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Post Midterm 5 Flashcards

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Herbs that tonify yang primarily tend to go to what zang fu?

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SP, KD, HT

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Actions of herbs that tonify Yang

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Support Qi transformation & Warms

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General yang deficiency s/s

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BRIGHT WHITE facial complexion, exhaustion, low voice, dislike of speaking, FEAR OF COLD, cold limbs, listless spirit, lack of thirst or preference for hot beverages, profuse clear urination or scant urine with edema, loose stool or diarrhea

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yang deficient pulse and tongue?

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tongue: pale puffy
pulse: deep, slow or weak

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KD Yang Def s/s

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GENERAL YANG DEF S/S: bright white facial complexion, exhaustion, low voice, dislike of speaking, fear of cold, cold limbs, listless spirit, lack of thirst or preference for hot beverages, profuse clear urination or scant urine with edema, loose stool or diarrhea

PLUS: sore weak back and knees, impotence, frigidity, spermatorrhea, infertility, watery vaginal discharge, polyuria, enuresis, wheezing, dry break (cock’s crow) diarrhea, delayed development or failure of fontanel to close

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Lu Rong

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Cervi cornu pantotrichum

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LU RONG

category

A

herbs that tonify the yang

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LU RONG

Channels

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Kd, Lv

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properties

Lu Rong

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sweet, salty, warm

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LU RONG

Dosage

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1-2g taken in pill or powder form, or chased with a strained decoction

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contraindications

Lu Rong

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  • Heat from yin deficiency
  • heat in the blood level
  • phlegm-heat in the LU
  • bloating ST fire
  • warm heat pathogen disease
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Fx & indications.

Lu Rong

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Fortifies primal yang
Generates essence
Augments marrow

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What animal is Lu Rong from?

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Deer

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What 4 extraordinary vessels does Lu Rong have an effect on?

For what kinds of indications?

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Chong– Penetrating Vessels
Ren– Conception Vessels
Du– Governing Vessels
Dai mai– Girdle Vessels

PV, CV, DAI MAI:

  • Def Cold causing: vaginal discharge, uterine discharge
  • Cold womb infertility

GV:

  • def essence/blood in children
  • developmental d/o, mental retardation, rickets…
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“_______ is the Mother of Qi, Qi is the ________ of Blood.”

What does it mean?

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Blood is the Mother of Qi, Qi is the Commander of Blood.

They are co-existing elements, one cannot exist without the other & engender one another.

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Herbs that nourish and tonify blood address two factors of the Blood. What are they?

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Quality and quantity

The herbs nourish skin, hair, sinews, bones, channels and zang-fu.

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SP, LV and HT all have a strong relationship with Blood. What are their FX related to blood.

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SP Qi combines with LU Qi and KD Jing to produce blood. Weak SP Qi won’t produce good quality blood.

SP manages blood
LV stores blood
HT governs blood
- HT deficiency can’t pump blood and it can stagnate causing relative deficiencies in areas not receiving.

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General Blood deficiency s/s

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SP & LV: pallor to face, skin, nails, lips, under eyelids, almost orangey pale tongue body, sallow and tingling, spasms in muscles & sinews

LV: floaters, (flowery vision), dry eyes, early gray hair, scanty/absent menses, insufficient lactation, blood dryness can stir wind causing itchy dry skin, dizziness

HT: palpitations, poor memory, insomnia

PULSE: thin

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Blood deficiency patients tend to show cold or heat signs?

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cold

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Can blood deficiency lead to blood stasis?

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Yes

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Can blood deficiency lead to internal wind?

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Yes. Blood dryness can cause Wind to stir in the body.

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Latin

Shu Di Huang

A

Rehmanniae radix preparata

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category

Shu Di Huang

A

Herbs that tonify blood

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SHU DI HUANG

Channels

A

HT, KD, LV

shao yin

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properties

Shu Di Huang

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sweet, slightly warm

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SHU DI HUANG

Dosage

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9-30g

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contraindications

Shu Di Huang

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CLOYING & RICH: readily causes stagnation of dampness and impedes digestion

  • Qi stagnation and profuse phlegm
  • Fullness and pain in the abdomen
  • Reduced appetite
  • Diarrhea
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Fx & Ind

Shu Di Huang

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TONIFY BLOOD - for blood def. w symptoms as facial pallor, dizziness, palpitations, insomnia; irregular menses, uterine bleeding, postpartum bleeding; best with no significant stagnation

ENRICHES YIN - weak lower back and limbs, dizziness, tinnitus, tidal fevers, night sweats, nocturnal emissions due to LV/KD yin def.

GENERATES ESSENCE by nourishes blood and tonifies essence - delayed development during childhood, blunted affect, premature aging, diminished mental acuity, greying of hair, impotence, memory loss

AUGMENTS MARROW & relieves wasting & thirsting d/o - lower burner wasting; can be used as stand-alone herb in large doses for this problem

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How is Shu Di Huang prepared?

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steam in wine/sugar and dried 9 times to make warmer and richer.

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How can rich and cloying properties of Shu Di Huang have a negative effect when ingested?

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It leads to stagnation of dampness and impedes digestion when not combined with digestives and herbs that build qi at the source.

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Latin

Dang Gui

A

Angelicae sinensis radix

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category

Dang Gui

A

Herbs that tonify the blood

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DANG GUI

Channels

A

HT, SP, LV

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properties

Dang Gui

A

Sweet, acrid, warm

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DANG GUI

Dosage

A

4.5-15g

35
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contraindications

Dang Gui

A

diarrhea or ab fullness d/t abundant dampness

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Fx

Dang Gui

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Tonifies blood & regulates menses
Invigorates/harmonizes blood & disperse cold
Moistens Intestines & unblocks bowels
Alleviates pain/ reduces swelling/ expels pus/ generates fluids
(Weak fx. - tx coughs as adjunctive herb)

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Why is Dang Gui known as the “woman’s herb” in the tonify blood section? What types of situations can it treat?

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tonifies blood and regulates menses – blood deficiency associated with irregular menstruation, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea…

38
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What’s in Si Wu Tang?

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Chief: Shu Di Huang [Rehmanniae radix preparata] tonify blood (9-12g)

Deputy: Bai Shao [Paeoniae radix alba] tonify the blood (9-15g)

Assistant: Dang Gui [Angelicae sinensis radix] tonify the blood (9-12g)

Assistant: Chuan Xiong [Chuanxiong rhizoma] invigorate the blood (3-6g)

39
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What is the main action of Si Wu Tang?

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Tonifies blood/ Regulates LV

40
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Which herb in Si Wu Tang is the most able to Tonify the blood due to its rich nature?

A

Shu Di Huang [rehmanniae radix preparata]

41
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Which herb in Si Wu Tang is there to invigorate blood and prevent the formula from being too cloying?

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Chuan Xiong [chuanxiong rhizoma]

42
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Which herb in Si Wu Tang can both tonify and invigorate blood?

A

Dang Gui [angelicae sinensis radix]

43
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Yin deficiency tends to show cold or heat signs?

B/c of this, Yin tonifying herbs tend to be ___________?

A

Heat

Cold & Sweet (moistening)

44
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Yin Deficiency

Tongue & Pulse

A

T: red & peeled
P: thin & rapid

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LU & ST Yin def tend to require fluid generation.

What are s/s of LU & ST yin def?

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LU Yin Def: dry cough/throat/skin, voice loss, difficult expectorating sputum

ST Yin Def: L.o.A., dry mouth, thirst, constipation

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KD & LV yin def often happen together.

What are s/s of KD & LV yin def?

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LV YIN DEF: low grade fever, dry eyes, night blindness, tinnitus
- if LV yang rise: vertigo, tinnitus, insomnia, irritable

KD YIN DEF: afternoon fever, 5 center heat, sore/weak low back/knees, spermatorrhea, scanty dark urine, dizzy, tinnitus,

  • T: red, dry
  • P: thin w/out strength
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HT Yin def is often treated w/ nourishing herbs to Calm Shen.

s/s of Ht Yin Def

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Ht Yin Def: vexation, agitation, insomnia, palpitations

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MAI MEN DONG

Category

A

Herbs that Tonify Yin

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MAI MEN DONG

Latin

A

Ophiopogonis Radix

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MAI MEN DONG

Channels

A

HT, LU, ST

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MAI MEN DONG

Properties

A

Swt, S. Bitter, S. Cold

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MAI MEN DONG

Contraindications

A

Loose stools from SP def (bc cold)

Turbid phlegm/thin mucus in Lu/St

Early stages of WC cough

54
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MAI MEN DONG

Key Characteristics

A

Nourish yin of ST, SP, HT, LU

Clears heat

Quiets irritability

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MAI MEN DONG

FX: Moistens Lu and nourishes Yin

A

Used whenever Lu Yin injured w:

  • hacking dry cough
  • cough w thick sputum that’s difficult to expectorate
  • coughing up blood
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MAI MEN DONG

FX: Augments ST yin and generates Fl

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For dry tongue and mouth d/t insufficient ST Yin

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MAI MEN DONG

FX: Moistens intestines

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constipation, dry mouth, irritability

aftermath of febrile dz

any Yin def pattern

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MAI MEN DONG

Clears heat and eliminates irritability

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for irritability d/t Yin Def or Warm Heat patho dz at NUTRITIVE level.
- fever & irritability worsen at night

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HERBS THAT STABILIZE & BIND

When are these herbs appropriate?

A

to stabilize loss of bodily substance

hold structures in place

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HERBS THAT STABILIZE & BIND

Conditions treated

A

EXCESS sweating, diarrhea, urination, seminal emission, uterine bleeding, vaginal disgcharge, cough

MISCARRIAGE (can hold uterus), prolapse, weeping sores

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HERBS THAT STABILIZE & BIND

Properties

A

Warm or Neutral

Sour/Astringent - holding

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HERBS THAT STABILIZE & BIND

Channels

A

LU, KD, LI

also Lv, Sp

63
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HERBS THAT STABILIZE & BIND

Contraindications

A

excess conditions, EPF, excess xie qi

– these conditions should be expelled, NOT held in

64
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SHAN ZHU YU

Latin

A

Cornii Fructus

65
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SHAN ZHU YU

Category

A

Herbs that Stabilize & Bind

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SHAN ZHU YU

Channels

A

KD, LV

67
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SHAN ZHU YU

Properties

A

Sour, S. Warm

68
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SHAN ZHU YU

Dosage

A

6-12g

69
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SHAN ZHU YU

Key Characteristics

A

Augments LV & KD

Secures Primal Qi

Prevents Abandonment

70
Q

SHAN ZHU YU

Contraindications

A

urinary px/difficulty

damp heat

– don’t want to hold in

71
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SHAN ZHU YU

FX: Stabilizes KD & secures Essence

A

Fl leak d/t weak essence

- s/s: urinary frequency, incontinence, spermatorrhea, excess sweat

72
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SHAN ZHU YU

FX: Stops excess sweat & supports collapsed

A

Excess sweat c/b Devastated Yang & Collapsed Qi - (SHOCK)

For mistakenly inducing sweating

73
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SHAN ZHU YU

FX: Tonifies & Augments LV & KD

A

LV & KD def s/s:
- lightheaded, dizzy, sore/weak low back/knees, impotence

tonifies essence and assists Yang

74
Q

MAI MEN DONG

Most suitable when cause is…

A

patho Warm-Dry or Dry that transforms into Fire - (can cool LU)

75
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SHAN ZHU YU

FX: Stabilizes menses & stops bleeding

A

excess uterine bleeding & menstruation c/b DEFICIENCY

note: this herb has weak effect on bleeding

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