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17 Cards in this Set
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Types of herbs to decoct first?
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1) Toxic
2) Heavy 3) Shells, Horns 4) Others (Si Gua Lou/Louffa, Ma Huang/Effedra) |
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Types of herbs to add at the end?
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1) Aromatic herbs
2) Others (Da Huang, Fan Xie Ye) |
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Types of herbs to crush?
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Mostly seeds and occ' fruit (Cao Guo/Tsaoko Fruit)
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Type of herbs that may be indicated to take with a separate decoction?
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Expensive
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Type of herbs that may be indicated to take dissolved in a decoction when it is hot?
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Jiao=gelatin
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Type of herbs that may be indicated to take decocted in gauze?
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floaters or things that might irritate the throat
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Which decocted 1st herbs are toxic?
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1) Chuan Wu
2) Cao Wu 3) Fu Zi |
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Which decocted 1st herbs are minerals?
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4) Long Gu/dragon bone
5) Ci Shi/magnetitium 6) Dai Zhe Shi/hematite 7) Shi gao/gypsum |
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Which decocted 1st herbs are shells or horns?
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8) Shui Niu Gao/water buffalo horn
9) Mu Li/oyster shell 10) Zhen Zhu Mu/mother of pearl 11) Gui Ban/tortoise shell |
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Which decocted 1st herbs are in the "other" category?
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12) Si Gua Luo/luffa
13) Mao Huang/Effedra |
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Which are aromatic herbs that should be added at the last 5 minutes of cooking?
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1) Bo He/peppermint
2) Mu Xiang/costus root 3) Qing Hao/sweet wormwood 4) Zi Su Ye/perilla leaf 5) Sha Ren/cardamon 6) Bai Dou Kou/round cardamon 7) Cao Dou Kou/katsumadai seed 8) Jing Jie/schizoepeta stem 9) Rou Gui (cooking for too long causes loss of volatile oils) |
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What other herbs are in the added at the end cooking category?
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1) Da Huang (when desired)/Rubarb root
2) Fan Xie Ye/Sienna leaf |
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Which herbs need to be crushed?
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1) Sha Ren/cardamon
2) Bai Dou Kou/round cardamon 3) Cao Dou Kou/katsumadai seeed 4) Cao Guo/tsaoko fruit 5) Suan Zao Ren/Sour jujube seed 6) Zhi Zi/gardenia seed |
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Which herbs should be taken with the strained decoction (NOT necessary to cook)?
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1) Mang Xiao/mirabilite
2) Zhu Li/liquid bamboo 3) Chuan Bei Mu/tendrilled fritillaria 4) San Qi/pseudo ginsing |
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Which herbs should be separately decocted b/c they are expensive?
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1) Ren Shen/ginseng
2) Xi Yang Shen/American Ginseng 3) Lu Rong/Immature deer antler |
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Which herbs should be dissolved in a strained decoction when it's hot?
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1) E Jiao
2) Yi Tang 3) Lu Jiao Jiao 4) Gui Ban Jiao |
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Which herbs should be decocted in gauze?
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1) Xuan Fu Hua/inula flower
2) Xin Yi Hua/magnolia flower 3) Che Qian Zi/plantago seed 4) Pu Huang/cattail pollen 5) Hai JIn Sha/JPN fern spores |
