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fu ling
sclerotium poriae cocos |
1. Promotes urination, leaches out dampness. 2. Strengthens the Spleen, harmonizes the MJ. 3. Transforms phlegm. 4. Nourishes Heart, calms the shen. 5. Can replace Lasix |
sweet, bland, neutral HT, LU, SP, KID 9-15g, up to 60g for facial edema. c/c: yin xu SP qi prolapse, cold xu w/ spermatorrhea. |
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yi yi ren
semen coicis
barley |
1. Promotes urination, leaches out dampness, bi syndrome. 2. Strengthens SP & stops diarrhea. 3. Clears heat, clears damp heat, expels pus, plantar warts. |
sweet, bland, slightly cold ST, SP, LU, KID c/c: pregnancy, spermatorrhea, polyuria |
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zhu ling
umbellatus (sclerotium polyporus) |
1. Promotes urination, leaches out dampness (drains more heat than fu ling). 2. Edema, scanty urine, jaundice, diarrhea. 3. Used only for painful urinary dribbling during preg. |
sweet, bland, slightly cool SP KID, UB c/c: absence of damp patterns, no long term use, may injure the yin |
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ze xie
rhizoma alismatis orientalitis |
1. Promotes urination, leaches out dampness, esp from LJ. 2. DRAINS XU KID FIRE, Kidney yin xu + heat. |
sweet, bland, cold KID, UB c/c: MJ qi sinking |
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dong gua ren
semen benincasae
(winter melon seed) |
1. Clears heat, expels phlegm, helps discharge of pus. 2. Clear LU heat w/ thick yellow phlegm. 3. Promotes diuresis, good for vaginal discharge. |
sweet, cold LU, ST, LI, SI c/c: diarrhea caused by xu & cold of SP/ST |
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FANG JI (han fang ji) (fen fang ji)
radix stephaniae tetrandrae |
1. Promotes urination & reduces edema (esp lower body). 2. Gurgling sounds in Intestines, abdominal pain. 3. Ascites d/t dampness. |
bitter, acrid, cold UB, KID, SP c/c: bitter, cold nature readily injures the ST, underlying SP/ST xu or yin xu |
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yin chen hao
herba artemisae yinchenhao |
1. Clears damp-heat from LIV/GB, relieves jaundice. 2. Clears heat, releases the exterior. 3. Used for damp sores, wind rashes, & other skin diseases, mostly affecting LJ. |
bitter, slightly cold LIV, GB, SP, ST 9-30g c/c: do not use w/o damp-heat sx |
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deng xin cao
medulla junci effusi |
1. Promotes urination, leaches out dampness. 2. Clears heat from the HT via SI & UB. 3. Pediatric sleep disorders, also adults for insomnia or restless sleep, HT/K not communicating. |
sweet, bland, slightly cold LU, HT, SI 1.5–4.5g c/c: xu cold in MJ, urinary incontinence |
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mu tong
caulis akebiae |
1. Promotes urination, directs fire & damp-heat downward & out thru the urine. 2. Clears heat from Heart via SI & UB. 3. Promotes lactation, UNBLOCKS vessels. |
bitter, slightly cold UB, HT, SI 3–6g c/c: pregnancy |
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chuan mu tong
caulis clematidis armandii |
used interchangeably with mu tong |
bland, bitter, cold UB, HT, SI 3–6g c/c: pregnancy |
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dong kui zi (qing ma zi)
semen malvae |
1. Promotes urination, unblocks painful urinary dysfx (hot, stony painful lin). 2. Clears heat, superficial visual obstructions, clears eyes, reduces swellings. 3. Benefits breasts, insufficient lactation, painful swollen breasts. Moistens Intestines, unblocks bowels. |
bitter, neutral UB, LI, LIV 3–9g c/c: preg, diarrhea d/t SP xu |
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qu mai
herba dianthi |
1. Promotes urination, clears damp-heat, painful bloody urinary dribbling. 2. Breaks blood stasis, auxiliary herb for blood stasis. |
bitter, cold UB, HT, SI c/c: preg, SP xu |
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bian xu
herba polygoni avicularis |
1. Clears damp-heat from the bladder, promotes urination. 2. Expels parasites, (tapeworm, hookworm, pinworm), stops itching (damp skin conditions) |
bitter, slightly cold UB |
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shi wei
flos pyrrosiae |
1. Clears damp-heat, unblocks painful urinary dysfx (bloody, stone, hot, lin syndromes). 2. Stops cough, clears LU, expels phlegm. 3. Clears heat, stops bleeding. |
bitter, sweet, slightly cold UB, LU 6–9g |
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che qian zi
semen plantaginis |
1. Promotes urination, clears damp-heat. 2. Solidifies stool (damp heat or damp summer heat). 3. Clears eyes (dry eyes, or cataracts), heat in the LIV channel. 4. Expels phlegm. stops cough. |
sweet, cold UB, KID, LIV, LU c/c: pregnancy, exhausted yang qi, K essence xu |
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hua shi
talcum |
1. Promotes urination, drains heat from UB. 2. Clears summer heat, thirst irritability. 3. Topically for damp skin lesions, clears damp/heat through urine. |
sweet, bland, cold UB, ST (wrap & add last) c/c: SP qi xu, depleted BF d/t febrile disease, spermatorrhea polyuria, pregnancy |
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di fu zi
fructus kochiae scopariae |
1. Promotes urination, clears damp-heat. 2. Expels dampness, stops itching, clears skin (eczema, scabies, damp-heat) |
sweet, bitter, cold KID, UB |
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fen bi xie (bi xie)
rhizoma dioscoreae hypoglaucae |
1. Separates pure from turbid (stops loss of lymph fluid, chyluria). 2. Expels wind-damp, relaxes the sinews (bi syndrome). 3. Clears damp-heat from skin (eczema & pustular sores) |
bitter, neutral UB, LIV, ST c/c: K yin xu |
