Week 3 Flashcards
What are categories of herbs that clear heat?
herbs that drain fire herbs that cool the blood herbs that clear heat and dry dampness herbs that clear heat and resolve toxicity herbs that clear heat from deficiency
What are the 4 bigs? What is it associated with?
Sweat
Pulse
Fever
Thirst (also irritability)
Also know as Si Da (Sua Da)
Associated with Qi level
What is the nature of heat clearing herbs?
Bitter + Cold!
What is the function of heat clearing herbs?
Clear heat and purge from interior. Many of these herbs are antibiotic + antiviral. They drain dampness (anti-pyretic by bringing down fever)
What is something you can accidentally damage with heat clearing herbs?
Spleen - as it has aversion to cold and bitter
What is Bo He?
Mint. Pronounced like Bo Hua Releases exterior wind HEAT Clears head eyes and throat Cold Acrid & Pungent (aromatic) Vents skin rash Regulates liver - irritability/PMS
What is Shi Gao
Gypsum. Pronounce like Shur Gao. Herb that clears heat and drains fire (big 4) COLD Sweet + Acrid For Qi level Topically for eczema etx Clears lung heat
Looks like ice - cold in temperature and one of the coldest herbs in materia medixa
What is Sheng Di Huang?
Rehmannia - pronounced like Shung di Huang. Raw version of this herb
Clears heat and cools blood.
Cold
Bitter, sweet
Black like Kidney
Nourishes yin and generates fluid - like water and kidney
What is Qing Hao?
Artimesia Cold Liver & Gallbladder Bitter, acrid Clears deficiency heat - fever due to yin or blood deficiency. Clears summerheat Cools blood and stops bleeding
Who is Tu Yo Yo?
Noble Medicine peace prize winner - her research showed artemisian can help treat malaria.
Can be dissolved by heat though, so should be cooked last
What is Huang Lian?
Coptis Rhizoma or Gold Thread Bitter and Cold Large intestine + Stomach + heart Clears heat and drains damp Drains fire
