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Warm, acrid herbs Flashcards

1
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What is pin yin for cinnamon twig

A

Gui zhi (4/1)

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2
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What is pin yin for ephedra

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Ma huang (1/2)

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3
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What is pin yin for perilla leaf

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Zi su ye (3/1/4)

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4
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What is pin yin for schizonepeta

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Jing jie (1/4)

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5
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What is pin yin for siler

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Fang feng (2/1)

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6
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What is pin yin for ligusticum

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Gao ben (3/3)

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7
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What is pin yin for notopterygium root

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Qiang huo (1/2)

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8
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What is pin yin for angelica

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Bai zhi (2/3)

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9
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What is pin yin for asarum, Chinese wild ginger

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Xi xin (4/1)

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10
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What is pin yin for green onion

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Cong bai (1/2)

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11
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What is pin yin for raw ginger

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Sheng jiang (1/1)

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12
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What is pin yin for aromatic madder

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Xiang ru (1/2)

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13
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What is pin yin for xanthium

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Cang er zi (1/3/3)

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14
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What is pin yin for magnolia flower

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Xin yi hua (1/2/1)

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15
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Which herb calms a restless fetus and is anti-parasitic

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Zisuye (perilla leaf)

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16
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Which two herbs is best for anti-parasitic and vomiting affects

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Zisuye and shengjiang

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17
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Which herb is best used for cold excess

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Mahuang

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18
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Which herb is best used for exterior wind

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Jingjie

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19
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Fangfeng is best combined with which herb in this category

A

Jingjie

20
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Which herb treats more interior patterns

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Fangfeng

21
Q

Which three herbs best used for opening up the nose and sinusitus

A

Cangerzi, xinyihua, baizhi

22
Q

Which herb enters the Du channel and is a guiding herb for the Du channel

A

Gaoben

23
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Which herb treats all wind condition

A

Fangfeng

24
Q

Which herbs induces and promotes sweating

A

Mahuang, Xiangru

25
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Yangming is the guiding herb for which herb

A

Baizhi

26
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Shaoyin is the guiding herb for which herb

A

Xixin

27
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Taiyang is the guiding herb for which herb

A

Qianghuo

28
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What is the flavor of guizhi and what channels it enters

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Acrid, sweet. Enters lung, heart, bladder

29
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What is the flavor of mahuang and what channels it enters

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Acrid, slightly bitter. Enters lung and bladder

30
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What is the flavor of zisuye and what channels it enters

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Acrid and aromatic. Enters lung and spleen

31
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What is the flavor of jingjie and what channels it enters

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Acrid and aromatic. Enters lung and liver

32
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What herb treats summer heat with wind dampness and warms middle jiao

A

Xiangru. Also promotes sweating like mahuang

33
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True or False guizhi induces sweating in exterior releasing formulas

A

False. It releases the muscle layers. Induced sweating is when cold is constrained in the most superficial level of the exterior. Releasing the muscle layers is not constrained in the skin, but deeper in the muscle layer

34
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What are the actions and indications for guizhi

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  1. Attack of wind-cold (excess or deficiency)
  2. Bi-syndrome
  3. Warms yang and transforms thin mucus
  4. Assist heart yang and unblocks yang qi
  5. Qi surging upward with fright and fear (running piglet - panic attack)
  6. Warms the channels, vessels and collaterals
  7. Warms the middle jiao
35
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What channels does guizhi enter

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Heart, lung, bladder

36
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Why does guizhi have a flavor of sweet

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Sweet is associated with the element earth and the spleen organ and the muscle tissue…the reason why guizhi releases the muscle layers

37
Q

Use guizhi and mahuang to treat this

A

Exterior-wind cold conditions in absence of perspiration

38
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Use quizhi and baishao to treat this

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Wind-cold, exterior deficient conditions with perspiration and aversion to wind

39
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Abdomen: pulsations in what acupoints

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Around ren 17, ren 14 or below umbilicus

40
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What does the warm, acrid herbs do

A

Dispel-wind cold, used for exterior disorders when fever is mild, chills severe, and other wind-cold symptoms such as headache, body and neck pain, and absence of thirst

41
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What channels does mahuang enter

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Lung, bladder

42
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What are the actions and indications

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  1. Induces sweating to release exterior syndrome due to wind-cold invasion
  2. Disperses and facilitates lung qi - calms wheezing and stops coughing
43
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What are the three functions for mahuang

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  1. Induces and promotes sweating
  2. Calms and relieves asthma
  3. Promotes urination
44
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Which acrid warm herbs have antibiotic (antibacterial) and antiviral properties

A

guizhi, mahuang, zisuye, fangfeng, gaoben, xinyihua,

45
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Which acrid warm herbs are diuretic

A

mahuang and xiangru

46
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Which acrid warm herbs are antispasmodic

A

mahuang and jinjie

47
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Which acrid warm herbs are anti-inflammatory

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Qianghuo (stimulate endocrine system - pituitary and adrenal), mahuang, shengjiang (inhibit prostoglandin synthesis in the periphery)

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