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Single Herbs AFEA for clinical test Flashcards

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Sheng di huang rehmannia

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Clear heat cool blood-

Cold bitter sweet

Clear heat cools blood for nutritive level high fever/thirst/scarlet tongue

Nourishes yin generates fluids

Relieves wasting and thirsting disorder

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Huang bai phellodendron

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Clear heat dry damp

Bitter and cold

Drains damp heat esp from lower Joao, diarrhea, vag discharge

Clears damp heat in legs and knees and feet

Drains kidney fire with yin xu like nocturnal emissions

Drains fire resolves toxicity like damp skin lesions
T: sticky yellow

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Zhi zi gardenia

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Clear heat drain fire from all 3 burners

Bitter and cold

Drains heat eliminates irritability: insomnia restlessness stifling chest fever

Drains damp heat middle burner and face

Cools blood resolves toxicity nosebleed blood in stool urine

Reduces swelling and moves blood stasis from trauma: use topically

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Zhi mu anemarrhena

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Clears heat drains fire from excess and from

Bitter and sweet and cold

Treats yang Ming stage or Qi: high fever, irritability, thirst, lu or st excessive heat, cough with expectoration

Moistens dryness enriches yin

Generates fluids clears heat

Ameliorates dryness of Toni dying or warming herbs

Nourishes yin of lu and st and KI

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Shi gao gypsum

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Clears heat drains fire

Acrid sweet very cold

Coldest herb

Main herb for yang Ming stage and Qi portion: high fever irritability, thirst, sweating 4 BIGS, red tongue yellow coat

Clears excess heat from lungs cough and wheezing

Clears blazing st fire: toothache headache

Eczema burns sores

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Long dan cao gentiana

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Clear heat dry damp

Bitter and cold

From liver and Gb: red swollen sore throat and eyes swollen painful ears sudden deafness

Drains damp heat in liver or gb esp lower burner pain swelling genitalia

Drains pacified excess liver fire headache red eyes

Clears wind liver heat: fever spasms convulsions

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Huang qin scutellaria

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Clear heat dry damp

Bitter and cold

Damp heat in stomach, diarrhea stifling chest upper burner problems

Clear heat resolves toxicity upper Joao high fever thirst cough irritability expectoration of thick yellow sputum hot sores

Stops bleeding

Calms fetus

Sedated liver yang red eyes, headache, irritability, bitter taste flushed face

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Huang lian coptis

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Clears heat dry damp

Bitter and cold

Middle Joao: vomiting or diarrhea, regurgitation

Drains fire resolves fire toxicity: high fever irritability disorientation delirium red tongue rapid pulse painful red eyes sore throat

Clears heat stops bleeding

Clears heat topically

Drains fire esp in ht or stomach

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Fang deny saposhnikov

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Warm acrid release exterior

Releases exterior and expels wind

Expels wind damp and alleviates pain

Expels wind and relieves spasms

For all wind disorders

SP, UB, LV

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Sheng huang freewheeling ginger

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Warm acrid release exterior

Releases exterior disperses cold

Warms middle burner stops vomiting

Warms lung and stops cough

Reduces toxicity of some herbs, seafood

Together with da zao jujube protects GI tract from other herbs and adjusts nutritive and protective Qi

St, SP, LU

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Fu zi aconite

Zhi fu zi prepared aconite

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Warms interior and expel cold

For devastated yang: diarrhea, chills, cold extremities, faint pulse.

Hottest herb

Restores yang

Warms fire

Assists yang

Warms SP, HT,KI

Toxic

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Ha huang ephedra

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Warm acrid release exterior

UB, LU

Induces sweating releases ex
Facilitates lu movement controls wheezing

Promotes urination reduces edema

Warms and dispels cold pathogens

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Jing jie schozonepeta

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Warm acrid release exterior

Releases Ext and dispels wind

Vents rashes and alleviates itching

Stops bleeding charred form

LU, LR

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GUI zhi cinnamon I

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Warm acrid release exterior

LU, HT, UB

Releases Ext and assist yang for WC exterior both xu and excess

Warms unblocks channels and collaterals

Assists ht yang and unblocks yang Qi of chest

Warms channels vessels and collaterals removes painful stagnation and regulate menses

Warms middle directs turbid yin down

Balance nutritive and protective Qi together with bai shao

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Sheng ma cimicifuga black cohosh

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Cool acrid release exterior

Discharges exterior and vents measles

LI,ST, SP, LU

Clears heat resolves toxicity

Raises yang Qi and lifts sunken

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Chai hi bupleurum

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GB, LV, PC, TE

Cool acrid release exterior

Resolves lesser yang stage disorders reduces fever: alternative fever and chills, pain lower back, bitter taste, stifling chest, heat from xu

Spreads liver Qi relieves constraint: dizziness vertigo chest flank pain emotional instability menstrual problems

Liver spleen disharmony

Raises yang Qi clears Qi of stomach and GB, moves everything outward

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Bo he mint

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Cool acrid release exterior

LIver, LU

Disperses wind heat clears and benefits head, eyes, throat
Vents rashes

Unconstrains liver Qi

Expels turbid filth: sommerheat gastric disturbance with abs pain N/V greasy and yellow T

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Mu dan pi Moutan tree peony root bark

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Clear heat cool blood

hT, KI, Liver

Clears heats cools blood: from blood level heat

Not as hard on SP to T and T

Clears fire from yin xu in absence of sweating

Clears ascending liver fire headache eye pain, flank pain, flushing, dysmenorrhea

Drains out and reduces swelling topically

“Lurking fire or steaming bones disorder

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Ze zie alismatis water plantain

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Drain dampness

UB, KI

Sweet bland cold

Promotes urination

Edema, painful UTI

Leaches out damp from stagnation: edema and urinary difficulty and diarrhea and dizziness. Damp heat lower burner

Settle ministerial fire in kidneys by draining damp heat in lower burner: spermatorrhea

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Fu ling poria

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Drain dampness

KI, sp, lu, ht

Promotesburination and leaches out damp

Strengthens spleen harmonizes and balance middle burner

Strengthens spleen and transforms phlegm

Quiets heart calms spirit

Together with fu shen for heart calms spirit

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Gan jiang dried ginger

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Hot hot hot

Warm interior expel cold

Warms middle and expels cold

ST, SP,LU, HT

Rescues devastated yang and expels interior cold weak pulse cold limbs

Warms lungs and transforms thin mucus thin sputum

Warms channels and stops bleeding from xu, uterine bleeding and chronic hemorrhage

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Rou GUI cinnamon Bark

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Warm interior and expel cold

Hot herb

Fortifies kidney and spleen yang and heart yang: aversion to cold weak back impotence frequent urination KI not grasping the lu Qi, and pain and cold reduced appetite, diarrhea from KI and sp waning yang

Leads fire back to source principal herb for upwards floating of yang: flushed face wheezing cold extremities xu pulse heat above and cold below

Encourages Qi and blood generation and used a lot with Qi and blood tonics

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Hou po Magnolia Bark

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Aromatic Transform Damp

LU, LI, ST, SP

Phlegm in ST and LI, stuffy face and sinuses

Resolves stagnation, promotes movement in middle burner, moves qi down, dries damp, reduces phlegm and calms wheezing

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Cang zhu atractylodes

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Black atractylodes
Aromatic transform Damp

ST, SP
Dries damp
Strengthens SP
Induces sweating, dispels wind damp
Clears damp heat from lower jiao
Improves vision
GREY BAI SHU - TONIFIES QI SO AFFECTS SPLEEN ALSO
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Niu Xi Achyranthis

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Invigorates Blood
KI, LR

Achey ranthis: lower burner damp heat: knee pain, lower back, painful obstruction, vag discharge

Invigorates blood and dispels blood stasis, dysmenorrhena, amenorrhea, retained luo his, post traumatic pain

Movement DOWN of blood and fire for chaotic hot blood in upper burner or yin xu with ascending fire like nosebleed, vomiting blood, toothaches, bleeding gums, dizzy, HA, blurred vision due to ascendant liver yang

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Tao Ren Persia peach kernel

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Invigorate Blood

Sweet bitter neutral

Breaks up blood stasis: menstrual disorders, abd pain, traumatic injury, flank pain,
Stops cough and wheezing
Moistens intestines and unblocks bowels

LR, LU, LI, HT

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Dan Shen Salvia Root

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LR, HT, PC

Invigorates blood

Bitter, cold

Invigorates blood, dispels stasis, tonifies blood
Clears heat and soothes irritability
Cools blood and reduces abscesses

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Chen Pi Tangerine Peel

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Regulates qi

ST, LU, SP

Regulates qi
Adjusts middle
Relieves diaphragm
Dries damp, transforms phlegm

Helps prevent stagnation because can be used with cloying herbs to prevent stag

For abd distention, belching, N/V, directs qi down, cough with sputum, damp turbidity in middle with stifling check,

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Mu Xiang Aucklandia

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REgulate Qi

Acrid, bitter, warm

Moves qi and stops pain: sp or st stagnant qi, lack of appetite, N/V
Relieves stagnant liver and GB qi: flank pain, distention
Adjusts and regulates stagnant qi in intestines: diarrhea, tenesmus
STrengthens sp and prevents stagnation: lessens side effects of other herbs, useful when SP T and T is weak

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Xiang Fu Cyperus nut grass

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Regulate qi

Acrid, sl bitter, sl sweet, neutral

Spreads and regulates LR qi: hypochondriac pain, epigastrium distention
Regulates menses and alleviates pain: facilitates flow

When qi stag affects menses, or hernia

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Zhi Ke or Zhi Qiao aurantis bitter orange

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Regulate qi

Bitter, acrid, sl cold

ST, LI, SP

Promotes movement of qi for qi stag in cough, distention, constipation
Like zhi shi auranti but gentler

So earth colored SP and ST and LI moves qi in digestive tract, cold and bitter so intestine, phlegm stagnant in chest, diarrhea and cramping, raises prolapse

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Bai Zhu Atractylodes whole thing

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Tonify qi

Bitter sweet warm

ST SP

Tonifies sp and augments qi: diarrhea, fatigue, lack of appetite
Dries damp and promotes water metabolism: edema, reduced urination

Stabilizes exterior and stops sweating: sweating spontaneously from qi stag.

CALMS FETUS:

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Da Zao Jujuba Fructus Chinese Dates

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ST SP

Tonify qi

Sweet, warm

Tonifies spleen and augments qi: weakness, SOB, lassitude, reduced appetite, loose stools from ST/SP xu,
Nourishes blood and calms spirit: emotional lability due to restless organ disorder
Moderates and harmonizes harsh properties of other herbs

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Dang Shen Codonopsis

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SP, LU

Tonify qi

Tonifies middle burner and augments qi: no appetite, fatigue, tired limbs, diarrhea, vomiting

Tonifies Lungs: chronic cough, SOB

Use with herbs that release exterior or drain down when significant qi XU: supports the normal while others expel the pathogen

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Gan Zao Licorice Root

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All 12 channels

LU, ST, SP, HT

Sweet, neutral, or warm dry fried

Tonifies SP and augments qi: SOB, lassitude, loose stools, irregular pulse, palpitations
Moistens LU and stops cough
Moderates spasms and alleviates pain:
Clears heat and relieve fire toxicity: sore throat

Antidotes for toxic substances
Moderates the harmonizes characteristics other herbs

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Huang Qi Astragalus Milkvetch Root

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Tonify qi

LU, SP
Sweet, sl warm

Tonifies qi and blood
Tonifies SP and LU qi and raises yang: no appetite, fatigue, diarrhea, SP qi XU, sinking and collapse of middle qi
Augments protective qi and stabilizes exterior, for sweating, frequent colds, SOB

Promotes urination and reduces edema
Discharges pus and generates flush

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Ren Shen Ginseng

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Tonify qi

SP, LU
Sweet sl bitter/warm

Powerfully tonifies primal qi: SOB, Shallow breathing, cold limbs, profuse sweating, weak pulse
Tonifies LU and augments qi: SOB, kidneys not grasping qi
Strengthens SP and tonifies ST: lethargy, no appetite, diarrhea, prolapse
Generates fluids stops thirst
Benefits HT qi and calms s;poria
Stops heavy bleeding

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Shan Yao Dioscorea Chinese Yam

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KI, LU SP
Tonify qi

Tonifies and augments sp and st: diarrhea, fatigue, spontaneous sweating lack of appetite
Tonifies lung qi and augments lung yin: cough
Tonifies KI, secures essence and stabilizes and binds since herb is neutral and moistens, it benefits both yin and yang of LU and KI
SWEET NEUTRAL

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Bai Shao white peony

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Tonify Blood

LV, SP

Bitter, sour, mildly cold

Nourishes blood and regulates menses
Calms and curbs liver yang and alleviates pain and comforts liver: for flank or chest or abd pain, or HA and dizziness from ascending Liver yang
Preserves yin and adjusts nutritive and protective level: vaginal discharge, spontaneous sweating

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Dang Gui Angelica sinensis

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Tonify blood

The tail of the root is the moving part

SP, LV, HT
Sweet acrid warm

Tonifies blood regulates menses
Invigorates and harmonizes blood and disperses cold
Moistens intestines and unblocks bowels
Reduces swelling, expels pus, generates flesh, alleviates pain
Weakly treats cough

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Long Yan Rou Longan fruit

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Tonify Blood

HT, SP
Sweet warm

Tonifies and augments HT and SP
Nourishes blood
Calms Spirit

Insomnia, heart palpitations, forgetfulness, dizziness

Commonly used for excessive pensiveness or overwork. Can be taken as a tea

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Shu Di Huang Rehmannia prepared chinese foxglove

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Tonify Blood

HT, LR, KI
Sweet, sl warm

Tonifies blood and augments marrow: dizziness, uterine bleeding, insomnia, palpitations, postpartum bleeding, irregular menstruation

Nourishes Yin (LR and KI yin xu): weak low back and limbs, dizziness, tinnitus, tidal fevers, night sweats, nocturnal emissions

Strongly enriches yin and relieves wastering and thirsting disorder: esp for lower burner wasting

Nourishes Blood and tonifies the essence: delayed development during childhood, blunted affect, premature aging, premature aging, diminished mental acuity, graying of hair, importance, memory loss

43
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Bai Zi Ren platycodon seeds

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Nourish heart, calm spirit

HT, LI, KI

Sweet, neutral

Nourishes ht, calms spirit: irritability, insomnia, forgetfulness, palpitations with anxiety due to HT yin xu and insufficient blood, night terrors in children,

Moistens intestines and unblocks bowels: constipation in the elderly, debilitated or postpartum women due to blood or yin xu

Also used for night sweats due to yin xu

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Suan Zao Ren Ziziphus (sour Jujube) seed

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Nourish heart, calm spirit

HT, GB, LR, SP

Sweet, sour, neutral

Nourishes heart yin, augments liver blood, quiets spirit: irritability, insomnia, palpitations with anxiety from blood xu or yin xu

Prevents abnormal sweating

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Long Gu Fossilized dragon bone

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Anchor settle calm spirit
LV, KI, HT
Sweet, astringent, neutral (cook first when in Decoction s)

Prevents leakage of fluids

Settled anxiety and calms spirit

Calms liver, anchors and preserves floating yang: irritability, restlessness, dizziness, vertigo, blurred vision, bad temper due to liver yin xu with deficiency yang transgressing up

Prevents leakage of fluids: spermatorrhea, night sweats, spontaneous sweating, nocturnal emissions, vaginal discharge, uterine bleeding

Secures the normal qi

Topically for chronic non healing sores

46
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Mu Li Oyster Shell

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Anchor Settle Calm Spirit

KI, LV

Salty, astringent, cool

Heavily settles and calms spirit

Benefits yin and anchors floating yang: irritability, insomnia, dizziness, HA, tinnitus, burred vision, temper, red/flushed face

Prevents leakage of fluids: continuous sweat with steaming bone, aftermath of warm febrile disease. Astringent for spontaneous sweating, night sweats, nocturnal emissions, spermatorrhea, vaginal discharge, uterine bleeding

Softens hardness and dissipates nodules: various lumps, esp in neck

Absorbs acidity and alleviates pain: excessive ST pain with sour taste in mouth

47
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Mai Men Dong Ophiopogon tuber (mondo grass)

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Tonify Yin

HT, ST, LU

Sweet, sl bitter, sl cold

Moistens lungs and nourishes yin: hacking, dry cough, cough with thick sputum hard to expectorate, coughing up blood, can cool lungs

Augments ST yin and generates fluids: dry tongue and mouth

Clears Heart and eliminates irritability: irritability from yin xu, or warm heat pathogen disease at NUTRITIVE level, fever and irritability worse at night

Moistens intestines: constipations, dry mouth and irritability as in aftermath of fever or any yin xu pattern

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Jie Geng Platycodon balloon flower root

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Warm and transform phlegm cold

LU

Bitter, acrid, neutral

Opens up and disseminates lung qi and dispels phlegm, benefits throat: cough, wheeze with profuse sputum, throat pain, loss of voice.

Pushes out pus:

Opens up and raises lung qi while also directing the actions of other herbs to upper parts of the body: clears and drains upper burner or focuses formulas on upper parts of body

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Du Zhong Eucommia

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Tonify Yang

Sweet, slightly acrid, warm

LV, KI

Tonifies LR and KI
Strengthens sinews and bones: weak sore painful lower back and knees, fatigue, frequent urination

Aids smooth flow of qi and blood: promotes circulation,

Calms fetus: bleeding during pregnancy, prevents miscarriage, pregnant women with back pain

Hypertension from liver yang rising

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Wu Zhu Yu Evodia (pepper)

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Warm Interior and Expel Cold

LV, ST, SP

Acrid, bitter, sl toxic, hot

Warms middle and lower burners, disperses cold, promotes movement of qi, alleviates pain: liver and stomach channel disorders due to congealing cold or phlegm, HA, epigastrium pain with nausea, drooling, reduced taste, pale tongue, wiry pulse, cold bulging disorders in liver channel

Redirects rebellious qi down and stops vomiting

Warms spleen and stops diarrhea, expels damp cold

Leads fire downward: mouth and tongue sores, herb ground in powder and mixed with vinegar and placed on center

51
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Xi Shao Red Peony Root

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Invigorates blood

Liver, SP

Sour, bitter, sl cold

Invigorates blood and dispels blood stasis: dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, abdominal pain, fixed abdominal masses, pain and swelling from trauma, early stages or abscesses and boils

Clears heat and cools blood: fever, purple tongue, bleeding from chaotic hot blood,

Related to bai shao, which is also cool, tonifies BL and goes to Liver

52
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Yin Yang Hun Epimedia Goat Wort

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Tonify Yang

Acrid, sweet, warm

LIVER, KI

Tonifies kidney yang and fire at the gate of vitality: impotence, infertility, frequent urination, forgetfulness, withdrawal, painful and cold lower back and knees

Dispels wind cold damp and warms and unblocks the flow of yang qi: cramps and spasms in hands and feet, joint pain, numbness in extremities, contracture/numbness/hemiplagia following wind-stroke

Can injure yin

To increase libido

53
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Sang Piao Xian Mantis Egg Case

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KD, LR

Sweet salty neutral

Unscatter and stabilize shen

Tonifies KD yang
Constrains Kidney essence

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Shan Zhu Yu Corni Fructus (cornelian cherry)

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Stabilize and Bind

Liver, Kidney

Sour, sl warm

Stabilizes kidneys and secures essence: fluid leakage due to weak essence, excessive urination, incontinence, spermatorrhea, excessive sweating

Stops excessive sweating and supports the collapsed: excess sweating, esp with devastate yang and collapsed qi as in shock. Don’t use if trying to release exterior.

Tonifies and augments liver and kidneys and assist yang: liver and kidney xu with lightheadedness, dizziness, sore and weak low back and knees, impotence

Stabilizes menses and stops bleeding: xu patterns of excess, uterine bleeding, prolonged menses, weak effect on bleeding

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Wu Mei Mume Fructus (sour plum)

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Stabilize and bind

LI, SP, LU, LV

Sour astringent warm

Inhibits leakage of lung qi and stops coughing

Binds up intestine and stops diarrhea

Generates fluids and alleviates thirst

Expels roundworms and alleviates pain

Stops bleeding

Use as a plaster: corns and warts

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Wu Wei Zi Schisandra berry

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Stabilize and bind

KI, HT, LU

Sour, sweet warm

Contains leakage of lung qi and stops coughing

Tonifies kidneys, binds essence, stops diarrhea

Inhibits sweating, generates fluids

Don’t give if releasing the exterior

Quiets spirit while calming and containing the heart qi: palpitations, irritability, dream disturbed sleep, insomnia due to injury to blood and yin of heart and kidneys

57
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Shen Qu massa fermentation

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Relieve Food Stagnation

SP and ST

Sweet, acrid, warm

Reduces food stagnation, harmonizes stomach: cold stomach with food stabnation or accumulation with epigastric and abdominal fullness

Also added to pills containing minerals to aid their absorption and digestion

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Xing Ren Apricot Seed (da ren is peach kernel)

A

Relieve Cough and Wheeze

LI, LU

Bitter, sl toxic, sl warm

Stops coughing and calms wheezing

Moistens intestines and unblocks bowels

Oily seed: moistens intestines so not for diarrhea

Has cyanamide so LOW dose and short term

59
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Da Huang Rhubarb

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Downward draining, purgatives

Clearing heat and moving stool

HT, LV, ST, LI

Bitter and cold

Drains heat and purges accumulation
Drains fire
Clears heat and transforms damp, promotes urination
Drains heat from blood
Invigorates blood and dispels stasis
Reduces fire toxicity (internally or topically)

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Tian Ma Gastrodia

A

Extinguish Wind Stop Tremors

Subdue Yang

Liver

Sweet neutral

Calms liver, extinguishes wind and controls spasms and tremors

Treating internal stirring of liver wind from heat or cold

Extinguishes wind and alleviates pain: HA, dizziness, migraines, wind stroke, numb extremities

Disperse painful obstruction:

Gastrodia and Uncaria Decoction to relieve wind (wind-stroke)

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Gou Teng Uncaria

A

Extinguish Wind, Stop Tremors
Subdue Yang

PC, Liver
Sweet, sl cold

Extinguishes wind and alleviates spasms: internal stirring of liver wind: tremors/seizures/eclampsia

Drains liver heat and pacified liver yang: HA, irritability, red eyes, dizziness, hypertension

Releases exterior: fever, HA, red eyes

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Chuan Xiong Ligusticum (lovage Root)

A

Invigorate Blood

Acrid warm
LV, GB, PC

Invigorates blood and promotes movement of qi: blood stasis patterns, important Gino herb

Expels wind and alleviates pain: leading herb for any exterior wind disorder: HA, dizziness, painful obstruction, skin problems from wind

Stops pain, esp for HA: wind, heat, cold, blood xu causes

63
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Hong Hua Safflower

A

Invigorate Blood

Liver HT

Acrid, warm

Invigorates blood, dispels stasis and esp good at unblocking menstruation: amenorrhea, abdominal pain, pp dizziness, retained lock-in, abd masses, trauma, sores, painful obstruction of chest, MEASLES

64
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Fu Shen Poria

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Nourish HT, Calm Spirit

Used more for shen calming

Innermost part of fungus (fu ling poria is outer layer of fungal node)

Sweet bland neutral

HT, SP, KI, LU

Tonifies spleen
Eliminates damp
Calms heat spirit

Be careful with yin xu

65
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Ban Xia Pinellia (roots)

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Warm and Transform Cold Phlegm

Acrid warm

Remove phlegm so can be drying
Not for hot phlegm

CI: yin xu

5 Element Acupuncture Greta’s quizzes (21 decks)

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