Week 2- Purgatives

Question 1

What herb is

Glauber’s salt

Answer 1

Máng Xiāo (Natrii Sulfas)

Question 2

what herb is dried aloe leaf concentrate

Answer 2

Lú Huì (Herba Aloes)

Question 3

what herb is Senna leaf

Answer 3

Fān Xiè Yè (Folium Sennae)

Question 4

for a purgative effect how long should you cook Dà Huáng (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei)

Answer 4

less than 10 minutes

Question 5

For a blood moving effect how long should you cook Dà Huáng (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei)

Answer 5

put it in from the start

Question 6

what herb drains heat and moves the stool, drains damp heat for jaundice and lin syndrome

Answer 6

Dà Huáng (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei)

Question 7

what herb drains heat from the blood (hemorrhoids, vomiting blood, nosebleeds), Invigorates blood, dispels stasis (fibroids, amenorrhea, topical for sprains), and clears fire toxicity

Answer 7

Dà Huáng (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei)

Question 8

what herb purges accumulations (heat in yang ming)

Clears heat and reduces swelling (throat swelling, goiter) (as a soak for mastitis)

Answer 8

Máng Xiāo (Natrii Sulfas)

-Glauber’s salt

Question 9

What herb Drains fire and guides out stool, Clears heat and cools the liver (think about green leaf), and Kills parasites (roundworm)

Answer 9

Lú Huì (Herba Aloes)

-dried aloe leaf concentrate

Question 10

what herb is used for childhood nutritional impairment and is the most gentle purgative

Answer 10

Lú Huì (Herba Aloes)

-dried aloe leaf concentrate

Question 11

what herb drains down and

Guides out stagnation/constipation due to heat in intestines

Answer 11

Fān Xiè Yè (Folium Sennae)

-Senna leaf

Question 12

how is Fān Xiè Yè (Folium Sennae) usually prepared

Answer 12

tea

Question 13

how is Lú Huì (Herba Aloes)

-dried aloe leaf concentrate prepared?

Answer 13

pills