PMR - Fx Flashcards
What are the key characteristics for San Qi - Notoginseng Radix?
· stops bleeding without causing blood stasis
· transforms blood stasis
· reduces swelling and stops pain
What are the contraindications of San Qi - Notoginseng Radix?
use with caution during pregnancy
What are the Fx of San Qi - Notoginseng Radix?
- stops bleeding and transforms blood stasis
- reduces swelling and alleviates pain
- effective in invigorating blood
What are the key characteristics of Lu Rong - Cervi Cornu Pantotrichum?
· fortifies the primal yang
· generates essence
· augments marrow
What are the contraindications of Lu Rong - Cervi Cornu Pantotrichum?
heat from yin def heat in the blood level phlegm heat in the lungs blazing stomach fire warm heat pathogen
What are the Fx of Lu Rong - Cervi Cornu Pantotrichum?
- tonifies the kidneys and fortifies yang
- warms the yang, regulates the penetrating and conception vessels, stabilizes the girdle vessel (Chong, Ren, Dai)
- tonifies the governing vessel (Du), augments the essence and blood, strengthens the sinews and bones
- tonifies and nourishes the qi and blood
What are the key characteristics of Mai Men Dong - Ophiopogonis Radix?
· nourishes the yin of ST SP HT LU
· clears heat
· quiets irritability
What are the contraindications of Mai Men Dong - Ophiopogonis Radix?
loose stool from SP def
turbid phlegm or thin mucus in the LU or ST
early stages of wind cold coughs
What are the Fx of Mai Men Dong - Ophiopogonis Radix?
- moisten LU and nourish yin
- augment ST yin and generate fluids
- moistens intestines
- clears the HT and eliminates irritability
What are the key characteristics of Shu Di Huang - Rehmanniae Radix Preparata?
· tonifies the blood
· enriches the yin
· generates essence
· augments the marrow
What are the Fx of Shu Di Huang - Rehmanniae Radix Preparata?
- tonifies the blood
- nourishes the yin
- strongly enriches the yin and relieves wasting and thirsting disorder
- nourishes the blood and tonifies the essence
What are the contraindications for Shu Di Huang - Rehmanniae Radix Preparata?
· qi stagnation and profuse phlegm · fullness and pain in the abdomen · reduced appetite · diarrhea * cloying and rich substance that really leads to stag of damp and impedes digestion
What are the key characteristics of Dang Gui - Angelicae Sinensis Radix?
· tonifies the blood
· invigorates the blood
· regulates menstruation
· alleviates pain
What are the contraindications of Dang Gui - Angelicae Sinensis Radix?
Diarrhea or abdominal fullness due to abundant dampness
What are the Fx of Dang Gui - Angelicae Sinensis Radix?
- tonifies blood and regulates menses
- invigorates and harmonizes the blood and disperses cold
- moistens the intestines and unblocks the bowels
- reduces swelling, expels pus, generates flesh and alleviates pain
- weakly treats cough
What are the key characteristics of Shan Zhu Yu - Cornii Fructus?
· augments the liver and kidneys
· secures the primal qi
· prevents abandonment
What are the Fx of Shan Zhu Yu - Cornii Fructus?
- stabilizes the KI and secures the essence
- stops excessive sweating and supports the collapsed
- tonifies and augments the LI and KI
- stabilizes the menses and stops bleeding
What are the contraindications of Shan Zhu Yu - Cornii Fructus?
· urinary pain and difficulty
· damp heat
What are the key characteristics of Zhi Fu Zi - Aconiti Radix Lateralis Preparata?
· revives devastated yang qi
· tonifies the fire at the gate of vitality
· guides the actions of other herbs into all 12 channels
· expels cold-damp painful obstruction
What are the Fx Zhi Fu Zi - Aconiti Radix Lateralis Preparata?
- revives the yang and rescues from rebellion
- warms the fire and assists the yang
- disperses cold, warms the channels, alleviates pain
What are the contraindication of Zhi Fu Zi - Aconiti Radix Lateralis Preparata?
· yin def and abundant yang
· true heat and false cold
· pregnancy
What are the key characteristics of Fu Ling - Poria?
· tonifies the SP
· eliminates dampness
· calms the heart spirit
What are the Fx of Fu Ling - Poria?
- promotes urination and leaches out dampness
- strengthens the SP and harmonizes the MJ
- quiets the HT and calms the spirit
What are the contraindications with Fu Ling - Poria?
· use w caution in those w yin def
· sunken SP Qi
· cold from def w spermatorrhea
Of Fu Ling and Chi Fu Ling; which one enters Qi level, which one enters blood level? Which one tonifies? Which one is better for eliminating water? which one is better for enriching the HT and Sp and calming the HT spirit?
Fu Ling:
· enters Qi level
· more strongly tonifies
· better for enriching the HT and SP and calming the HT spirit
Chi Fu Ling:
· enters blood level
· more facilitating
· better for eliminating water and dampness
Of Fu Ling Pi, Fu Shen and Chi Fu Ling: which one is stronger to promote urination? stronger to calm the spirit? stronger to clear heat?
· Fu Ling Pi - stronger to promote urination
· Fu Shen - stronger to calm the spirit
· Chi Fu Ling - stronger to clear heat
What are the key characteristics of Qian Hu - Peucedani Radix?
· directs Qi downward
· assists the dissemination of lung Qi, thereby expelling external pathogens
· directs fire downward, thereby dissolving phlegm
What are the Fx of Qian Hu - Peucedani Radix?
- directs qi downward and dispels phlegm
2. disperses and scatters wind-heat
What are the contraindications of Qian Hu - Peucedani Radix?
· cough due to fire from yin def
· cough and wheezing assoc w cold thin mucus
(bitter, draining, and dispersing herb)
What are the key characteristics of Zhi Ban Xia - Pinelliae Rhizoma Preparatum?
· acrid for opening
· slippery for directing rebellious qi downward
· bitter for drying
· best used for thin phlegm or dampness as well as rebellious ST qi
What are the Fx of Zhi Ban Xia - Pinelliae Rhizoma Preparatum?
- dries damp, transforms phlegm and causes rebellious qi to descend
- directs rebellious qi down and stops vomiting
- dissipates nodules and reduces clumps