Lecture 4 Flashcards
Herbs that Release the Exterior are broken down into what 2 categories?
Warm-Acrid & Cool-Acrid Release Exterior
What are general qualities and characteristics of herbs that Release the Exterior?
Tend to be pungent/spicy and acrid, functional qualities tend to be light and ascending, often cooked for short periods of time, many cause diaphoresis
What are the most common external pathogenic factors (EPFs) treated with these herbs?
Wind cold, wind heat, wind damp, summerheat
What are the Tai Yang Channel syndrome types?
Cold (Tai Yang Excess) & Wind (Tai Yang Deficiency)
What is the most superficial of the Six Channels?
Tai Yang Channel
What is the most superficial Zang organ?
Lung
What are the general signs, symptoms and characteristics of Wind Cold Excess patterns?
Aversion to Cold, simultaneous Fever & Chills (chills predominant), Floating & Tight pulse, no sweat, body aches, headache, clear or white secretions, no thirst
What are the general signs, symptoms and characteristics of Wind Cold Deficiency patterns?
Simultaneous Fever & Chills, aversion to Wind & Cold, mild aches and pains, floating & moderate (weak) pulse, clear or white secretions, sweat, edema
What is Yang Shui (Yang Edema)? How does it manifest?
Swelling of in the upper eye area and facial edema caused by exogenous wind. Wind attack leads to Lung Qi dysfunction.
Exterior releasing herbs can be appropriate to treat what other types of conditions?
Cough, Asthma, Bi Syndrome
List category, channels and properties of Ma Huang
Warm-Acrid Release Exterior, LU, UB, acrid, slightly bitter, warm
List contraindications of Ma Huang
Spontaneous sweating from Exterior Deficiency, Night sweating from yin deficiency, KD deficiency asthma, Hypertension
What are the functions of Ma Huang?
Induce sweating release exterior
facilitates Lung Qi, stops wheezing
promotes urination and reduces edema,
warms and disperses cold pathogens - fever and chills, wheezing, Yang Edema, wind damp painful obstruction
What are the preparations of Ma Huang? What do they treat?
Sheng Ma Huang - release exterior, induce sweat
Zhi Ma Huang - stop cough and asthma
List category, channels and properties of Gui Zhi
Warm, Acrid Release the Exterior, HT, LU, UB, warm, acrid, sweet
What are the contraindications of Gui Zhi?
Yin deficiency with heat, warm-heat pathogen, heat in the blood with vomiting
What are the functions of Gui Zhi?
Release the exterior and assist yang - exterior wind cold excess/deficiency
warm & unblock channels - wind-cold-damp painful obstruction
warm the yang & transform thin mucus - edema, urinary dysfunction
assist HT yang & unblock yang qi of chest - upward movement of phlegm
warm the middle & directs turbid yin downward - cold deficiency in the middle
List herbs and titles of Ma Huang Tang.
Chief - Ma Huang, Deputy - Gui Zhi, Assistant - Xing Ren, Envoy - Zhi Gan Cao
What is the major action and pattern treated of Ma Huang Tang?
release the exterior and arrest wheezing, for wind cold excess pattern
List herbs and titles of Gui Zhi Tang.
Chief - Gui Zhi, Deputy - Bai Shao, Assistants - Sheng Jiang, Da Zao, Envoy - Zhi Gan Cao
What is the major action and pattern treated of Gui Zhi Tang?
Release pathogen for muscle layer and regulate Ying and Wei Qi. Exterior Deficiency, Wind Cold
What are some signs and symptoms of Wind Heat?
Fever, slight chills, thirst, sweating, sore throat, headache, body aches, yellow secretions, red eyes, floating-rapid pulse, thin-yellow tongue coat
What are the properties of herbs used to treat Wind Heat?
cool, acrid
What channels to many of these herbs enter?
LU, LV
