Herbs 2B Final - Wind Cold

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1 for excess for wind cold, promotes sweating, upper body edema, wheezing, cough, strong diaphoretic, cautions: no excessive sweating or bleeding, no xu asthma, insomnia, palpitations, high blood pressure, xu constitution, can cause tremors

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ma huang

Hint 1

wind cold

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#1 for shi or xu wind cold, primary hery to tx xu patients w/ surface condition, promotes yang qi circulation, harmonize ying and wei, opens ht yang in chest and moves blood, strong diaphoretic

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gui zhi

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wind cold

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WC w/ digestive problems – better for this than Shen Jiang UNLESS you need to reduce toxicity of other herbs, seafood poisoning, calms fetus, medium diaphoretic

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zi su ye

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wind cold

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WC or WH w/ skin problems – only EXTERNAL Wind, medium diaphoretic

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jing jie

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wind cold

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– interior or exterior wind w/ skin problems, major surface relieving herbs because effective yet mild, mild diaphoretic

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fang feng

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wind cold

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guide to Taiyang and Du, very pungent, strongest and drying, one of strongest for exterior wc w/ pain, tx wc damp, bi syndrome

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qiang huo

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wind cold

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very strong and drying, WC w/ vertex and facial h/a, guide to Taiyang

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gao ben

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wind cold

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very strong and drying, WC w/ facial and sinus h/a, guide to Yangming

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bai zhi

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wind cold

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WC w/ internal cold – Yang Xu & then they catch cold, shaoyin stage, never over 3g, strong diaphoretic – one of the most pungent

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xi xin

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wind cold

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WC w/ watery mucous and digestive problems, reduces toxicity of other herbs, improves digestion, warms lu and middle jiao/st

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sheng jiang(fresh ginger)

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wind cold

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Mild; txs early stage WC

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cong bai

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wind cold

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WC in the summer; Ma Huang of summer

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xiang ru

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wind cold

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hot or cold sinus problems, mild

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xin yi hua

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wind cold

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wind cold s/s?

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XU – sweats w/ no improvement (Ying & Wei disharmony); SHI – sweat imporves condition