Herbs 2 Between First Quiz And Midterm

Front 1

sheng di huang “fresh earth yellow”

rehmanniae radix

Back 1

1. Clear heat and cools blood
2. Nourish yin and gen fluids
• Supplements Lu and St Yin
• For dry constip

Front 2

xuan shen

scrophularie radix

Back 2

1. Clear heat and cools blood
• sup yin and clears vacuity heat
2. generates body fluids
• for dry cough: Lu yin xu
3. softens hardness and masses
• for goiter, scrofula

Front 3

mu dan pi “tree peony bark”

moutan cortex

Back 3

1. Clear heat and cools blood
2. Invigorates the blood
• For any blood stagnation, but especially useful for appendicitis

Front 4

zi cao “purple grass”

lithospermi radix

Back 4

1. Clear heat and cools blood
• For bleeding and skin eruptions
2. invigorates blood
3. clears heat toxicity for skin issues
• diaper rash

Front 5

huang qin

scutellariae radix

Back 5

1. Clear heat and dries damp
• For d-h: St, LI, or Low Jiao
• 1st choice for lung heat cough
2. clears heat and resolves toxicity
• for Lung and Liver heat
3. stops bleeding caused by heat

Front 6

huang lian

coptidis rhizoma

Back 6

1. Clear heat and dries damp
• For damp heat in St (vomit/nausea), LI (sticky, stinky, burning diarrhea)
2. drains fire and resolves toxicity
• clears heart heat: carbuncles, boils, sores
3. stops nosebleed

Front 7

huang bai

phellodendri cortex

Back 7

1. Drains damp-heat
• For leucorrhea, diarrhea, pain in knees
2. drains Kidney fire
• clear vacuity heat
3. resolves skin damp: fungal infections

Front 8

long dan cao

gentainae radix

Back 8

1. drains damp-heat from Liv/GB
• for jaundice, herpes
2. clears repletion heat from Liver and GB
• red, swollen painful, light-sensitive eyes, splitting headache, irritable, restlessness, tinnitus, temporary deafness

Front 9

ku shen

sophorae flavescentis radix

Back 9

1. Clear heat and dries damp
• For damp heat in mid jiao, ST/SP, LV/GB
2. kills parasites
• for fungal infections, vaginitis, yeast infections, athlete’s foot
3. promo urination: lin syndrome

Front 10

qin pi

fraxini cortex

Back 10

1. Clears damp-heat
• for diarrhea
• jaundice
2. clears vacuity heat

Front 11

jin yin hua

lonicerae flos

Back 11

1. clears heat toxicity
• for painful sores and swelling
• skin infections, sore throat
2. clears damp-heat from low jiao
• for diarrhea w/ blood, mucus

Front 12

lian qiao

forsythiae fructus

Back 12

1. clears heat toxicity
• clears heat from heart
• skin problems
• softens hardness
• discharges pus

Front 13

da qing ye / ban lan gen

isatidis folium / isatidis radix

Back 13

1. clears heat toxicity
• Works as an antiviral to tx or prevent acute epidemics
Flu, Encephalitis, Mumps

Front 14

qing dai

indigo naturalis

Back 14

. clears heat toxicity
• stops bleeding for hemoptysis
2. softens hardness for acute mumps

Front 15

pu gong ying

taraxici herba

Back 15

. clears heat toxicity
• reduces swelling and pain, discharges pus
• #1 herb for breast abscess, mastitis
2. resolves dampness
• for jaundice, lin syndrome

Front 16

zi hua di ding

violae herba

Back 16

1. clears heat toxicity
• tx skin infections
• insect bites, snake bites

Front 17

bai jiang cao

patriniae herba

Back 17

1. clears heat toxicity
2. invigorates blood
3. discharges pus
useful for treating acute appendicitis w/ alt. diarrhea, consti

Front 18

xi gua
citrulli fructus

Back 18

clears heat, summerheat, drains fire
• for thirst, scanty urine, dry heaving
generates body fluids
promotes urination
• for edema, jaundice
• drains heat

Front 19

tian hua fen
trichosanthis radix

Back 19

clears heat from Lung and Stomach
generates body fluids
• supplements Lu and St yin
treats skin infection
• for hot, toxic sores and carbuncles; redness; pain; swelling; and yellow, sticky, strong-odored pus

Front 20

lu gen "reed root"
phragmitis rhizoma

Back 20

1. clears heat from Lu, Stomach
• #1 for Lung abscess with chocolate-colored, foul-smelling phlegm with pus and blood stag
• for vomiting due to heat
2. generates fluids
• for Lung yin vacuity
3. promotes urination (lin syndrome)
• urgent, scanty, painful urination

Front 21

jue ming zi
cassiae semen

Back 21

1. clears Liver heat to brighten eyes
• only for eyes (not for other symptoms of Liver heat)
2. moistens Large Intestine
3. lowers high blood pressure and cholesterol

Front 22

lian zi xin
nelumbimis plumula

Back 22

1. clears Heart heat
• for shen disturbance (palpitation,
insomnia)
• for canker sores, boils in the mouth
• for difficult urination

Front 23

chuan xin lian

andrographitis herba

Back 23

1. clears general heat toxicity
• pain, red swollen skin, blood, pus
• esp. throat, ears, eyes
2. dispels dampness
• for diarrhea, lin syndrome

Front 24

bai hua she she cao
“light colored pattern snake tongue grass”

hedyotis diffusae herba

Back 24

1. clears heat toxicity
• Skin infection
• Cancer esp. digestive system
2. resolves dampness
• lin syndrome

Front 25

bai tou weng
“white hair old man”

pulsatillae radix

Back 25

1. clears heat toxicity
• Diarrhea, dysentery with mucus/pus, blood in stool

Front 26

ma chi xian
“horse teeth grass”

partulacae herba

Back 26

1. clears heat toxicity
• for skin Infection, pain, swelling or insect bites
2. induces astringency b/c sour
• OB/GYN leakage conditions– induces uterine contraction
• tx diarrhea with blood, pus/mucus in stool

Front 27

he ye “lotus leaf”

partulacae herba

Back 27

1. clears summerheat
• UTI, Spontaneous sweat, diarrhea, nausea, ST cramps, w/ thick sticky greasy tongue coat
2. transforms middle-jiao damp b/c aromatic
• especially for diarrhea

Front 28

bai xian pi

dictamni cortex

Back 28

1. clears heat toxicity
• for damp heat skin problems
• used internally or externally
2. dispels dampness for jaundice, bi syndrome

Front 29

lu dou “ (green) mung bean”

phaseoli radiate semen

Back 29

1. clears heat toxicity
• for skin infection, eye probs, throat probs, insect and dog bites
2. clears summerheat
3. promotes urination to treat edema and drain heat
• esp. for edema w/ diabetes or pregnancy

Front 30

tu fu ling “secondary fu ling”

smilacis glabrae rhizoma

Back 30

1. clears heat toxicity
• treats skin infection
• treats mercury poisoning, syphillis
• for bi syndrome: benefits, relaxes, softens joints
2. resolves damp:promotes urination
• for lin syndrome

Front 31

she gan

belamcandae rhizoma

Back 31

1. clears heat toxicity to benefit throat
• strep throat, acute tonsillitis, laryngitis
• throat is gateway of lung

Front 32

qing hao

artemisiae annuae herba

Back 32

1. clears vacuity heat
• afternoon fever, 5 center heat, night sweat, low grade fever, thin rapid pulse, red tongue no coat cracks, pointed narrow thin tongue body
2. clears summerheat
3. treats malaria: stronger than quinine

Front 33

di gu pi

lycii cortex

Back 33

1. clears vacuity heat
• menopause, TB w/ “thief cough”
2. clears replete Lung heat
• for fever; loud cough with sticky, yellow phlegm; acute pneumonia, painful chest cough

Front 34

bai wei

cynanchi atrati radix

Back 34

1. clears vacuity heat
• esp. for OB/GYN disorders
2. promotes urination to tx edema
3. clears heat toxicity
• for skin infection

Front 35

yin chai hu “silvery chai hu”

stellariae radix

Back 35

1. clears vacuity heat

Front 36

difference between yin and wei level heat?

Back 36

actual blood in xue level heat
all other signs the same:
high fever
shen d/o
skin eruptions

Front 37

kidney yin xu tinnitus

vs.

yang rising tinnitus

Back 37

mosquito buzz: high pitch low volume



ocean waves: low pitch loud volume

Front 38

4 types of parasites

Back 38

roundworm
tapeworm
hookworm
pinworm

Front 39

3 Huang strength of damp-heat clearing?

Back 39

strongest: lian
bai
weakest: qin

Front 40

damp-heat doesn't equal shi heat

Back 40

damp-heat doesn't equal shi heat

Front 41

wei level wind-heat eye d/o sy/sx

vs.

heat toxicity eye d/o

Back 41

sensitive to light, blood shot eyes, eye boogers


eyes glued shut, severe conjunctivitis

Front 42

bai hiang cao is almost always used with ------- to move blood and discharge pus.

Back 42

hong teng

Front 43

3 major ways to tx cancer?

Back 43

clear heat toxicity

dispel damp/phlegm

move blood

Front 44

what is difference between lu gen and tian hua fen?

Back 44

lu gen #1 for lung abscess, promotes urination

tian hua fen tx skin infection

Front 45

if used improperly herbs that cool blood can cause what?

Back 45

stagnation of blood

Front 46

narrow meaning of aromatic?

Back 46

smells good
works on MJ damp ST/SP

Front 47

why is xuan shen considered salty?

Back 47

b/c softens masses

Front 48

huang lian

vs

huang bai

Back 48

tx damp-heat diarrhea, clears heart heat


tx damp related leukorrhea

Front 49

wei level heat cleared by?

Back 49

jin yin hua ; also clears qi and xue level too

Front 50

two herbs for mercury poisoning?

Back 50

fang feng

tu fu ling

Front 51

three lians for heart heat?

Back 51

lian qiao

huang lian

lian zi xin

Front 52

when do you add qing dai?

Back 52

at end of decoction

Front 53

two herbs for appendicitis?

Back 53

bai jiang cao

hong teng

Front 54

3 herbs for nasal obstruction?

Back 54

bai zhi
cang er zi
xin yi hua

Front 55

3 herbs for ST heat nausea/vomit?

Back 55

huang lian
lu gen
zhu ru

Front 56

yin chai hu and hu huang lian are commonly used together to tx?

Back 56

xu heat and damp-heat b/c they reinforce each other