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Open Orifices Herbs Flashcards

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Open Orifices herb for hot or cold type conditions, warming, invigorates Blood and relieves pain so it’s important in trauma medicine, mobilizes and unblocks all 12 channels, very expensive, very low dose - 0.1g max

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she xiang

musk

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Open Orifices herb for cold closed disorders, disperses turbidity, relieves pain, for wind stroke or phlegm collapse, topical for chillblain, clears filth

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su he xiang

styrax

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Open Orifices herb that clears heat, alleviates pain, dissipates nodules, for fire constraint, drains fire, resolves toxins, for fainting and convulsions; topical to alleviates itching, pain, swelling of throat, skin disease, eye disease; clear eyes, remove superficial visual obstruction, generate flesh

A

bing pian

borneol

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Open Orifices herb with a normal dosage range compared to the rest of the category, promotes blood flow, tonifies Sp/ST, excellent calm shen, guide to ears, benefit throat, hoarse voice, WCD bi, decocted, vaporize phlegm, popularly used

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shi chang pu
acorus
sweetflag rhizome

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Open Orifices herb that clears heat and eliminates toxins, transforms phlegm, arrests tremors and extinguishes wind, for red painful swollen or ulcerated throat, sores, carbuncles, boils, hot swellings, clear Ht and Lv

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niu huang
Bovis calcanus
cattle gallstone/bezoar

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Open Orifices herb that is a very low dose, for hot or cold type closed disorders

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she xiang

musk

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Open Orifices herb that is warm for filth and pain

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su he xiang
styrax
(resin of liquidambar)

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Open Orifices herb that clears eyes, regenerates flesh, for nodules, itching, skin issues, used for hot or cold type closed disorders, cold according to Bensky but argued whether H or C, for fire and toxins

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bing pian

borneol

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Open Orifices herb that can be decocted, for middle jiao, ears, calm shen

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shi chang pu
acorus
sweetflag rhizome

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Open Orifices herb for wind and ulcerated throat, like dan nan xing but not as much phlegm

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niu huang
Bovis calcanus
cattle gallstone/bezoar

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  • herb that intensely opens the orifices, revives the spirit, and unblocks closed disorder
  • invigorates blood, dissipates clumps, reduces swelling, alleviates pain
  • facilitates delivery and uterine expulsion
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she xiang

moschus

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  • convulsions, delirium, fainting due to heat entering the Pc, closed disorders, tetanic collapse, phlegm collapse, seizures
  • severe obstruction and pain due to blood stasis
  • stillborn birth, delayed passage of afterbirth
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she xiang

moschus

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13
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  • open orifices, penetrates through turbidity

- opens constraint, clears away filth

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su he xiang

styrax

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  • closed disorder, phlegm blockage, epidemic toxic diseases, especially for cold disorders
  • stifling sensation, cold, fullness, and pain in the chest and abdomen
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su he xiang

styrax

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  • aromatically opens the orifices and awakens the spirit

- disperses fire from constraint, alleviates pain, dissipates nodules, alleviates itching

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bing pian

borneol

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  • fainting or convulsions

- painful and swollen throat, skin diseases (topically)

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bing pian

borneol

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  • opens the orifices, vaporizes phlegm, quiets the spirit
  • harmonizes the middle jiao, transforms turbid dampness
  • reduces swelling, promotes blood flow
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shi chang pu

acorus

18
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  • phlegm veling the sensory orifices; coma, withdrawal-mania, or impaired mental functioning due to phlegm-dampness veiling the consciousness
  • chest and epigastric fullness and abdominal pain from dampness distressing Sp/ST
  • ulceration of mucous membranes, WCD bi
A

shi chang pu

acorus

19
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  • clears the Ht, opens the orifices, awakens the spirit, vaporizes phlegm
  • clears the Lv, resolves toxicity, extinguishes wind, stops tremors
  • drains heat, resolves fire toxicity
A

niu huang

Bovis Calculus

20
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  • delirium or coma due to warm-febrile diseases; wind-stroke, convulsions, or seizures
  • spasms, tremors, or convulsions with high fever from Lv heat
  • red painful swollen or ulcerated throat; hot swellings or sores
A

niu huang

Bovis Calculus

21
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Which herbs are used to open the orifices and treat loss of consciousness?

A

she xiang - musk

su he xiang - styrax

22
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Which is the most intensely aromatic and penetrating substance in the materia medica and is therefore useful in treating trauma and sores?

A

she xiang

musk

23
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Which Open Orifices herb is similar penetrating action to she xiang but is weaker?

A

bing pian

borneol

24
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Which Open Orifices herb is especially useful for wind-stroke with collapse due to phlegm?

A

su he xiang

styrax

25
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Which Open Orifices herb is particularly effective in clearing heat and resolving toxicity?

A

niu huang

Bovis Calculus

26
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Which two Open Orifices herbs are often combined in treating coma associated with heat disorders?

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niu huang - Bovis Calculus

she xiang - musk

27
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Which Open Orifices herb is primarily used for its aromatic action in dislodging phlegm?

A

shi chang pu

acorus

28
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Which Open Orifices herb is used in eyedrops?

A

bing pian

borneol

29
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Which Open Orifices herbs may be used for hot or cold closed type disorders?

A

shi chang pu - acorus

bing pian - borneol

30
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Which Open Orifices herbs are tree resins?

A

bing pian - borneol

su he xiang - styrax

31
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Which Open Orifices has a modern use for coronary artery disease and is only for cold disorders (herb is warm)? It opens up areas of constraint and clears away filth?

A

su he xiang

styrax

32
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Which Open Orifices herb has a gentle, harmonious, and mild warming action and enhances the digestion?

A

shi chang pu

acorus

33
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Which Open Orifices herb has a powerful cooling quality that resolves toxicity and clears heat, while its aromatic property dislodges phlegm and opens the orifices?

A

niu huang

cattle bezoar

34
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Ht Sp Lv

acrid warm aromatic

A

she xiang

moschus

35
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Ht Sp

sweet, acrid, warm, aromatic

A

su he xiang

styrax

36
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Ht Lu Sp

acrid, bitter, mildly cold

A

bing pian

borneol

37
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Ht ST

acrid, bitter, warm, aromatic

A

shi chang pu

acorus

38
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Ht Lv

bitter, cool

A

niu huang

cattle bezoar

39
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Which Open Orifices herbs are cooling?

A

bing pian - borneol
niu huang - cattle bezoar
(english start with a “b”)

40
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Which Open Orifices herbs are warming?

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she xiang - musk
su he xiang - styrax
shi chang pu - acorus
(all the ones that start with “s”)

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