Single Herbs - Cooling Release Exterior

Question 1

Bo He (mint)

Answer 1

LR qi stagnation; turbid filth (distention, nausea, reflux); soothes throat; early stage rash; opens orifices - eyes

Question 2

Nui Bang Zi (arctium, burdock)

Answer 2

1 sore throat herb; facilitates bowel movement; heat toxins; unexpressed rashes

Question 3

Chan Tui (cicada molting)

Answer 3

internal wind/infantile wind (spasm, tic, seizure, night terrors); sore throat w/ loss of voice; itching

Question 4

Sang Ye (white mulberry leaf)

Answer 4

stops bleeding (vomiting blood); dry throat/cough; dry painful eyes; mild early stage Wind Heat

Question 5

Ju Hua (chrysanthemum flower)

Answer 5

1 eye herb (excessive tearing, blurred vision); cramping/heavy limbs; strong for toxic WH; treats Hypertension; Headache; vertigo; clears & calms LR

Question 6

Man Jing Zi (vitex fruit)

Answer 6

Headache w/ eye pain; excessive tearing; Wind-Damp Painful Obstruction; swollen, painful gums

Question 7

Dan Dou Chi (soybean prepared)

Answer 7

constrained Heat above the diaphragm; Wind-Heat or Wind-Cold; vexation; irritability; restlessness; insomnia

Question 8

Ge Gen (kudzu)

Answer 8

Upper back & neck; Rel muscle layer; vents rashes (measles); Hypertension; great envoy; Diarrhea or thirst; separates clear from turbid

Question 9

Chai Hu (Blupleurum)

Answer 9

Top 10 CM herb; Shao yang d/o (irritable, vomiting); prolapse, diarrhea, hemorrhoids; LR qi stagnation; vertigo; dispersing and draining

Question 10

Sheng Ma (black cohosh)

Answer 10

Toxic (dose 1.9-9g); Headache herb; Guides to yang ming; vents measles; toothache, mouth ulcers, bleeding gums; shortness of breath; fatigue

Question 11

Fang Feng Tong Sheng San (Siler & Platycodon)

Answer 11

Complex and always on the boards; popular weight loss formula; releases heat in all 3 stages; unblocks bowels

Question 12

Fu Ping – Lemnae Spirodelae

Answer 12

Duckweed Herbs that Release the Exterior: Cool Acrid Herbs that Release the Exterior (Wind-Heat Diaphoretics) Vents rashes and relieves itching Promotes urination and reduces swelling Acrid Cool (Cold)Bladder Lung Induces sweating and releases the exterior (unblocks the muscle layer)