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Which herb promotes urination, leaches out dampness and drains heat from the Kidney and Urinary Bladder?
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Ze Xie - Rhizoma Alismatis Orientalitis
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If patient has cancer of the Liver, has lots lots of weight and severe side effects of chemotherapy. Which herb that drains dampness can you use to treat them?
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Zhu Ling - Sclerotium Polypori Umbellati
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Patient has hypertension and has frequent spells of dizziness. Which herb from the drain dampness category can you use?
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Ze Xie - Rhizoma Alismatis Orientalitis
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Which herbs are strongest for promoting urination?
a) Fu Ling - Sclerotium Poria Cocos b) Zhu Ling - Sclerotium Polypori Umbellati c) Fu Shen - Sclerotium Polypori Paradicis d) Ze Xie - Rhizoma Alismatis Orientalitis |
b & d:
b) Zhu Ling - Sclerotium Polypori Umbellati d) Ze Xie - Rhizoma Alismatis Orientalitis |
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Which herb from drain dampness category can also be used to treat cholesterol?
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Ze Xie - Rhizoma Alismatis Orientalitis
Yin Chen Hao - Herba Artemisiae Yinchenhao |
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Which herbs can tx damp-warm febral disease?
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Damp-warm febral disease is Typhoid - bacterial infection in the intestines.
Yi Yi Ren - Semen Coicis Lachryma-jobi Hua Shi - Talcum Yin Chen Hao - Herba Artemisiae Yinchenhao |
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Patient has heavy and aching body pains, with sinew spasms. Which herb that drains dampness can be used?
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You want to drain Wind-Damp Bi-Syndrome
Yi Yi Ren - Semen Coicis Lachryma-jobi - drains dampness & expels Wind-Damp Bi syndrome - long term treatment Bi Xie - Rhizoma Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae - dispels Wind-Dampness and tx Wind-Damp Bi syndrome |
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Patient has lung heat causing cough with yellow sticky, turbid, foul odor phlegm. What herb can you use from drain dampness category for this condition?
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Dong Gua Ren - Semen Benincasae Hispidae
Shi Wei - Herba Pyrrosiae - Clears Lu heat and transforms phlegm |
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Patient has watery diarrhea from heat exhaustion, with red, swollen and painful eyes. Which herb can be used to tx this patient?
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Che Qian Zi - Semen Plantaginis
- Promotes urination to firm stool - clears Lv heat and brightens the eyes. |
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Which herb from the drain dampness category can tx hypertension?
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Che Qian Zi - Semen Plantaginis
Yu Mi Xu - Stylus Zeae Mays - Cornsilk |
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Which herb from the drain dampness category can prevent and relieve Liver injury?
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Zhu Ling - Sclerotium Polypori Umbellati
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Px has cough with yellow, pussy, sticky, foul smelling sputum. Which herb can you use to tx this?
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Dong Gua Ren - Semen Benincasae Hispidae
- sweet/cold; Lu, St, LI, SI - txs lung heat causing cough Che Qian Zi - Semen Plantaginis - sweet/cold; K, UB, Lv, Lu - Clears Lu heat, transforms phlegm; tx phlegm-heat w/ yellow, sticky & copious sputum. |
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Px has Lv and K Yin deficiency causing blurry vision and dizziness. Which herb from drain dampness category can this px use?
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Che Qian Zi - Semen Plantaginis
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Px has carbuncles and swelling of the skin. Which herb from drain dampness category can be used to tx him?
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Need herbs that can tx toxic heat.
Ban Bian Lian - Herba Lobeliae Chinensis Cum Radice - sweet/neutral; Ht, Lu, SI - Clears heat and relieves toxicity; tx heat toxins Jin Qian Cao - Herba Jin Qian Cao - clears toxic heat/ sores, carbuncles, snakebites, burns |
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Which herbs from drain dampness category can tx jaundice?
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Fu Ling - Sclerotium Poriae Cocos
- combined with other herbs can tx jaundice Chi Xiao Dou - Semen Phaseoli Calcarati - tx mild jaundice Yu Mi Xu - Stylus Zeae Mays - Cornsilk - tx jaundice Yin Chen Hao - Herba Artemisiae Yinchenhao - major herb for benefitting GB to reduce jaundice Jin Qian Cao - Herba Jin Qian Cao - reduces damp-heat jaundice, and jaundice caused by hepatitis or colistitis |
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What are the two draining dampness herbs that have anti-cancer actions?
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Zhu Ling - Sclerotium Polypori Umbellati
Yi Yi Ren - Semen Coicis Lachryma-jobi |
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Which herbs can tx heat Lin and stone Lin syndrome?
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Stone Lin Syndrome is secondary UTI
Hua Shi - Talcum Yu Mi Xu - Stylus Zeae Mays - Cornsilk Shi Wei - Herba Pyrrosiae - tx hot Lin, stone Lin, and bloody Lin paired together to treat Lin syndrome: Jin Qian Cao - Herba Jin Qian Cao - hot Lin and stone Lin syndrome (UT and GB stone) Hai Jin Sha - Spora Lygodii Japonica - hot Lin, stone Lin (only UT stone), bloody Lin, paste Lin |
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Px has oozy, weepy skin, what dampness draining herb can you use?
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Hua Shi - Talcum
- clears heat, absorbs dampness to astringe sores. External application on the skin to absorb dampness |
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Which herb can tx acute and chronic nephritis?
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Che Xiao Dou - Semen Phaseoli Calcarati
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Px is irritable, restless, has insomnia, sores and ulcers in the mouth and dark, scanty urine. Which herb can you use to tx him?
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Mu Tong
Tong Cao -drains Ht fire Ding Xin Cao - Medulla Junci Effusi - drains Ht fire, reduces irritability |
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Which herb is good for tx night crying of babies?
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Ding Xin Cao - Medulla Junci Effusi
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Which herbs from drain dampness category can drain Ht heat?
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Mu Tong
Tong Cao - drains Ht fire Ding Xin Cao - Medulla Junci Effusi - clears Ht heat and eliminates irritability |
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Which herbs from drain dampness category can tx toxic heat?
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Jin Qian Cao - Herba Jin Qian Cao
Ban Bian Lian - Herba Lobeliae Chinensis cum Radice - clears heat and relieves toxicity |
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Px has UTI with blood in the urine along with very painful urination. What herb can you use to tx this px esp for pain?
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Hai Jin Sha - Spora Lygodii Japonici
- tx various Lin syndromes: hot-Lin, stone-Line, blood-Lin, paste Lin - clear SI and UB damp heat - especially alleviates pain in the urinary tract |
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Px complains of lower back pain and you have diagnosed them as having Wind-Damp Bi Syndrome. Which herb from the drain dampness category would you use?
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Bi Xie - Rhizoma Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae
-Dispels Wind-Dampness Bi Syndrome, especially for lower back pain and numbness, stiffness in the lower extremities. |
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Which herbs can tx eczema?
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Bi Xie - Rhizoma Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae
- clears damp-heat from the skin Bian Xu - Herba Polygoni Avicularis - kills parasites and stops itching. used externally for damp-skin rashes, eczema, vaginal itching Di Fu Zi - Fructus Kochiae Scopariae - drains dampness and stops itching |
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Which herb can tx UTI and also moisten the intestines to relieve constipation?
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Dong Kui Zi - Semen Abutili seu Malvae
- Clears heat, promotes urination, unblocks Lin/ urinary difficulty - Also moistens intestines, relieves constipation |
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Which herb can clear heat, drain dampness, and is #1 for tx jaundice due to either damp- heat or damp-cold?
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Yin Chen Hao - Herba Artemisiae Yinchenhao
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Px has bitter taste in the mouth, yellow and greasy tongue coat, with dark urine. What herb from drain dampness category can you use?
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Yin Chen Hao - Herba Artemisiae Yinchenhao
- clears Lv and GB damp-heat - major herb for benefitting the GB to reduce jaundice |
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Which herbs can tx acne from the drain dampness category?
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Yin Chen Hao - Herba Artemisiae Yinchenhao
Di Fu Zi - Fructus Kochiae Scopariae - eliminates dampness and stops itching - can tx acne due to damp-heat Bi Xie - Rhizoma Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae - very important herb for dermatology |
