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qiang huo

A 
ACRID WARM
Warm
1.	Guide:  TAIYANG (BL)
2.     Guides to Head & Limbs
3.	Occipital Headache & Body Aches
4.	W-D-C Bi-Syndrome

Qiang Huo Sheng Shi Tang
Ren Shen Bai Du San

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xin yi hua

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ACRID WARM
Warm
1. Open Nose: Sinusitis

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cang er zi

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ACRID WARM
Warm, SL TOXIC
1. Open Nose: Sinusitis+HA
2. W-D Bi-Syndrome: PAIN

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jing jie

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ACRID WARM
Sl. Warm
1. Eliminates Wind: Wind-Cold & Wind-Heat
2. Charred: Stops Bleeding – Hemafecia

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sheng jiang

A 
ACRID WARM
Sl. Warm 
1.      Warms the Middle Jiao:  
2.     Relieves the Exterior by promoting Sweating
3.      Warms Lu
4.       Resolves toxicity

Anti-parasitic: seafood
Charred: Stops Bleeding

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ma huang

A 
ACRID WARM
Warm
1.   OPENS Pores to Promote Sweating
2.    Disperses Lung Qi
3.    Promotes Urination

Toxic Dose: 30-45 g

HDI: Diuretics, BB, Cardiac Glycosides

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sheng ma

A 
ACRID COOL
Cool
1.	↑ Clear Yang Qi
2.	↑ Spleen Qi: 
3.	Clears Heat Toxins
4.	Heat in Yangming:

Skin: vents rashes, skin eruption

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niu bang zi

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ACRID COOL
Cold

  1. Throat: Pain, Swelling
  2. Skin: vents rashes, skin eruptions
  3. Clears Fire Toxins
  4. Moisten intestine (seed)
  5. Synergistic effect with ABX

HDI: Antidiabetics

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chan tui

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ACRID COOL
Cool
1.	Eyes:  Red, tearing
2.	Throat:  Hoarse voice
3.	Skin:  stops itching, eruptions, early-stage measles
4.	Morbid night crying babies

Caution in pregnancy, hx of miscarriage

HDI: Sedatives

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xia ku cao

self heal spike

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CLEAR HEAT, REDUCE FIRE
Cold
1.	Nodules d/t Stagnation & clumping of Phlegm & Fire
2.	Benefits Eyes
3.	Liver Yang ↑/Liver FIre:  HTN, HA

Treats Tuberculosis (TB)

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jue ming zi

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CLEAR HEAT, REDUCE FIRE
Sl. Cold

  1. Benefits Eyes
  2. Moisten Intest
  3. Lr Yang ↑: HTN

HDI: Diuretics

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tian hua fen

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CLEAR HEAT, REDUCE FIRE
Cold
1.	Lu Heat
2.	ST Heat
3.	↑ Body Fluids
4.	Invigorates blood & cleans toxins

CI in Pregnancy

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zi cao

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CLEAR HEAT, COOL BLOOD
Cold

  1. cools & moves blood
  2. SLOW SKIN ERUPTION or DARK RED SKIN ERUPTION in WARM-HEAT DZ: measles, chicken pox, rash
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bai hua she she cao

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CLEAR HEAT TOXIN
Cold

  1. Promote urination & drain DH in LJ
  2. SNAKE BITE
  3. CANCER: St, esophagus, rectal
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bai tou weng

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CLEAR HEAT TOXIN
Cold

  1. Dydentery d/t DH or heat toxin
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yu xing cao

houttuyniae

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CLEAR HEAT TOXIN
Sl. Cold

  1. drain pus & swelling
  2. promote urination & DRAIN DH: painful burning
  3. LU ABSCESS
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hong teng

A

CLEAR HEAT TOXIN
NEUTRAL

  1. Moves Blood
  2. Joint pain d/t WD Bi
  3. ABSCESS: APPENDICITIS (chong long)
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bai jiang cao

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CLEAR HEAT TOXIN

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ban lan gen

Isatis Root

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CLEAR HEAT TOXIN
Cold

  1. Cools Blood & resolves Fire Toxins
  2. SORE THROAT
  3. Epidemic Dz: diphtheria, tonsillitis, etc.
  4. Damp-Heat: jaundice

HDI: Sulfa, Anticoags/plate

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Qing dai

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CLEAR HEAT TOXIN
Cold

  1. Cools Blood & Clears Heat Toxin
  2. LIVER HEAT/TOXINS: fever & convulsions (liver wind)
  3. LU HEAT or Lr Fire –> Lu Heat: cough, sticky sputum, sob, chest pain
  4. Powder: 1.5-3 g (most powerful of Isatis trio)

HDI: Sulfa

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bai wei

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XU HEAT
Cold

  1. cools blood heat w/o injuring yin fluids or blood
  2. vents out path
  3. promotes urination
  4. cleans toxins: carbuncles, swollen throat, snake bite
  5. Ying & Xue level heat: fever
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bai xian pi

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CLEAR HEAT DRY DAMP
Cold

  1. promotes urin & drains DH in blood vessels of muscles
  2. STOPS ITCHING: eczema
  3. DH jaundice, Bi-Synd

HDI: Antineoplastics

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gan sui

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Drain Downward & Purge:
Cold

  1. strongly purge harmful fluid via stool
  2. EDEMA

CI: Pregnancy & Gan Cao (licorice)

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fu shen

A

Drain Water Excrete Damp:
NEUTRAL

Calm Shen

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hu zhang

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Drain Water Excrete Damp:
Cold

  1. relieve jaundice by clearing Lr/GB: Lin Synd d/t DH
  2. Promotes Blood Circulation

CI: prego

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tong cao

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Drain Water Excrete Damp:
Sl. Cold

  1. PROMOTES LACTATION by RAISING STOMACH QI: Scanty milk after childbirth
  2. Promotes urination to clear Damp-Heat in LJ

HDI: Diuretics

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zhu ling

A

Drain Water Excrete Damp:
NEUTRAL

  1. promotes urination & facilitate fluid metabolism: EDEMA
  2. STRAIGHT DIURETIC EFFECT

HDI: diuretics

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dong gua ren

Winter Melon Seed

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Drain Water Excrete Damp:
Cold

  1. Promotes urination to reduce edema
  2. Clears Heat, Expels Phlegm & Pus: Lung Abscess, Intestinal Abscess, Lower Jiao masses
  3. Vaginal discharge d/t D-H
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jin qian cao

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Drain Water Excrete Damp:
Sl. Cold

  1. promotes urination to drain DH: dysuria or stone in LJ
  2. Stones: Lr, Gb, Kd, Bl
  3. JAUNDICE

HDI: Diuretics

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shen jin cao

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Expel Wind Damp:
Warm

  1. *Tonify & Expel PATHOGENS: bridge SJS & WJP
  2. RELAX SINEW & TENDON
  3. RESTRICTION OF FLEXION & EXTENSION in JOINTS: polio, shingles
  4. Invig C/C: blood stag, trauma
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bai hua she

snake

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Expel Wind Damp:
Warm, TOXIC

  1. Tracks down & ELIMINATES WIND
  2. Activates & powerfully opens the C/C deep into bones & yin organs and venting back out to skin
  3. Settles jitteriness, convulsions (sinews) & spasms (bones)

HDI: Anticoag/platelets

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wei ling xian

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Expel Wind Damp:
Warm, TOXIC

  1. *STOPS PAIN d/t W-D Bi-Syn: Strongly mobilizes all 12 channels to open & unblock painful obstruct
  2. Fishbone lodged in throat
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qin jiao

A

Expel Wind Damp:
Sl. Cold

  1. W-D Bi-Syndrome:
  2. Soothes sinews & relaxes tendons (acute, chronic, hot, cold)
  3. DEFICIENCY HEAT:
  4. Damp-Heat: Jaundice, skin
  5. Moisten intestines & unblock bowels: moistens body (used with herbs that are drying)

HDI: Sedatives

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sang zhi

A

Expel Wind Damp:
NEUTRAL

  1. W-D Bi-Syndrome: UPPER LIMBS
  2. Unblocks collaterals : itching, numbness, pain
  3. Relax joints: facilitates movement of joints & nourishes yin & yang fluids
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tian nan xing

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Transform Phlegm:
Warm, TOXIC

  1. Eliminates both External & Internal Wind to relieve convulsion
  2. Wind-Phlegm in channels: epilepsy, tetanus, dizziness, deviation of mouth & eyes in Wind-Stroke
  3. STUBBORN PHLEGM: cough & chest distention

HDI: Sedatives

CI in Pregnancy

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zhe bei mu

A

Transform Phlegm:
Cold

  1. Clears Phlegm-Heat
  2. Resolves & breaks down masses & lumps: Lung abscess, breast abscess, goiter, scrofula, lumps & masses anywhere in the body
  3. Resolves phlegm & stops cough: cough + yellow-green, sticky sputum d/t Wind-Heat or Lung Phlegm-Heat

Does not moisten like Chuan Bei Mu but better at cooling heat & dispersing clumps, resolving toxins

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gua lou ren

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Transform Phlegm:
Cold

  1. Lung Phlegm-Heat
  2. Promotes qi circulation in chest to relieve chest congestion: CHEST Bi, chest pain (+ Bai Jie Zi) or distention d/t Lung P-H
  3. Drains pus & nodules: lung abscess, breast abscess, large intestine abscess
  4. Moistens & promotes bowel movement

Ren: slippery, moistening for intestines, unbinds chest

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bai jie zi

Mustard seed

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Transform Phlegm:
Warm

  1. Penetrates Yin to restore movement of Yang
  2. Lung Cold-Phlegm: COUGH & DIFFICULTY BREATHING, Chest & Hypochondriac Pain & Distention
  3. Promotes Qi movement: disperses clumped material (Bai Jie Zi + Gua Luo)
  4. Dissipates clumping to remove Phlegm from C/C: joint and body pain & numbness; abscesses
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xuan fu hua

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Transform Phlegm:
Sl. Warm

  1. Directs qi downward: rebel Lu/St qi (vomit, acid reflux)
  2. Disperses clumped phlegm above the diaphragm & glue-like lacquered phlegm around the heart
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qian hu

Hog Fennel Root

A

Transform Phlegm:
Sl Cold

  1. Descends Lung Qi & dissolves Phlegm-Heat
  2. DISPERSE WIND-HEAT & FIRE DOWNWARD
  3. Cough + sticky, yellow sputum
  4. Expectorant

HDI: Anticoag/-platelet

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hai zao

Seaweed

A

Transform Phlegm:
Cold

  1. RESOLVES PHLEGM & SOFTENS MASSES & AREAS OF HARDNESS: neck nodules, thyroid tumors, cirrhosis, lymphadenitis, testicular nodules; Softens rock-like substances down
  2. Weakly promotes urination: edema, damp-heat

HHI: Gan Cao

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pei lan

A

Transform Damp:
NEUTRAL

  1. Resolves & transforms Turbid Damp: Sticky & Sweet taste in mouth
  2. Clears Summer Heat
  3. Releases the Exterior:
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bai dou kou

A

Transform Damp:
WARM

  1. Disseminates Lung Qi ↓
  2. Pierces through Turbidity
  3. Warms Middle Jiao & awakens the Spleen
  4. Sp/St Dampness & MJ Qi Stagnation

PREP: add at end

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guan zhong

A

Kill Parasites:
Sl Cold, Sl TOXIC

  1. Kills parasites: tapeworm, roundworm, Hookworm, pinworm
  2. Clears heat & cleans toxins: Wind-Heat, eruptions & rashes d/t Blood Heat, mumps d/t heat toxins
  3. Stops bleeding: uterine bleeding,
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cao wu tou

Wild Aconite Root

A

Warm Interior:
Hot, Very Toxic

  1. Scours out Wind, Stops Pain & disperse Cold
  2. Dispels Wind, eliminate Damp, warm meridians, disperse Cold, stops Pain: Bi-Syn of all Cold types, Joint pain, Organ pain
  3. Disperse swellings, clears ulcerations, promotes healing

Dose: 1.5-3 g, Cook 30-60 min longer vs. other herbs

CI in Pregnancy, Ban Xia, Bei Mu, Gua Luo, Bai Ji, Bai Lien

HDI: Antiarrhythmics

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ding xiang

Cloves

A

Warm Interior:
Warm

  1. Warms Middle Jiao & SUBDUES Rebellious ST Qi : Hiccups..
  2. Warms & tonifies KID Yang: Impotence, Infertility d/t KID Yang Xu (also treat LIV in ED “big tendon”)
  3. Disperse Cold to relieve Pain
  4. Kills parasites
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xiao hui xiang

Fennel

A

Warm Interior:
Warm

  1. Harmonizes Middle Jiao & warms Lower Jiao
  2. Disperse Cold to relieve Pain: Vomiting, Poor appetite, Epi distending Pain d/t Cold invading Stomach
  3. Hernia, Severe lower abd pain, Testicular pain d/t Cold in Liver or Kidney

HDI: Ciprofloxacin

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mai ya

Barley Malt Sprout

A

Food Stagnation:
NEUTRL

  1. Promote digestion & adjust Middle Jiao
  2. Reduce Food stag of starches & fruits esp. STARCHY FOOD
  3. Soften areas of hardness
  4. Inhibits lactation: Distending pain in Breast d/t stagnation of milk
  5. Moves Liver Qi

HDI: Antidiabetics

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shen qu

A

Food Stagnation:
warm

  1. Promote digestion & adjust the Stomach
  2. GRAINS & STARCH
  3. Helps digest & absorb minerals (combine with minerals to aid digestion)
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lai fu zi

Radish Seed

A

Food Stagnation:
NEUTRAL

  1. Promotes digestion & elim Food stag in SP & INT
  2. Descends Lung Qi & transforms Phlegm:
51
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bing pian

A

Open Orifices:
Sl. Cold

  1. Widely used in External washes & herbal applications to help herbs penetrate skin & move inward

Caution/CI: Pregnancy

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zhi ke

A

Regulate Qi:
Sl. Cold

  1. Reg Qi & eliminates food stag
  2. Resolves Phlegm for relieving distention in chest, diaphragm, epigastrium

Similar to Zhi Shi but milder, Moves Qi in San Jiao

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xie bai

Chinese Garlic Chive

A

Regulate Qi:
Warm

  1. Chest Bi-syndrome, Chest pain d/t Cold-PhlegmObstruction
  2. Dysentery w/tenesmus d/t Qi Stagnation
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wu yao

A

Regulate Qi:
Warm

  1. Treats all 3 jiaos but best for lower jiao
  2. Warms Kidney & disperses Cold: Frequent urination, Incontinence (involuntary), Prostatitis d/t Kidney Yang Xu

Tian Tai Wu Yao San

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qing pi

A

Regulate Qi:
Warm

  1. Frees Liver Qi & Fiercely moves the Qi: Hypochon. & costal pain, Breast pain, Lower abd. pain radiating to genitalia/Hernia d/t Liver Qi Stag
  2. Qing Pi > Chen Pi to move Qi
  3. Masses or Lumps d/t Qi & Blood Stagnation
  4. Moves Liver Qi, dissolves abdominal masses, & treats Food Stag
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kuan dong hua

A

Stop Cough:
Warm

  1. Broad-Spectrum stop Cough
  2. Moistens Lung & ↓Lung Qi
  3. Resolves Phlegm & stops cough

Key herb to stop cough d/t various etiologies

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zi wan

A

Stop Cough:
Sl. Warm

  1. Broad-Spectrum stop Cough
  2. Resolve Phlegm & ↓Lung Qi to stop cough
  3. Promotes urination

IMPORTANT HERB FOR Various Etiologies of Cough

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bai qian

A

Stop Cough:
Sl. Warm

  1. Eliminates Phlegm esp. in Throat
  2. ↓Lung Qi: cough with sticky, thick sputum, difficulty breathing d/t stagnation & inability of Lung Qi to descend
  3. Lung Cold-Phlegm
  4. Expectorates Lung Phlegm in pt’s with tight chest that can’t cough out
59
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ting li zi

A

Stop Cough
Very Cold

  1. Clear Heat & descend Lung Qi to stop cough & wheeze: Cough w/Copious Sputum & difficult breathing d/t Lung Phlegm
  2. Promote urination & relieve edema esp. in face: Edema, Hydrothorax, Ascites
60
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xian he cao

A

Stop Bleeding:
NEUTRL

  1. Binds & inhibits all types of bleeding: All types of bleeding d/t different reasons
  2. Stops diarrhea
  3. Kills parasites
  4. Tonifies Qi & Blood
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qian cao

madder root

A

Stop Bleeding:
Cold

  1. ↑ blood circulation & Stops bleed w/o blood stasis
  2. Clears Heat, Cools blood
  3. Bleeding d/t Heat in Blood w/ Blood Stasis
  4. Amenorrhea d/t blockage of channels by blood stasis
  5. Joint pain d/t Bi-syndrome w/blood stasis
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xiao ji

small thistle

A

Stop Bleeding:
Cool

  1. Cools blood, stops bleeding: HEMATURIA
  2. Promotes urination
  3. DH jaundice
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ce bai ye

biota leaves

A

Stop Bleeding:
Sl. Cold

  1. Cools blood, stops bleeding: all types of bleeding… Epistaxis, Hemoptysis
  2. Eliminate phlegm & stop cough d/t Lung Heat
  3. Promotes healing of Burns
  4. Reverse hair loss
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huai hua… huai mi?

A

Stop Bleeding:
Sl. Cold

  1. Cools blood, stops bleeding: esp. from Large Int: Hemafecia, Hemorrhoid bleeding d/t Heat in Blood
  2. Clears Liver Heat, Flare Up of Liver Fire:
65
Q

san leng

A

Promote Blood Circulation:
NEUTRL

  1. Both Qi & Blood
  2. Strongly promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis & promote Qi circulation & relieve pain: Amenorrhea with abdominal pain and masses due to blood stasis
  3. Forcefully Breaks up
    blood stasis & move Qi: Distending pain in the epigastric region and abdomen d/t Food Stag; Dissolves masses and accumulations
  4. Compared to E Zhu it focuses more on Blood stag

Pair: E Zhu + San Leng: Abd. Mass d/t Qi & Blood Stag

66
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e zhu

A

Promote Blood Circulation:
Warm

  1. Both Qi & Blood stasis & dissolve accumulation
  2. Break up the blood stasis and move the Qi: Masses, lumps, amenorrhea, cervical cancer, abd. pain due to qi stagnation and blood stasis
  3. Remove Food Stag &
  4. relieve pain: Distending pain in the epigastric region and abdomen d/t Food Stag
  5. Curcuma Fam: Jiang Huang, Yu Jin, E Zhu
  6. Compared to San Leng: focuses more on Qi stag

Pair: E Zhu + San Leng: Abd. Mass d/t Qi & Blood Stag

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Q

yi mu cao

A

Promote Blood Circulation:
Sl COld

  1. Promote blood circulation & remove blood stasis: Irregular menstruation
  2. Promotes urination & reduce edema:
  3. Clears & resolves Toxins for swelling abscess & itching
  4. Post-partum blood stasis: Chuan Xiong + Yi Mu Cao + Tao Ren

Pair: Yi Mu Cao + Ze Lan

68
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wang bu liu xing

A

Promote Blood Circulation:
NEUTRAL

  1. Used in ear seeds
  2. Powerfully & rapidly promote blood circulation & remove blood stasis from channels: Dysmenorrhea, Amenorrhea d/t blood stasis
  3. Promote lactation: Galactostasis post-childbirth, Mastitis
  4. Promote urination: Lin syndromes
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jiang huang

turmeric rhizom

A

Promote Blood Circulation:
Warm

  1. Promote Both Qi & Blood circulation; breaks up & removes blood stasis & drives qi downward: Chest pain, Abdominal pain, Hypochondriac pain, Amenorrhea d/t Qi & Blood Stag
  2. Opens C/C to relieve Pain from Wind-Damp: Pain in Limbs esp. UPPER LIMBS d/t Wind-Damp-Cold BI-SYNDROME

Curcuma Fam: Jiang Huang, Yu Jin, E Zhu

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Q

gu sui bu

A

Promote Blood Circulation:
Warm

  1. Subdue Yang Rising
  2. Tonify Kidney Yang: low back pain, weakness of knee, tinnitus, chronic diarrhea d/t Kidney Xu
  3. Regenerate & Heal Tissue & Bone: bone fracture
  4. Promote Blood Circulation: traumatic injury
  5. Stimulates growth of hair (tincture)
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xue jie

dragon’s blood

A

Promote Blood Circulation:
NEUTRAL

  1. Promote blood circulation & STOPS bleeding internally AND externally
  2. Promotes regeneration of tissue & heals wounds: Heals tissue, regenerates new & protects old; heals wounds
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bai jiang can

silkworm

A

Subdue Liver Yang and Wind:
NEUTRL

  1. Extinguish Liver Wind to Relieve Convulsions
  2. Eliminate Exterior Wind to Relieve Pain: headache & red eyes
  3. Eliminate Exterior Wind to Ease Itching:
  4. Clear Heat & Dissipate Stagnation to Resolve Phlegm, Disperses Clumping, Softens Hardness
73
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dai zhe shi

hematite

A

Subdue Liver Yang and Wind:
Cold

  1. Calm Liver & Subdue Liver Yang Rising
  2. strongly Descends rebellious Lung Qi
  3. Strongly descends rebellious Stomach Qi
  4. Stop Bleeding & Cools Liver Fire: hematemesis, epistaxis, uterine bleeding d/t Blood Heat

Dose: long cook
Pair: Xuan Fu Hua + Dai Zhe Shi

74
Q

shi jue ming

abalone shell

A

Subdue Liver Yang and Wind:
Cold, HEAVY

  1. Calm Liver & Subdue Liver Yang Rising: dizziness or vertigo
  2. Clear Liver Heat & Brighten Eyes
  3. Nourishes Liver Yin & Extinguishes Liver Wind
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ye jiao teng

fleeceflower

A

Calms Shen:
NEUTRAL

  1. Nourish Heart & calms Shen
  2. Expels Wind & opens the channels: Body pain d/t Blood Xu, Bi-Syndrome
  3. Alleviate itching: external wash
76
Q

zhen zhu mu

motherof pearl

A

Calms Shen:
COld

  1. Calms Shen: restlessness, insomnia
  2. Calms Liver & subdues Liver Yang d/t Liver Yang Rising & Yin Xu
  3. Clears Liver Heat & brighten Eyes
  4. Stops bleeding
77
Q

hu po

amber

A

Calms Shen:
NEUTRAL

  1. Calms Shen
  2. Moves Blood & removes Blood stasis
  3. Promotes urination: scanty and difficult urination or retention of urination
  4. Promotes healing of skin & tissue
78
Q

tai zi shen

A

Tonify Qi:
NEUTRAL

  1. Tonify Qi
  2. Nourish Yin & Body Fluid
  3. Also tonifies Primal Qi but to lesser extent
79
Q

xi yang shen

A

Tonify Qi:
Cold

  1. Tonify Qi & Nourish Yin: fatigue, restlessness, thirst d/t Qi & Yin damage during Warm diseases
  2. Clear Heat & Reduce Fire d/t Yin Xu: cough, coughing blood d/t Yin Xu with Deficiency Fire
  3. Generate Body Fluid
80
Q

da zao

A

Tonify Qi:
Warm

  1. Tonify Qi & Blood
  2. Harmonize/Tonify Spleen:
  3. Reduce Side Effects from other herbs
  4. Calm Shen (via nourishing Blood)
  5. Harminize Ying & Wei
81
Q

huang jing

siberian Solomon seal

A

Tonify Qi:
NEUTRAL

  1. Tonify Qi
  2. Nourish Yin & moisten Lung
  3. Augment Essence: low back & knee weakness & soreness, dizziness, early gray hair d/t Kidney Essence Xu
  4. Typically used with other herbs that guide its directions: with qi/yin/sp-st/lung/kidney-tonifying herbs to help tonify those things
82
Q

nan sha shen

A

Tonify Yin:
Cold

  1. Nourish Lung Yin & Stop Cough
  2. Nourish Stomach Yin, generates fluids & clears heat
  3. Moisten the Exterior: dry skin, itchy skin, worse in Cold weather; hard to expectorate Dry Phlegm (nan > bei)

Pair: Bei Sha Shen + Nan Sha Shen

83
Q

tian men dong

asparagus

A

Tonify Yin:
Very Cold

  1. Nourish Lung Yin
  2. Nourish Kidney Yin
  3. Generates Fluids & Moisten Dryness & Moistens Intestines
  4. Clear Heat & Reduce Fire d/t Yin Xu
  5. Viscous & cloying!

CI: productive cough; diarrhea from xu or cold

84
Q

yu zhu

A

Tonify Yin:
Sl Cold

  1. Nourish Lung Yin
  2. Produce Stomach Body Fluid
  3. Dry cough, dry mouth & thirst d/t Lung & Stomach Yin Xu
  4. Nourish Yin w/o being cloying
  5. Extinguishes Wind d/t Attack of Wind-Heat with Yin Xu Body Constitution
  6. Softens & moistens Sinews

Jia Jian Wei Ru Tang: Ext. Wind-Heat + Yin Xu

85
Q

gui ban

fresh water tortoise shell

A

Tonify Yin:
Cold

  1. Strongest Tonic in category!
  2. Nourish Liver & Kidney Yin
  3. Subdues Liver Yang Rising
  4. Tonify Kidney to Strengthen Bones: weakness of lumbar region & feet; developmental deficiencies in children d/t Kidney Xu
  5. Nourish Heart Blood
  6. Unblocks the Ren Mai

CI in Pregnancy

86
Q

he shou wu

A

Tonify Blood:
Sl Warm

  1. Blood + Essence
  2. Post-natal
  3. Replenishes ESSENCE & nourishes Blood
87
Q

sang shen

A

Tonify Blood:
Cold

  1. Nourish Yin & produce body fluid
  2. Moisten large intestine: Dry stool d/t Yin & Blood Xu
  3. Cools & gently nourish blood
88
Q

gou qi zi

A

Tonify Blood:
NEUTRAL

  1. Nourishes Yin & Blood
  2. Nourish Liver Blood
  3. (Mildly) tonify Kidney Yang
  4. Enrich Kidney Yin
  5. Enrich Lung Yin
  6. Brightens the Eyes: Benefits Essence
  7. Tonify both Yin & Yang
89
Q

xian mao

A

Tonify Yang:

90
Q

dong chong xia cao

cordyceps

A

Tonify Yang:
Warm

  1. Tonify Kidney Yang & Augment essence
  2. Tonify Lung, Stop Bleeding & Resolve Phlegm: asthma & cos w/ bleeding d/t Lu qi xu
91
Q

suo yang

A

Tonify Yang:
Warm

  1. Tonify Kidney Yang & Essence & Augments Liver Yin & Blood
  2. Moisten Large Intestine & ↑ Bowel Movement
92
Q

yi zhi ren

black cardamon

A

Tonify Yang:
Warm

  1. Warm Spleen: vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain d/t Cold & Spleen & Kidney Yang Xu
  2. Improve Appetite & Control Saliva
  3. Warm Kidney to Control Urination & Essence: incontinence

All cardamons: warm, goes to middle jiao

93
Q

fu xiao mai

A

Stabilize and Bind:
Cool

  1. Augments Heart Qi, contain & secure Heart fluids: night & spontaneous sweats d/t Heart Yin Xu or Qi Xu
  2. Clear heat from the pores & interstices
94
Q

sang piao xiao

A

Stabilize and Bind:
NEUTRL

  1. Tonifies
  2. Reinforce Yang & Mingmen Vitality: impotence d/t Kidney Yang Xu
  3. Secure Essence & urine:
95
Q

wu mei

A

Stabilize and Bind:
NEUTRL

  1. Astringe Lung Qi: Chronic cough d/t Lung Qi Xu
  2. BIND Large Int
  3. Generate body fluid: thirst d/t Yin Xu w/ Deficiency Heat
  4. Calm roundworm & intestinal parasites: abd. pain, vomiting d/t roundworm
  5. Stops bleeding
96
Q

lian zi

lotus seed

A

Stabilize and Bind:
NEUTRAL

  1. Tonifies
  2. Tonify Spleen Qi & stop diarrhea
  3. Tonify Kidney Qi & secure Essence: Seminal emission d/t Kidney Qi Xu
  4. Tonify Heart & calm Shen
  5. Excessive leucorrhea d/t Spleen & Kidney Xu

Actions: tonify Spleen, astringe the Kidney, calm Shen (Heart)

97
Q

qian shi

A

Stabilize and Bind:
NEUTRL

  1. Tonifies
  2. Tonify Spleen Qi & eliminate Dampness: chronic diarrhea d/t Spleen Qi Xu
  3. Tonify Kidney Qi & secure Essence:

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