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what flavor travels in qi, not to be used with diseases of qi
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pungent
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which flavor travels in flesh
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sweet
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which flavor travles in bone
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bitter
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which flavor travels in sinews
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sour
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which flavor travels in blood
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salty
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why fry in vigegar
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to astringe and invigorate blood
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why fry in wine
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opens channels and expel wind
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do not take with pork
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huang lian
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do not take with tea and turnips
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ren shen
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do not take with vinegar
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fu ling
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do not take with onions, garlic or radishes
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shu di huang, shend di huang, ren shen, he sou wu
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do not take with onions
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chang shan
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do not take with garlic
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mu dan pi
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dosage of xi xin
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1-3g
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used for insufficient lactations
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mai ya at 60g to inhibit lacation
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enters mother milk, caution
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da huang
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ding xiang (carophyli) antagonizes which herb
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yu jin (curcuma)
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what does rou gui antagonize
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chi shi zhi
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2 can cao incompatibles
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hai zao, da ji
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li lu incompatibles
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4 shens, xi xin, bai shao
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aid lactation
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pu gong ying, mai ya, mu tong
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inhibit lactation
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mai ya
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Where does niu xi guide
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downward
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2 herbs for jaundice
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yin chen hao, gan lan gen
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herbs for opening nasal passages
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bai zhi, xi xin, xin yi hua, cang er zi
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taiyang headaches (occipital)
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qiang huo, mang jing zi, chuan xiong
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yangming headaches (frontal)
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bai zhi
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shaoyang headaches (temporal)
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huang qin, chai hu, chuan xiong
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jueyin headaches (vertex)
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gao ben, wu zhu yu
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shaoyin headaches (empty)
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xi xin, du huo
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taiyin headaches (whole head)
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ban xia, cang zhu
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any headache
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chuan xiong
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Pu Huang (pollen typhae)
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STOPS BLEEDING, invigorates blood, uterine dz
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Di Yu (sanguisorbae)
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STOPS BLEEDING hemmorrhoids #1
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Huai Hua Mi (sophora japonicae)
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STOPS BLEEDING, used with di yu for hemorrhoids
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Ai Ye (artemesia leaf)
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STOPS BLEEDING warms womb, restless fetus
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Chuan Xiong (ligustici)
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INVIGORATE BLOOD, headache, liver yang rising, PC channel
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Dan Shen (mitorrhizae)
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INVIGORATE BLOOD, blood stasis, clears heat, cools blood, gyno
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Yu Jin (curcumae)
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INVIGORATE BLOOD, clears bile ducts, for stones
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Tao Ren (persicae-peach pit)
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INVIGORATES BLOOD, blood stasis in abdomen, lubricates intestines
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Hong Hua (carthami)
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INVIGORATES BLOOD, harmonize blood, menses, ADD AT END
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E Zhu (curcuma)
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INVIGORATES BLOOD, promotes qi mvmt
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Sang Leng (sparganii)
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INVIGORATES BLOOD, forcefully breaks blood stasis
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Ru Xiang (gummi Ob - frankinscense)
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INVIGORATES BLOOD, generates flesh, stops pain
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Mo Yao (myrrh)
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INVIGORATES BLOOD, generates flesh, stops pain
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Wang Bu Liu Xing (vaccariae segetalis)
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INVIGORATES BLOOD, promotes lactations, wang belushi has big breast and testicles
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Chen Pi (pericarpium citri reticulatae)
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MOVE QI, transforms phlegm, prevent stagnation from cloying herbs
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Ju Hong (rubra epicarpi)
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MOVES QI, more drying
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Qing Pi (green citrus peel)
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MOVES QI, liver qi strong
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Zhi Shi (immature citrus)
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MOVES QI, unblocks bowels, prolapse, raise blood pressure
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Zhi Ke (citru auranti)
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MOVES QI, milder than zhi shi
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Da Fu Pi (areca catechu)
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MOVES QI, bloated abdomen
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Xiang Fu (cypress)
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MOVES QI, liver qi, menses, #1 for gyno dz
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Chuan Lian Zi (toosendan)
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MOVE QI, clear heat, parasites, liver qi stagnation
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Ren Shen (ginseng)
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TONIFY QI, yuan source qi, OD CAUSES H/A, DIZZINESS, HTN, PALPITATIONS
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Dang Shen (codonopsis)
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TONIFY QI, MJ
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Huang Qi (astragalus)
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TONIFY QI, raises, yang qi, stabilize ying and wei qi, recovery after loss of blood
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Shang Yao (dioscorea)
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TONIFY QI, spleen stomach, lung and kidney yin
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Bai Zhu (atractylodis)
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TONIFY QI, tonify spleen, calms fetus
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Dao Zao (jujube)
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TONIFY QI, nourish blood, calm spirit
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Gan Cao (glycyrrhiza)
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TOINFY QI, moisten lung, stop cough, goes to all 12 channels
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Shu Di Huang (rehmannia)
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TONIFY BLOOD, TONIFY YIN, grey hair
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Dang Gui (angelica)
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TONIFY BLOOD, regulates menses, stops pain, moisten intestines, treat cough, DO NOT TAKE WITH WARFARIN, CONTAINS B12 AND VIT A
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Bai Shao (white peony)
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TONIFY BLOOD, liver blood, subdue liver yang, liver qi stagnation, LIVER
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E Jiao (ass hide gel)
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TONIFY BLOOD, stops bleeding, nourishes yin
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Gou Qi Zi (lycii-goji)
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TONIFY BLOOD, benefits essence, brightens eyes
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Long Tan Rou (euphoria longan)
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TONIFY BLOOD, nourishes heart and spleen, calms spirit, think gui pi tang
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Mai Men Dong (ophiopogonis)
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TONIFY YIN, nourish heart, lung and stomach yin
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Tian Men Dong (asparagi)
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TONIFY YIN, lung, kidney yin
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Sha Shen (adenophora)
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TONIFY YIN, DRYNESS
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Bai He (lilly bulb)
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TONIFY YIN, heart yin, calms shen
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Nu Zhen Zi (ligustri)
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TONIFY YIN, kd and liver yin, does NOT affect MJ
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Bie Jia (ocean turtle)
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TONIFY YIN, subdue yang
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Gui Ban (freshwater turtle)
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TONIFY YIN, cool blood, CLOSE FONTANELS
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Du Zhong (eucommiae)
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TONIFY YANG, liver and kidney, calm fetus, used for HTN
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Lu Rong (deer antler)
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TONIFY YANG, start small dose and slowly increase
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Bu Gu Zhi (psoraleae)
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TONIFY YANG, cockscrow diarrhea, good for essence
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Gu Sui Bu (drynariae)
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TONIFY YANG, old person all dried up, no hair, no teeth, no bones
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Xu Duan (dipsaci)
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TONIFY YANG, calms fetus for bones
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Tu Su Zi (cuscutae chinensis)
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TONIFY YANG and YIN
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Wu Wei Zi (schisandrae)
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ASTRINGENT, heart, kidney and lung, used for allergic skin disorders
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He Zi (chebulae)
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ASTRINGENT, for throat and chronic cough
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Chun Pi (ailanthi altissimae)
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ASTRINGENT, general pi from the civil war took his soldiers and wayward women gave them STDs, stops bleeding
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Fu Pen Zi (rubi chingii-raspberry)
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ASTRINGENT, toinfies kd, essense, yin, yang liver and brightens eyes
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Fu Xiao Mai (tritici aestivi-wheat)
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ASTRINGENT, nourishes heart and calms spirit
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Du Huang (rhubarb)
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PURGATIVE, drain heat from blood, enters breast milk
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Mang Xiao (miribilatum)
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PURGATIVE, boobies, dryness
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Lu Hui (aloe)
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PURGATIVE, drain fire, cools liver, kills parasites, 1.5-4.5g
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Fu Ling (poria cocos)
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DRAIN DAMP, tonify spleen, harmonize MJ, nourish heart and calm shen. 60g for FACIAL EDEMA
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Zhu Ling (grifola)
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DRAIN DAMP, f=more for heat lin, NO TONIFYING ACTION
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Ze Xie (alismatis orientalis)
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DRAIN DAMP, DRAINS KD FIRE
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Yi Yi Ren (lachryma-jobi)
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DRAIN DAMP, damp heat, plantar warts
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Hua Shi (talcum)
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DRAIN DAMP, skin stuff
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Mu Tong (mutong)
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DRAIN DAMP, mother cow - promotes lactation
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Den Xin Cao (junci)
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DRAIN DAMP, pediatric sleep disorders
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Bei Xie (dioscorea)
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DRAIN DAMP, SEPARATE CLEAR FROM TURBID
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Di Fu Zi (kochia)
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DRAIN DAMP, itching
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Du Huo (angelica)
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DISPEL WIND DAMP, lower body bi
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Wei Ling Xian (clematidis)
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DISPEL WIND DAMP, goes to all 12 channels
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Mu Gua (chaenomelis-quince)
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DISPEL WIND DAMP, food stagnation, tendon spasm
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Sang Ji Sheng (mulberry)
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DISPEL WIND DAMP, nourish blood, calm fetus
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Cang Zhu (atractylodis)
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XFORM DAMP, VERY DRY, strengthens spleen
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Huo Po (magnolia)
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XFORM DAMP, abdominal distention and bloating, DOES NOT TONIFY SP
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Huo Xiang (agastaches pogostemi)
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XFORM DAMP, wind cold damp
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Sha Ren (amomi)
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XFORM DAMP, calms fetus, bitch slap the spleen
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Cao Guo (amomi tsao ko)
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XFORM DAMP, MALARIA
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Chuan Bei Mu (fritillaria)
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COOL AND XFORM DAMP, used for CCC (CHRONIC, children, chuan)
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Zhe Bei Mu (fritillaria)
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COOL AND XFORM DAMP, ACUTE
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Gua Lou (trichosanthes fruit)
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HOT PHLEGM, difficult to expectorate
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Gua Lou Pi (trichosanthes husk)
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HOT PHLEGM, better than gua lou for dry cough
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Gua Lou Ren (trichosanthes seed)
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HOT PHLEGM, constipation
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Zhu Ru (bambusae)
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HOT PHLEGM, morning sickness, chemo
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Hai Zao (sargasii)
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HOT PHLEGM, goiter, incompatible with gan cao
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Ban Xia (pinellia)
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COLD PHLEGM, toxic, harmonizes stomach
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Jie Geng (platycodi)
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COLD PHLEGM, and hot phlegm, benefit throat, guides to lung, expels pus
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Xuan Fu Hua (inula)
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COLD PHLEGM, only flower that descends, needs to be wrapped
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Xing Ren (armenica)
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COUGH AND WHEEZING, any kind of cough heat or cold
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Pi Pa Ye (eribotryae)
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COUGH AND WHEEZING, neutral, clears lung and stomach heat
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Sang Bai Pi (mulberry)
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COUGH AND WHEEZING, urination and edema for hypertension and facial edema
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Shan Zha (crataegi)
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FOOD STAGNATION of meat and greasy, cholesterol and heart stuff
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Shen Qu (massa fermentata)
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FOOD STAGNATION of starches
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Mai Ya (vulgaris germinatus)
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FOOD STAGNATION of starches, inhibits lactation, regulates liver qi, 60G TO INHIBIT LACTATION
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Su Gu Ya (oryzae sativae germinatus)
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FOOD STAGNATION of starches, strenghens stomach
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Lai Fu Zi (raphani sativi)
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FOOD STAGNATION of carbs, causes qi to descend, ANTAGONIZES REN SHEN (because its a radish)
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Ji Nei Jin (endothelium corneum galli)
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FOOD STAGNATION, secures essence
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Shi Gao (gypsum)
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DRAIN FIRE, stomach fire, cook 30 minutes longer
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Zhi Mu (anemarrhenae)
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DRAIN FIRE, generates fluid
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Zhi Zi (gardenia)
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DRAINS FIRE, 5 channel, jaundice, cool blood, stop bleeding
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Dan Zhu Ye (lophatheri)
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DRAIN FIRE, heart and small intestine pattern
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Lu Gen (phragmatis)
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DRAIN FIRE, vents rashes for lung and stomach
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Tian Hua Fen (trichisanthes root)
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DRAINS FIRE, resolves toxicity
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Sheng Di Huang (rehmannia)
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CLEAR HEAT COOL BLOOD, warm febrile dz, nourishes yin
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Xuan Shen (scrophularia)
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CLEAR HEAT COOL BLOOD, sore throats from excess or xu
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Mu Dan Pi (moutan)
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CLEAR HEAT COOL BLOOD, activates blood and dispels stasis, steaming bone with no sweating
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Huang Qin (scutellaria)
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CLEAR HEAT, DRY DAMP, lung heat
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Huang Lian (coptidis)
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CLEAR HEAT DRY DAMP, heart fire, NOT WITH PORK
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Huang Bai (phellodendri)
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CLEAR HEAT DRY DAMP, LJ, kidney and genital sores
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Long Dan Cao (gentiana)
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CLEAR HEAT DRY DAMP, liver fire, consvulsions with wind heat
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Ku Shen (sophora)
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CLEAR HEAT DRY DAMP, parasites and itching
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Jin Yin Hua (lonicera japonica)
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CLEAR HEAT RESOLVE TOXICITY, breasts and wind heat
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Lian Qiao (forsythia)
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CLEAR HEAT RESOLVE TOXICITY, noduls and sores, HEART LUNG AND GB
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Ban Lan Gen (isatidis)
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CLEAR HEAT RESOLVE TOXICITY, benefit throat #1
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Pu Gong Ying (taracacum root)
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CLEAR HEAT RESOLVE TOXICITY, boobies and abscesses
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He Ye (Nelumbinis)
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CLEAR HEAT RESOLVE TOXICITY, raises clear yang, stops bleeding in lower burner
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Tu Fu Ling (smilacis glabrae)
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CLEAR HEAT RESOLVE TOXICITY, SYPHILIS, STD
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Du Gu Pi (lycii)
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CLEAR XU HEAT, night sweats, lung heat, guppy
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Qing Hao (artemesia)
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CLEAR XU HEAT, steaming bone, cook short period, malaria
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Fu Zi (aconite)
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WARM INTERIOR, restore yang, cook 30-60 minutes longer
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Rou Gui (cinnamon)
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WARM INTERIOR, dysmenorrhea, encourage qi and blood
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Ding Xiang (caryophylli)
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WARM INTERIOR, impotence, hiccups, vaginal discharge, ANTAGONIZES YU JIN
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Long Gu (dragon bone)
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ANCHOR SHEN, floating yang and leaky fluids
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Mu Li (oyester)
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ANCHOR SHEN, benefits yin, leaking, softens hardness
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Ci Shi (magnetitum)
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ANCHOR SHEN, hearing loss, deafness
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Shen Shu Mu (margarita)
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ANCHOR SHEN, tremors, palpitations, liver fire,
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Suan Zao Ren (jujube)
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NOURISH HEART CALM SPIRIT, sweet, sour, neutral, heart yin xu
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Bai Zi Ren (biota)
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NOURISH HEART CALM SPIRIT, lubricates intestines
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Gou Teng (hookvine)
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WIND, better for liver heat, cook no more than 20 minutes
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Tian Ma (gastrodia)
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WIND, top herb for dizziness
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Di Long (earthworm)
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WIND, asthma, spasm
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Ma Huang (ephedra)
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WARM RELEASE EXTERIOR, zheezing, promotes sweating, caution HTN
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Gui Zhi (cinnamon)
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WARM AND RELEASE EXTERIOR, warms channels, goes to heart, dysmennorrhea
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Zi Su Ye (perilla)
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WARM RELEASE EXTERIOR, calms fetus, morning sickness, seafood poisoning
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Jing Jie (shizoponeta)
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WARM RELEASE EXTERIOR, wind cold and wind heat, stop bleeding
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Fang Feng
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WARM RELEASE EXTERIOR, internal AND external wind, migraines
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Qiang Huo (notopterygii)
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WARM RELEASE EXTERIOR, upper extremities, occipital h/a
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Gao Ben (ligustici)
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WARM RELEASE EXTERIOR, vertex h/a, both ends of du channel
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Bai Zhi (angelica)
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WARM RELEASE EXTERIOR, drying, opens nasal passages, frontal h/a
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Xi Xin (wild ginger)
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WARM RELEASE EXTERIOR, 1-3g only, pain anywhere
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Sheng Jiang (fresh ginger)
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WARM RELEASE EXTERIOR, seafood poisoning, stoms vomit, reduces toxicity of other herbs
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Xiang Ru (elsholtzia moslae)
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WARM RELEASE EXTERIOR, urination
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Cang Er Zi (xanthii)
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WARM RELEASE EXTERIOR, toxic, stops itching, OD vomit diarrhea
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Xin Yi Hua (magnolia flower)
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WARM RELASE EXTERIOR, opens nose
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Bo He (field mint)
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COOL RELEASE EXTERIOR, benefits thorat and eyes, vents rashes
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Niu Bang Zi (arctii lappae)
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COOL RELEASE EXTERIOR, throat, eruptions, rashes, intestines
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Chuan Tui (cicada)
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COOL RELEASE EXTERIOR, wind and spasm
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Man Jing Zi (viticis)
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COOL RELEASE EXTERIOR, taiyang h/a, do not combine with aconite of shi gao
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Sang Ye (mulberry leaf)
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COOL RELEASE EXTERIOR, good for lungs, benefits eyes
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Ju Hua (chrysanthemi)
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COOL RELEASE EXTERIOR, liver heat, eyes, hypertension
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Dan Dou Chi (soy)
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COOL RELEASE EXTERIOR, irritability and restlessness
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Mu Zi (equiseti)
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COOL RELEASE EXTERIOR, stop bleeding
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Ge Gen (pueraria)
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COOL RELEASE EXTERIOR, neck pain, nourish fluids, pediatric diarrhea, h/a
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Chai Hu (bupluri)
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COOL RELEASE EXTERIOR, liver qi, menses, hemorrhoids, raises yang qi, malaria, shaoyang
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Sheng Ma (cimicifuga)
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COOL RELEASE EXTERIOR, vents measles, raises yang, toxic heat and mouth sores
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