KEY botmed midterm Flashcards
actions for female patterns of deficiency (secondary amenorrhea, PMDD)
adaptogen
warming carminative (build qi and blood)
alterative
endocrine modulator
alternatives
- Red clover
- Peony
- Blue flag
- Red raspberry
- Blue cohosh
actions for female patterns of excess (PCOS, fibroids)
alterative
hepatic
endocrine modulator
hypoglycemic
emmenagogue (blood flow)
endocrine modulators
- Vitex
- Peony
- Mitchella
- Wild yam
- Red clover
- Blue flag
- Black cohosh
- Anise
hepatics
- Mitchella
- Wild yam
- Blue flag
- Blue cohosh
emmenagogue (stipulate blood flow)
- Blue cohosh
- Mitchella
- Vitex
- Black cohosh
- Red clover
adaptogens
- Schisandra
- Licorice
- Eleuthero
- Wild yam
- Dong quai
- Ashwagandha
- He shou wu
- Sarsaparilla
- Peony
- Rehmannia
which 2 herbs are amphoteric
mitchella and vitex
mitchella (i.e. stimulate and relax uterus) and vitex (i.e. increase or decrease hormone production)
which 2 herbs enter 12 meridians and which has 5 flavours
schisandra and licorice
schisandra
wild yam hormonal effects
progesterone precursor in vitro, not in vivo
anise hormonal effects
estrogen receptors
red clover hormonal effects
phytoestrogens
licorice hormonal effects
aldosterone
vitex homonal effects
dopamine receptor antagonist, progesterone and prolactin
hormonal effects of bot meds
Wild yam: progesterone precursor in vitro, not in vivo
Vitex: dopamine receptor antagonist, progesterone and prolactin
Anise: estrogen receptors
Red clover: phytoestrogens
Licorice: aldosterone
which bot meds act on progesterone
Wild yam: progesterone precursor in vitro, not in vivo
Vitex: dopamine receptor antagonist, progesterone and prolactin
which bot meds act on estrogen
Anise: estrogen receptors
Red clover: phytoestrogens
which bot meds act on aldosterone
licorice
contraindications of blue cohosh
teratogenic
contraindications of vitex
dont use with hormonal contraceptives bx alters efficacy
which bot med not to use with hormonal contraceptive bc alters effciacy
vitex
which bot med is teratogenic
blue cohosh
5 bot meds that stimulate labour/ parturient
BBMSRR
blue cohosh
black cohosh
mitchella
schisandra
red raspberry
which adaptogens can be overstimulating
panax ginseng and rhodiola
which adaptogen is not stimulating
ashwaganda
which herb is for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)
saw palmetto
can also be saraparilla
which herb is good at building blood
dong quai
which herb is good for essence
he shou wu
he shou wu for
dong quai for
he shou wu for essence
dong quai for building blood
