I. Clear Heat, Resolve Toxicity Flashcards
Jin Yin Hua (Lonicerae Flos/Honeysuckle Flower)
Lu, St, LI - All 4 stages heat*
1. clear toxic heat; esp. bread, throat, eyes, intestines
2. summerheat; damp-heat; wind-heat
Lian Qiao (Forsythiae fructus)
Ht, Lu, GB - Wei + PC level heat*
1. trapped wind-heat esp UJ
2. dissipate nodules
3. promote pee; unblock lin
4. throat abscesses + pus
Da Qing Ye (Isatidis folium)
Ht, Lu, St - throat (mild)*
1. strongly cool heat Qi + Blood level
2. modern anti-viral (esp epidemic dx)
Ban Lan Gen (isatidis radix)
Ht, Lu, St - throat (severe) - mumps*
1. clear heat toxin: ying + xue level
2. drain d-h dysentery + jaundice
3. d-h rashes
Pu Gong Ying (taraxaci herba/ dandelion)
Liv, St - Breast #1 mastitis; lactation *
1. direct fire toxin down (enter Qi lvl)
2. promotes pee
3. clear eye
4. drain d-h dysentery + jaundice
Zi Hua Di Ding (violae herba/ violet)
Ht, Liv - blood level (stronger than Pu Gong Ying)*
1. snakebite + deep-seated toxic sores: topical (fresh) and internal esp head/back - mumps
Bai Jiang Cao (patriniae herba)
LI, Liv, St - blood mover *
1. moves blood stasis for pain; esp abdomen and chest + post partum/ operative pain
2. Clear heat; expel pus (int/ext)
Yu Xing Cao (houttuyniae herba)
Lu, LI - D-H + UTI; Skin; Int. Abscess *
1. thick yellowish, green (int/ext)
Chuan Xin Lian (andrographis herba)
LI, Lu, SI, St - D-H + UTI; Skin; Int. Abscess *
1. used as ointment for eczema
Bai Tou Weng (pulsatillae radix)
LI, St - blood dysentery; LI toxic heat *
1. intestinal abscess
Bai Xian Pi (dictamni cortex)
Sp, St - D-H; W-H rash (skin + muscle level) *
1. stop itch
Tu Fu Ling (smilacis glabrae rhizoma)
Liv, St - joints + syphilis *
1. D-H toxins (jaundice, joint pain, vaginal discharge)
2. treats syphilis sx’s only
Shan Dou Gen (sophorae tonkinensis radix)
Lu, LI - throat (cancer) *
1. clear heat; gum sores, pain throat
She Gan (belamcandae rhizoma)
Lu - throat (phlegm) *
