Release Exterior Cold Flashcards
What flavours are preferable in external wind cold conditions?
Pungent flavours
What should be done at the first stage of the pathogen in external wind-cold?
Simplify and reduce the diet.
Cut out mucus forming foods such as meat, bananas, raw foods, dairy and fatty foods
Drink lots of fluids and include herbs that release the exterior
What are some beneficial foods for wind-cold conditions?
Vegetables: garlic, spring onions
Drinks & Herbs: chilli, ginger, cinnamon, black pepper, chai tea
What foods should be avoided or reduced in wind-cold conditions?
Mucus forming foods e.g. meat, dairy and fatty foods
Excessively sour and astringent foods
What cooking methods should be used in exterior wind-cold?
Generally lightly cooked and plenty of fluids such as soups and teas
What culinary herbs should be used in exterior wind-cold?
Fresh ginger (sheng Jiang)
Cinnamon twig (gui zhi)
What are the herbal formulas for exterior cold?
Gui Zhi Tang
Xiao Qing Long Tang
What is Gui Zhi Tang?
- Gui Zhi
- Shao Yao
- Zhi Gan Cao
- Sheng Jiang
- Da Zao
What are the functions of Gui Zhi Tang?
- Releases the exterior
- Regulates nutritive (ying) qi and defensive (wei) qi
- Harmonises the Spleen and Stomach
What are the patterns / signs and symptoms of Gui Zhi Tang?
- Taiyang wind-attack pattern
- Exterior deficiency syndrome due to externally contracted wind-cold with the manifestations of headache, fever, sweating with aversion to cold, nasal hoarseness, retching, no thirst
- T: white tongue coating
- P: floating and weak
What are the cautions / contraindications for Gui Zhi Tang?
- Excess patterns, external cold with internal heat
- Wind or damp heat, internal heat and yin xu
What is the dosage of Gui Zhi Tang?
Decoct all ingredients for oral administration
What is Xiao Qing Long Tang?
- Ma Huang
- Gui Zhi
- Bai Shao
- Zhi Gan Cao
- Gan Jiang
- Xi Xin
- Ba Xia
- Wu Wei Zi
What are the functions of Xiao Qing Long Tang?
- Release external wind-cold
- Warms the Lung
- Resolve Phlegm-dampness
What are the patterns, signs and symptoms of Xiao Qing Long Tang?
- Chills and fever without sweating, body aches, panting, cough with excessive copious phlegm, unable to lay flat, body oedema
- T: white and greasy coat
- P: floating