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1
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Má Huáng botanical

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Ephedra sinica

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Má Huáng channels

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LU, UB

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Má Huáng taste/temp

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spicy, sl bitter, warm

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Symptoms of exterior excess wind-cold

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    • chilled/cold > fever
    • clear mucus: runny nose, eyes, throat
    • body aches: sore, tight or restricted neck, headache
    • cough w/ clear white mucus
    • throat: tickle, scratchy, irritated (not sore)
    • slight sweats (if qi deficient) or no sweats (if stronger)
    • P: floating (exterior), tight (cold); T: no change/thin white fur
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Release exterior W-C category cautions

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Cautions: yin def, qi def
Contras: erupted/oozing sores, bleeding (esp due to heat)

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Má Huáng fxn/indications

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  1. promotes sweating (cc w/ no sweats, body aches, joint pain, h/a, sinus congestion, skin disorders/dry skin?)
  2. circulate/descend LU qi (coughing, wheezing, asthma, bronchitis)
  3. promote urine and reduce edema due to excess
    Extra: uses HT energy to unblock people
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Má Huáng contras

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  1. Deficiency/easy sweating (only use w/ ppl who don’t sweat)
  2. pregnancy
  3. insomnia
  4. heart disease/HTN
    Note: low dose: 1.5 - 9 g
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Guì Zhī botanical

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Cinnamomum cassia

cinnamon twig

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Guì Zhī channels

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LU, UB, HT

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Guì Zhī taste/temp

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spicy, sweet, warm

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Guì Zhī fxn/indications

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  1. release exterior W-C (chills, sneezing, B/A, H/A)
  2. warms channels, expels cold (joint pain, cold arthritis)
  3. moves qi, blood, and damp (dysmenorrhea, PMS w/ cold, edema)
  4. assist HT yang, reduce pain (chest pain, poor circulation)
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Guì Zhī contras

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pregnancy, menses (although can take just before menses)

note: these people are unblocked/sweat easily

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Zǐ Sū Yè botanical

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Perilla frutescens

perilla leaf

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Zǐ Sū Yè channels

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LU, SP

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Zǐ Sū Yè taste/temp

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spicy, warm

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Zǐ Sū Yè fxn/indications

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  1. exterior W-C (cc w/ chills, sinus H/A, no sweat, cough)
  2. circulate middle jiao qi (poor/indigestion, abd distension/pain, low appetite, N/V, stomach flu)
  3. calm fetus and nausea (morning sickness, cold/qi stagnation in belly)
  4. seafood poisoning (staphylococcus antibiotic)
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Zǐ Sū Yè contras

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    • damp heat
    • diabetes
    • ext def w/ sweats ?)
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Shēng Jiāng botanical

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Zingiber officinale

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Shēng Jiāng channels

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LU, SP, ST

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Shēng Jiāng taste/temp

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spicy, slightly warm

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Shēng Jiāng fxn/indications

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  1. release exterior W-C, promote sweat (early stage cc)
  2. warms lungs, descends LU qi (cough, wheezing, clear white phlegm
  3. warms middle, alleviates nausea (N/V from pregnancy, chemo, sea sick)
  4. relieve poisoning (antibiotic for seafood, drug or herb tox)
  5. harmonize (“3 amigos”, adjust ying, wei)
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Shēng Jiāng contras

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heat

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Shēng Jiāng Pí fxn

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promotes urine and reduces edema

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Shēng Jiāng Pí taste/temp

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spicy, cool

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Shēng Jiāng Pí contras

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yin deficiency, diuretic drugs

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Xiāng Rú botanical

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Elsholzia splendens

aromatic madder

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Xiāng Rú channels

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LU, ST

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Xiāng Rú taste/temp

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spicy, aromatic, sl warm

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Xiāng Rú fxn/indications

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summer ma huang

  1. release exterior W-C, promote sweat (summertime cold/flu - HA, BA, NV, diarrhea)
  2. promotes urine, reduce dampness (edema, dysuria)
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Xiāng Rú contras/cautions

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  1. exterior def w/ sweating

2. drink decoction cool (otherwise may vomit)

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Jīng Jiè botanical

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Schizonepeta tenuifolia

Schizonepeta bud

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Jīng Jiè channels

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LU, LV

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Jīng Jiè taste/temp

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spicy, aromatic, warm

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Jīng Jiè fxn/indications

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  1. relieves exterior, expels hot or cold wind (cc, allergies, chills > fever, asthma, wheezing)
  2. alleviates itch and rash
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Jīng Jiè contras

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a little too spicy if the rashes have already erupted, opens up the skin, can cause additional cracking and bleeding

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Bái Zhǐ botanical

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Angelica dahurica

angelica root

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Bái Zhǐ channels

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LU, ST

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Bái Zhǐ taste/temp

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spicy, warm

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Bái Zhǐ fxn/indications

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  1. release exterior, stop pain (1/3 headache herbs (they’re alphabetical from front to back). Frontal HA; cc w/ sinus congestion)
  2. reduce damp, expel pus
  3. harmonize skin tone
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Bái Zhǐ contras

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  1. yin or blood def
  2. heat
  3. careful w/ western drugs, slows LV
41
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Gǎo Běn botanical

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Ligusticum sinense

Chinese lovage root

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Gǎo Běn channels

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LU, UB

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Gǎo Běn taste/temp

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spicy, sl bitter, warm

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Gǎo Běn fxn/indications

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  1. dispel W-C, stop pain (2/3 headache herb, vertex headache, migraines, nasal congestion, gynecological pain, fibroids)
  2. dispel wind-damp bi zheng (arthritis, low back pain, body aches)
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Gǎo Běn contras

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  1. heat

2. blood def headache

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Cāng Ěr Zǐ botanical

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Xanthium sibiricum

cocklebur fruit

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Cāng Ěr Zǐ channels

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LU

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Cāng Ěr Zǐ taste/temp

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spicy, bitter, sl toxic, warm

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Cāng Ěr Zǐ fxn/indications

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  1. expels wind, opens nose (sinus congestion, sinusitis, post-nasal drip, allergies, runny nose, rhinorrhea)
  2. dispel wind-damp bi zheng (headaches radiating from frontal to back of neck, arthritis)
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Cāng Ěr Zǐ contras

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  1. blood def headache
  2. pregnancy
  3. sl toxic - OD = N/V/D, liver damage
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Xīn Yí Huā botanical

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Magnolia biondii

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Xīn Yí Huā channels

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LU, ST

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Xīn Yí Huā taste/temp

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spicy, aromatic, warm

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Xīn Yí Huā fxn/indications

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expels wind, opens nose (sinus congestion, sinusitis, post-nasal drip, allergies, runny nose, rhinorrhea)

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Xīn Yí Huā contras

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  1. heat from yin def

2. pregnancy

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Cōng Bái botanical

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Allium fistulosum

spring onion

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Cōng Bái channels

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LU, ST

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Cōng Bái taste/temp

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spicy, warm

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Cōng Bái fxn/indications

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  1. release exterior (gentle for initial stages of common colds)
  2. dispel cold, circulate yang (yang deficient coldness, hypothermia, fainted, coma)
  3. reduce poisoning, swelling, parasites (sores, boils, pus, can use as a poultice for mosquito bites and bee stings)
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Cōng Bái contras/cautions

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  1. def w/ sweats

2. do not cook w/ honey

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Xì Xīn botanical

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Asarum heterotropoides

Asarum “wild ginger” root

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Xì Xīn channels

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LU, KD

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Xì Xīn taste/temp

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spicy, sl toxic, warm

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Xì Xīn fxn/indications

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  1. release W-C, stop pain (HA, BA)
  2. warm LU, transform cold-phlegm (asthma, white/clear mucus)
  3. open nasal passages
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Xì Xīn contras

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heat, def

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Qiāng Huó botanical

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Notopterygium incisum

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Qiāng Huó channels

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KD, UB

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Qiāng Huó taste/temp

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spicy, bitter, warm

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Qiāng Huó fxn/indications

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  1. release exterior, dispel cold (3/3 headache herbs. Occipital HA; body aches)
  2. release cold in channels, stop pain (upper body joint pain + body aches, shoulder blades, stiff neck, etc. Guides qi to tai yang and Du channel)
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Qiāng Huó contras

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blood and yin def

71
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Fáng Fēng botanical

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Saposhnikovia divaricata
(siler root)
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Fáng Fēng channels

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LV, SP, UB

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Fáng Fēng taste/temp

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spicy, sweet, sl warm

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Fáng Fēng fxn/indications

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  1. expel exterior wind (chills/fever, mild cc, body aches, headaches, eczema, rashes, stimulates sweating just a little bit)
  2. expel wind-damp pain (damp bi pain - arthritis, migraine, h/a, bodyache)
  3. expel wind, stop spasms (muscle spasms, trembling, tetany, restless leg, potential for preventing epilepsy)
  4. stop diarrhea (intestinal wind)
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Fáng Fēng contras

A

blood def; yin def w/ heat

OH 101 - Herbs (6 decks)

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