Lecture 7

Question 1

How does dampness manifest in the body?

Answer 1

Accumulated fluid in the body lead to stagnation

Question 2

What type of mucus do Herbs that Drain Dampness treat?

Answer 2

thin mucus

Question 3

What are the most common signs and symptoms of dampness?

Answer 3

urinary difficulty, edema, diarrhea due to SP deficiency

Question 4

What is the general taste to drain damp?

Answer 4

Bland

Question 5

What temperature are many Herbs that Drain Dampness

Answer 5

Neutral to Cool

Question 6

Drain Dampness herbs are especially helpful in treating edema from which part of the body?

Answer 6

Lower jiao

Question 7

Fu Ling is a ________ that grows on ________.

Answer 7

Fungus

Pine Trees

Question 8

List category, channels and properties of Fu Ling

Answer 8

Drain Dampness,
HT, KD, SP, LU
Sweet, Bland, Neutral

Question 9

List contraindications of Fu Ling

Answer 9

Caution in case of yin deficiency
Sunken SP qi
Cold from deficiency w/ spermatorrhea (KD Yang deficiency)

Question 10

List functions and indications of Fu Ling

Answer 10

• Promotes urination and leaches our dampness: urinary difficulty, diarrhea or edema due to stagnation of fluids/dampness, scanty urine due to damp heat
• Strengthen SP and harmonize middle burner: SP deficiency compounded by dampness w/ loss of appetite, diarrhea, epigastric distention
• Strengthen SP and transforms phlegm: SP deficiency w/ thin mucus in which phlegm moves upward w/ palpitations, headache, dizziness, thick greasy tongue coat
• Quiets HT and calms the spirit: palpitations, insomnia, forgetfulness due to either SP or HT deficiency or internal obstruction of turbid phlegm

Question 11

Why can Fu Ling be used for both hot and cold presentations?

Answer 11

It is neutral in temperature

Question 12

Describe what parts of the Poria fungus are used as Chinese herbs

Answer 12

Fu Ling Pi - outer layer of fungal node
Chi Fu Ling - pinkish layer close to the outer skin
Fu Ling - white portion deep to to Chi Fu Ling
Fu Shen - innermost part of the fungus (root)

Question 13

Which Drain Dampness Herbs promote urination to leach out damp?

Answer 13

Fu Ling, Chi Fu Ling, Fu Ling Pi, Fu Shen

Question 14

Which Drain Dampness Herbs tonify the SP?

Answer 14

Fu Ling

Question 15

Which Drain Dampness Herbs can calm the spirit?

Answer 15

Fu Shen, Fu Ling

Question 16

Which Drain Dampness Herbs promote urination without exhausting the Qi,but cannot tonify?

Answer 16

Fu Ling Pi

Question 17

Which Drain Dampness Herbs drain heat through the urine?

Answer 17

Chi Fu Ling

Question 18

Comparing Fu Ling vs. Chi Fu Ling, Fu Ling is better to ________ while Chi Fu Ling is more moving to deal with _________ and _____.

Answer 18

tonify
blood stasis
heat

Question 19

What is the formula for Draining Damp?
What is the chief herb?
Which herb from Warm Acrid Release the Exterior is in this formula and can help strengthen the yang?

Answer 19

Wu Ling San
Fu Ling, Zhu Ling, Ze Xie
Gui Zhi

Question 20

Aromatic Herbs that Transform Dampness are primarily focused on transforming dampness in what part of the body?

Answer 20

middle jiao

Question 21

In what cases do you need to be cautious with Aromatic Herbs that Transform Dampness?

Answer 21

Yin deficiency

Question 22

How do aromatic herbs help to transform dampness?

Answer 22

Penetrate through turbidity, revive the SP

Question 23

List category, channels and properties of Hou Po.

Answer 23

Aromatic Herbs That Transform Dampness
LI, LU, SP, ST
Bitter, Acrid, Warm

Question 24

List contraindications of Hou Po

Answer 24

Pregnancy

Question 25

List functions and indications of Hou Po

Answer 25

- Promotes movement of qi in middle burner and resolves stagnation: qi stagnation in SP/ST, food stagnation w/ chest or abdominal distention/fullness. - Promotes movement of qi downward, dries dampness and transforms phlegm: distention, fullness, nausea, diarrhea, turbid & greasy tongue coat - Directs qi downward, reduces phlegm, calms wheezing: cough and wheezing from phlegm clogging the LU

Question 26

What is the direction of Hou Po?

Answer 26

Down

Question 27

Hou Po is contained in what formula? What are the main actions of this formula?

Answer 27

Ping Wei San | Dries dampness, improves SP transporting function, promotes movement of qi, harmonizes ST

Question 28

What is wind dampness?

Answer 28

painful obstruction / impediment of joints

Question 29

Herbs that Dispel Wind Dampness primarily treat what channels? In terms of Five Elements, these channels relate to what tissues of the body?

Answer 29

LV, KD, SP | Wood (Wind), Water (Cold), Earth(Dampness)

Question 30

List category, channels, properties of Du Huo

Answer 30

Dispel Wind Dampness KD, UB Bitter Acrid Warm

Question 31

List contraindications for Du Huo

Answer 31

Yin deficiency, | Blood deficiency, internal wind

Question 32

List functions and indications for Du Huo.

Answer 32

- Dispels wind-dampness and alleviates pain: wind-cold-damp painful obstruction, especially in lower back and legs - Disperses wind-cold-damp and releases the exterior: exterior wind-cold together with dampness - Shao Yin stage headache and toothache

Question 33

What part of the body does Du Huo treat?

Answer 33

lower jiao

Question 34

What is major symptom of Wind Dampness?

Answer 34

painful joints

Question 35

What aggravates Wind Dampness?

Answer 35

cold, damp weather

Question 36

Can Du Huo be used to treat patients with internal wind?

Answer 36

no

Question 37

List Latin names for Fu Ling, Fu Ling Pi, Fu Shen, Chi Fu Ling, Hou Po, Du Huo

Answer 37

``` Poria Poria Cutis Poria Sclerotium Paradicis Poria Rubra Magnoliae officinalis Cortex Angelicae pubescentis Radix ```

Question 38

In external Wind Cold Damp pattern with Wind predominating, what is a typical symptom?

Answer 38

migrating pain

Question 39

In external Wind Cold Damp pattern with Damp predominating, what is a typical symptom?

Answer 39

fixed pain, numbness, heaviness

Question 40

In external Wind Cold Damp pattern with Cold predominating, what is the typical symptom?

Answer 40

sharp severe pain