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42 Cards in this Set
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Functions of Topical Herbs
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reduce inflammation, detoxify, draw out poison, invigorate the blood, promote healing of skin lesions, stop itching
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Temperatures of Topical Herbs
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cooling, warming, neutral
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Flavors of Topical Herbs
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aromatic (dispersing, moving)
pungent (moving) Bitter (clear toxins and heat) Sour (stop bleeding) Sweet (stagnating) |
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Three most common reasons for using Topicals
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Trauma
Infection of sense organs Lesions |
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Pharmacological effects of Topicals
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antifungals, antibiotics, antimicrobials, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anesthetics, anti-tumor, stimulant, hemostatic, astringent, moistening.
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Avoid topicals when...
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using on sensitive skin/areas of the body
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Closely monitor use of topicals when/because
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when taken internally or used for long periods of time because most topicals are toxic.
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Po Som On
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starts warm, finishes cool. Used as a muscle and joint linament
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Zheng Gu Xue
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Healing bone water. used for acute injurty of bones, strains, sprains, stress fractures
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Wan Hua
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Good for cupping, pain, helps bruising, is moving, helps circulation
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White Flower Oil
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warming. like Po Som On without Huang Qin, but with lavender, calming, used for pain
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Wood lock
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alcohol based, used for chronic inflammation
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Ynnan Bai Yao
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used for pain, great for bruises, stops blood, knife wounds, surging blood, trauma
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Kuan Loong
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similar to Po Som On with eucalyptus adn lavender, good for cold and flu, releasing the exterior
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Dit Da Jiao
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used for martial arts injuries, cooling
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Tin Jin
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alcohol based tincture, used for athletes foot, toenail fungus
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Hua Tuo Gao
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general damp heat, foot fungus
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8 Treatment Strategies
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sweating, vomiting, draining downward, harmonizing, warming, clearing, reducing, tonifying (supporting the deficient)
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King
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aimed at primary patterns
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Minister/deputy
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assist the king with primary pattern, main ingredient directed at secondary pattern
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adjutant/assistant
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reinforces king or directly attacks part of primary pattern, moderates/eliminates toxicity of king/minister
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Envoy/Guide
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guides actions of herbs to specific channel, harmonizes and integrates actions of other ingredients
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Si Jun Zi Tang
(Four Gentlemen Decoction) Functions Patterns Contraindications |
Tonify qi, strengthen spleen, lung, leech out dampness
SP and LU qi xu can damage yin, not for damp heat, yin xu heat, heat shi |
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Si Jun Zi Tang
King Herb Function Taste/Temp Organs |
Ren Shen (ginseng)
Qi Tonic Slightly Bitter, Slightly Warm LU SP (12) |
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Si Jun Zi Tang
Deputy Herb Function Taste/Temp Organs |
Bai Zhu (atracylodis Macrocephalae)
Qi Tonic Bitter, Sweet, Warm ST, SP |
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Si Jun Zi Tang
Assistant Function Taste/Temp Organs |
Fu Ling (sclerotium poria cocos)
Diuretic Sweet, Bland, Neutral LU, SP, HT, UB |
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Si Jun Zi Tang
Envoy Function Taste/Temp Organs |
Zhi Gan Cao (glycyrrhiza uralensis)
Qi Tonic Sweet, slightly warm HT, LU, SP, ST (12) |
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root
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treating the cause of the disease
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branch
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treating the manifestation of the disease
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contrary treatment
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treatment similar to disease (treating false heat with warming herbs)
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Different treatment/same disease
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ex. headaches are treated differently based on pathology
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Same treatment/different disease
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the same treatment principle can be used for different symptoms
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Si Wu Tang (Four Substance Decoction)
Functions Pattern Contraindications |
Nourishes and invigorates xue, regulates LV
Liver xue xu (75% xue xu, 25% xue stagnation) Greasy and hard on digestion, SP/ST xu, SP yang xu, not for severe xue xu |
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Si Wu Tang
Blood Tonic #1 Function Taste/Temp Organ |
Shu Di Huang (rehumannia glutinous)
#1 xue tonic Sweet, slightly warm HT, LV, KD |
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Si Wu Tang
Blood Tonic #2 Function Taste/Temp Organ |
Bai Shao (peoniae Lactifloriae)
Xue Tonic Bitter, sour, cool LV, SP |
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Si Wu Tang
Qi of the Blood Tonic #1 Function Taste/Temp Organs |
Dang Gui (angelica Sinensis)
Xue tonic Sweet, pungent, bitter, warm HT, LV, SP (tonifies w/o causing stagnation) |
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Si Wu Tang
Qi of the Blood Tonic #2 Function Taste/Temp Organ |
Chuan Xiong (lingustica Chaunxiong)
#1 xue activator Pungent, warm LV, GB, Pc invigorates xue/raises qi, good "girl" herb |
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Gui Pi Tang (Restore the SP Decoction)
Function Pattern Contraindications |
Augments qi/tonify xue, strengthens SP, nourishes HT
HT/SP disharmony No known contraindications |
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Gui Pi Tang
King herbs |
Ren Shen-sweet, sl. bitter, sl.warm
Huang Qi-sweet, sl. warm Bai Zhu-bitter, sweet, warm Zhi Gan Cao-sweet, sl. warm All Qi Tonics |
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Gui Pi Tang
Deputy Herbs |
Long Yan Rou-xue tonic, sweet, warm
Dang Gui-xue tonic, sweet, pungent, bitter, warm Suan Zao Ren-calm shen, sweet, sour, neutral Fu Shen-diuretic, sweet, bland, neutral Zhi Yuan Zhi-calm shen, bitter, pungent, slightly warm |
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Gui Pi Tang
Assistant Herbs |
Mu Xiang-carminative, bitter, pungent, warm
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Gui Pi Tang
Extra Envoys |
Sheng Jiang- warm diaphor, very pungent, warm
Da Zao- qi tonic, sweet, neutral |
