Herbs that Dispel Wind Dampness

Question 1

Which herb in this category is most appropriate for warm type of wind-damp painful obstruction affecting the Upper extremities and limbs?

Answer 1

Sang Zhi

Mori Ramulus

Question 2

All of the following are a function of which herb:

1. Clears and transforms damp-heat when are damp-heat sores and itching or wind-damp rash
2. Dispels wind dampness and unblocks the channels and collaterals
3. Clears heat and pacifies LV when there is ascendant LV yang.

Answer 2

Xi Xian Cao

Siegesbeckiae Herba

Question 3

Which can be used as a gargle for dental caries?

Answer 3

Hai Tong Pi

Erythrinae Cortex

Question 4

Which herb is Sour and Warm?

Answer 4

Mu Gua

Chaenomelis Fructus

Question 5

Which herb is said to transform fish bones?

Answer 5

Wei Ling Xian

Clematidis Radix

Question 6

According to Bensky, which if the herbs in this category is particularly suitable for the elderly and for developmental delays in the motor functions of children?

Answer 6

Wu Ja Pi

Eleutherococci Gracilistyli Cortex

Question 7

Which herb in this category is the best to address insufficiency of LV and KD yin with joint problems, numbness, and weakness and atrophy of sinews and bones?
True or False: it can be used for these problem whether or not wind-dampness is present.

Answer 7

Sang Ji Sheng
(Taxilli Herba)
True

Question 8

Which herb in this category has the properties of Sweet, Salty, Warm and Toxic?

Answer 8

Bai Hua She

Question 9

Which three herbs in this category have the function to strengthen the sinews and bones?

Answer 9

Sang Ji Sheng
(Taxilli Herba)
Wu Jia Pi
(Eleutherococci Gracilistyli Cortex)
Hu Gu
(Tiigris Os)

Question 10

Which herb harmonizes the ST, removes dampness and treats food stagnation?

Answer 10

Mu Gua

Chaenomelis Fructus

Question 11

Which four herbs in this category have a strong function to treat wind-stroke?

Answer 11

Sang Zhi (Mori Ramulus)
Bai Hua She
Xi Xian Cao (Siegesbeckiae Herba)

Question 12

Which herb in this category can treat dry, scaly skin due to Blood Def. because it nourishes the blood?

Answer 12

Sang Ji Sheng

Taxilli Herba

Question 13

Which herb is this category is no longer used legally?

Answer 13

Hu Gu

Question 14

Which herb is this category can dispel wind damp painful obstruction in the extremities, whether it is acute or chronic, cold or hot and because it is slightly cold it can more effectively treat hot painful obstruction?

Answer 14

Qin Jiao

Gentianae macrophyllae Radix

Question 15

Which herb in this category can also be used for hypertension?

Answer 15

Xi Xian Cao

Siegesbeckiae Herba

Question 16

Which three herbs in this category are Salty?

Answer 16

Wei Ling Xian (Clematidis Radix)
Bai Hua She
Hu Gu

Question 17

Which five herbs in this chapter treat skin conditions? Be sure to specify what type of situation for each?

Answer 17

Xi Xian Cao (Siegesbeckiae Herba)- LV
Bai Hua She
Hai Tong Pi (Erythrinae Cortex)- Scabies
Sang Ji Sheng (Taxilli Herba)- Due to Blood Def.
Can Sha (Bombycis Faeces)- Due to wind dampness

Question 18

Which herb in this category is slightly cold and therefore has the secondary function to clear heat from deficiency?

Answer 18

Qin Jiao

Gentianae Macrophyllae Radix

Question 19

Which herb in this category has the function to promote urination to treat edema?

Answer 19

Hai Tong Pi

Erythrinae Cortex

Question 20

Which herb in this category has the function to treat edema, especially when accompanied by joint pain?

Answer 20

Sang Zhi

Mori Ramulus

Question 21

Which herb in this category has the function to treat jaundice and can also moisten the intestines?

Answer 21

Qin Jiao

Gentianae macrophyllae Radix

Question 22

Which herb is the dried excrement of silkworms?

Answer 22

Can Sha

Bombycis Faeces

Question 23

Which herb in this category is Acrid, Bitter and Warm and therefore has the secondary function to transform dampness and reduce swelling when there is urinary difficulty, edema and cold damp leg qi?
What other herb can also treat leg Qi?

Answer 23

Wu Jia Pi
(Eleutherococci Gracilistyli Cortex)
Mu Gua
(Chaenomelis Fructus)

Question 24

Which herb in this category treats wind-damp painful obstruction, atrophied and weak lower back and legs and is often used when this pain is not fixed in one place and there is spasm of the legs and difficulty moving the joints?

Answer 24

Hu Gu

Question 25

Which herb is this category has the function to nourish Blood and Calm the womb?

Answer 25

Sang Ji Sheng

Taxilli Herba

Question 26

Which can be used for focal distention and accumulation in the middle burner because it reduces phlegm and pathogenic water?

Answer 26

Wei Ling Xian

Clematidis Radix

Question 27

Which herb in this category has the function to dispel wind from the skin for dermatosis, numbness of the skin or any kind of rash?

Answer 27

Bai Hua She

Question 28

Which herb is said to treat Shao Yin headache and toothache?

Answer 28

Du Huo

Angelicae Pubescentis Radix

Question 29

Which herb is said to be strong enough to address wind dampness in all 12 channels?

Answer 29

Wei Ling Xian

Clematidis Radix

Question 30

If a patient has hot painful bi, which herbs are most suitable?

Answer 30

Qin Jiao

Gentianae Macrophyllae Radix

Question 31

Which herb in this category has the property of toxic?

Answer 31

Bai Hua She

Question 32

In general, herbs in this category tend to enter which primary channels? What are the associated tissues with each of these channels?

Answer 32

LV (Sinews and tendons)
KD (Bones)
SP (Muscles)

Question 33

Which four herbs in this category go to both the KD and LV channels?

Answer 33

Sang Ji Sheng (Taxilli Herba)
Wu Jia Pi (Eleutherococci Gracilistyli Cortex)
Xi Xian Cao (Siegesbeckiae Herba)
Hu Gu

Question 34

Which two herbs in this category only go to the LV channel?

Answer 34

Sang Zhi (Mori Ramulus)
Bai Hua She