Regulate the Qi

Question 1

What is the general taste and temperature of herbs in this category?

Answer 1

Acrid

Warm (drying)

Question 2

What are some typical clinical manifestations of Qi stagnation in the SP/ST,/LV, and Lungs?

Answer 2

SP/ST
- Reflux, vomiting, belching, gas, loss of appetite, constipation

LV
- Pain flank, depression, irritability, GYN issues

LU
- SOB, counter-flow of lung function

Question 3

What is counter-flow or rebellious Qi?

Answer 3

pain, bloating

Question 4

As future clinicians, what cautions should be exercised when breaking Qi?

Answer 4

• It should be severe condition

- Avoid deficient patients: elderly people, weaker people (constitutionally), postpartum moms

Question 5

Which herbs can break Qi?

Answer 5

Qing Pi (LV) (Citri Reticulatae Viride Pericarpium)
Zhi Shi (SP/ST) (Aurantii Fructus Immaturus)

Question 6

What demographics are potentially more vulnerable to Qi breaking herbs?

Answer 6

Elderly people
Constitutionally weak people
Postpartum mothers

Question 7

Which herbs are the most appropriate when the source of the Qi stagnation is emotionally based?

Answer 7

Qing Pi (Citri Reticulatae Viride Pericarpium)
Xiang Fu (Cyperi Rhizoma)
Chuan Lian Zi (Toosendan Fructus)

Question 8

What channel would correspond to that?

Answer 8

Liver

Question 9

Which herbs are the most appropriate when treating SP/ST pathologies?

Answer 9

Da Fu Pi (Areca Pericarpium)
Zhi Shi (Aurantii Fructus Immaturus)
Zhi Ke (Aurantii Fructus)

Question 10

Which herbs require special preparation when cooking in a decoction?

Answer 10

Xiang Fu (Cyperi Rhizoma) - Frying in vinegar increases the ability of this herb to enter the liver channel and alleviate pain
Frying in wine enables it to penetrate to all the channels.
Mu Xiang (Aucklandia Lappa) - decoct less than 5 mins (oily)
Chen Xiang (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum) - add it last min.
Tan Xiang (Santali Albi Lignum) - should be added near the end.
Ju Hong (Citri Grandis Exocarpium Rubrum) - should be crushed before serving.

Question 11

What are the major differences between Chen Pi and Ju Hong?

Answer 11

Ju Hong is more drying, warming, and aromatic than Chen Pi. Less harmonizing the middle and regulating the SP and ST.
(Ju Hong is used for vomiting and belching, and for treating phlegm-damp coughs.)

Question 12

Which herbs can be used to treat LV channel stagnation?

Answer 12

Qing Pi (Citri reticulatae Viride Pericarpium)
Xiang Fu (Cyperi Rhizoma)

Question 13

Does Mu Xiang tonifies SP like herbs such as Ren Shen and Dang Shen?

Answer 13

No, Mu Xiang strengthens Spleen.

Question 14

Which herbs commonly used to treat menstrual pain and also be used to regulate the menstruation?

Answer 14

Xiang Fu (Cyperi Rhizoma)

Question 15

What does it mean to regulate the menstruation?

Answer 15

Xiang Fu (Cyperi Rhizoma) soothes and spreads the LV channel so that it treats dysmenorrhea.