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25 Cards in this Set
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Overview of Expel Wind-Damp herbs
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Help Bi pain >> painful obstruction
- Xing bi – wind - Tong bi – cold - Zhuo bi – damp - Re bi – hot Dispels wind-damp from muscles, sinews, joints, bones Tonify SP, LV (tendons), KD (bones) Analgesic effect Anti-inflammatory Promote circulation |
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Which herbs are used to dispel Wind Cold Damp?
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Du Huo
Wei Ling Xian (softens fish bones) Qian Nian Jian Wu Jia Pi Mu Gua Hu Gu Song Jie |
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Which herbs are used to dispel Wind Heat Damp?
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Xi Xian Cao
Luo Shi Teng Fang Ji (Hai Fang Ji & Guang Fang Ji) |
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Which herbs are used to treat pain in the UPPER body?
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Qiang Huo
Sang Zhi |
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Which herbs are used to treat pain in the LOWER body?
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Du Huo
Mu Gua Can Sha |
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Herbs used for pain in either UPPER, LOWER, or WHOLE body?
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Wei Ling Xian
Luo Shi Teng Hai Feng Teng |
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Herbs used for elderly and/or weak patients w/chronic history?
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Wu Jia Pi (developmental delays in children)
Qian Nian Jian Xi Xian Cao Du Huo Sang Ji Sheng (also calms fetus) |
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Herbs used for either Acute or Chronic Wind Damp?
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Du Huo
Qin Jiao |
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Herbs used to treat hypertension?
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Xi Xian Cao
Sang Ji Sheng |
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Herbs used to treat Edema?
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Wu Jia Pi
Sang Zhi Fang Ji |
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Herbs used to treat Cramping & Spasm of Calf?
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Mu Gua
Can Sha |
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Herbs used for Wind Stroke, and Skin Problems?
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Bai Hua She (warm, toxic)
Wu Shao She (neutral) She Tui (neutral) |
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General properties of Dissolve Hot-Phlegm herbs?
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- all cold – slightly cold >> cold >> very cold
- Treat phlegm-heat & dry-phlegm - Expectorant, anti-inflammatory & sedative properties - All affect LU channel – most ST too - Phlegm = pathological accumulation of thick fluid in the respiratory & digestive tracts, as well as muscles & other tissues |
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Herbs used to treat mastitis?
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Quan Gua Lou
Gua Lou Ren Chuan Bei Mu Zhe Bei Mu (better) |
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Herbs used for Stroke & Convulsion?
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Tian Zhu Huang
Zhu Li Meng Shi |
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Herbs Incompatible with Wu Tou?
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Chuan & Zhe Bei Mu
Quan & Gua Lou Pi & Ren |
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Compare & contrast Chuan & Zhe Bei Mu
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Chuan Bei Mu – slighty cold & sweet – moisten lung for treating deficient condition, i.e.; dry/chronic cough.
Zhe Bei Mu – cold & bitter – excessive condition as in external wind heat and cough due to heat & phlegm congestion, and goiter. |
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Name the Gua Lou’s and their distinctions.
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Quan Gua Luo – the whole fruit – inhibits cancer cell growth – good for chest bi pain
Gua Luo Pi - peel Gua Lou Ren – seeds – also moistens intestines |
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Compare and contrast the Gua Lou's.
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All sweet, cold
All quench lung heat & expel phlegm Promote circulation of Qi in chest Loosens bowels to relieve constipation |
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The Zhu’s - compare & contrast.
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Zhu Ru – good for treating vomiting due to ST heat.
Zhu Li – good for treating wind stroke due to phlegm obstruction. Tian Zhu Huang – good for clearing HT, stopping convulsions. |
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Actions of Qian Hu?
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Redirects the Qi downward for coughing, wheezing with phlegm heat and wind-heat patterns
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Actions of Tian Hua Feng?
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Clears heat
Generates fluids Expels pus Good for LU heat cough & diabetes Contraindicated during pregnancy |
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Which herbs Soften Hardness & Dissipate Nodules for Scrofula?
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Fu Hai Shi – also phlegm heat
Hai Ge Ke – also phlegm heat & acid reflux Ze Qi Hai Zao Kun Bu Huang Yao Zi – cool blood, stop bleeding, reduce toxicity, snakebite, and cancer. |
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Compare & contrast Men Shi & Pang Da Hai.
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Men Shi – cough due to stubborn phlegm congestion
Pang Da Hai – sore throat, hoarseness due to phlegm heat |
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Which herbs are used to treat goiter?
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Hai Zao
Kun Bu Huang Yao Zi |
