Release exterior wind-heat

Question 1

Bò Hé botanical

Answer 1

Mentha haplocalyx

Question 2

Bò Hé channels

Answer 2

LU, LV, (ST)

Question 3

Bò Hé taste/temp

Answer 3

spicy, aromatic, cool

Question 4

Bò Hé fxn/indications

Answer 4

1. clears head, eyes, and throat (sore throat, fever, cough w/ colored mucus, allergies, HA)
2. release rash to surface (hives, poison oak, chicken pox)
3. smooths LV qi (stress, bad mood, emotional, HA, hypochondriac pain, acute mastitis)
4. cools ST heat (gas, indigestion, N/V/D)

Question 5

Bò Hé contras

Answer 5

1. nursing
2. yin def w/ heat
3. exterior def

Question 6

Chái Hú botanical

Answer 6

Bupleurum chinensis

hare’s ear root

Question 7

Chái Hú channels

Answer 7

LV, GB, SJ, PC

no LU

Question 8

Chái Hú taste/temp

Answer 8

spicy, bitter, sl cold

Question 9

Chái Hú fxn

Answer 9

release exterior, shao yang, reduce fever
smooth LV qi
raise yang (prolapse)
lower cholesterol

Question 10

Niú Bàng Zǐ botanical

Answer 10

Arctium lappa

burdock seeds

Question 11

Niú Bàng Zǐ channels

Answer 11

LU, ST

Question 12

Niú Bàng Zǐ taste/temp

Answer 12

spicy, bitter, cold

Question 13

Niú Bàng Zǐ fxn

Answer 13

release rash to surface
clear heat toxin
moisten intestines

Question 14

Chán Tuì botanical

Answer 14

Cryptotympana pustulata

cicada molting

Question 15

Chán Tuì channels

Answer 15

LU, LV

Question 16

Chán Tuì taste/temp

Answer 16

salty, sweet, cold

Question 17

Chán Tuì fxn

Answer 17

release W-H, clear head and eyes (fever, voice loss, red/swollen sore throat, sticky yellow phlegm)
release rash to surface
extinguish wind, stop spasms
CONTRA pregnancy

Question 18

Dàn Dòu Chǐ botanical

Answer 18

Glycine max

Fermented soybeans

Question 19

Dàn Dòu Chǐ channels

Answer 19

LU, ST

Question 20

Dàn Dòu Chǐ taste/temp

Answer 20

spicy, sweet, sl bitter, sl warm or sl cold

Question 21

Dàn Dòu Chǐ fxn

Answer 21

1. W-C or W-H, mainly used with mild symptoms (fever or chills, chest congestion)
2. insomnia, irritability/ vexation/ restlessness, hangover, N/V
   CONTRA nursing

Question 22

Sāng Yè botanical

Answer 22

Morus alba

White mulberry leaf

Question 23

Sāng Yè channels

Answer 23

LU, LV

Question 24

Sāng Yè taste/temp

Answer 24

sweet, bitter, cold

Question 25

Sāng Yè fxn

Answer 25

``` moistening clear LU heat clear LV heat + eyes cool blood + stop bleeding decrease cholesterol, BP, blood sugar ```

Question 26

Jú Huā botanical

Answer 26

Chrysanthemum morifolium

Question 27

Jú Huā channels

Answer 27

LU, LV

Question 28

Jú Huā taste/temp

Answer 28

sweet, bitter, sl cold

Question 29

Jú Huā fxn

Answer 29

clear LV heat + eyes pacify LV wind / LYR clear heat-toxin

Question 30

Màn Jīng Zǐ botanical

Answer 30

Vitex trifolia

Question 31

Màn Jīng Zǐ channels

Answer 31

LV, UB, ST | no LU

Question 32

Màn Jīng Zǐ taste/temp

Answer 32

spicy, bitter, cool

Question 33

Màn Jīng Zǐ fxn

Answer 33

clear heat, benefit eyes drain damp expel wind

Question 34

Gé Gēn botanical

Answer 34

Pueraria lobata | Kudzu root

Question 35

Gé Gēn channels

Answer 35

SP, ST | no LU

Question 36

Gé Gēn taste/temp

Answer 36

spicy, sweet, cool

Question 37

Gé Gēn fxn

Answer 37

``` relieve muscles nourish yin, alleviate thirst release rash to surface relieve diarrhea ascend clear qi (roasted) decrease BP + HTN ```

Question 38

Shēng Má botanical

Answer 38

Cimicifuga heracleifolia

Question 39

Shēng Má channels

Answer 39

LU, LI, SP, ST

Question 40

Shēng Má taste/temp

Answer 40

spicy, sweet, cool

Question 41

Shēng Má fxn

Answer 41

``` vent rash clear heat-toxin raise yang (prolapse) messenger herb: upward lowers BP ```

Question 42

Mù Zéi botanical

Answer 42

Equisetum hiemale

Question 43

Mù Zéi channels

Answer 43

LU, LV

Question 44

Mù Zéi taste/temp

Answer 44

sweet, bitter, NEUTRAL

Question 45

Mu Zei fxn

Answer 45

``` can relieve W-C or W-H benefits the eyes cool blood, stop bleeding reduces BP CONTRA pregnancy ```