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Single Herbs in Formulas that Tonify Blood Flashcards

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Bai Shao Category:

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Tonify Blood

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Bai Shao in English:

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White Peony Root

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Bai Shao actions:

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  1. Tonify Blood, Preserve Yin (night sweats, spontaneous sweats, anemia, diabetes)
  2. Calm LV, Reduce Pain (LQS with hypochonria pain, menstrual cramps, neck and shoulder pain, works well with licorice)
  3. Calm LV Yang and LV wind (H/A, red eyes, HTN, LV wind, twitches, tremors)
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Bai Shao Taste/Temp/Channel:

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Taste: Bitter, Sour
Temp: Cool
Channel: LV, SP

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Bai Shao cautions:

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  1. Yang def. with Cold
  2. Meds: anti-diabetic or sedative
  3. External wind rash
  4. Li Lu
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Chi Shao Category:

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Herbs that Clear heat, cool blood

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Chi Shao in English:

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Red Peony Root

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Chi Shao actions:

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  1. Clear heat, cools blood (bleeding)
  2. Moves blood (tumors, fibroids, blood stasis)
  3. Clears LV heat and eyes (LV hotness that affects eyes, red eyes, and irritability)
  4. Clears heat, promotes urine (UTI)
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Chi Shao Taste/Temp/Channel:

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Taste: Sour, Bitter
Temp: Sl. cold
Channel: SP, LV

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Chi Shao cautions:

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  1. deficient blood
  2. Li Lu
  3. Anti-coagulants
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Chuan Xiong Category:

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Herbs that Invigorate the Blood

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Chuan Xiong in English:

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Szechuan lovage root

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Chuan Xiong actions:

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  1. Moves blood and qi (70% moves blood, 30% moves qi, coldness and pain, dysmenorrhea before period)
  2. Dispels wind, reduces pain (H/A, B/A, trauma, numbness, arthritis - like Chinese aspirin)
  3. Guides to head (dizziness, h/a)
  4. MR: circulates HT blood (chest pain, angina, HT disease)
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Chuan Xiong Taste/Temp/Channel:

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Taste: Spicy
Temp: Warm
Channel: LV, GB, PC

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Chuan Xiong cautions:

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  1. yin def with heat
  2. during menses
  3. blood def
  4. pregnancy
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Tao Ren Category:

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Herbs that Invigorate the Blood

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Tao Ren in English:

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Peach Kernel

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Tao Ren actions:

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  1. Breaks up blood stasis (masses, cysts, lumps, fibroid tumors, external use for trauma)
  2. Moistens dryness, lubricates intestines (constipation)
  3. Drains accesses (LU abscess, LI abscess)
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Tao Ren Taste/Temp/Channel:

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Taste: Bitter, Sweet, Sl. Toxic
Temp: Neutral
Channel: HT, LI, LV, LU

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Tao Ren cautions:

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  1. pregnancy

2. slightly toxic

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Hong Hua Category:

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Herbs that Invigorate the Blood

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Hong Hua in English:

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Hong Hua actions:

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  1. Moves blood, unblocks menses (tumors, lumps, cysts, retained placenta)
  2. Moves blood, reduces pain (chest pain, angina, pain from trauma, bruising, varicose veins, testicular veins)
  3. MR: CAD
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Hong Hua Taste/Temp/Channel:

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Taste: Spicy
Temp: Warm
Channel: HT, LV

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Hong Hua cautions:

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  1. Pregnancy
  2. Bleeding
  3. two weeks before surgery
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Ze Xie Category:

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Herbs that drain dampness

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Ze Xie in English:

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Water Plantain

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Ze Xie actions:

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  1. Promotes urine, leaches out damp and pus (strong diuretic, urinary difficulties, anti-bacterial, expels pus, and inhibit bacteria)
  2. Settles deficient KD fire, drains damp-heat from LJ (prevents adrenal burnout, back pain, night sweats, hot flash, tinnitus, knee pain)
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Ze Xie Taste/Temp/Channel:

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Taste: Bland, Sweet
Temp: Cool
Channel: KD, UB

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Ze Xie cautions:

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  1. MJ coldness

2. Diuretics

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Sheng Di Huang Category:

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Herbs that clear heat and cool blood

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Sheng Di Huang in English:

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Sheng Di Huang actions:

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  1. Clears heat, cools blood (menopause, skin = petechia, hot flashes, night sweats)
  2. Nourishes yin, benefits fluids (dry tongue, dry skin, dry BM)
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Sheng Di Huang Taste/Temp/Channel:

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Taste: Sweet, Bitter
Temp: Cold
Channel: HT, LV, KD

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Sheng Di Huang cautions:

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  1. Earth deficiency (sticky/cloying)
  2. Diarrhea
  3. Anti-diabetic drugs
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Shu Di Huang Category:

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Herbs that tonify blood

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Shu DI Huang in English:

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Rheumannia

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Shu Di Huang actions:

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  1. Strongly tonify blood (dizzy, weak, palpitations, insomnia)
  2. Tonify LV and KD yin (eyes, nails, knees, night sweats, dry nails, ear ringing)
  3. Nourish KD jing/marrow (premature aging, grey hair, loss of teeth, impotence)
  4. Stop cough and wheeze (chronic kd def, coughing, wheezing, no phlegm)
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Shu Di Huang cautions:

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  1. SP/ST def

2. Phlegm

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Shu Di Huang Taste/Temp/Channel:

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Taste: Sweet
Temp: Sl. Warm
Channel: HT, LV, KD

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