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What Category is Shan zhu yu cornus Dogwood fruit/cornelian cherry in?

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Stabilize and Bind

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What two channels does

Shan zhu yu cornus Dogwood fruit/cornelian cherry AND Sang piano xiao Mantis Egg Case enter?

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KI and LV

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What does Shan zhu yu cornus Dogwood fruit/cornelian cherry do?

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Stabilize KI and secure essence:for leakage of fluid

Stop Excessive sweating and support collapse

Tonify LV and KI

STABLIZE THE MENSES and stop bleeding due to deficiency

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Sang piano xiao
Mantis Egg Case

What category?

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Stablize and Bind

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What does Sang piano xiao

Mantis Egg Case do?

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Tonify KI, assists Yang, secures essence, CONTAINS URINE- dribbling, leukorrhea etc

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What stabilize and bind herb can be used topically for corns and warts?

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Wu mei

Prune

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What channels does Wu Mei prune enter?

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All the L’s (Lg Int, LV, LU) and SP

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What does Wu Mei prune do?

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Inhibits leakage of LU qi and stop cough,
Generates fluid and alleviate thirst,
Expel roundworm and alleviate pain, 
bind up intestines and stop diarrhea,
stops bleeding,
topically for corns and warts
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What stabilize and bind herb contains leakage of LU qi and quiets spirit?

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Wu Wei Zi Schizandra

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What Stabilize and Bind herb enters the Heart?

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Wu Wei Zi Schizandra

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What two herbs Extinguish Wind?

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Tian ma gastrodia

Gou teng uncaria

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What extinguish wind herb alleviates pain for wind damp bi?

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Tian ma gastrodia

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What extinguish wind herb alleviates spasms and used for LV fire?

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Gou teng uncaria

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What 4 herbs Stabilize and Bind?

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Shan zhu yu cornus Dogwood fruit

We Mei prune

Sang piano xiao mantis egg case

Wu wei zi schizandra

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Zhi mu anemarrhena,
zhi zi gardenia,
Shi Gao gypsum

Belong to what category?

A

Clear Heat, Drain Fire

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All Clear Heat, Drain fire herbs enter the ST and LU. What Clear Heat, Drain Fire herb also enters the KI to Tonify the yin?

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Zhi mu anemarrhena

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Which Clear Heat, Drain Fire herb also focuses on dampness?

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Zhi zi Gardenia

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What 2 herbs Clear Heat and Cool Blood?

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ShEng di huang rehmannia

Mu dan pi tree peony

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Which Clear Heat, cool blood nourishes the yin?

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ShEng di huang rehmannia

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What Clear heat, cool blood herb invigorates the blood and drains pus?

Not for pregnancy

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Mu dan pi tree peony

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Huang bai phellodendron,
Huang lian coptis,
Huang qin scutellaria,
Long dan cao gentiana

All belong to what category?

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Clear Heat, Dry damp

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Clear Heat Dry Damp herb for lower burner?

Enters KI and BL

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Huang bai phellodendron

B for Bottom

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Clear Heat Dry Damp herb for middle burner?

Enters HEART, ST, LV, Lg Int

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Huang lian coptis

bai, lian, qin

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Clear Heat Dry Damp herb for upper burner and calms fetus?

Enters LUNG, Lg Int, GALLBLADDER, ST

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Huang qin scutellaria

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Which Clear Heat Dry damp herb enters GB, LV (and ST) and drains damp heat from LV/GB
Long dan cao gentiana
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What herbs settle and calm the spirit and anchor the Shen?
Mu li Oyster Shell Long gu Dragon Bone Bai zi ren Biota seed Suan zao ren zizyphus Wild jujube seed
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Which Settle and Calm Spirit, Anchor Shen herb is SOUR?
Suan zao ren zizyphus Wild jujube seed
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Which Settle and Calm Spirit, Anchor Shen herb helps with night sweats?
Bai zi ren Biota seed
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Which Settle and Calm Spirit, Anchor Shen herb can be used topically for non-healing sore or ulcers?
Long gu Dragon Bone
30
What is the the herb used to relieve food stagnation?
Shen qu massa fermenta
31
What herbs help Regulate Qi?
Chen Pi Tangerine Peel Mu Xiang Aucklandia/saussurea Xiang fu Cyprus Zhi ke aurantium Bitter Orange
32
What Regulate Qi herb also regulates the Menses? It spreads LV Qi
Xiang fu cyperus
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What herb is added to pills to increase mineral absorption?
Shen qu massa fermenta
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What Regulate Qi herb also prevents stagnation?
Mu Xiang Aucklandia/saussurea
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``` Gui zhi cinnamon twig, Sheng jiang ginger, Ma huang ephedra, Jing jie schizonepeta, Fang feng ledobouriella ```
Warm, Acrid, Release Exterior | W.A.R.E
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Which W.A.R.E herb resolves toxicity from seafood (and Fu Zi aconite and Ban Xia pinellia)
Sheng jiang Ginger
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Which W.A.R.E herb unblocks yang qi from chest? Not for pregnancy
Gui zhi Cinnamon Twig
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Which W.A.R.E herbs sweet and relieves spasms?
Fang Feng ledebouriella | flicks away damp and wind
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Which W.A.R.E herb vents rashes and alleviates itching?
Jing Jie Schizonepeta
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``` Dang shen Codonopsis, Da zao dates (jujube) Bai zhu atractylodes Huang qi Astragalus Shan yao dioscorea Gan cao licorice ```
Tonify Qi
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Which Tonify Qi herb can cause high Blood pressure (hypothyroidism)
Gan cao licorice
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What Tonify Qi herb is also 50% of a Transportation and Transformation for damp?
Bai zhu atractylodes
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What Tonify Qi herb helps stabilize and bind essence? Such as frequent urination or vaginal discharge
Shan yao Dioscorea
44
Tonify Qi herb for post partum and stabilize exterior?
Huang qi Astragalus
45
Which herbs Tonify Yang?
Yin Yang huo epimedium Du Zhong eucommia
46
Which Tonify Yang herb also calms the fetus and strengthen the sinew and bone?
Du Zhong eucommia
47
Which Tonify Yang herb also expels Wind Cold Dampness?
Yin Yang huo | epimedium
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What does a person with deficient Yang look like?
Diarrhea (watery, or cock's crow), cold weak low back or knees, tiredness, lack energy, sluggish digestion, shiny and pale face Tongue: pale, very swollen/puffy, thin white coat, wet Pulse: deep and slow, weak
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How do you treat Deficient Yang?
Warm interior and Tonify yang
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How do you get yang deficiency?
From Qi deficiency, cold diet, stuck pathogen or a prone to cold person
51
Bai Shao Peony is in what category?
Tonify Blood
52
What category is Shu di Huang rehmannia in?
Tonify Blood
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Which Tonify blood herb is also 50% a Tonify yin herb? | only one to enter the KI
Shu di Huang rehmannia
54
Which Tonify Blood herb regulates the menses AND curbs LV yang?
Bai Shao Peony
55
Which two herbs are all-stars for spasm pain?
Bai Shao Peony and Gan Cao Licorice
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Which Tonify Blood herb regulates menses AND moistens intestines? Enters LV, HT, SP
Dang Gui Angelica
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Which Tonify blood herb also calms the Shen by tonifiying and augmenting Qi of HT and SP?
Long Yan rou longan fruit
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What does a patient look like with Blood Stagnation?
Dry mouth with no desire to drink subjective sensation of fullness in lower abdomen, dry discolored skin, immobile masses, abscesses and ulcers, loss or brittle hair, purple lips Tongue: purple spots or darkish Pulse: choppy, submerged, tight or wiry
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What category is Chi shao red peony in?
Invigorate Blood
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What category is Chuan Xin Ligusticum in?
Invigorate Blood
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Niu xi achyranthis Tao Ren Persica Peach Seed Hong hua carthamus safflower Chuan Xiong ligusticum Chi shao Peony Red Peony Dan Shen Salvia Red Sage root Are in what category?
Invigorate Blood
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Which Invigorate Blood herb also can be used topically for bed sores?
Hong hua Carthamus Safflower
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This herb is used in small doses it Harmonizes the Blood. If used in large doses it dispels blood stasis. Hint: in Invigorate Blood category
Hong hua Carthamus | Safflower
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What Invigorate Blood herb enters the PC?
Dan Shen Salvia | red sage root
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Which invigorate Blood herb clears damp heat in lower burner and induces down movement of blood and fire?
Niu xi achyranthis Huai- prepared Chaun-unprepared
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Which Invigorate Blood herb enters both Metal elements (Lung and Lg Int) and it unblocks the bowels?
Tao ren Persica
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Which Invigorate Blood herb also expels wind and alleviates pain?
Chuan xiong Ligusticum
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What does Wind Heat look like in a patient?
Severe Fever, mild chills, sore throat, aversion to heat, feeling warm/agitated, skin eruptions, dark urine Tongue: Sl. red with thin white/yellow coat Pulse: Floating or rapid Often from External pathogens in the summertime
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Sheng ma cimicifuga Chai hu Bupleurum Bo He Mint Belong to what category?
C.A.R.E | Cold Acrid Release Exterior
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Which C.A.R.E herb vents measles?
Sheng ma cimicifuga
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Which C.A.R.E herb expels turbid filth but may also reduce lactation?
Bo He | Mint
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Which C.A.R.E enters the Wood element (GB and LV) and resolves lesser yang (GB/TH) disorders and prolapse, hemorrhoids and vag discharge?
Chai Hu Bupleurum
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How do you treat True Cold/Full Cold?
Warm Interior and Expel Cold
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What does a patient look like with True Cold/Full Cold?
Cold limbs, profuse clear urine, strong intense abdominal pain, white limbs, abdomen, stringy white phlegm, nausea, diarrhea Tongue: pale Pulse: submerged (deep), thin (full and tight), slow
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What does (internal) damp look like in a patient?
focal abdomen distention, nausea, vomit, diarrhea, jaundice, painful urinary dribbling, edema of lower extremities
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What does (external) damp look like in a patient?
Chills and fever, feeling of distention in head, heaviness in body, stiffness and pain in joints
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Hou po Magnolia Bark Cang zhu Atractylodes Are in what category?
Aromatic Transform Dampness
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Jie gang platycodon Ban Xia Pinellia Are in what category?
Transform (cold) Phlegm
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Which herb transforms phlegm and stops cough?
Xing ren Apricot Seed
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Fu shen Poria Fu ling Poria Ze xie Alisma Belong to what category?
Drain Damp
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What drain damp herb is good for plantar warts?
Ze xie Alisma
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Which Aromatic Transform Damp herb induces sweat and improves vision (night blindness)?
Cang zhu Atractylodes
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Which Aromatic Transform Damp herb drys damp AND transforms phlegm AND calms wheezing?
Hou Po Magnolia
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Which transform phlegm herb directs rebellious qi?
Ban xia Pinellia
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Wu zhu yu Evodia Rou gui cinnamon Fu zi aconite Gan jiang dried ginger are in what category?
Warm Interior, Expel cold
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Which warm interior, expel cold herb relieves Yang?
Fu zi Aconite
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Which warm interior, expel cold herb redirects rebellious qi and stops diarrhea
Wu zhu yu Evodia
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Which warm interior, expel cold herb rescues devastated Yang?
Gan jiang | Dried Ginger
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These two herbs harmonize yin, yang, qi and blood. Stop pain, regulate SP and ST
Bai Shao Peony | Gui Zhi Cinnamon Twig
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All star combo: One supplements while the other drains, combined they reinforce each other and supplement the spleen and dry damp
Bai Zhu Atractylodes | Fu Ling Poria
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Which two all star herbs nourish LV and HT and tranquilize the heart
Bai zi ren biota seed | suan zao ren ziziphus seed
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All star combo that moves qi and quickens blood. nourish the blood without producing stasis and stop pain by dispelling any stasis.
Chuan coing ligusticum | Dang gui angelica
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All star combo that clear heat and transforms phlegm, disinhibits the throat
Gan Cao Licorice | Jie gang platycodon
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All star combo: Move defensive qi and nourish constructive qi. Fortify the Spleen and harmonize middle jiao
Sheng jiang ginger | Da Zao Dates

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