Herb Board Review Set 5

Front 1

Di long
Name category and clue

Back 1

Earthworm
Extinguish wind and stop tremors

Front 2

Di long
Actions and Indications

Back 2

1. Eliminates wind and subdues endogenous wind for tics with high fever, convulsions, epilepsy.
2. Clears heat and unblocks channels and collaterals for swollen painful joints, hot bi, rheumatic pain, hemiplagia.
3. Clears heat and stops wheezing for asthma.

Front 3

Di yu
Name category and clue

Back 3

Bloodwort root
Regulate blood to stop bleeding

Front 4

Di yu
Actions and Indications

Back 4

1. Cools the blood to stop bleeding for blood in stool, bleeding hemorrhoids, bloody dysentery, excessive uterine bleeding, vomiting blood and nose bleed.
2. Clears heat and generates flesh, for sores ulcers and injuries from burns.

Front 5

Ding xiang
Name category and clue

Back 5

Clove
Warm interior and expel cold

Front 6

Ding xiang
Actions and Indications

Back 6

1. Warms the middle and directs rebellious Qi downward for vomiting, hiccough, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and lack of appetite,
2. Warms the kidney and aids the yang for impotence, clear vaginal discharge, or weakness in the legs.

Front 7

Dong chong xia cao
Name category and clue

Back 7

Chinese caterpillar fungus
Tonifying herbs, tonifies yang

Front 8

Dong chong xia cao
Actions and Indications

Back 8

1. Tonifies Kidneys and yang Qi for impotence, lumbago, night sweat, nocturnal emission.
2. Tonifies kidneys and Lung for chronic cough, wheezing from def, TB, consumptive cough with blood streaked sputum.

Front 9

Dong gua ren
Name category and clue

Back 9

Chinese wax gourd seed
Drains dampness

Front 10

Dong gua ren
Actions and Indications

Back 10

1. Clears heat and expels phlegm and promotes discharge of pus for lung heat with thick yellow sputum and lung or intestinal abscess.
2. Clears damp heat in lower burner for leukorrhea.

Front 11

Dong Kui Zi
Name category and clue

Back 11

Mallow fruit,
Drains dampness

Front 12

Dong kui zi
Actions and Indications

Back 12

1. Promotes urination and unblocks painful urinary dribbling for Lin with burning, bleeding or stones.
2. Benefits the breasts for swelling, painful abscess or insufficient lactation.
3. Moistens the bowels for constipation.

Front 13

Du huo
Name category and clue

Back 13

Pubescent angelica root
Dispels wind dampness

Front 14

Du huo
Actions and Indications

Back 14

1. Dispels wind damp for low back and leg pain.
2. Disperses wind cold damp and releases exterior for muscle ache, vertex HA, fever, toothache, ext wind cold damp.

Front 15

Du zhong
Name category and clue

Back 15

Eucommia bark
Tonify, Yang tonifying herbs

Front 16

Du zhong
Actions and Indications

Back 16

1. Tonifies Liver and Kidney for lumbago, impotence, frequent urination, weakness of lower extremities.
2. Strengthens bones and muscles for aching back and knees.
3. calms the fetus
4. lower blood pressure for hypertension, dizziness and leight headedness due to liver yang rising.

Front 17

E jiao
Name category and clue

Back 17

Gelatin, ass hide glue
Tonifying herbs, Blood tonifying

Front 18

E jiao
Actions and Indications

Back 18

1. Tonifies the blood for anemia, dizziness, pale complexion, and palpitations.
2. Nourishes blood to stop bleeding, any type of bleeding best for consumptive disorders coughing with blood, blood in stool, excessive menstrual bleeding, or uterine bleeding.
3. Nourishes and moistens yin for irritability and insomnia after febrile disease, and dry lung cough.

Front 19

E zhu
Name category and clue

Back 19

Curcuma rhizome
Regulate blood, invigorate the blood

Front 20

E zhu
Actions and Indications

Back 20

1. Breaks up blood stasis promotes movement of Qi and alleviates pain for abdominal pain, abdominal and epigastric masses, dysmenorrhea, and chest pain.
2. Improves digestion, and helps childhood nutritional impairment.
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Front 21

Fang feng
Name category and clue

Back 21

Siler root
Warm and acrid to release the exterior

Front 22

Fang feng
Actions and Indications

Back 22

1. Release the exterior for wind cold for common cold with HA, Body ache and stiff neck.
2. Expel wind cold damp for intestinal wind, internal migraine, wind damp pain.
3. Expels interior wind for spasms, tremors, and tetany.

Front 23

Han fang ji
Name category and clue

Back 23

Stephania root
Dispels wind dampness

Front 24

Han fang ji
Actions and Indications

Back 24

1. Dispel wind dampness to relieve pain for red hot swollen painful joints, and pain caused by heat and damp.
2. Promotes urination for edema, ascites, and leg qi.

Front 25

Feng mi
Name category and clue

Back 25

Honey
Tonify Qi

Front 26

Feng mi
Actions and Indications

Back 26

1.Nourishes the lung and resolves phlegm for cough and qi deficiency.

Front 27

Fo shou
Name category and clue

Back 27

Finger citron fruit, Buddha's hand
Regulate Qi

Front 28

Fo shou
Actions and Indications

Back 28

1. Spreads liver Qi for Chest and hypochondriac pain or stifling sensation in the chest.
2. Harmonizes the Stomach and strengthens the spleen for epigastric pain, fullness, distention lack of appetite, belching or vomiting.
3. Transforms phlegm and stops cough for chronic cough with copious phlegm.

Front 29

Fu ling
Name category and clue

Back 29

Poria
Drains dampness

Front 30

Fu ling
Actions and Indications

Back 30

1. Promotes urination and drains damp for urinary difficulty, diarrhea, edema.
2. Strengthens spleen and harmonizes middle burner for loss of appetite, diarrhea, epigastric distention.
3. Calms the heart for insomnia and palpitations.

Front 31

Fu ling pi
Name category and clue

Back 31

Exterior skin of poria
Drains dampness

Front 32

Fu ling pi
Actions and Indications

Back 32

1. drains damp, strengthens speen and calms the spirit, particularly useful for edema of the skin.

Front 33

Fu pen zi
Name category and clue

Back 33

Raspberry fruit
Stabilize and bind

Front 34

Fu pen zi
Actions and Indications

Back 34

1. Reinforces function of Liver and kidney for frequent urination, seminal emission, impotence, spermatorrhea.
2. Assists the yang and and improves the vision for poor vision, sore low back and impotence.

Front 35

Fu shen
Name category and clue

Back 35

Center part of poria fungus with root still in center

Front 36

Fu shen
Actions and indications

Back 36

1. Calms the shen

Front 37

Fu xiao mai
Name category and clue

Back 37

Light wheat grain
stabilize and bind

Front 38

Fu xiao mai
Actions and Indications

Back 38

1. Inhibits sweating for spontaneous sweating or night sweats.

Front 39

Fu zi
Name category and clue

Back 39

Prepared aconite root
Warm the interior and expel cold

Front 40

Fu zi
Actions and Indications

Back 40

1.Restore the Heart and Kidney yang for shock and collapse.
2. Relieve pain and cold for chronic disease with symptoms of cold, Stomach pain, joint pain.
3. Dispel water and dampness for edema and diarrhea due to spleen and kidney deficiency.