement
