Purge Fire, Cool Blood, Clear Summerheat

Question 1

heat clearing herbs temp

Answer 1

cool or cold
in general…
cool herbs clear heat
cold herbs purge fire

Question 2

clear heat & purge fire herbs (general)

Answer 2

• usually cold and bitter, or cold and sweet
• moderate to severe cases
• heat and fire affecting lungs, stomach, liver and heart

Question 3

clear heat & purge fire symptoms (general)

Answer 3

• 4 Bigs (big fever/aversion to heat, big thirst, big sweat, big pulse)
• Irritability, restlessness, delirium mania, insomnia, excess dreams
• red eyes, red face, scanty dark urine, constipation
• T: red body, yellow & dry coat
• P: big, forceful, rapid

Question 4

clear heat & cool blood (general)

Answer 4

• often cold and bitter, sweet or salty
• usually enter heart and liver channels
• some herbs also nourish yin & promote generation of body fluids
• enter ying and xue levels

Question 5

clear heat & cool blood symptoms (general)

Answer 5

• restlessness, irritability
• delirium, loss of consciousness or semi-consciousness
• bleeding from orifices, purpura (hemorrhages into the skin, mucous membranes, internal organs, and other tissues)

Question 6

summer heat herbs (general)

Answer 6

• Yang pathogenic factor that injures the yin
• Anti fever
• Anti inflammatory
• Anti microbial, detoxicant

Question 7

summer heat symptoms (general)

Answer 7

• Aversion to heat, Sweats
• Headache, acute fatigue
• Irritability, feverish dreams
• Scanty dark urine, Constipation or diarrhea
• Dry lips, Thirst
• skin sores, itchy
• P: rapid; T: red on sides and tip