Tonify Yin

Question 1

Bei Sha Shen

Answer 1

Sl. Cold | Sweet, Sl. Bitter
Lung-Stomach

1. Nourish Lung Yin & Clear Lung Heat: dry cough, cough with bleeding, hoarse voice d/t Heat with Lung Yin Xu
2. Nourish Stomach Yin & Produce Body Fluids: thirst, dry mouth, red tongue, hiccup, stomach ache, poor appetite, d/t Stomach Yin Xu (stronger vs. nan sha shen)

Bei = north/Nan=south

Pair: Bei Sha Shen + Nan Sha Shen

Question 2

Mai Men Dong

Answer 2

Sl. Cold | Sweet, Sl. Bitter
Heart-Lung-Stomach

1. Nourish Lung, Heart, Spleen, Stomach yin
2. Dry cough or cough with bleeding d/t Lung Heat with Yin Xu
3. Nourish Stomach Yin, Generate Body Fluids & Moistens Intestines: Dry mouth, thirst, constipation d/t Stomach Yin Xu
4. Clear Heart Heat to ease restlessness & irritability: restlessness, insomnia d/t Heart Heat with Yin Xu or Heat in Ying level “Refrigerant to Heart”

Sheng Mai San (Ht & Lu Qi & Yin Xu): Ren Shen + Mai Men Dong + Wu Wei Zi

Mai Men Dong Tang

Question 3

Bai He

lily bulb

Answer 3

Sl. Cold | Sweet, Sl. Bitter
Lung-Heart

1. Key herb for treating Bai He Zheng (Lily Bulb disease)
2. Moisten Lung Yin & STOP COUGH: dry cough with bleeding d/t Lung Heat
3. Clear Heart Heat & Calm Shen: palpitation, insomnia with copious dreams d/t Disturbance of Heart Shen by Heat in Heart
4. Nourish Stomach Yin & Harmonize Middle Jiao

Bai He Gu Jin Tang (Lu Dryness d/t Lu & Kid Yin Xu): Bai He + Sheng Di + Shu Di

Question 4

Bie Jia

soft-shelled turtle shell

Answer 4

Sl. Cold | Salty
Liver-Spleen

1. Nourish Liver Yin & Subdue Liver Yang Rising: trembling or convulsion d/t Liver Yin Xu Stirring Liver Wind
2. Low-grade Fever d/t Yin Xu
3. Soften & Resolve Masses, Clear Deficiency Heat & Disperse Clumping: masses, lumps in chronic malaria & amenorrhea
4. Invigorates blood & promotes menstruation

Qing Hao Bie Jia Tang (Yin Xu Heat in Ying Level)

Qing Gu San (Steaming Bone Dis d/t Yin xu): Yin Chai Hu + Bie Jia +…

Bie Jia does not tonify Kidney to strengthen bone like Gui Ban!

Question 5

Nu Zhen Zi

privet fruit

Answer 5

Cool | Sweet, Bitter
Liver-Kidney

1. Nourish Kidney & Liver Yin: dizziness, weakness in the lumbar region & knee; Fever d/t Deficiency Heat
2. Clear Liver Heat, Promote Vision & Brighten Eyes: decreased or blurry vision d/t Liver & Kidney Yin Xu
3. Blacken the Hair: early appearance of gray hair d/t Liver & Kidney Yin Xu

HDI: antidiabetics

Pair: Mo Han Lian + Nu Zhen Zi

Question 6

Han Lian Cao

Answer 6

Cold | Sweet, Sour
Liver-Kidney

1. Nourish Kidney & Liver Yin: dizziness, early gray hair, weakness of low back and knee, tinnitus d/t Kidney & Liver Yin Xu
2. Clears Heat, Cools Blood & Stop Bleeding: hematemesis, hemafecia, hematuria, epistaxis, uterine bleeding d/t Yin Xu with Deficiency Heat
3. Blacken the hair by Supporting Essence: early appearance of gray hair

Pair: Mo Han Lian + Nu Zhen Zi (Er Zhi Wan: Liv & Kid Yin Xu)