Week 6- Warm the Interior and Expel Cold Flashcards
Aconite
Fù Zi (Radix Lateralis Praeparatus Aconiti Carmichaeli)
-cinnamon bark
Ròu Guì (Cortex Cinnamomi Cassiae)
-dried ginger
Gān Jiāng (Rhizoma Zingiberis Officinalis)
-fennel seed
Xiăo Huí Xiāng (Fructus Foeniculi Vulgaris)
-long pepper fruit
Bì Bá (Fructus Piperis Longi)
-pepper
Hú Jiāo (Fructus Piperis Nigri)
-szechuan pepper
Chuān Jiāo (Pericarpium Zanthoxyli Bungeani)
clove
Dīng Xiāng (Flos Caryophylli) -
-galangal root
Gāo Liáng Jiāng (Rhizoma Alpiniae Officina)
-fermented black soybean
Dòu Chǐ Jiāng (Litsea Cubeba)
1 herb to restore devastated yang
Fu Zi
-aconite
Warms the yang and assists the heart, kidney, and spleen yang (widely used)
Fu Zi
1 for yang deficiency in lower jao
Rou Gui ((Cortex Cinnamomi Cassiae) cinnamon bark
What herb Assists heart yang to unblock vessels and improve circulation
- Warms the yang and assists the heart, kidney, and spleen yang (widely used)
- Disperses cold and stops pain; bi syndrome; warms channels
Fù Zi (Radix Lateralis Praeparatus Aconiti Carmichaeli)
-aconite
Warms kidney fire and fortifies yang due to waning of ming men
Ròu Guì (Cortex Cinnamomi Cassiae)
-cinnamon bark
Leads fire back to source/ming men for heat above and cold below
Rou Gui cinnamon bark
- Dispels cold, unblocks channels, alleviates pain (PMS, amenorrhea qi/blood stasis pain)
- Encourages generation of qi and blood (for chronic qi/blood deficiency)
Ròu Guì (Cortex Cinnamomi Cassiae)
-cinnamon bark
Warms lungs and transforms phlegm (cold-phlegm; thin watery white sputum)
Gān Jiāng (Rhizoma Zingiberis Officinalis)
-dried ginger
What herb must you *boil for 30-60 minutes before adding other ingredients to reduce toxicity**
Fu Zi
How long do you need to cook Fu Zi prior to adding other herbs
30-60 minuites
What are the cooking instructions for Rou Gui
- *crush first**
- taken in powder, pill, or oil**
- Rescues devastated yang (used with Fu Zi cause that will take it to KD)
- Warms the channels and stops bleeding from deficiency (cold; uterine bleeding)
- Used in deficiency or excess
Gān Jiāng (Rhizoma Zingiberis Officinalis)
-dried ginger
what are the general taste and temp of herbs that warm the interior and expel cold?
acrid, warm/hit, drying… promotes movement of qi
what are the general cautions of herbs that warm the interior and expel cold?
- consumes yin and body fluids
- blood xu
- yin xu
- pregnancy
what herb is -drying not for long term use or high dose
Wú Zhū Yu (Fructus Evodiae Rutaecarpae)
-evodia fruit
Directs rebellious qi down and stops vomiting and diarrhea
Wú Zhū Yu (Fructus Evodiae Rutaecarpae)
-evodia fruit
Warms MJ for nausea and vomiting
Helps with liver qi stagnation, alleviates pain (hernia, headache, PMS)
Wú Zhū Yu (Fructus Evodiae Rutaecarpae)
-evodia fruit
Jue yin headache (vertex of head, liver channel)
Leads fire down for sours in the mouth
Wú Zhū Yu (Fructus Evodiae Rutaecarpae)
-evodia fruit
Spread liver qi (lower abdominal pain and hernia)
Warms KD, expels cold, alleviates pain (PMS)
Xiăo Huí Xiāng (Fructus Foeniculi Vulgaris)
-fennel seed
Regulates qi, harmonizes stomach for a cold stomach
Xiăo Huí Xiāng (Fructus Foeniculi Vulgaris)
-fennel seed
Topically for toothache
Bì Bá (Fructus Piperis Longi)
-long pepper fruit
Warms MJ disperses cold
Added to soup to open the appetite
Hú Jiāo (Fructus Piperis Nigri)
-pepper
Warms MJ, disperses cold, alleviates pain (SP/ST cold xu)
Kills parasites and alleviates abdominal pain
Chuān Jiāo (Pericarpium Zanthoxyli Bungeani)
-szechuan pepper
1 for vomitting and hiccups due to stomach cold
Dīng Xiāng (Flos Caryophylli) -clove
- Male sexual function
- Warms KD and aid yang (clear vaginal discharge sue to KD yang deficiency)
- directs rebellious qi down
Dīng Xiāng (Flos Caryophylli) -clove
Warms MJ and alleviates pain
Epigastric pain, vomitting etc
Gāo Liáng Jiāng (Rhizoma Alpiniae Officina)
-galangal root
Expels wind and damp
**Promotes movement of qi and blood and alleviates pain (low back pain)
Chills, headache, muscle ache due to exterior disorder
Dòu Chǐ Jiāng (Litsea Cubeba)
-fermented black soybean
Wu Tou is related to Fu Zi (Rx Aconiti) but is better for what?
Cold Bi and pain.