topic 11 & 12

Question 1

fu ling

Answer 1

• Promote diuresis to drain dampness
• invigorate the spleen and sedate the mind
- dampness caused by spleen deficiency

Question 2

zhu ling

Answer 2

Promote diuresis to drain dampness

- anti-tumour

Question 3

yi yi ren

Answer 3

• promote diuresis to drain dampness 利水渗湿
• invigorate the spleen to relieve diarrhea 健脾止泻
• treat Bi-syndrome 除痹
• clear away heat to drain the pus

Question 4

ze xie

Answer 4

• promote diuresis to drain dampness
• expel heat
- vertigo
- clinically use to clear heat

Question 5

xiang jia pi

Answer 5

• promote diuresis to relieve edema
• expel wind-dampness
• strengthen bones and muscles

Question 6

che qian zi

Answer 6

• promote diuresis to relieve stranguria
• stop diarrhoea by Promote Diuresis to consolidate the stool ( redistribute fluid)
• clear liver-fire to improve vision
• clear lung to resolve phlegm

Question 7

hua shi

Answer 7

• promote diuresis to relieve stranguria**
• clear away summer-heat
• Dispel dampness and promote healing sore ( external)

Question 8

mu tong

Answer 8

• promote diuresis to relive stranguria
• clear away heart-heat
• Promote menstruation and lactation

Question 9

tong cao

Answer 9

• clear away heat and promote diuresis

* promote lactation

Question 10

qu mai

Answer 10

• promote diuresis to relieve stranguria

Question 11

hai jin sha

Answer 11

promote diuresis to relieve stranguria

Question 12

shi wei

Answer 12

• promote diuresis to relieve stranguria
• clear lung to stop cough
• cool blood to stop bleeding

Question 13

di fu zi

Answer 13

• clear heat and promote diuresis
• Remove dampness and alleviate itching**
clinical -> ezema

Question 14

bi xie

Answer 14

• Eliminate dampness and turbidity( milky stranguria)

* expel wind-damp ( same with yiyiren)

Question 15

yin chen

Answer 15

• clear away heat, eliminate dampness
• Promote the secretion of bileto relieve jaundice
- most important jaundice treating
- promotes bile secretion

Question 16

jin qian cao

Answer 16

• Eliminate dampness to treat jaundice
• promote diuresis to relieve stranguria，rule out
gallstone
• eliminate toxic materials and relieve swelling
- anti-inflammatory
- kidney stones( use with hai jin sha)

Question 17

hu zhang

Answer 17

• drain the gallbladder to treat jaundice
• clear away heat and eliminate toxic materials
• activate blood and resolve stasis
• resolve phlegm to stop coughing

clinical- heat clearing
hidden talent - laxative (increase bowel movement)
modern use- cardiovascular disease - improve vessel condition

Question 18

fu zi

Answer 18

• Restore yang from collapse
• Reinforce fire and strengthen yang
• Disperse cold to alleviate pain

reduce toxity- honey, black beans, mung beans

• hottest herb
• reinforcing fire in ming men

Question 19

gan jiang

Answer 19

• Warm the middle-energizer to expel cold
• Restore yang and dredge channels
• Warm the lung to resolve retained fluid
• mutual reinforcing fu zi and gan jiang

Question 20

rou gui

Answer 20

• Reinforce fire and strengthen yang，lead fire back to its origin
• Disperse cold to alleviate pain
• Warm meridians and unblock collaterals
• only med that is warm n descend**
• disperse cold to alleviate pain
• warming till generates qi n blood

Question 21

wu zhu yu

Answer 21

• Expel cold and relieve pain
• Check adverse rise of qi to stop vomiting
• Strengthen Yang and arrest Diarrhea
• toxic - use huang lian to reduce vomiting side effect
• pain - jue yin headache
• bidirectional

Question 22

xiao hui xiang

Answer 22

• Expel cold and relieve pain( lower abdomen n stomach)
• Regulate qi and harmonize stomach
• liver stomach/ spleen disharmony cold

Question 23

ding xiang

Answer 23

• Warming the middle energizer to check adverse rise of qi
• Expel cold and relieve pain
• Tonifying kidney and strengthen yang
• spleen kidney yang def
• impotence by treating root cause

Question 24

gao liang jiang

Answer 24

• Warming the middle energizer and relieve pain

- warmer than sheng jiang

Question 25

hua jiao

Answer 25

• Warming the middle energizer and relieve pain

* Kill parasites to relieve itching

Question 26

hu jiao

Answer 26

• dispel cold pain in stomach
• stop diarrhea
• spleen stomach yang def