Herbs - Top 50 - midterm review Flashcards by Jamie Miller

Gui zhi

Herb Name: Gui zhi (pg8)
Category: herbs that release the exterior

English: cinnamon twig, cassia twig

Properties: acrid, sweet, warm

Organs: heart, lung, bladder

Key Characteristics:
light and warm,
releases the muscle layer,
unblocks yang qi,
warms the middle.

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Rou gui

Herb name: Rou gui (Pg 684)

Category: herbs that warm the interior and expel cold

English: cinnamon bark, inner bark saigon cinnamon

Properties: acid, sweet, hot

Organs: heart, kidney, liver, spleen

Key characteristics:
warms and tonifies the yang,
disperses cold,
promotes the movement of blood

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Bai shao

Herb name: Bai shao (Pg 754)

Category: Tonifying herbs

English: white peony root, peony

Properties: bitter, sour, mildly cold

Organs: Liver, Spleen

Key characteristics:
tonifies the liver blood,
extinguishes wind,
stops pain,
nourishes the liver and spleen yin

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Chi shao

Herb name: Chi shao (Pg 622)

Category: herbs that regulate blood

English: red peony root

Properties: sour, bitter, slightly cold

Organs: liver, spleen

Key characteristics:
invigorates the blood,
transforms stasis,
stops pain,
cools heat in the blood

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Gan Cao

Herb name: Gan Cao (Pg 732)

Category: Tonifying herbs

English: licorice root

Properties: unprepared - sweet and neutral, / dry fried - sweet and warm(zhi gan cao)

Organs: all 12 - especially the heart, lung, spleen and stomach

Key characteristics:
Tonifies the Spleen qi,
Moistens the lungs,
Moderates urgency and toxicity
Drains fire

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Da Zao

Herb name: Da zao (Pg 730)

Category: tonifying herbs

English: jujube - chinese date

Properties: sweet, warm

Organs: spleen, stomach

Key characteristics:
Tonifies the qi and blood
Generates fluids
Harmonizes the spleen
Moderates toxic effect of other herbs

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Sheng jiang

Herb name: Sheng jiang (Pg 30)

Category: herbs that release the exterior

English: fresh ginger rhizome

Properties: acrid, slightly warm

Organs: lung, spleen, stomach

Key characteristics:
Dispersing in nature
Benefits the stomach
Alleviates nausea
Stops coughing
Transforms phlegm

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Gan Jiang

Herb name: Gan jiang (Pg 681)

Category: warm interior, expel cold

English: dried ginger rhizome

Properties: acrid, hot

Organs: heart, lung, spleen, stomach

Key characteristics:
Warms the spleen
Transforms thin mucus
Unblocks the channels
Revives the yang

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Fu zi

Herb name: Fu zi (Pg 673)

Category: warm interior, expel cold

English: processed aconite accessory root

Properties: acrid, hot, toxic

Organs: heart, kidney, spleen

Key characteristics:
Revives devastated yang qi
Tonifies the fire at the gate of vitality
Guides actions of other herbs into all 12 channels
Expels cold damp painful obstruction

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Fu ling

Herb name: Fu ling (Pg 267)

Category: drains dampness

English: poria

Properties: sweet, bland, neutral

Organs: heart, spleen, kidney, lung

Key characteristics:
Tonifies the spleen,
Eliminates dampness
Calms the heart spirit

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Chai hu

Herb name: Chai hu (Pg 73)

Category: releases the exterior

English: bupleurum, hare’s ear root, thorowax root

Properties: bitter, acrid, cool

Organs: gallbladder, liver, pericardium, san jiao

Key characteristics:
Treats alternating chills and fever
Releases heat in the muscle layer
Harmonizes lesser yang stage disorders
Rases clear qi of the stomach and gallbladder
Relieves liver qi constraint

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Ban xia

Herb name: Ban xia (Pg 413)

Category: Transforms phlegm, stops cough

English: pinellia rhizome

Properties: acrid, warm, toxic

Organs: lung, spleen, stomach

Key characteristics:
Acrid for opening
Slippery for directing rebellious qi downward
Bitter for drying - best if used for thin phlegm or dampness as well as rebellious stomach qi

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Huang lian

Herb name: huang lian (Pg 134)

Category: clears heat

English: coptis rhizome

Properties: bitter, cold

Organs: heart, large intestine, liver, stomach

Key characteristics:
Cools heat
Drains fire - especially in the heart and stomach
Dries dampness
Resolves toxicity

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Huang qin

Herb name: Huang qin (Pg 131)

Category: clears heat

English: scutellaria, baikal skullcap root , scute

Properties: bitter, cold

Organs: lung, stomach, gallbladder, large intestine

Key characteristics:
Cools heat
Dries dampness
Stops bleeding
Quotes the fetus in pregnancy

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huang bai

Herb name: Huang bai (Pg 138)

Category: clears heat

English: phellodendron bark, amur cork tree bark

Properties: bitter, cold

Organs: kidney, bladder

Key characteristics:
Directs fire downward
Clears damp heat from the lower jiao

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Huang qi

Herb name: Huang qi (Pg 718)

Category: tonifying herbs

English: astragulus root - milk vetch root

Properties: sweet, slightly warm

Organs: lung, spleen

Key characteristics:
Raises the yang qi
Tonifies the spleen and lung qi
Stops sweating
Facilitates urination
Promotes discharge of pus
Generates flesh

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Bai zhu

Herb name: Bai zhu (Pg 726)

Category: Tonifying herbs

English: White )atractylodes rhizome, ovate atractylodes

Properties: bitter, sweet, warm

Organs: spleen, stomach

Key characteristics:
Tonifies the spleen qi,
Dries dampness,
Quotes the fetus

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Cang zhu

Herb name: Cang zhu (Pg 467)

Category: aromatic herbs that transform damp

English: atractylodes rhizome

Properties: acrid, bitter, warm

Organs: spleen, stomach

Key characteristics:
Dries dampness
Induces sweating
Strengthens the spleen and stomach
Treats atrophy disorders from damp-heat in the lower jiao
Helps vision

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Dang gui

Herb name: Dang gui (Pg 750)

Category: tonifying herbs

English: tangkuei, chinese angelica root

Properties: sweet, acrid, warm

Organs: heart, liver, spleen

Key characteristics:
Tonifies the blood
Invigorates the blood
Regulates menstruation
Alleviates pain

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Sheng di huang

Herb name: Sheng di huang (Pg 120)

Category: herbs that clear heat

English: rehmannia root, chinese foxglove root

Properties: sweet, bitter, cold

Organs: heart, kidney, liver

Key characteristics:
Enriches yin
Cools blood
Clears heat

Shu di huang

Herb name: Shu di huang (Pg 744)

Category: tonifying herbs

English: cooked rehmannia root, Prepared chinese foxglove root

Properties: sweet, slightly warm

Organs: heart, kidney, liver

Key characteristics:
Tonifies the blood
Enriches the yin
Generates essence
Augments the marrow

Ren Shen

Herb name: Ren shen (Pg 710)

Category: tonifying herbs

English: ginseng root

Properties: sweet, slightly bitter, slightly warm

Organs: lung, spleen

Key characteristics:
Powerfully tonifies the primal qi of the five organs
Nourishes the yin
Revives from collapse
Sops heavy bleeding

Dang shen

Herb name: Dang shen (Pg 714)

Category: tonifying herbs

English: codonopsis root

Properties: sweet, neutral

Organs: lung, spleen

Key characteristics:
Tonifies the middle jiao
Augments the spleen and lung qi

Hou Po

Herb name: Hou po (Pg 470)

Category: aromatic herbs that transforms damp

English: magnolia bark

Properties: bitter, acrid, warm

Organs: large intestine, lung, spleen, stomach

Key characteristics:
Regulates the qu and directs downwards
Disperses fullness
Dries dampness
Reduces phlegm

Zhi shi

Herb name: Zhi shi (Pg 516) Category: herbs that regulate qi English: unripe bitter orange, chin-shin Properties: bitter, acrid, slightly cold Organs: large intestine, spleen, stomach Key characteristics: Promotes the flow of qi Unblocks plugs

Zhi ke

Herb name: Zhi ke (Pg 519) Category: regulates the qi English: bitter orange Properties: bitter, acrid, slightly cold Organs: spleen, stomach, large intestine Key characteristics: Promotes the flow of qi Unblocks plugs

Chen Pi

Herb name: chen pi (Pg 510) Category: regulates the qi English: aged tangerine peel, citrus Properties: acrid, bitter, warm, aromatic Organs: lung, spleen, stomach Key characteristics: Promotes the flow of qi Dries dampness

Gua Lou

Herb name: Gua Lou (Pg 383) Category: transforms phlegm, stops cough English: trichosanthes fruit Properties: sweet, cold Organs: large intestine, lung, stomach Key characteristics: Cools and transforms phlegm heat Moistens the intestines Directs turbos phlegm downward

Gua lou pi

Herb name: Gua lou pi (Pg 386) Category: transforms phlegm and stops cough English: trichosanthes peel Properties: sweet, cold Organs: lung, stomach, large intestine Key characteristics: Cools and transforms phlegm heat Facilitates the flow of qi in the chest Disperses constrained clumping

Gua lou ren

Herb name: Gua lou ren (Pg 388) Category: transforms phlegm and stops cough English: trichosanthes seed Properties: sweet, cold Organs: lung, stomach, large intestine Key characteristics: Slippery Moistens both lung and large intestine Cools and transforms phlegm

Xie bai

Herb name: xie bai (Pg 540) Category: regulates qi English: chinese garlic, garlic chives Properties: acrid, bitter, warm (Slippery) Organs: lung, large intestine, stomach Key characteristics: Reaches into areas of congealed constraint to unbind Warm Drain Benefits the orifices

Shi gao

Herb name: Shi gao (Pg 89) Category: clears heat English: gypsum Properties: sweet, acrid, very cold Organs: lung, stomach Key characteristics: Very cold Excels at cooling the lung and stomach fire Dispersing to vent the exterior Release the muscle layer

Da huang

Herb name: Da huang (Pg 235) Category: downward draining English: rhubarb root and rhizome Properties: bitter, cold Organs: heart, large intestine, liver, stomach Key characteristics: Purges clumped heat in the intestines Cools the blood Removes blood stasis Charred form - stops bleeding

Zhi mu

Herb name: Zhi mu (Pg 92) Category: clear heat English: anemarrhena rhizome Properties: bitter, sweet, cold Organs: lung, stomach, kidney Key characteristics: Clears fire and nourishes the yin of the lung, stomach and kidneys

Zhi zi

Herb name: Zhi zi (Pg 95) Category: clear heat English: gardenia fruit, cape jasmine fruit Properties: bitter, cold Organs: heart, lung, stomach, liver, san jiao Key characteristics: Resolves constrained heat Directs damp heat downward and out through the urine Cools the blood Breaks up toxic accumulations

Xing ren

Herb name: Xing ren (Pg 437) Category: transforms phlegm, stops cough English: apricot seed or kernel Properties: bitter, slightly warm, slightly toxic Organs: lung, large intestine Key characteristics: Directs lung qi downward Disperses wind cold Moistens the intestines Slightly toxic

What is the difference between rou gui and gui zhi

How are gui zhi and bia chao used together?

harmonizes the ying and way, harmonizes the nutrative and protective levels harmonizes yin and yang harmonizes qi and blood

What herbs enter all 12 channels?

Gan Cao

what are the herbs that are antidotes for toxic substances?

Gan cao Sheng jiang

what is the difference between all of the gingers? how are they differnt and what stands out about each herb?

what is the difference between bai shao and chi shao?

Bai shao restrains while chi shao disperses bai shao tonifies while chi shao drains bai shao nourishes the blood and harmonizes the nutritive while chi shao promotes the movement of blood and dispels blood stasi

what are the cooking and special prep for fu zi?

long boil

what herb is considered to be like IV fluid

ren shen

what herb harmonizes the shao yang

chai hu

SHORT ANSWER compare the differences between gan jiang and huang lian

what are the yellows and what are there differences?

what kind of fever does huang lian - astragulus treat

low grade fever