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Warm Acrid Herbs That Release The Exterior Flashcards

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  • LU, UB
  • Acrid, Sl. Bitter / Warm
  • Releases exterior/strongly induces sweating, disperses W/C - for exterior EXCESS patterns w/ chills/fever no sweating
  • Facilitates LU qi, stops cough/wheezzing - directs qi downward
  • Promotes urination
  • CI: Deficieny conditions w/ spontaneous sweating, hypertension/cardiac disease
  • Caution: STRONG DIAPHORETIC, not for long-term/large dose
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Ma Huang (Ephedrae Herba)

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  • HT, LU, UB
  • Acrid, Sweet / Warm
  • Releases exterior/muscle layer (#1 to release muscle layer) - harmonizes ying/wei
  • WCD Bi
  • Unblocks chest yang qi, supports HT yang - chest-bi
  • Warms/unblocks channels and vessels to remove stagnation in uterus, regulates menses (gyno blood stasis, deficiency cold-womb, amenorrhea/dysmenorrhea)
  • Warms MJ - deficiency cold
  • Caution: Pregnancy
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Gui Zhi (Cinnamomi Ramulus)

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  • LU, SP
  • Acrid, Aromatic / Warm
  • Releases exterior, disperses cold - circulates/warms qi chills/fever, congestion, cough, HA
  • Chest-bi
  • Calms fetus, alleviates morning sickness
  • Resolves seafood poisoning
  • C/I: SP/ST deficiency (acrid disperses)
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Zi Su Ye (Perillae Folium)

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  • UB, LV, SP
  • Acrid, Sweet / Sl. Warm
  • Releases exterior, expels wind - #1 for Wind: treats interior/exterior/heat/cold
  • WD-Bi
  • Expels LV wind/spasms - trembling, tetany, HA, intestinal spasm (LV-SP disharmony) w/ bloody stool, numbness
  • Migraines
  • C/I: Wind caused by blood/yin xu or fire flaring upward
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Fang Feng (Saposhnikobiae Radix)

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  • LU, LV
  • Acrid / Sl. Warm
  • Releases exterior for WC or WH
  • Vents rashes/alleviates itching - initial stages of measels, rashes, itching, swollen/toxic sores, skin eruptions
  • Stops bleeding (char herb) - bloody stool/urine, uterine bleeding
  • C/I: fully erupted sores
  • Caution: Breastfeeding
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Jing Jie (Schizonepetae Herba)

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  • UB, KD
  • Acrid, Bitter, Aromatic / Warm
  • Releases exterior, disperses cold - esp w/ dampness (mild fx) - joint pain, heaviness, lethargy, pain in occipit
  • WCD Bi - upper body
  • Guiding herb to Tai Yang (UB)/Du channels
  • Tai Yang (occipital) HA
  • C/I: Yin/blood/qi xu (warming/drying)
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Qiang Huo (Notopterygii Rhizoma seu Radix)

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  • UB, DU
  • Acrid /Warm
  • Expels WC, stops headache - Jue Yin (vertex) HA
  • WCD Bi - treats head/low back (both ends of DU channel)
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Gao Ben (Ligustici Rhizoma)

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  • LU, ST, SP
  • Acrid / Warm
  • WC - expels wind/eliminates damp/stops pain, esp w/ sinus or frontal (Yang Ming) HA, supra-orbital pain, sinus congestion (opens nasal orifice), toothache
  • Reduces pus/swelling
  • Expels damp/discharge in LJ - vaginal damp-cold discharge
  • C/I: Yin xu, blood heat, ulcerated sores (very drying)
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Bai Zhi (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix)

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  • LU, HT, KD
  • Acrid / Warm
  • Release exterior disperese cold - ext. cold w/ underlying yang xu or internal dampness, head/body aches
  • Dispels cold/relieves pain (analgesic) - toothache
  • Warms LU, transforms phlegm
  • Unblocks nasal orifice
  • Shao Yin HA (sinus, nose, upper teeth)
  • TOXIC - low dosage required (1-3g)
  • C/I: Yin/qi xu
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Xi Xin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma)

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  • LU, SP, ST
  • Acrid / Sl. Warm
  • Releases exterior, disperses cold
  • Warms MJ - ST cold/vomiting
  • Warms LU, stops cough - acute WC or chronic LU phlegm
  • Resolves toxicicty - used to prepare herbs (ginger juice), seafood poisining

KNOW ALL FX

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Sheng Jiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens)

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  • LU, ST
  • Acrid / Warm
  • Releases exterior, promotes sweating - very early stage WC
  • Unblocks Yang, disperses cold - abdominal pain/nasal congestion
  • Resolves toxicity
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Cong Bai (Alii Fistulosi Bulbus)

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  • LU, ST
  • Acrid, Aromatic / Sl. Warm
  • Induces sweating releases exterior - Summer WCD - vomiting/diarrhea/abdominal pain ; “Summer Ma Huang”
  • Promotes urination, reduces swelling - edema
  • C/I: non-exterior conditions, yang/qi deficiency
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Xiang Ru (Moslae Herba)

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  • LU
  • Sweet, Bitter / Warm, TOXIC
  • Disperses WCD - opens nasal orifice
  • WD Bi - itching, skin disorders w/ itch
  • Caution: overdose may cause nausea, vomiting, pain
  • Must be cooked in cheese cloth (hair)
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Cang Er Zi (Xanthii Fructus)

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  • LU, ST
  • Acrid / Warm
  • Opens nasal orifice - sinusitis, nasal obstruction, loss of smell
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Xin Yi Hua/ Xin Yi (Magnoliae Flos)

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Nasal Openers

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  • Bai Zhi
  • Cang Er Zi
  • Xin Yi Hua
  • Xi Xin
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HA Herbs

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  • Qiang Huo - Tai Yang (Occipital)
  • Gao Ben - Jue Yin (Vertex)
  • Bai Zhi - Yang Ming (Frontal)
  • Xi Xin - Shao Yin (Sinus/Toothache)
  • Fang Feng - Migraine
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WCD Bi

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  • Fang Feng
  • Qiang Huo - upper body
  • Gao Ben
  • Bai Zhi
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General CI

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  • Qi + yin xu causing excess sweating
  • Bleeding
  • Blood Xu
  • Chronic Skin Infection

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