INVIGORATE BLOOD Flashcards
What is the leading herb to treat headache?
Chuan Xiong
What are the actions of Chuan Xiong?
Moves Qi (LIV), Expels Wind (Acrid), treats Headache for all reasons.
Most herbs in this category are what taste and temperature?
Acrid, Bitter, Warm
What are the three general categories of blood pathology in traditional Chinese medicine?
Bleeding, blood stasis, and blood deficiency
Herbs that regulate the blood are divided into what three categories?
Stop bleeding, invigorate blood, tonify blood
What are the four major categories of blood-invigorating herbs, in ascending order of strength?
Harmonizing, promote movement of blood, dispel blood stasis, and ones that break up blood stasis
What are the functions of Dan Shen?
Cools Xue (cold), nourishes Xue (LIV), calms spirit (HT, PC), important herb in gynecology
What are the actions of Ji Xue Teng?
Tonify Xue (HT), invigorate Xue (LIV), w/d bi pain (SP; sweet)
What are the actions of Yan Hu Suo?
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
What are the actions of Yu Jin?
Disperses LIV Qi stag (acrid), COOLS blood (cold), opens HT orifices, breaks up stasis, promotes qi movement, relieves constraint
What are the actions of Jiang Huang?
(TURMERIC) Anti-inflammatory, moves qi (LIV, W/C/D bi pain (SP, ST)
What are the main functions of Yi Mu Cao?
Clears heat (sl. cold) and resolves toxicity (UB), gynecology stuff, invigorates the blood and dispels stasis (HT, LV)
What are the actions of Chong Wei Zi?
Invigorates the blood and regulates the menses, clears heat (sl. cold) and clears the eyes (LIV)
What are the actions of Ze Lan?
Promotes urination, gently invigorates the blood in a harmonious way
What are the actions of Hu Zhang?
Clears heat (cold), dries damp, detoxification and snake bites, stops cough (LU), relieves constipation due to clumped heat.
What is the taste and temperature of Tao Ren?
Bitter, Sweet, Neutral
Tao Ren is typically used with what other herb?
Hong Hua
What are the actions of Tao Ren?
Breaks up blood stasis (HT, LIV), moistens intestines and unblocks bowels (LI)
What are the actions of Hong Hua?
Invigorates the blood, dispels stasis, and unblocks mensuration
HT, LIV
What are the actions of E Zhu?
Dissolves accumulations, Promotes the movement of qi and blood (LIV), reduces food stagnation (SP)
What are the actions of San Lung?
Forcefully breaks up stasis (LIV), promotes movement of qi, dissolves accumulations like good stag (SP)
San Leng and E Zhu are very often used together to break up stasis. What is the major difference between the two?
San Lang is Neutral, as opposed to warm (E Zhu) and FORCEFULLY breaks up stasis
Ru Xiang is what in English?
Frankincense!
What are the actions of Ru Xiang?
Bi pain - relaxes the sinews to invigorate blood and stop pain (LIV), reduces swelling and generates flesh for Traumatic Injury, invigorates blood (HT, SP)
What is Mo Yao in English?
Myrrh!
What are the actions of Mo Yao?
Used topically to promote healing of chronic sores, breaks up blood stasis to stop pain, reduce swelling
What are the actions of Niu Xi?
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
What are the actions of Wang Bu Liu Xing?
Promotes lactation in the upper Jiao, menses in the lower jiao, reduces swellings, esp of breast or testicles (ST, K)
What are the actions of Chuan Niu Xi?
Invigorates the blood and unblocks the menses, expels wind, drains dampness (LIV, K)
What are the actions of Su Mu?
Invigorates the blood, expels stagnation, stops pain
What is Wu Ling Zhi in english?
Flying Squirrel Poop!
Wu Ling Zhi combines with Pu Huang in what powerful formula for pain?
Shi Xiao San, Sudden Smile Powder
Zi Ran Tong is Pyrite. What is it good for?
Promotes healing of bones and sinews (especially fractures)
