Warm interior expel cold

Question 1

Gan Jiang

Answer 1

rescue devastated yang, tx of cold from xu in SP/St, long lasting affect, warms lungs, tx phlegm stop cough, warms sp and used for pain/ diarrhea,

Question 2

zhi fu zi

Answer 2

rescue devastated yang, focuses on warming and assisting heart and Ki yang, actions are less localized, more penetrating and more immediate, tonifies fire at gate vitality, strongly disperses cold,

Question 3

Rou gui

Answer 3

warms fire gate vitality, tx yang xu, and cold from xu of lower burner, milder in action, indicated for LJ disorders, leads fire back source, some diaphoretic action, does not rescue yang

Question 4

Wu zhu yu

Answer 4

disperse cold from middle/lower burner, used for pain and coldness in epigastrium, warms lower burner and used for cold bulging disorders or diarrhea from cold, used for belching/vomitting when liver involved

Question 5

Gao liang jiang

Answer 5

disperse cold from middle burner, pain/coldness epigastrium,

Question 6

Bi ba

Answer 6

tx cold from xu disorders of MJ, hotter and pain sunk deep in MJ leading to pain, N/V,

Question 7

Hu Jiao

Answer 7

dries damp, kills parasites, tx cold from xu of MJ,

Question 8

Ding xiang

Answer 8

warm middle/lower burners, tonify ki yang, significant action of regulating qi, directs qi down, stops hiccough,

Question 9

Xiao hui xiang

Answer 9

warm middle/lower burner, tonify ki yang, regulates flow of qi through liver channel, tx bulging disorders stops pain

Question 10

Hua jiao

Answer 10

warms middle burner, disperses stomach cold, tx vomitt, diarrhea, abdominal pain, Pepper