Herbs that Drain Dampness

Question 1

How do herbs in this category remove dampness from the body?

Answer 1

Downward, through the urination

Question 2

What is the general taste to drain damp?

Answer 2

Bland

Question 3

Many of these herbs are what temperature?

Answer 3

Cold (?)

Question 4

Drain Dampness herbs are especially helpful in treating edema from which part of the body?

Answer 4

Lower Body

Question 5

Do Fu Ling family all promote urination to leach out damp?

Answer 5

Yes they do.

Question 6

Which has the ability to tonify the SP?

Answer 6

Fu Ling (Poria)

Question 7

Which two can calm the spirit?

Answer 7

Fu Ling (Poria)
Fu Shen

Question 8

Which can promote urination without exhausting the Qi, but cannot tonify?

Answer 8

Fu Ling Pi

Question 9

Which is the best to drain heat through the urine?

Answer 9

Chi Fu Ling

Question 10

Which two are best for heat and phlegm in the LU or INTS manifesting as abscesses?

Answer 10

Dong Gua Zi (Benincasae Semen)

Yi Yi Ren (Coicis Semen)

Question 11

Which herb in this category can expel stones?

Answer 11

Hai Jin Sha (Lygodii Spora)

Question 12

Which two herbs in this category can drain dampness, while also strengthening the SP? One also has a function to help the LUs.

Answer 12

Fu Ling (Poria)
Yi Yi Ren (Coicis Semen)

Question 13

Which herb in this category has the ability to drain damp heat in the lower burner out through the urine and has the additional abilities to clear the eyes and stop cough?

Answer 13

Che Qian Zi (Plantaginis Semen)

Question 14

Which herb in this category is best for summer-heat and damp heat rashes on the skin?

Answer 14

Hua Shi (Talcum)

Question 15

Which herb in this category can not only treat painful urinary dribbling, but also clear heat and stop bleeding and treats cough and wheezing when there is a heat component?

Answer 15

Shi Wei (Pyrrosiae Folium)

Question 16

Which two herbs in this category can treat jaundice?

Answer 16

Yin Chen (Artemisiae Scoparieae Herba)
Hai Jin Sha (Lygodii Spora)

Question 17

Which three herbs in this category drain HT heat through the SI and out through the urine?

Answer 17

Deng Xin Cao (Junci Medulla)
Hai Jin Sha (Lygodii Spora)
Mu Tong (Akebiae Caulis)
Qu Mai (Dianthi Herba)

Question 18

(Which three herbs in this category drain HT heat through the SI and out through the urine?)
Of he above herbs, which herb is this category can not only promote urination, but also facilitate lactation and unblock blood stasis?

Answer 18

Mu Tong (Akebiae Caulis)

Question 19

(Which three herbs in this category drain HT heat through the SI and out through the urine?)
Of the above herbs, which can Po Xue (break blood) and treat amenorrhea due to blood stasis.

Answer 19

Qu Mai (Dianthi Herba)

Question 20

Which herb in this category has the ability to settle ministerial fire in the KD by draining heat form the lower burner? It is also used often when there is deficiency, since it can clear heat without damaging the yin too much.

Answer 20

Ze Xie (Alismatis Rhizoma)

Question 21

Which is the best for itching from dampness on the skin, showing up as eczema or scabies?

Answer 21

Di Fu Zi (Kochiae Fructus)

Question 22

Which herb in this category has the ability to expel parasites and stop itching?

Answer 22

Bian Xu (Polygoni Avicularis Herba)

Question 23

Which herb is known for its ability to separate the clear from the turbid, expels wind-dampness and can be used for damp heat on the skin?

Answer 23

Bei Xie (Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae Rhizoma)

Question 24

Which other herb also treats wind-dampness?

Answer 24

Han Fang Ji (Stephaniae Tetrandrae Radix)

Question 25

Which herb can be used to treat children’s sleep disorders?

Answer 25

Deng Xin Cao (Junci Medulla)

Question 26

Which two herbs contain Aristolochic acid and are therefore not used in the US?

Answer 26

Guan Mu Tong (Akebiae Caulis)

Guan Fang Ji (Stephaniae Tetrandrae Radix)