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Test 3 Flashcards

1
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Da Huang***(Rhei Radix et Rhizoma) p235
Rhubarb root and Rhizoma
Bitter, cold
Channels: Heart, Large Intestine, Liver, Stomach

A

1.Drains heat and purges accumulations

  • # 1 for Constipation w/ Mang Xiao, Hou Po, Zhi Shi d/t Heat
      (called Da Cheng Chi Teng)
  1. Drains Fire ( Qi level)
    w/Huang Lian, Huang Qin
  • Clears heat, transforms dampness, promotes urination
    w/ Yin Chen, Zhi Zi (drains damp heat thru urination, (jaundice)
  • Drains heat from Blood (Blood Level)
  1. invigorates blood, dispels Blood Stasis (long and recent blood
    stasis, tramatic injury or intestinal abscess)    specific**
  • w/ Gui Shi (moves blood)(warms and unblocks)
  • Clears heat, reduces fire toxicity

Caution:
*ThisHerb injures Stomach Qi, should not be used by those
With weak stomach.

  • Should be avoided by those with Qi and Blood deficiency
  • Use with great caution during menses, pregnancy, lactation

**in cooking can add near end **

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Mang Xiao ***Mineral salts, acrid, bitter, Salty, very cold

Channels: Stomach, Large Intestine P240

A
  • Purges accumulations, guides out Stagnation
  • Moistens Dryness, Softens Hardness
  • Clears heat, Drains Fire (less use)
  • Clears Heat, Reduces Swelling

(Attracts water from body into intestines)

Mutual Accentuation with Da Huang
(Assistant to Da Huang, it’s more gentle)

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Fan Xie Ye *** senna, p 241
Sweet, Bitter, Cold
Channel: large Intestine

A
  • Purgative leaf from foreigners
  • drains downward and guides out stagnation

Contraindications: in women who are pregnant, breast feeding
Or have history of heavy bleeding.

    • Dosage: 1.5 - 3gm…for mild laxative,
      4. 5 - 9gms for a strong purge

At the higher dosage, be careful in those who are weak

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Lu Hui** Aloe, p 243
Bitter, cold
Channels: large Intestine, liver, Stomach

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Drains fire, guides out accumulation

Clears heat, cools liver

** Kills Parasites, Strengthens Stomach, Relieves Constipation**

** Cooling and Soothing**

Dose: 1.5 - 4.5gms Use in pills or capsules, do not decoct

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Huo Ma Ren *** (Hemp seeds) moist laxative, p 245
Sweet, Neutral
Channels: large intestine, Spleen, Stomach

Same Actions as Yu Li Ren

A
  • Moisten Intestines, Unblocks Bowels
  • Nourishes Yin, moistens intestines

Helps Chronic constipation in elderly

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Yu Li Ren **Bush Cherry Pit p247 (moist laxatives)
Acrid, bitter, sweet, neutral
Channels: large intestine, Small intestine

( same actions as Huo Ma Ren)

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Moistens the intestines

** Unblocks the bowels**

Promotes urination, reduces edema

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Qian Niu Zi ** ( morning glory seeds) p249
Bitter, acrid, cold, slightly toxic
Channels: Kidney, large Intestine, Lung, Small Intestine
( Harsh Expellant)

A

Slightly toxic

  • Drains water and Promotes urination ( water expelled thru
    urine and stool)
  • Drives out Phlegm and thin mucus
  • Unblocks bowels, removes accumulations
  • Expels intestinal parasites, reduces stagnation

Bing says not on test

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Ba Dou** ( very hot and toxic ) Bridget Bardot type
Acrid, hot,toxic , very toxic
Channels: Stomach, Large Intestine, Lung

A
  • vigorously purges
  • Breaks up clogged Phelgm and improves condition of throat
  • promotes healing abscesses and ulcers
  • only Hot Herb

** Give in Very Small Doages ( 0.1 - 0.3g)**

Cautions, contraindicated in pregnancy and in weak pts
ALWAYS USE WITH EXTREME CAUTION

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Fu Ling***( Poria Fungus) Indian bread
Sweet, bland, neutralREMEMBER PROPERTIES
Channels: Heart, Spleen, Kidney, Lung..KNOW

HERBS THAT DRAIN DAMPNESS

A

** Promotes Urination, Leaches out Dampness**

** Strengthens Spleen, Transforms Phlegm**

** Quiets the Heart**

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Fu Ling Pi …p 270

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*Promotes Urination, reduces edema, 15-30g

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11
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Fu Shen..p 270 in book

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Spirit calming effect

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Zhu Ling*** (Jew Ling) pig fungus. P271
Sweet, Bland, Slightly cool
Channel: Spleen, Kidney, Bladder

A

**Promotes Urination and Leaches out dampness
(Remember this one action)

  • Zhu Ling used with Fu Ling to strengthen effect of Leaching out dampness
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Ze Xie*** Large area of water (ocean)
Sweet, bland, cold (remember)
Channel: kidney, bladder (remember)

A

Fu Ling, Zhu Ling, Ze Xie, are all strong to leach out dampness

Settles ministerial fire in the Kidneys by draining damp- heat from
the lower burner*

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Yi Yi Ren*** ( nut kernel ) p275
Sweet, bland, slightly cold ( remember)
Channels: lung spleen. Stomach, kidney

A

** Facilitates resolution of dampness and STRENGTHENS
SPLEEN***

** Clears Heat, Expels Pus**

  • Eliminates Painful Obstruction
  • can use large dosage to get affect ( 15-30g)
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Che Qian Zi*** ( Chor Jian Zereh) car in front of seed, plantain
Sweet, cold,
Channels: Bladder, kidney, liver, lung

A
  • Guides Damp Heat Downward, clears damp heat
  • *Promotes Urination to Solidifies Stool**

** Clears the eyes** (for elderly people)

Good for watery diarrhea !! Helps water go out thru urine, so
Stool solidifies

( for diarrhea associated with damp heat or summer heat )

* must be cooked in a cloth bag*

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Hua Shi*** Slippery Stone (Talcum) p 280
Sweet, bland, cold
Stomach, Bladder

A

Cools Summerheat, clears dampness

Clears heat, facilitates resolution of dampness

Absorbs Dampness

  • topical use for damp skin, helps eczema, prickly heat

(Bing does not use much)

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17
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Mu Tong*** (wood unblocked)
Bitter, slightly cold
Channels: Bladder, Heart, Small Intestines

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** Promotes Urination, Unblocks Painful Urinary Dribbling.. PUD

** Promotes Lactation, Unblocks Blood Vessels

  • promotes urination, drains heat from the Heart via the SI
    ( heart and Small Intestine related)
  • Specific Action: Clears heat from Heart, tongue will be Red
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Di Fu Zi*** (Earth, Seed, Skin)
Sweet, bitter, Cold
Channels: Bladder, Kidney

A

** Expels Dampness, STOPS ITCHING**
( used widely in dermatology)

**Clears damp-Heat, Promotes Urination ( treats PUD)
(Painful Urinary Dribbling)

  • used cooked water as external wash to wash local area
  • Can be used for genital Itching
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Bi Xie*** (Not used very much) p301
Bitter, Neutral
Channels: Bladder, Liver, Stomach

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**Expels Dampness, esp from lower burner

** Separates the Pure from the Turbid (most imp function)

** Clears Damp-Heat from the skin
(general for this chapter)

*Those with Kidney disease, urine is turbid, white, cloudy
( Gao Lin-means creamy paste) part of Lin Syndrome

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Jin Qian Cao***Gold Grass ..p 303 Gold Bar
3 Golds (Jin Qian Cao, Hai Jin Sha, Ji Nei Jin)
Sweet, Salty, Slightly Cold.
Channels: Bladder, Gallbladder, Kidney, Liver
( Use 3 Golds to treat Stones)

A

Use the stone to help the stones

Clears Damp Heat in the Liver and Gallbladder

** Expels Gallstones**

** Expels Urinary Stones

  • clears Jaudice, resolves toxicity
21
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Chi Xiao Dou*** (Azuki Beans) red small bean p308
Sweet, sour, neutral
Channels: Heart, Small Intestine

A

** Treats both Damp Edema and Toxic Fire**

** Disperses Blood Stasis, Reduces Swelling, Reduces fire toxicity **

  • Promotes urination, reduces edema
  • Facilitates the resolution of dampness and heat
  • for mild cases of Jaudice d/t damp heat

Very safe, can use for food, can use up to 30g safely

22
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Yin Chen*** wormwood (Artemisiae) p310
Bitter, Slightly Cold
Channels: Liver, Spleen, Gallbladder, Stomach

A

** # 1 for Jaundice **

  • Clears heat, resolves dampness
  • can use as external wash
23
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Tong Cao** Unblock or smooth out grass, p286
Sweet, bland, slightly cold
Channels: Lung, Stomach

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** Promotes Lactation by raising Stomach Qi
(in breast feeding women where it is insufficient)

** Mu Tong also used for Lactation

  • promotes urination, clears heat (general for chapter)
24
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Deng Xin Cao** Heart of Lamp p287 ( Bing doesn’t use but
her friends do)
Sweet, bland, slightly cold
Channels: Heart, Lung, Small Intestine

A

** Clears the Heart, directs fire downward (unique for this Herb)

 Remember baby that cries at night and doesn't sleep
  (Helps baby sleep)

  ( boil with gold ring and feed water to baby)(doesn't work 
     without gold ring)
  • promotes urination, Unblocks painful urinary dribbling (PUD)
    (general for this chapter)
25
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Qu Mai** (chew my) usually used with Bian Xu …p289
Bitter, Cold
Channels: Bladder, Heart, Small Intestine

A

** Clears damp heat, promotes urination

** Unblocks Painful Urinary Dribbling (PUD)

** Both Qu Mai and Bian Xu clear damp heat and unblock PUD
Also Deng Xin Cao as well.

** all three Promote Urination Too

*Qu Mai breaks up blood stasis (specific for this Herb)

** Both Qu Mai and Bian Xu are bitter and cold

26
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Bian Xu**( Bian Shu) p 291
Bitter, cold
Channels: bladder

A

** Clears damp heat from Bladder, promotes Urination

** Unblocks Painful Urinary Dribbling (PUD)**

** Expels Parasites, Stops Itching**

Remember Deng Xin Cao with Qu Mai and Bian Xu together
( all three are used together for PUD)

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Shi Wei** ( Sher Way) Stone Wei
Bitter, Sweet, Slightly cold
Channels: Bladder, Lung

A

** Clears Damp Heat, Unblocks Painful Urinary Dribbling
for hot, stony or painful bloody urine dribbling d/t damp heat

** Clears Heat, Stops Bleeding

  • Good for lower burner damp heat problems
  • good for Deficiency ( if Deficiency, Tonify kidney)
  • Clears the lungs, expels phlegm, stops cough
  • Used more than Dong Gua Zi( not on test)
28
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Hai Jin Sha** (Hai Chin Sha) (gold sand) p 306
Sweet, Bland Cold
Channels: bladder, Small Intestine

A

Expels Stones

  • clears damp heat at blood level
  • promotes urination, reduces edema, decreases Jaundice

decoct in cheese cloth

29
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Ban Bian Lian**(Lobeliae Chinensis) p 316 (hot edge lotus)
Sweet, Bland, Slightly Cold
Channels: Heart, Lung, Small intestine

A
  • *Promotes Urination, REDUCES EDEMA
    (good foe ascites and edema)( for Floating edema, more superficial edema)
    ** Cools the Blood, Resolves Toxicity ( Bing uses this function more)
  • For Snake bites, bee stings, wasps
  • Used internally or applied topically
30
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Hang Fang Ji **
Bitter, Acrid, cold
Channels: Bladder, Spleen, Kidney

Mu Fang Ji**
Bitter, Acrid, Cold
Channels: Bladder, Kidney, Spleen

A

Fang Gi: Promote Urination, Expels Dampness, Alleviates Pain

*Han Fang Ji: Promotes Urination (stronger than for Mu Fang Ji)

*Mu Fang Ji: Dispels Wind, Eliminates Dampness (stronger than
for Han Fang Ji)

31
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Yu Mi Xu** ( corn silk)
Sweet, Bland, Neutral
Channels: Bladder, Gallbladder, Liver

A

Not widely used, don’t have to know for test

  • Clears Damp Heat from Liver and Gallbladder
  • Promotes Urination, reduces Edema, Unblocks PUD
32
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Du Huo*** p 323 HERBS THAT DISPEL WIND-DAMPNESS
Bitter, Acrid, Warm
Channels: Kidney, Bladder

A

** Treats painful obstruction in LOWER BODY **

Disperses Wind-Cold, RELEASES EXTERIOR

Expels Wind Damp, Treats LOWER Back and Legs

  • Also used for lesser yin stage HA and toothache
  • Good to treat wind cold Damp Bi Syndrome
33
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Wei Ling Xian*** (Way Ling Shian) powerful spiritual goddess
Acrid, SALTY, Warm
Channels: Bladder
( like a spirit) p 326

A
  • this Herb is mostly used for Pain

Softens and Transforms Fish Bones

Also used for fecal distention and accumulation in the
middle burner

  • Good for Dispelling Wind b/c it goes everywhere like spirit
  • do not take for long periods b/c it damages normal Qi
34
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Mu Gua***melon (food). p331
Sour, warm (know)….(sweet too)
Channels: Liver, Spleen

A

** RELAXES SINEWS, UNBLOCKS the Channels**
(Softens tendons and Collaterals)

Harmonizes Spleen and Stomach, Transforms dampness

**#1 for Calf Cramps, good for leg problems

  • good for paralysis, good for wind bi syndrome
  • Reduces food stagnation
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Sang Ji Sheng *** (Mulberry Tree) p335
Bitter, Sweet, neutral
Channels: Kidney, Liver

A

**Tonifies the Liver and Kidneys

** Strengthens the Sinews and Bones

** Dispels Wind Dampness

** Nourishes blood, CALMS FETUS

  • helps Bi Syndrome in older people
36
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Wu Jia Pi*** p 338
Acrid, Bitter, Warm
Channels: Kidney, Liver

A

**Dispels Wind-Dampness, Strengthens SINEWS AND BONES

**Good for Elderly and Children with DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS
and MOTOR FUNCTION

  • Promotes Urination, treats edema
37
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Xu Chang Qing***.
Acrid, Warm,
Channels: Liver, Stomach

A

**Dispels wind, Invigorates blood, Stops Pain
(TREATS ALL KINDS OF PAIN)

**Resolves Toxicity, Stops Itching

  • Aromatic, do not cook for Long periods.
38
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Qin Jiao*** ( Chin Jiao) p 353
Bitter, Acrid, Slightly Cold (know)
Channels: Gallbladder, Liver, Stomach

A
  • *Good for Yin Deficiency Patterns**
    (i. e. Steaming Bone Disorder)

** Clears Heat from deficiency

  • Moistens Intestines, Unblocks bowels,
    (Good elderly with constipation)
  • # 1 for wind damp and wind cold Bi Syndrome
      (can be used for hot Bi too)
39
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Sang Zhi *** Mulberry Twig p 355
Bitter, neutral (know when Herb is neutral, it can be used for
Both heat and cold, but treats mostly warm disease)
Channels: liver

A

**Dispels wind, Unblocks channels and collaterals

** BENEFITS JOINTS good for all kinds of JOINT PAIN

**Good for UPPER LIMBS d/t to Wind Damp w/ painful
obstruction

  • also good for edema, esp with joint pain
40
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Hai Tong Pi** p 328
Bitter, Acrid, Neutral
Channels: Liver, Spleen, Kidney

A

**Usually Treats Wind/Damp in LOWER HALF OF BODY

  • Neutral, so treats both hot and cold

**Dispels Wind-Damp

41
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Qing Feng Teng** (Ching fung tong) blue wind vine
Bitter, Acrid, Neutral
Channels: Liver, Spleen

A

** Dispels Wind, Stops pain

42
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Liang Mian Zhen ** ( Liang Mian Jen) p 349
Acrid, Bitter, Slightly warm. “Slightly Toxic”
Channels: Liver, Stomach
(Mian means face)

A

** Dispels Wind, Stops Pain

** Used for pain in General, good for toothache (face pain)

43
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Hai Feng Teng** (Hi Fung Tong) p351
Acrid, Bitter, Slightly Warm
Channels: Liver

A

**Dispels Wind Damp

**Good to treat Pain

  • soak for Arthritis
44
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Xi Xian Cao** p 357
Bitter, cold
Channels: Kidney, Liver

A

**Clears heat and Pacifies Liver- Specific action

** Good for Hypertension and expels wind damp
w/Chou Wu Tong

  • Good at unblocking, good for spasms and cramps
45
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Luo Shi Tong** (Luo Cher Tong) p 360
Bitter, Slightly cold
Channels: Liver

A

**Dispels Wind Dampness, Unblocks collaterals

** Cools Blood, Reduces Swelling

  • treats shot Hot Bi Syndrome, a clears heat

( make List of cools herbs)

46
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Can Sha** (Can Sha) silk worm p 334 (Bing doesn’t use)
Sweet, Acrid, Warm
Channels: Liver, Speen, Stomach

A

** Harmonizes the Stomach, Transforms Turbid Dampness

** combine with Mu Gua (papaya) good for turbid dampness
w/ sx of Vomiting, diarrhea, cramps, abd cramps, calf spasms

*dispels wind, eliminates dampness, stops pain

47
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Shen Jin Cao**
Bitter, Acrid, Warm
Channels: Liver, Spleen, Kidney

A

** Relaxes the Sinews, invigorates the collaterals

** Esp good for flexing and extending the joints
(Stretches Sinews)

  • Good for wind painful obstruction
  • Dispels wind, eliminates dampness
48
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Wu Shao She** p 365 Snake
Sweet, Salty, Neutral, Not toxic
Channels: Liver, Spleen

A

**Dispels wind from Sinews,

**Settles jitteriness and convulsions. (specific)

**good for spasms, tremors, facial paralysis

  • Snake s good for skin problems, dermatoght
49
Q

Chou Wu Tong ** (can put into wine and live 100 yrs

A

**Dispels Wind Dampness

** Calms Liver Yang, dispels liver damp

** use w/ Xi Xian Cao for HTN

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