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26 Cards in this Set
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Chinese herbs include what?
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plant, animal, & mineral
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Who wrote the Yellow Emperor Internal Classic?
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Huang Di
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Who wrote about cold damage in the book Shang Han Lun?
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Zhong Jing
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What did Zhong Jing invent?
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Chinese Dumpling
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What is Kamwo?
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concoction maker
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What is Tang?
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soup
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What is Cao?
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herb
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Gancao (licorice) is the most common
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envoy in a formula.
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Taste is the
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perception of the herb in the mouth.
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Sour (may include astringent) is associated with what organ and does what function?
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liver
prevents / reverses abnormal leakage |
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Bitter tasting herbs impact what organ and do what?
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Heart
drain & dry |
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Sweet tasting herbs impact what organ and do what?
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Spleen
tonify / moisten / harmonize |
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Acrid tasting herbs impact what organ and do what?
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Lungs
disperse & move |
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Salty tasting herbs impact what organ and do what?
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kidney
purge & soften |
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Bland tasting herbs do what?
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leech out dampness / promote urination
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Temperature is the
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sensation of the herb in the stomach or on the skin.
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What are th 6 herb temperatures?
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hot
cold warm cool variations - slightly cool, slightly warm aromatic |
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Herbs have eight therapeutic methods. What are they?
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promote sweating
induce vomiting purge harmonize warm clear tonify reduce |
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True or False
Promote sweating means to repel from the inside to the outside. |
True
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True or False
Induce vomiting means to eliminate upwards from the inside to the outside . |
True
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True or False
Purge means to eliminate downwards from the inside to the outside. |
True
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What are other therapeutic methods of herbs?
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dispel wind (exterior w/cold, damp, heat)
regulate qi & blood stabilize & bind (fluid, energy) calm the spirit open the orifices extinguish wind (interior) expel parasites |
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What 2 type of herbs release the exterior?
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warm, acrid
cool, acrid |
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What 5 types of herbs clear heat?
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drain fire
cool blood clear heat & dry dampness clear heat & resolve toxicity clear heat from deficiency |
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What type of herbs are downward draining herbs?
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purgatives, moist laxatives, harsh expellants
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A herb formula has what standard members?
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chief, deputy, assistant, envoy
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