Herbs - Top 50 - midterm review Flashcards
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
