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herbal formulas for yang deficiency: heart, spleen, and kidney
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heart: gui zhi jia fu zi tang
spleen: li zhong wan kidney: jin gui shen qi wan |
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what do walnuts do?
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warm KD yang
tonify KD essence low back pain, seminal emission |
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what do leeks do?
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tonify yang
move blood--good for chest bi do not use on def heat |
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what does mutton do?
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tonifies yang
warms MJ and LJ stomach/spleen cold cold limbs |
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what does deer meat do?
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tonifies yang
tonifies 5 organs promotes lactation |
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what does goat's milk do?
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warms yang
good for damp phlegm accumulation mouth ulcers |
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what is the thermal difference between cows milk and goats milk?
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cows milk is cold
goat milk is warm |
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what food helps with edema due to chronic nephritis and also promotes urination and helps with diabetes and kidney stones?
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corn
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what food promotes urination and helps with ascites due to LV disease?
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adzuki beans
(chi xiao dou) |
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what food promotes urination while clearing heat, resolving asthma with edema, diabetes, obsity, and cough due to LU heat?
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winter melon
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what food prevents miscarriage, tranquilizes the mind, and stimulates milk secretion?
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carp
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what food is a purgative and cools LV blood while nourishing yin and descending qi?
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spinach
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what food is a purgative that nourishes ST/SP and moistening the intestines? It also harmonizes other herbs.
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honey
(feng mi) |
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what herb tonifies and invigorates blood while moistening the intestines and helping with menstruation?
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dang gui
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what herb clears heat in the nutritive level with yin deficiency and constipation? Also good for mouth and tongue sores.
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sheng di huang
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what herb warms kidney yang, supplements jing and blood, and warms the uterus? Also helps with infertility and excessive menses bleeding due to cold.
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rou cong rong
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what herb clear heat, moistens the LU, clears sore throat and unblocks the bowels?
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pang da hai
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what herb tonifies qi and invigorates yang, benefits the yang and wei qi, and is good for uterine prolapse and non healing sores?
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huang qi
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whta herb tonifies qi, nourishes yin, clears fire, and is good for cough with blood streaked sputum?
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xi yang shen
(american ginseng) |
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what herb warms the center, kills pinworms and hookworms, and is good for dysentery?
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garlic
(da suan) |
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what herb disperses cold, warms the middle, alleviates vomitting, and negotiates the wei qi in exterior cold conditions?
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sheng jiang
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what herb is good for wind cold with abdominal pain and nasal congestion?
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scallion
(cong bai) |
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what herb support the SP/ST, balances qi, moistens dryness, and transforms phlegm?
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mushrooms
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what element does autumn correlate with?
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metal
LU/LI everything contracts |
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excessive eating, roughage, excessive meat and dairy, and drugs contribute to what organ problems?
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LU and LI
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what flavor of food treats LU and LI disorders?
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pungent
acrid |
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what kinds of conditions do pungent and acrid foods treat?
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LU/LI disorders
pain irregular menses edema tumors |
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what are pungent/acrid foods for wind cold?
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cong bai
coriander ginger da suan gui zhi jing jie congee rosemary |
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what are the ingredients of yogi tea?
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pepper
ginger cardamom cinnamon |
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what are good foods for wind heat?
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bo he
pears watermelon chinese cabbage mung beans pu gong ying niu bang zi radish tofu |
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what would you use for a wind heat congee?
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niu bang zi
sang ye polished rice feng mi |
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what condition will foods like watercress, canteloupe, apples, peaches, seaweed, mushroom, bai mu er, and bok choy help?
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lung heat
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what foods treat phlegm cold in the lungs?
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fennel
fenugreek |
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what foods treat phlegm heat in the lungs?
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watercress
radish seaweed |
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what types of food treat neutral heat in the lungs?
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flaxseed
tunips mushrooms |
