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Single Herbs, AFEA, by Amanda Flashcards

To know all the single herbs

1
Q

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

A

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?

A

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?

A

Stablize and Bind

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5
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What does Sang piano xiao

Mantis Egg Case do?

A

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

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6
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What stabilize and bind herb can be used topically for corns and warts?

A

Wu mei

Prune

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7
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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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8
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What does Wu Mei prune do?

A 
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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9
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What stabilize and bind herb contains leakage of LU qi and quiets spirit?

A

Wu Wei Zi Schizandra

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What Stabilize and Bind herb enters the Heart?

A

Wu Wei Zi Schizandra

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11
Q

What two herbs Extinguish Wind?

A

Tian ma gastrodia

Gou teng uncaria

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What extinguish wind herb alleviates pain for wind damp bi?

A

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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14
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What 4 herbs Stabilize and Bind?

A

Shan zhu yu cornus Dogwood fruit

We Mei prune

Sang piano xiao mantis egg case

Wu wei zi schizandra

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15
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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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16
Q

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?

A

Zhi mu anemarrhena

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17
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Which Clear Heat, Drain Fire herb also focuses on dampness?

A

Zhi zi Gardenia

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18
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What 2 herbs Clear Heat and Cool Blood?

A

ShEng di huang rehmannia

Mu dan pi tree peony

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19
Q

Which Clear Heat, cool blood nourishes the yin?

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ShEng di huang rehmannia

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20
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What Clear heat, cool blood herb invigorates the blood and drains pus?

Not for pregnancy

A

Mu dan pi tree peony

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21
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Huang bai phellodendron,
Huang lian coptis,
Huang qin scutellaria,
Long dan cao gentiana

All belong to what category?

A

Clear Heat, Dry damp

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22
Q

Clear Heat Dry Damp herb for lower burner?

Enters KI and BL

A

Huang bai phellodendron

B for Bottom

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23
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Clear Heat Dry Damp herb for middle burner?

Enters HEART, ST, LV, Lg Int

A

Huang lian coptis

bai, lian, qin

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24
Q

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

Enters LUNG, Lg Int, GALLBLADDER, ST

A

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

A

Long dan cao gentiana

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26
Q

What herbs settle and calm the spirit and anchor the Shen?

A

Mu li Oyster Shell

Long gu Dragon Bone

Bai zi ren Biota seed

Suan zao ren zizyphus Wild jujube seed

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27
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Which Settle and Calm Spirit, Anchor Shen herb is SOUR?

A

Suan zao ren zizyphus Wild jujube seed

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28
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Which Settle and Calm Spirit, Anchor Shen herb helps with night sweats?

A

Bai zi ren Biota seed

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29
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Which Settle and Calm Spirit, Anchor Shen herb can be used topically for non-healing sore or ulcers?

A

Long gu Dragon Bone

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30
Q

What is the the herb used to relieve food stagnation?

A

Shen qu massa fermenta

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31
Q

What herbs help Regulate Qi?

A

Chen Pi Tangerine Peel

Mu Xiang Aucklandia/saussurea

Xiang fu Cyprus

Zhi ke aurantium Bitter Orange

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32
Q

What Regulate Qi herb also regulates the Menses?

It spreads LV Qi

A

Xiang fu cyperus

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33
Q

What herb is added to pills to increase mineral absorption?

A

Shen qu massa fermenta

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34
Q

What Regulate Qi herb also prevents stagnation?

A

Mu Xiang Aucklandia/saussurea

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35
Q 
Gui zhi cinnamon twig,
Sheng jiang ginger,
Ma huang ephedra, 
Jing jie schizonepeta,
Fang feng ledobouriella
A

Warm, Acrid, Release Exterior

W.A.R.E

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36
Q

Which W.A.R.E herb resolves toxicity from seafood (and Fu Zi aconite and Ban Xia pinellia)

A

Sheng jiang Ginger

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37
Q

Which W.A.R.E herb unblocks yang qi from chest?

Not for pregnancy

A

Gui zhi Cinnamon Twig

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38
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Which W.A.R.E herbs sweet and relieves spasms?

A

Fang Feng ledebouriella

flicks away damp and wind

39
Q

Which W.A.R.E herb vents rashes and alleviates itching?

A

Jing Jie Schizonepeta

40
Q 
Dang shen Codonopsis,
Da zao dates (jujube)
Bai zhu atractylodes
Huang qi Astragalus
Shan yao dioscorea
Gan cao licorice
41
Q

Which Tonify Qi herb can cause high Blood pressure (hypothyroidism)

A

Gan cao licorice

42
Q

What Tonify Qi herb is also 50% of a Transportation and Transformation for damp?

A

Bai zhu atractylodes

43
Q

What Tonify Qi herb helps stabilize and bind essence?

Such as frequent urination or vaginal discharge

A

Shan yao Dioscorea

44
Q

Tonify Qi herb for post partum and stabilize exterior?

A

Huang qi Astragalus

45
Q

Which herbs Tonify Yang?

A

Yin Yang huo epimedium

Du Zhong eucommia

46
Q

Which Tonify Yang herb also calms the fetus and strengthen the sinew and bone?

A

Du Zhong eucommia

47
Q

Which Tonify Yang herb also expels Wind Cold Dampness?

A

Yin Yang huo

epimedium

48
Q

What does a person with deficient Yang look like?

A

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

49
Q

How do you treat Deficient Yang?

A

Warm interior and Tonify yang

50
Q

How do you get yang deficiency?

A

From Qi deficiency, cold diet, stuck pathogen or a prone to cold person

51
Q

Bai Shao Peony is in what category?

A

Tonify Blood

52
Q

What category is Shu di Huang rehmannia in?

A

Tonify Blood

53
Q

Which Tonify blood herb is also 50% a Tonify yin herb?

only one to enter the KI

A

Shu di Huang rehmannia

54
Q

Which Tonify Blood herb regulates the menses AND curbs LV yang?

A

Bai Shao Peony

55
Q

Which two herbs are all-stars for spasm pain?

A

Bai Shao Peony and Gan Cao Licorice

56
Q

Which Tonify Blood herb regulates menses AND moistens intestines?

Enters LV, HT, SP

A

Dang Gui Angelica

57
Q

Which Tonify blood herb also calms the Shen by tonifiying and augmenting Qi of HT and SP?

A

Long Yan rou longan fruit

58
Q

What does a patient look like with Blood Stagnation?

A

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

59
Q

What category is Chi shao red peony in?

A

Invigorate Blood

60
Q

What category is Chuan Xin Ligusticum in?

A

Invigorate Blood

61
Q

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?

A

Invigorate Blood

62
Q

Which Invigorate Blood herb also can be used topically for bed sores?

A

Hong hua Carthamus Safflower

63
Q

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

A

Hong hua Carthamus

Safflower

64
Q

What Invigorate Blood herb enters the PC?

A

Dan Shen Salvia

red sage root

65
Q

Which invigorate Blood herb clears damp heat in lower burner and induces down movement of blood and fire?

A

Niu xi achyranthis

Huai- prepared
Chaun-unprepared

66
Q

Which Invigorate Blood herb enters both Metal elements (Lung and Lg Int) and it unblocks the bowels?

A

Tao ren Persica

67
Q

Which Invigorate Blood herb also expels wind and alleviates pain?

A

Chuan xiong Ligusticum

68
Q

What does Wind Heat look like in a patient?

A

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

69
Q

Sheng ma cimicifuga

Chai hu Bupleurum

Bo He Mint

Belong to what category?

A

C.A.R.E

Cold Acrid Release Exterior

70
Q

Which C.A.R.E herb vents measles?

A

Sheng ma cimicifuga

71
Q

Which C.A.R.E herb expels turbid filth but may also reduce lactation?

A

Bo He

Mint

72
Q

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?

A

Chai Hu Bupleurum

73
Q

How do you treat True Cold/Full Cold?

A

Warm Interior and Expel Cold

74
Q

What does a patient look like with True Cold/Full Cold?

A

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

75
Q

What does (internal) damp look like in a patient?

A

focal abdomen distention, nausea, vomit, diarrhea, jaundice, painful urinary dribbling, edema of lower extremities

76
Q

What does (external) damp look like in a patient?

A

Chills and fever, feeling of distention in head, heaviness in body, stiffness and pain in joints

77
Q

Hou po Magnolia Bark

Cang zhu Atractylodes

Are in what category?

A

Aromatic Transform Dampness

78
Q

Jie gang platycodon

Ban Xia Pinellia

Are in what category?

A

Transform (cold) Phlegm

79
Q

Which herb transforms phlegm and stops cough?

A

Xing ren Apricot Seed

80
Q

Fu shen Poria
Fu ling Poria
Ze xie Alisma

Belong to what category?

A

Drain Damp

81
Q

What drain damp herb is good for plantar warts?

A

Ze xie Alisma

82
Q

Which Aromatic Transform Damp herb induces sweat and improves vision (night blindness)?

A

Cang zhu Atractylodes

83
Q

Which Aromatic Transform Damp herb drys damp AND transforms phlegm AND calms wheezing?

A

Hou Po Magnolia

84
Q

Which transform phlegm herb directs rebellious qi?

A

Ban xia Pinellia

85
Q

Wu zhu yu Evodia
Rou gui cinnamon
Fu zi aconite
Gan jiang dried ginger

are in what category?

A

Warm Interior, Expel cold

86
Q

Which warm interior, expel cold herb relieves Yang?

A

Fu zi Aconite

87
Q

Which warm interior, expel cold herb redirects rebellious qi and stops diarrhea

A

Wu zhu yu Evodia

88
Q

Which warm interior, expel cold herb rescues devastated Yang?

A

Gan jiang

Dried Ginger

89
Q

These two herbs harmonize yin, yang, qi and blood. Stop pain, regulate SP and ST

A

Bai Shao Peony

Gui Zhi Cinnamon Twig

90
Q

All star combo: One supplements while the other drains, combined they reinforce each other and supplement the spleen and dry damp

A

Bai Zhu Atractylodes

Fu Ling Poria

91
Q

Which two all star herbs nourish LV and HT and tranquilize the heart

A

Bai zi ren biota seed

suan zao ren ziziphus seed

92
Q

All star combo that moves qi and quickens blood. nourish the blood without producing stasis and stop pain by dispelling any stasis.

A

Chuan coing ligusticum

Dang gui angelica

93
Q

All star combo that clear heat and transforms phlegm, disinhibits the throat

A

Gan Cao Licorice

Jie gang platycodon

94
Q

All star combo: Move defensive qi and nourish constructive qi. Fortify the Spleen and harmonize middle jiao

A

Sheng jiang ginger

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