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INVIGORATE BLOOD Flashcards

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What is the leading herb to treat headache?

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Chuan Xiong

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What are the actions of Chuan Xiong?

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Moves Qi (LIV), Expels Wind (Acrid), treats Headache for all reasons.

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Most herbs in this category are what taste and temperature?

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Acrid, Bitter, Warm

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What are the three general categories of blood pathology in traditional Chinese medicine?

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Bleeding, blood stasis, and blood deficiency

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Herbs that regulate the blood are divided into what three categories?

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Stop bleeding, invigorate blood, tonify blood

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What are the four major categories of blood-invigorating herbs, in ascending order of strength?

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Harmonizing, promote movement of blood, dispel blood stasis, and ones that break up blood stasis

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What are the functions of Dan Shen?

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Cools Xue (cold), nourishes Xue (LIV), calms spirit (HT, PC), important herb in gynecology

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What are the actions of Ji Xue Teng?

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Tonify Xue (HT), invigorate Xue (LIV), w/d bi pain (SP; sweet)

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What are the actions of Yan Hu Suo?

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1 herb for pain, moves qi, sinks into the blood level of the HT and LV where its bitterness drains stasis and its acridity disperses stagnation in ST

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What are the actions of Yu Jin?

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Disperses LIV Qi stag (acrid), COOLS blood (cold), opens HT orifices, breaks up stasis, promotes qi movement, relieves constraint

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What are the actions of Jiang Huang?

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(TURMERIC) Anti-inflammatory, moves qi (LIV, W/C/D bi pain (SP, ST)

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What are the main functions of Yi Mu Cao?

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Clears heat (sl. cold) and resolves toxicity (UB), gynecology stuff, invigorates the blood and dispels stasis (HT, LV)

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What are the actions of Chong Wei Zi?

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Invigorates the blood and regulates the menses, clears heat (sl. cold) and clears the eyes (LIV)

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What are the actions of Ze Lan?

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Promotes urination, gently invigorates the blood in a harmonious way

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What are the actions of Hu Zhang?

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Clears heat (cold), dries damp, detoxification and snake bites, stops cough (LU), relieves constipation due to clumped heat.

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What is the taste and temperature of Tao Ren?

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Bitter, Sweet, Neutral

17
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Tao Ren is typically used with what other herb?

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Hong Hua

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What are the actions of Tao Ren?

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Breaks up blood stasis (HT, LIV), moistens intestines and unblocks bowels (LI)

19
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What are the actions of Hong Hua?

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Invigorates the blood, dispels stasis, and unblocks mensuration

HT, LIV

20
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What are the actions of E Zhu?

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Dissolves accumulations, Promotes the movement of qi and blood (LIV), reduces food stagnation (SP)

21
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What are the actions of San Lung?

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Forcefully breaks up stasis (LIV), promotes movement of qi, dissolves accumulations like good stag (SP)

22
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San Leng and E Zhu are very often used together to break up stasis. What is the major difference between the two?

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San Lang is Neutral, as opposed to warm (E Zhu) and FORCEFULLY breaks up stasis

23
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Ru Xiang is what in English?

A

Frankincense!

24
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What are the actions of Ru Xiang?

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Bi pain - relaxes the sinews to invigorate blood and stop pain (LIV), reduces swelling and generates flesh for Traumatic Injury, invigorates blood (HT, SP)

25
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What is Mo Yao in English?

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Myrrh!

26
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What are the actions of Mo Yao?

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Used topically to promote healing of chronic sores, breaks up blood stasis to stop pain, reduce swelling

27
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What are the actions of Niu Xi?

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Tonify LIV and K, Wind Damp Bi pain (especially low back and knees), moves chaotic movement of hot blood, clears d-heat in lower burner

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What are the actions of Wang Bu Liu Xing?

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Promotes lactation in the upper Jiao, menses in the lower jiao, reduces swellings, esp of breast or testicles (ST, K)

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What are the actions of Chuan Niu Xi?

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Invigorates the blood and unblocks the menses, expels wind, drains dampness (LIV, K)

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What are the actions of Su Mu?

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Invigorates the blood, expels stagnation, stops pain

31
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What is Wu Ling Zhi in english?

A

Flying Squirrel Poop!

32
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Wu Ling Zhi combines with Pu Huang in what powerful formula for pain?

A

Shi Xiao San, Sudden Smile Powder

33
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Zi Ran Tong is Pyrite. What is it good for?

A

Promotes healing of bones and sinews (especially fractures)

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