Invigorate Blood Differentiation Flashcards

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in the category “invigorate the blood,” which herbs are cool/sl.cold/cold?

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Chi Shao - Paeoniae Radix Rubra (bitter, sour, slightly cold)
Dan Shen - Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix (bitter, slightly cold)
Yi Mu Cao - Leonuri Herba (acrid, bitter, slightly cold)
Yu Jin - Curcumae Radix (acrid, bitter, cold)
Chuan Shan Jia - Squama Mantidis Pentadactlae

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which herbs in the category “invigorate blood” have a warm/slightly warm property

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Chuan Xiong - Chuanxiong Rhizoma (acrid, warm)
Hong Hua - Carthami Flos (acrid, warm)
E Zhu - Curcumae Rhizoma (acrid, bitter, warm)
Ru Xiang - Olibanum (acrid, bitter, warm)
Yan Hu Suo - Corydalis Rhizoma (acrid, bitter, warm)
Ze Lan - Lycopi Herba (acrid, bitter, slightly warm)
Ji Xue Teng - Spatholobi Caulis (bitter, sweet, warm)
Wu Ling Zhi - Trogopterori Faeces (bitter, sweet, warm)

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in the category “invigorate the blood,” which herbs have a neutral property

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Mo Yao - Myrrha (bitter, neutral)
Wang Bu Liu Xing - Vaccariae Semen (bitter, neutral)
Chuan Niu Xi - Cyathulae Radix (bitter, sweet, neutral)
Tao Ren - Persicae Semen (bitter, sweet, neutral)
(Huai) Niu Xi - Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix (bitter, sour, neutral)
San Leng - Sparganii Rhizoma (acrid, bitter, neutral)

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which herb is particularly good for headaches

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Chuan Xiong - Chuanxiong Rhizoma

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which herb has the following adjunctive functions

  • cools the blood and reduces abscesses
  • nourishes blood and calms the spirit
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Dan Shen - Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix

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which four herbs invigorate the channels

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Ji Xue Teng - Spatholobi Caulis
Hong Hua - Carthami Flos
Ru Xiang - Olibanum
Wang Bu Liu Xing - Vaccariae Semen

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what is the marquee herb for invigorating the channels and relaxing the sinews

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Ji Xue Teng - Spatholobi Caulis

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which herb is good for almost any kind of pain due to blood stasis

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Yan Hu Suo - Corydalis Rhizoma

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8
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which herbs can be used topically

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Yu Jin - Curcumae Radix
Yi Mu Cao - Leonuri Herba
Ze Lan - Lycopi Herba
Hong Hua - Carthami Flos
E Zhu - Curcumae Rhizoma
San Leng - Sparganii Rhizoma
Ru Xiang - Olibanum
Mo Yao - Myrrha
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which herb clears heart heat and opens the orifices

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Yu Jin - Curcumae Radix

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which two herbs promote urination

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Yi Mu Cao - Leonuri Herba

Ze Lan - Lycopi Herba

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which herb moistens the intestines and unblocks the bowels

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Tao Ren - Persicae Semen

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what is the dui yao combo used to break qi and blood

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E Zhu - Curcumae Rhizoma (better at breaking qi)

San Leng - Sparganii Rhizoma (better at breaking blood)

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what is the dui yao combo used to invigorate the channels and stop pain

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Ru Xiang - Olibanum (better at invigorating the channels)

Mo Yao - Myrrha (better at stopping pain)

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which herbs are useful for wind-damp painful obstruction

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Ji Xue Teng - Spatholobi Caulis
Chuan Niu Xi - Cyathulae Radix
Chuan Shan Jia - Squama Mantidis Pentadactylae

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18
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which herbs generate flesh

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Ru Xiang - Olibanum

Mo Yao - Myrrha

19
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which herb tonifies the liver and kidneys, strengthens sinews and bones, and benefits the joints

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Niu Xi - Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix

20
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which Dui Yao combo is used to break blood stasis and invigorate the blood

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Tao Ren - Persicae Semen (better at dispelling stasis)

Hong Hua - Carthami Flos (better at invigorating blood)

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which herbs regulate or unblock menses

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Chuan Niu Xi - Cyathulae Radix
Chuan Shan Jia - Squama Mantidis Pentadactylae
Hong Hua - Carthami Flos
Niu Zi - Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix
Yi Mu Cao - Leonuri Herba
Ze Lan - Lycopi Herba
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which Dui Yao combo could be used for arthritis

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Niu Xi - Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix (tonifies LV & KD [sinews and bones])
Chuan Niu Xi - Cyathulae Radix (expels wind-damp)

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which herb is often paired with Pu Hong in formulas to stop bleeding and dispel blood stasis

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Wu Ling Zhi - Trogopterori Faeces

26
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which two herbs promotes lactation

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Chuan Shan Jia - Squama Mantidis Pentadactylae

Wang Bu Liu Xing - Vaccariae Semen

27
Q

which herbs reduce swellings

A

Ru Xiang - Olibanum

Wang Bu Liu Xing - Vaccariae Semen

28
Q

which herbs are known to taste very bad

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Ru Xiang - Olibanum
Yan Hu Suo - Corydalis Rhizoma
Hong Hua - Carthami Flos

29
Q

which two herbs cools the blood

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Yu Jin - Curcumae Radix

Chi Shao - Paeoniae Radix Rubra

30
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which herb induced the downward movement of blood and fire

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Niu Xi - Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix

33
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which herb promotes the discharge of pus

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Chuan Shan Jia - Squama Mantidis Pentadactylae

37
Q

which herb clears damp-heat in the lower burner

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Niu Xi - Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix

39
Q

which herb benefits the gallblader and reduced jaundice

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Yu Jin - Curcumae Radix

42
Q

which herb clears heat and soothes irritability

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Dan Shen - Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix

43
Q

which two herbs relax the sinews

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Ji Xue Teng - Spatholobi Caulis

Ru Xiang - Olibanum

51
Q

which two herbs can tonify blood

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Ji Xue Teng - Spatholobi Caulis

Dan Shen - Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix

52
Q

Which herb can be used to treat gall stones?

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Yu Jin - Curcumae Radix

53
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which four herbs go to the LV & SP

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Chi Shao - Paeoniae Radix Rubra
Ze Lan - Lycopi Herba
E Zhu - Curcumae Rhizoma
San Leng - Spargonii Rhizoma

54
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which herb goes only to the LV

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Wu Ling Zhi - Trogopterori Faeces

55
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which two herbs go to the LV & KD

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Niu Xi - Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix

Chuan Niu Xi - Cyathulae Radix

56
Q

which two herbs go to the LV & ST

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Chuan Shan Jia - Squama Mantidis Pentadactylae

Wang Bu Liu Xing -Vaccariae Semen

57
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Which two herbs have sour properties

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Chi Shao - Paeoniae Radix Rubra

Niu Xi - Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix