Herbs That Warm The Interior and Expel Cold

Question 1

Herbs That Warm The Interior and Expel Cold - FU ZI

Answer 1

PROPERTIES: ACRID, HOT, TOXIC

CHANNELS: HT, KD, SP

DOSAGE: 1.5-3G (MUST BE PREPARED/BOILED 30-60MINS!CAN KILL YOU IF USED WRONGLY…HEART FAILURE)

C/I: YIN DEFICIENCY WITH HEAT, TRUE HEAT-FALSE COLD, PREGNANCY

KEY POINTS:

1. # 1 HERB FOR DEVASTATED YANG! (PATIENT IN SHOCK/COLLAPSE)
2. TOXIC AND HOT
3. RESTORES YANG QI (WARMS MING MEN AND ASSISTS HEART BY UNBLOCKING VESSELS AND IMPROVING CIRCULATION)
4. ASSISTS KIDNEY YANG (TONIFIES KIDNEY TO AUGMENT THE FIRE AND AVOID LOSS OF BASAL YANG)
5. HELPS WITH COLD (DISPERSES COLD AND STOPS PAIN; OTHER 2 PARTS OF FU ZI DO THIS: CHUAN WU + CAO WU = WU TAO)

Question 2

Herbs That Warm The Interior and Expel Cold - OVERVIEW

Answer 2

Question 3

Herbs That Warm The Interior and Expel Cold - ROU GUI

Answer 3

PROPERTIES: ACRID, SWEET, HOT

CHANNELS: HT, KD, SP, LV

DOSAGE: 1.5-4.5, CRUSH FIRST; USUALLY TAKEN IN POWDER/PILL/TINCTURE

C/I: YIN DEF FIRE, EXCESS HEAT, RECKLESS BLOOD FROM HEAT, PREGNANCY

KEY POINTS:

1. # 1 FOR SEVERE YANG DEFICIENCY IN LOWER JIAO (HEAT ABOVE, COLD BELOW) - WITH FU ZI!
2. CHRONIC QI AND BLOOD DEFICIENCY (WITH REN SHEN!) - ENCOURAGES GENERATION OF QI AND BLOOD
3. ASSISTANT/AUXILIARY HERB
4. SWEET (SO MORE TONIFYING)
5. GOES TO LIVER
6. WARMS KIDNEY FIRE
7. CAN DISPEL COLD, BI SYNDROME, PAIN, DYSMENNORHEA, SKIN YIN CONDITIONS

Question 4

ROU GUI VS FU ZI

Answer 4

Question 5

Herbs That Warm The Interior and Expel Cold - GAN XIANG

Answer 5

PROPERTIES: ACRID (TAKES OUT COLD PHLEGM!), HOT

CHANNELS: SP, ST, HT, LU

DOSE: 3-12G

C/I: YIN XU WITH HEAT, RECKLESS MOVEMENT OF BLOOD, PREGNANCY

KEY POINTS:

1. GOOD FOR MIDDLE AND UPPER JIAO!
2. WARMS THE MIDDLE JIAO (PAIN, DIARRHEA)
3. WARMS THE UPPER JIAO (LUNG PHLEGM)
4. STOPS BLEEDING BY WARMING CHANNELS (USE TOASTED/CHARRED TO STOP BLEEDING) - IE UTERINE BLEEDING WITH PALE BLOOD AND COLD LIMBS
5. RESCUES DEVASTATED YANG WITH FU ZI (BEST COMBO FOR RESCUING DEVASTATED YANG IS FU ZI/THE GENERAL + GAN JIANG/THE MINISTER)

Question 6

Herbs That Warm The Interior and Expel Cold - WU ZHU YU

Answer 6

PROPERTIES: ACRID, BITTER (GOOD FOR LIVER!), HOT, SLIGHTLY TOXIC

CHANNELS: SP, ST, LV, KD (NO HEART HERE!)

DOSE: AROUND 4.5G (SMALL DOSE) - TREAT WITH GAN CAO DECOCTION BEFORE USING (REDUCES HEAT THAT WAY; TOO MUCH CAN MAKE YOU NAUSEOUS!)

C/I: YIN XU HEAT, DRYING SO NOT FOR LONG TERM USE, NO HIGH DOSE!

KEY POINTS:

1. GOES TO LIVER! MOVES LIVER QI AND ALLEVIATES PAIN
2. STOPS VOMITING - BITTER DESCENDS DOWN
3. GOOD FOR JUE YIN (TOP OF HEAD) HEADACHES
4. GOOD FOR COLD THAT CAUSES REBELLIOUS STOMACH QI
5. CAN BE USED FOR HOT/COLD
6. SHAN/HERNIA DISORDERS!
7. WARMS THE SPLEEN - STOPS DIARRHEA, EXPELS COLD DAMP, LEG QI (EDEMA)
8. LEADS FIRE DOWN - SORES IN MOUTH - MIX WITH VINEGAR AND MAKE PASTE FOR SOLES OF FEET (TOPICALLY)

Question 7

XIAO HUI XIANG

Answer 7

PROPERTIES: ACRID, WARM

CHANNELS: LV, KD, SP, ST

DOSE: 3-9G (DRY FRY IN WOK UNTIL HOT ON LOW FLAME, MIX WITH SALT FOR KIDNEY FXN, PUT IN MUSLIN BAG ON ABDOMEN OR LOWER BACK

C/I: YIN XU WITH HEAT

KEY POINTS:

1. MIDDLE JIAO PROBLEMS PLUS KIDNEY!
2. SPREADS LV QI AND WARMS KIDNEY (INFERTILITY PATIENTS!)
3. SHAN HERNIA DISORDERS - BULGING DISORDER PAIN (PAIN IS FROM COLD!)
4. REGULATES QI (SMOOTHS LV QI…INTESTINAL GAS, GRIPE WATER FOR BABIES)
5. CULINARY FOOD HERB…FENNEL SEEDS!…BUT EFFECTIVE!
6. SIMILAR TO WU ZHU BUT NOT HOT BECAUSE SPREADS LV QI BUT THIS ONE MORE FOR WARMING KD

Question 8

Herbs That Warm The Interior and Expel Cold - BI BA

Answer 8

PROPERTIES: ACRID, HOT

CHANNELS: ST, LI (YANG MING CHANNEL ONLY!)

DOSE: 1.5-4.5 (GENERALLY IN PILL/POWDER) - OVERDOSE CAN CAUSE BLEEDING BECAUSE IT’S HOT (HEAT MAKES BLOOD RUN RECKLESS!)

C/I: HEAT FROM EXCESS OR DEFICIENCY

KEY POINTS;

1. NOT IN FORMULAS OFTEN AND NOT ON BOARDS
2. FROM INDIA
3. THINK ABOUT DRY PEPPER
4. LOOKS LIKE BIG TEETH
5. WARMS MJ, DISPERSES COLD FROM ST AND INTESTINES, ALLEVIATES PAIN (NAUSEA, BELCHING, VOMITING, ABDOM PAIN)
6. TOPICALLY FOR TOOTHACHE (ST CHANNEL RUNS THROUGH TEETH!)

Question 9

Herbs That Warm The Interior and Expel Cold - HU JIAO

Answer 9

PROPERTIES: ACRID, HOT

CHANNELS: ST, LI

DOSE: 1.5-4.5G

C/I: YIN XU WITH HEAT

KEY POINTS:

1. FOOD, NOT DECOCTION (BLACK PEPPER!); NOT USED IN FORMULAS
2. CAN BE USED TO OPEN APPETITE
3. WARMS MJ, DISPERSES COLD, ALLEVIATES PAIN

Question 10

Herbs That Warm The Interior and Expel Cold - CHUAN JIAO (AKA HUA JIAO)

Answer 10

PROPERTIES: ACRID, HOT, SLIGHTLY TOXIC (NUMBING QUALITY ON TONGUE!)

CHANNELS: KD, SP, ST

DOSE: 1.5-6G

C/I: YIN XU WITH HEAT, PREGNANCY

KEY POINTS:

1. IMPORTANT HERB; USED IN COOKING - GOOD MEDICINAL CULINARY PREVENTATIVE (IE FOR PARASITES)
2. DRAINS DAMP!
3. STRONG GOOD HERB
4. IN SOAP FOR FUNGAL INFECTION (PARALYZES/NUMBS PARASITES)
5. MOSTLY USED INTERNALLY
6. WARMS MJ AND STOPS PAIN (DISPERSES COLD)

Question 11

Herbs That Warm The Interior and Expel Cold - DING XIANG

Answer 11

PROPERTIES: ACRID, WARM

CHANNELS: KD, SP, ST

DOSE: 1.5-4.5 (.5-1G IN POWDER)

C/I: FEBRILE DISEASES AND YIN XU

KEY POINTS:

1. # 1 HERB FOR HICCUPS! DIRECTS REBELLIOUS QI DOWN
2. FOR MALE INFERTILITY OR FEMALE WITH YANG DEFICIENCY
3. WARMS KIDNEY AND AIDS THE YANG (WARMS FIRE UNDER THE POT!)
4. CLOVES

Question 12

Herbs That Warm The Interior and Expel Cold - GAO LIANG JIANG

Answer 12

PROPERTIES: ACRID, HOT

CHANNELS: SP, ST

DOSE: 1.5-9G

C/I: YIN XU WITH HEAT, NOT FOR WEAK CONSTITUTION, DO NOT USE ALONE

KEY POINTS:

1. ALLEVIATES PAIN AND VOMITING
2. WARMS MJ (IT’S FOR MJ COLD)
3. FOR DEFICIENCY OR EXCESS
4. FOOD HERB!