Week 3 - Beans & Nuts Flashcards
Black sesame’s nature is _____ and taste is _____, thus it benefits the ______
neutral
sweet
middle jiao
Black sesame guides to ______ channel(s)
LV, KD, LI
Why is black sesame good for gray hair?
water (black) controls excess fire
Why is black sesame good for hair loss?
water (black) generates wood (green / LV) which stores blood - head hair is expression of the blood
Blood is governed by HT - wood (LV) is mother of fire (HT)
Beans have a general direction of ________ and thus generally have the function of _________
moving down
promote urination
Compared w/ Red Bean, Chi Xiao Dou is ______
more intense
Why does red bean go to SP, SI?
SI pertains to fire (red)
fire generates earth (SP)
Black soy bean can be of two types: ________
Which is better for edema due to weak SP? Why?
Which is better for beriberi? Why?
black coat, green kernel (KD, LV)
black coat, yellow kernel (KD, SP)
yellow kernel better for edema due to weak SP - earth controls water
yellow kernel better for beriberi - Vitamin B1 deficiency similar to SP QI deficiency
Why is mung bean good for clearing summer heat?
yellow kernel (earth / ministerial fire) - reduce earth to clear excess fire
Peanuts guide to ________ channel(s) because _______. The peanut skin can help with blood coagulation because _____
LU - white kernel
SP - grown in soil
skin is pink (fire / HT, vessels, blood)
Peanuts are also known as 長生果 because _____
helps to strengthen LU (Da Qi) and SP (Gu Chi)
Black sesame can ______ because it is a seed.
moisten intestine
Red bean has the function of ___________
reinforce SP, disperse blood stasis and detoxify (red)
Functions of peanuts includes _________
strenthen SP, promote lactation, moisten LU, dissolve phlegm
