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L3 Herbal Actions: Diaphoretics Flashcards

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Diaphoretic

What are the two types of diaphoretic?

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  1. Warming
  2. Cooling
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Diaphoretic

How do diaphoretics work ?

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  • Open the pores of the skin
  • Permit free perspiration
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Diaphoretic

What are the indications for warming diaphoretics?

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  • Underactive skin
  • Chronic conditions
  • Long-term retention of toxins
  • Where energy of individual is sluggish and cold*

*Hypometabolic

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Diaphoretic

How do warming diaphoretics work?

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  • Heat up the interior
  • Drive fluids outward
  • Open pores
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Diaphoretic

What are the indications for cooling diaphoretics?

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  • Acute conditions
  • Febrile/feverish
  • Assist to expel infective material
  • Cool a fever
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Diaphoretic

How do cooling diaphoretics work?

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Relax nerve supply to the skin
Opens pores
‘Releasing the exterior’ (TCM)

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Diaphoretic

Cooling: Yarrow herb

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Achillea millEfolium

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Diaphoretic

Cooling: Gravel root

Also good for kidney stones

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EUpatoriaum purpureum

Might mean Boneset EUpatorium perfoliAtum

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Diaphoretic

Cooling: Hyssop

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Hyssopus officinalis

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Diaphoretic

Cooling: Mint leaf

Spearmint, Peppermint, Pennyroyal

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Mentha spicAta/pipERita/pulEgium

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Diaphoretic

Cooling: Catnip

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NepEta catAria

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Diaphoretic

Cooling: Elder flowers

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SambUcus nigra

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Diaphoretic

Warming: Pleurisy root

Increases oxygen-absorption capacity of the chest
Trophorestorative

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AscLEPius tuberosa

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Diaphoretic

Warming: Cayenne pod (chillies)

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Capsicum annum / minimum

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Diaphoretic

Warming: Chamomile flowers

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MatriCARia recuTIta

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Diaphoretic

Warming: Sage leaf

Upper respiratory tract infections (sore throats).
Also conversely (amphoteric) can reduce nightsweats in menopause

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Salvia officinalis

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Diaphoretic

Warming: Thyme herb

Also for sore throat infections, mouthwash

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Thymus vulgaris

18
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Diaphoretic

Warming: Ginger root

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Zingiber officinalis

19
Q

List herbs with warming diaphoretic actions

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Ginger
Thyme
Sage
Chamomile
Cayenne
Pleurisy root

20
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List herbs with cooling diaphoretic actions

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Catnip
Elderflower
Mint
Hyssop
Gravel root
Yarrow

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