Herbs top 50 Wk 2

Question 1

Huang bai (pg 139)

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Properties: bitter, cold

Organs: kidney, bladder

Key Characteristics: directs fire downward, clears damp heat in the lower burner

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- drains damp-heat, particularly from the lower burner: for such problems as thick yellow vaginal discharge, foul smelling diarrhea or dysenteric disorder. Also from damp heat pouring downward or hot leg qi with symptoms of red swollen painful knees, legs and feet. damp heat jaundice.
- drains kidney fire for ascending kidney fire with signs of yin xu such as steaming bone disorder, night sweats, afternoon fevers and sweating, sometimes accompanied by nocturnal emissions and spermatorrhea
- drains fire and resolves fire toxicity, for fire toxin-genertated sore and damp lesions of the skin
- is also effective for jaundice, hot-type dysenteric disorders resulting from damp heat, turbid painful urinary dribbling, hemorrhoids and hematuria
-tonifies water by its ability to clear the yin-fire blazing upward from below
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Question 2

what are the differences between the 3 yellows
huang qin, huang lian, huang bai

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huang qin - best for draining lung fire and also quiets the fetus

huang lian is best for draining heart and stomach fire stopping nausea and focal distention in the MJ

Huang bai - primarily drains kidney fire and also excels at reducing lower burner damp heat.

Question 3

Bai zhu (726)

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calms the fetus
augments the spleen and helps with water metabolism

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Question 4

cang zhu (467)

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Question 5

what is the difference between cang zhu and bai zhu

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Question 6

Dang Gui (750)

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nourishes blood
menses
moves blood
stops cough
generates flesh when combined with huang qi

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Question 7

sheng di huang (120)

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noursihing
cools the blood
nouishes the yin

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Question 8

Shu di huang (744)

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Question 9

Ren Shen ( 710)

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iv fluid
qi that is collapsed
fluid tonic
can be subed for dang shen due to cost
stops bleeding

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Question 10

Dang Shen ( 714)

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