Herbs that extinguish Wind; stop tremors

Question 1

Shi Jue Ming

Answer 1

Herbs that extinguish wind; stop tremors

Abalone shell; Haliotis, stone senses brightness

salty, cold
KI, LV*

• *EYES**
  1. descends yang down, extinguish wind, Calm LV, descend heat and yang: headache, dizziness, red eyes
  2. Improve vision, red eyes, blurred vision, pterygium. photophobia, cataracts, glaucoma
  3. calm spirit: insomnia, anxiety d/t heat, irritability* (not in books)

Question 2

Mu Li

Answer 2

Herbs that extinguish wind; stop tremors

Oyster shell; Ostrea

salty, astringent, cool

LV, KI

1. extinguish wind/calm spirit: restlessness, anxiety, insomnia
2. astringent so can hold in yin, anchor yang: flustered face, dizziness, tinnitus
3. astringes: absorbs acidity, prevents leakage of fluids: sweating, acid reflux,
4. Softens nodules: breast cysts, tumors, lymph nodes, goiter

Question 3

(Dai) Zhe Shi aka Zhe Shi

Answer 3

Herbs that extinguish wind; stop tremors

Hematite, Haematite

bitter, cold

HT, LV, PC

extingu wind, calm LV, emotional grounding: insomnia, nervousness, needy person w/ trauma/abandonment issues

rebellious qi: belching, hiccups, coughing asthma

cools blood/stop bleeding: uterine bleeding, bleeding wounds, epistaxis,

Blood stag: varicose veins, amenorrhea, poor circulation

Contra: pregnancy (touches blood in wrong way)

Question 4

Gou Teng

Answer 4

Herbs that extinguish wind; stop tremors

Gambir Vine, Uncaria

sweet, cool

PC LV

“bilingual” can treat internal and external wind

Extingu wind: eye twitch or stronger: seizures, spasms, tremors, infantile-maybe post partum fever, stroke prevention

drains LV heat, pacifies LV yang rising, headaches, migraines, irritability, and

releases exterior W-H: fever, headache, rashes, (hot version of common cold) that never came out, red eyes

Question 5

Tian Ma*

Answer 5

Herbs that extinguish wind; stop tremors

Gastrodia Rhizome, Gastrodia elata (Rhizome-looks like potato), heavenly hemp

Sweet, neutral

LV

*She finds this herb magical

moist and rich in oil (endangered/kept track of)

Tx all forms of LV wind-excess or deficiency

1. headaches, numbness (powerful)
2. dispels (rather than dries) phlegm , wind damp and pain (wont dry out yin def PT): windstroke, hemiplagia, parkinsons, epilepsy
3. MR: increases blood flow to cardiac muscle; reduces myocardial infarction by 25- 30 %

Contra: barbituates (too sedating)

Question 6

(Bai) Ji Li aka Ci Ji Li aka Ji Li

Answer 6

Herbs that extinguish wind; stop tremors

Puncture Vine Fruit, Tribulus Terrestris

spicy, bitter, warm

LV

1. goes to LV: extingu. wind: dizziness, vertigo. headaches. Brightens eyes: conjunctivitis, tearing, twitching, itching
2. stops itching: both types of wind: external hives and internal eczema. Any kind of itchy skin
3. smooths LV: bad mood, depression, pain in hypochondriac, Frequ sighing, frustration, drains qi, moves blood. (If no qi or blood because of def- need to tonify)

Contra : prenancy

Qi or blood deficiency

Question 7

Wu Gong

Answer 7

Herbs that extinguish wind; stop tremors

Centipede, Scolopendra subspinipes

spicy, warm, toxic

LV

use little at a time

1. exting wind/stops tremors: facial paralysis, bells palsy, spasms, childhood convulsions
2. doctrine of signatures- toxic treats toxic: heat or fire toxin: reduces nodules. Snake bites, cancer, acne, make an ointment
3. related to burrowing: open meridians/reduce pain: stubborn headaches, migraines, arthritis, -cold type, for serious cases.

Question 8

Bai Jiang Can

Answer 8

Herbs that extinguish wind; stop tremors

Fungal Silkworm, Bombyx mori

spicy, salty, neutral

LV, LU

Like penicillin

1. facial paralysis, numbness in face. ics, spasms, like double hooks- expels exterior wind
2. expells external winds if have common cold and getting sick- like peniccilin
3. swollen lymph nodes and tonsilitis. sore throat, loss of voice
4. swollen lymph nodes, or loss of voice

unusual medicine: int and ext wind, nodules. phlegm in throat. (cold coming on/bacterial inf)

Question 9

Di Long

Answer 9

Herbs that extinguish wind; stop tremors

Earthworm, Pheretima

1. seizure, hot seizures (LV related) : high fever, panic disorder (lots of minerls in them), schitzophrenia, channels: hot arthritis in arms and legs
2. muscle spasms, convulsions
3. downward nature (UB)- promotes urination: UTIs, wind w/ tendency to get UTI
4. general reducing heat LV/LU: cough and wheezing
5. lowers BP, irritablity, red eys, calms LV/
   LV yang rising, swelling and redness by putting sugar on fresh worms: burns, shingles

Question 10

General Characteristics and Fxs

Answer 10

to sedate/anchor yang, calm LV and extinguish internal wind

treat yang rising, LV wind stirring

Western Med:

muscle relaxers

hypotensive

anti convulsant

anti pyretic