Cool Acrid Herbs That Release The Exterior

Front 1

Acrid, Aromatic
Cool
Lung, Liver

Back 1

Bo He

Front 2

Menthae haplocalyci Herba

Back 2

Bo He

Front 3

1.) Disperses wind-heat, clears and benefits the head, eyes and throat
* For patterns of wind-heat fever, cough, head-ache, red eyes, & core throat

2.) Vents rashes
* Used to induce the rash to come to the surface as means of venting the end & heat

3.) Allows constrained liver qi to flow freely
* for constrained Liver qi; pressure in the chest or flanks, emotional instability, & gynecological problems

4.) Expels turbid filth
* summertime exposure to unclean qi leading to summerheat gastric disturbance, with abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, and a thick, greasy, yellow, tongue coating

Back 3

Bo He

Front 4

Bupleuri Radix

Back 4

Chai hu

Front 5

Acrid, Bitter
Cool
Liver, Gall Bladder, Pericardium, San Jiao

Back 5

Chai hu

Front 6

1.) Resolves lesser yang disorders and reduces fever 9g
* for alternating chills and fever, bitter taste, flank pain, irritability, flank pain, lesser yang stage of externally contracted disorders

2.) Spreads liver qi and relieves constraint 6g
* dizziness, vertigo, chest & flank pain, emotional instability, or emotional instability, or mental problems
* disharmony between the Liver & Spleen
3.) Raises and lifts the yang qi specifically the clear Spleen qi 3g
* prolapsed, sensations of dragging downward, hemorrhoids, vaginal discharge, bleeding or exhaustion -> abnormal descent of qi with an inability to rise

Back 6

Chai hu

Front 7

Cicadae Periostracum

Back 7

Chan Tui

Front 8

Sweet, Salty
Slightly cold
Lung, Liver

Back 8

Chan Tui

Front 9

1.) Disperses wind & clears heat
* externally contracted wind-heat especially w/loss of voice

2.) Vents rashes

3.) Clears the eyes & removes superficial visual obstruction

4.) Stops spasms & extinguishes wind
* for childhood febrile diseases -> wind causes convulsions, spasms, delirium or night terrors

Back 9

Chan Tui

Front 10

Arctii Fructus

Back 10

Niu Bang Zi

Front 11

Acrid, Bitter
Cold
Lung, Stomach

Back 11

Niu Bang Zi

Front 12

1.) Disperses wind-heat & benefits the throat
* externally contracted wind-heat: fever, cough & sore, red swollen throat

2.) Resolves toxicity & vents rashes
* red swellings, carbuncles, erythemas, mumps & acute febrile maculopapular rashes
* too much heat in the body can be expressed in rashes

3.) Moistens the intestines
* externally contracted toxins and internal heat causing constipation
* slippery enabling it to promote the movement of both stool & urine

* Clears & drains in addition to venting & dispersing actions

Back 12

Niu Bang Zi

Front 13

Mori Folium

Back 13

Sang Ye

Front 14

Sweet, Bitter
Cold
Lung, Liver

Back 14

Sang Ye

Front 15

1.) Disperses & scatters wind-heat
* externally-contracted wind-heat w/fever, headache, sore throat, & coughing

2.) Calms the Liver & clears the eyes
* Liver heat from excess, wind-heat, or yin xu

3.) Clears the lungs & moistens dryness

4.) Cools the blood & stops bleeding

* Specific to cooling & clearing the Lungs & Liver
* Headaches, fever & dry cough from drying heat injuring the Lungs
* Yang ming channel herb
* Wasting & thirsting d/o

Back 15

Sang Ye

Front 16

Chrysanthemi Flos

Back 16

Ju Hua

Front 17

Sweet, Bitter
Slightly cold
Lung, Liver

Back 17

Ju Hua

Front 18

1.) Disperses wind & clears heat
* used w/sang ye

2.) Calms the Liver & clears the eyes

3.) Calms the Liver & extinguishes wind

4.) Resolves toxicity

Back 18

Ju Hua

Front 19

Viticis Fructus

Back 19

Man Jing Zi

Front 20

Bitter, Acrid
Cold
UB, Liver, Stomach

Back 20

Man Jing Zi

Front 21

1.) Disperses wind & clears heat
* externally-contracted wind-heat -> major complaint is headache or eye pain

2.) Clears & benefits the head & eyes
* especially red & painful or swollen eyes

3.) Drains dampness & expels wind
* auxillary herb for wind-dampness in the limbs-> stiffness, numbness, cramping or heaviness

* Not in classic formulas
(* Stop pain category is usually used for pain)
* Best at raising & dispersing wind-heat in the face & head

Back 21

Man Jing Zi

Front 22

Puerariae Radix

Back 22

Ge Gen

Front 23

Sweet, Acrid
Cool
Spleen, Stomach

Back 23

Ge Gen

Front 24

1.) discharges exterior conditions & releases the muscles
* fever, headache, stiff or tight upper back & neck

2.) Relieves heat & generates fluids


3.) Vents & discharges measles


4.) Releives heat & generates fluids
* wasting & thirsting d/o

5.) Raises the yang & stops diarrhea

6.) Treats symptoms of hypertension
* liver yang rising

Back 24

Ge Gen

Front 25

Spirodelae Herba

Back 25

Fu Ping

Front 26

Acrid
Cold
UB, Lung

Back 26

Fu Ping

Front 27

1.) Induces sweating & releases the exterior
* strong diaphoretic

2.) Vents rashes & stops itching

3.) Promotes urination & reduces swelling
* for UTI

* Reaches outward to the skin to bring out sweat, reaches downward to the UB to promote urination & enters the Lungs to spread lung qi
* Best used for exterior wind patterns: reash & itching, fluid retention & urinary difficulty
* Does not have a significant affect on settling wheezing or stop coughing

Back 27

Fu Ping

Front 28

Cimicifugae Rhizoma

Back 28

Sheng Ma

Front 29

Sweet, Acrid
Slightly cold
Large Instestine, Lung, Spleen, Stomach

Back 29

Sheng Ma

Front 30

1.) Discharges exterior conditions & vents measles


2.) Clears heat & resolves toxicity


3.) Raises the yang & lifts what has sunken

Back 30

Sheng Ma

Front 31

Sojae Semen preparatum

Back 31

Dan Dou Chi

Front 32

Sweet, Slightly bitter
Cold or Warm depending on preperation
Lung, Stomach

Back 32

Dan Dou Chi

Front 33

1.) Releases the exterior
* both hot & cold d/o
* b/c of mildness appropriate for treating patterns yin xu w/superimposed exterior d/o

2.) Eliminates irritability

Back 33

Dan Dou Chi