Herbs that Warm the Interior and Expel Cold Flashcards
What is the # 1 Herb for Devastated Yang
FU ZI
What is the best herb for warming the Middle Jiao
Gan Jiang
What are the three Hot Herbs in this Category
Zhi Fu Zi, Rou Gui, Gan Jiang
Interior warming herbs treats what kind of patterns
Interior cold, Yang Xu with excessive cold, Cold SP/ST YANG QI, Devastated Yang QI
Signs and Symptoms of Interior Cold
Fear of cold, Cold extremities, pale face (Pallid) , lack of thirst with a desire to drink warm beverages, lose stools
What does your pulse and Tongue Generally look like with Interior Cold Symptoms?
Tongue= thin and white Pulse = slow
Example/signs of Cold St/sp Yang QI
cold sensations and pain in the abdomen, stomach, N/V, diarrhea ➢Acute gastritis, gastroenteritis
Example/Signs of Devastated Yang
Loose Stools, Profuse Sweating, Icy Extremities, Fear of cold , Minute Deep Pulse.
What is the Nature of these Herbs
They are Acrid and Drying in Nature : ➢Inappropriate use can injure fluids ➢Use with caution in cases of heat (if at all), Yin Xu, and pregnancy
What Herb am I : Assists the Heart Yang to unblock the vessels and improve circulation ●Tonifies KD Yang to augment the fire and avoid loss of basal yang
Fu ZI- Goes to your heart, Kidney and Spleen. This herb is Acrid, Hot, Toxic.
What are the other functions of Fu ZI
Warms the Yang (Kid) and assists the yang, Especially heart, kid, and spleen yang, and this herbs dispersed cold and stops pain.
What Herb am I : Warms the KD fire and fortifies Yang, for wide variety of problems due to insufficiency of Kidney yang and waning of Ming Men
Rou Gui
What are the other functions of Rou Gui
Warms the heart Yang- Think Palpitations, Warms the Channels for pain/Blood/Qi Stasis- bI Syndrome, and it Returns floating heat back to source.(Yang Deficient- False Heat.) and this herb encourages the generation and qi and blood.
The latin Name for Rou Gui
(Cortex Cinnamomi Cassiae)
I Warm the Interior(Mj), also has the ability to stop pain, I Warm the lungs-Transforms cold phlegm, Rescues Devastated yang( Warms the original Yang) Can be used to warm the Channels and Stops Bleeding(Charred)
Gan Jiang- Dried Ginger
(Rhizoma Zingiberis Officinalis
Channels: Sp, ST, HT, LU