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Lecture 11 Flashcards

Tonify Yang, Tonify Blood, Tonify Yin, Stabilize and Bind

1
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Herbs that Tonify Yang primarily support the yang of which three zang organs?

A

SP, KD, HT

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What are some general yang deficiency signs?

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bright white facial complexion, exhaustion, low voice, dislike of speaking, fear of cold, cold limbs, listless spirit, lack of thirst, profuse clear urination or scant clear urine with edema, loose stool or diarrhea

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What is the pulse and tongue of yang deficiency?

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Tongue: pale puffy
Pulse: deep, slow, weak

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What are some KD yang deficiency signs and symptoms?

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sore weak lower back and knees,
impotence, frigidity, spermatorrhea, infertility, watery vaginal discharge, polyuria, enuresis, wheezing, daybreak diarrhea, delayed development or failure of fontanel to close

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List category, channels and properties of Lu Rong

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Tonify Yang
KD, LV
Sweet, Salty, Warm

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List contraindications of Lu Rong

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heat from yin deficiency, heat in the blood level, phlegm-heat in LU, blazing ST fire, warm-heat pathogen disease

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List functions and indications of Lu Rong

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  • Tonify KD and fortifies yang: KD yang deficiency w/ fatigue, impotence, cold extremities, lightheadedness, tinnitus, soreness & lack of strength in the lower back & knees, frequent & copious clear urination
  • Warms yang, regulates Chong and Ren, and stabilizes Dai Mai: vaginal discharge or uterine bleeding due to deficiency cold. Infertility w/ cold womb.
  • Tonifies the Du, augments essence and blood, strengthens sinews and bones: deficient essence and blood in children w/ physical and/or mental developmental disorders
  • Tonifies and nourishes qi and blood: chronic ulcerations and yin-type boils
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8
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Lu Rong is from what animal? What part?

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Deer velvet antler

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What four extraordinary channels does Lu Rong have an effect on? For what kinds of indications?

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Chong, Ren, Dai Mai: vaginal discharge, uterine bleeding

Du: children w/ physical and/or mental developmental disorders

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“______ is the Mother of Qi, Qi is the _____ of Blood.” What does this mean?

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Blood, commander

Blood engenders Qi, Qi carries and directs Blood to nourish the body

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Herbs that nourish and tonify blood address what two factors of the blood?

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Quantity and Quality

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What is the SP function related to the Blood?

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SP qi combines w/ LU qi and KD jing to produce blood. Weak SP qi won’t produce good quality blood

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What is the LV function related to the Blood?

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LV at rest stores Blood

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What is the HT function related to the Blood?

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HT governs blood circulation. HT deficiency can’t pump blood and can lead to stagnation causing relative deficiencies in areas not receiving blood

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What are some general Blood Deficiency signs and symptoms?

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pallor to face, skin, nails, lips, under eyelids
fatigue, numbness, sallow and lusterless complexion, constipation, tingling, spasms in muscles & sinews, floaters, blurred vision, dry eyes, early gray hair, scanty/absent menses, insufficient lactation, itchy dry skin, dizziness, palpitations, poor memory, insomnia

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Blood deficiency patients tend to show cold or heat signs?

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Cold

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Tonify Blood herbs tend to be what temperature?

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Warm

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T/F: Blood deficiency can lead to blood stasis?

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T

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T/F: Blood deficiency can lead to internal wind?

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T

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20
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List category, channels and properties of Shu Di Huang

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Tonify Blood
HT, KD, LV
Sweet, Slightly Warm

21
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List contraindications of Shu Di Huang

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SP qi deficiency w/ dampness - qi stagnation and profuse phlegm, fullness and pain in abdomen, reduced appetite, diarrhea

22
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How is Shu Di Huang prepared?

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Steamed in wine and sugar and dried 9 times

23
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List functions and indications of Shu Di Huang

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  • Tonify blood: facial pallor, dizziness, palpitations & insomnia, irregular menses, uterine bleeding, postpartum bleeding
  • Nourish yin: LV, KD yin deficiency w/ weak lower back and limbs, dizziness, tinnitus, tidal fever, night sweats, nocturnal emissions
  • strongly enrich yin and relieves wasting & thirsting disorder: lower burner wasting - thirst, hunger, w/ urination predominating
  • nourishes blood and tonifies essence: delayed development during childhood, premature aging, diminished mental acuity, impotence, memory loss
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List category, channels and properties of Dang Gui

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Tonify Blood
HT, LV, SP
sweet, acrid, warm

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What are contraindications of Dang Gui?

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diarrhea or abdominal fullness due to abundant dampness

26
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List functions and indications of Dang Gui

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  • Tonify blood and regulate menses: pallid, ashen complexion, lusterless nails, tinnitus, blurred vision, palpitations, irregular menses, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea
  • Invigorate and harmonize blood and disperses cold: pain due to blood stasis, abdominal pain, traumatic injury, and carbuncles due to blood stasis
  • Moisten intestines and unblocks bowels: dry intestines due to blood deficiency
  • Reduces swelling, expels pus, generates fluids, alleviates pain
  • Treats cough
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Why is Dang Gui known as the woman’s herb in the Tonify Blood section?

A

Helps to regulate menses and stop pain caused by blood deficiency. It is an important herb in postpartum period and even during pregnancy if used w/ caution.

28
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What are the ingredients of Si Wu Tang?

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Shu Di Huang - Chief
Bai Shao - Deputy
Dang Gui - Assistant
Chuan Xiong - Assistant

29
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Which herb in Si Wu Tang invigorates blood and prevents the formula from being too cloying?

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Chuan Xiong

30
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What is the main action of Si Wu Tang?

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Tonify Blood and regulates LV

31
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Yin deficiency patients tend to show cold or heat signs?

A

Heat

32
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Herbs that tonify yin tend to be what temperature?

A

Cold

33
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What is the pulse and tongue in yin deficiency pattern?

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pulse: thin & rapid
tongue: red and peeled

34
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What are some signs and symptoms of LU yin deficiency and ST yin deficiency?

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LU: dry cough, dry throat, dry skin, thirst, loss of voice, difficult to expectorate phlegm

ST: lack of appetite, dry mouth, thirst, constipation

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What are some signs and symptoms of HT yin deficiency?

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vexation, agitation, insomnia, palpitations

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What are some signs and symptoms of LV yin deficiency and KD yin deficiency?

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LV: dry eyes, night blindness, tinnitus, dry nails, low-grade fever

KD: dizziness, tinnitus, sore and weak low back and knees, five center heat, afternoon fever, spermatorrhea, scanty dark urine, red dry tongue, thin pulse w/o strength

37
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KD and LV yin deficiency affect more ____ and Yin and often happen _______

A

Blood

simultaneously

38
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List category, channels and properties of Mai Men Dong

A

Tonify Yin
HT, LU, ST
Sweet, slightly bitter, slightly cold

39
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List contraindications of Mai Men Dong

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Loose stools from SP deficiency
Phlegm or mucus in LU or ST
Early stage of wind-cold cough

40
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List functions and indications of Mai Men Dong

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  • Moistens LU and nourishes yin: hacking, dry cough, cough w/ thick sputum that is difficult to expectorate, coughing up blood due to dryness
  • Augments ST yin and generates fluids: dry tongue and mouth due to insufficient ST yin
  • Moistens the intestines: constipation, dry mouth, and irritability
  • Clears the HT and eliminates irritability
41
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What organs does Mai Men Dong mostly focus on?

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HT, LU, ST

42
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What kinds of situations might we need to stabilize and bind?

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loss of bodily substances, or hold structures in place: sweating, diarrhea, urination, seminal emission, excessive uterine bleeding, vaginal discharge, miscarriage, prolapse, cough, weeping sores

43
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In what cases are Stabilize and Bind herbs contraindicated?

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excess conditions, exterior pathogen conditions, excess xie qi

44
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Herbs that Stabilize and Bind tend to have what properties?

A

Sour, astringent

45
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List category, channels and properties of Shan Zu Yu

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Stabilize and Bind
KD, LV
Sour, slightly warm

46
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List contraindications of Shan Zu Yu.

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urinary pain, difficulty

damp-heat

47
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List functions and indications of Shan Zu Yu

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  • Stabilize the KD and secures essence: urinary frequency, incontinence, spermatorrhea, excessive sweating
  • Stops excessive sweating and supports that which is collapsed: collapsed qi (shock), when sweating was mistakenly induced as a treatment
  • Tonifies and augments LV and KD: lightheadedness, dizziness, soreness & weakness of lower back and knees, impotence
  • Stabilizes the menses and stops bleeding: excessive uterine bleeding and prolonged menstruation.
48
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List latin names for Lu Rong, Shu Di Huang, Dang Gui, Mai Men Dong, Shan Zu Yu

A 
Cervi Cornu Pantotrichum
Rehmanniae Radix Preparata
Angelicae Sinensis Radix
Ophiopogonis Radix
Cornii Fructus

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