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23 Cards in this Set
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Uncooked herbs, not crude or fresh:
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Sheng
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Cooked in some form to reduce toxicity, modify energetic properties, disappate diagreeable odors or flavors, eliminate non-medical substances:
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Shu
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Cutting, slicing, scraping, sifiting, pulverizing:
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Mechanical
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Dry-frying. No oils or liquids. lessens toxins, awakens the SP?
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Cho
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Frying with liquid:
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Zhi
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Mi Zhi - moistens:
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Honey fried
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Cui - enhances astringent, analgesic, blood-invigorating and detoxifying agents:
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Vinegar fried
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Jui - enhances ability to clear blockages from channels, expels wind, alleviates pain:
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Wine fried
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Jiang - reduces tendency of bitter and cold herbs to upset ST Sometimes warms SP and decreases vomiting:
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Ginger fried
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Calcining - high temp baking to make herb easy to pulverize. Low acidity, High astingent
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Duan
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Extremely high temp until dar brown or cracked. Reduces toxicity. Moderates harsh characteristics.
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Pao
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Steaming - modifies nature/property. Low toxicity
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Zheng
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Scalding - eliminates non-,medical parts.
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Dan Fa
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Decotion or soup. Most common form of adminstration.
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Tang
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Add these herbs at the end of a decotion?
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Aromatics
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Granules
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San
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Pill form
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Wan
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High, medium, and low dosages?
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High - 15-30g
Medium - 6-15g Low - 1-5g |
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Steeped in wine. Used in tinctures.
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Jui
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Main therapeutic thrust of formula.
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Chief
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Enhances or assists the therapeutic action of the Chief.
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Deputy
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Tx accompanying Sx, moderate harshness, toxicity of primary herbs, help Chief and Deputy complete objectives, balances temp of a formula?
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Assistants
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Guide herb to specific channel or organ. Exhert a harmonizing influence to formula.
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Envoy
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