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Week One (Part One) Flashcards

1
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Ma Huang Tang

Category:

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Release the Exterior Wind-Cold

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Ma Huang Tang

Ingredients:

A

Ma Huang
Gui Zhi
Xing Ren
Zhi Gan Cao

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Ma Huang Tang

King Herb:

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Ma Huang

Promotes sweating, vents the lung, calms asthma

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Ma Huang Tang

Clinical Application:

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Promotes sweating to release exterior cold. Opens the Lung qi and calms wheezing.

Common formula for exterior wind cold attack excess syndrome.

Key symptoms are chills and fever without sweating, wheezing, superficial and tight pulse.

Currently used for common cold, flu, acute bronchitis, bronchial asthma, etc. due to wind cold exterior excess syndrome

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Ma Huang Tang

Tongue:
Pulse:

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Ma Huang Tang

Tongue: thin, white coating
Pulse: Floating (superficial) and tight (indicative of cold)

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6
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Ma Huang Tang

Common Name:

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Ma Huang Tang

Common Name: Ephedra Decoction

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7
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3 Candies

Ingredients:

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Sheng Jiang
Da Zao
Zhi Gan Cao

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8
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Gui Zhi Tang

Category:

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Release the Exterior Wind-Cold

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9
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Gui Zhi Tang

Ingredients:

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Gui Zhi
Bai Shao
Sheng Jiang
Da Zao
Zhi Gan Cao
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10
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Gui Zhi Tang

King Herb:

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Gui Zhi

Releases the exterior; disperses wind-cold. More for the wei qi (bai shao is more for the ying)

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Gui Zhi Tang

Clinical Application:

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Releases exterior wind cold from the muscle layer and regulates ying and wei qi.

This is a common formula used for exterior wind cold or wind attack deficiency syndrome and ying wei disharmony.

Currently used for common cold, flu, upper respiratory tract infection, postpartum fever, allergic rhinitis, cerebrovascular spasm, eczema, and uticaria.

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12
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Gui Zhi Tang

Tongue:
Pulse:

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Gui Zhi Tang

Tongue: thin, white coating
Pulse: Floating (superficial), either moderate or frail (indicative of deficiency)

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13
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Gui Zhi Tang

Common Name:

A

Cinnamon Twig Decoction

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14
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Xiao Qing Long Tang

Category:

A

Release the Exterior Wind-Cold

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15
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Xiao Qing Long Tang

Ingredients:

A 
Ma Huang
Gui Zhi
Gan Jiang
Xi Xin
Wu Wei Zi
Bai Shao
Zhi Ban Xia
Zhi Gan Cao
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16
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Xiao Qing Long Tang

King Herb:

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Ma Huang

Gui Zhi

17
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Xiao Qing Long Tang

Clinical Application:

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Releases exterior wind cold, warms the lungs, stops cough, calms asthma, and transforms congested fluids.

This is a common formula used for releasing wind-cold from the exterior and transform congested fluids from the interior.

Currently used for acute or chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, senile emphysema, or flu due to exterior cold with interior congested fluids.

18
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Xiao Qing Long Tang

Tongue:
Pulse:

A

Xiao Qing Long Tang

Tongue: moist coating
Pulse: Floating (superficial), tight

19
Q

Xiao Qing Long Tang

Common Name:

A

Minor Bluegreen Dragon Decoction

20
Q

Xiang Su San

Category:

A

Release the Exterior Wind-Cold

21
Q

Xiang Su San

Ingredients:

A

Xiang Fu
Zi Su Ye
Chen Pi
Zhi Gan Cao

22
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Xiang Su San

King Herb:

A

Xiang Fu

Regulates all three jiaos

23
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Xiang Su San

Clinical Application:

A

Regulates the qi and releases the exterior.

This formula is used for exterior wind cold with qi constrained in the interior.

Currently used for upper respiratory tract infection and stomach flu

24
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Xiang Su San

Tongue:
Pulse:

A

Xiang Su San

Tongue: thin, white coating
Pulse: Floating (superficial)

25
Q

Xiang Su San

Common Name:

A

Cyperus and Perilla Leaf Powder

26
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Xiang Ru San

Category:

A

Release the Exterior Wind-Cold

27
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Xiang Ru San

Ingredients:

A

Xiang Ru
Bai Bian Dou
Hou Po
Rice Wine

28
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Xiang Ru San

King Herb:

A

Xiang Ru

29
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Xiang Ru San

Clinical Application:

A

Releases the exterior, scatters cold, transforms dampness, and harmonizes the MJ

This formula is used for damp cold contracted during summer time.

Currently used for upper respiratory tract infection, summer cold, acute gastroenteritis due to summer-damp with exterior wind-cold.

30
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Xiang Ru San

Tongue:
Pulse:

A

Xiang Ru San

Tongue: white greasy coating
Pulse: Floating (superficial)

31
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Xiang Ru San

Common Name:

A

Mosla Powder

32
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Gui Zhi Tang

Gui Zhi (Special Property):

A

Supports wei qi; harmonizes with Bai Shao

33
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Gui Zhi Tang

Bai Shao (Special Property):

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Supports ying qi; harmonizes with Gui Zhi

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