Wind Cold Herbs 1

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Ma Huang

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-N & D
-Relieve exterior excess wind cold
-tx taiyang stage
-promotes sweat
-dissipate water accumulation, especially upper body
-disperse lung qi, aid lung qi dispersing
-tx asthma due to wind cold
-diuretic
-tx common cold/flu with no sweat, cough/asthma & wheezing, due to cold or heat
-strong diaphoretic

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Ma Huang

Back 2

primary herb to tx excess wind cold

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Gui Zhi

Back 3

-N & D
-Relieve exterior excess or deficient wind cold
-warm & open channels & collaterals
-warms extremities
-tx frost bite
-opens heart yang, promotes flow of Qi in chest
-release muscle tension
-tx cold angina & paplitations, chest pain
-tx common cold, especially deficient constitution
-tx deficient constitution with a surface condition
-def const, spontaneous sweat, shortness of breath, pale face, low energy, aversion to cold, slight fever
-strong diaphoretic

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Zi Su Ye

Back 4

-relieves exterior wind cold
-antidote for seafood poisoning
-calms the fetus
-tx seafood poisoning, morning sickness during pregnancy, protects fetus or restless fetus
-good for wind cold with digestive problems
-medium diaphoretic

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Jing Jie

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-relieves exterior wind cold or wind heat
-goes deep to blood level to promote eruption of measles & other skin problems
-stops itch
-disperse external wind from the blood
-tx initial stage measles and skin problems
-medium diaphoretic

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Fand Feng

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-relieve exterior wind cold
-dispels wind
-stops pain
-tx skin problems
-dispels wind cold damp bi syndrome
-tx skin problems with itching, bi syndrome with pain
-major surface relieving herb, simportant wind dispelling herbfor internal and external wind
-mild diaphoretic

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Qiang Huo

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-one of the strongest herbs to relieve exterior wind cold
-dispels wind cold damp
-only really use if damp is a predominant factor with wind cold
-stop pain
-guides to tai yang and du channels
-tx wind cold damp syndrome, especially upper body, joint pain and numbness due to wind cold damp
-important herb to tx pain due to damp associated with surface conditions
-strong diaphoretic

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Gao Ben

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-relieve exterior wind cold
-relieve wind cold/heat headache, especially vertex or pain that travels from vertex down to cheeks or teeth
-dispel wind damp bi
-goes to taiyang channels
-tx both ends of du channel
-tx headache, arthritic pain, especially good for headache associated with surface conditions & pain due to damp cold or heat
-tx occipital vertex headache esp due to wind cold

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Bai Zhi

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-dispels wind, especially upper body
-guide to yangming channel, especially head
-tx frontal and orbital headache
-tx headache, especially yangming channel, rhinitis and sinusitis, sinus congestion, headache, toothache
-especially good for facial headaches

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Xi Xin

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-Tx shao yin Cold of 6 Stages
-tx common cold with interior cold, like with yang deficiency especially
-1 of the most pungent herbs, good for enternal cold combined with internal cold
-strong diaphoretic

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Sheng Jiang

Back 11

-dissipates water accumulation in upper and middle burners
-warms lung, stomach, spleen
-improves digestion
-reduces toxic side effects of other herbs
-harmonizes ying and wei
-tx common cold, especially with cough with thin mucous & digestive problems

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Cong Bai

Back 12

-open upper yang qi by dispelling cold of lu and st
-relieve early stage of exterior wind cold
-tx early stage common cold, abdominal pain & distention or chest pain due to cold, nasal obstruction due to cold
-mild diaphoretic

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Xiang Ru

Back 13

-relieves exterior excess wind cold, especially in the summer
-dispels interior cold damp
-tx common cold in summer, best herb to tx wind cold in summer, overeating cold damp raw food

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Xin Yi

Back 14

-opens the nose with cold or heat problems
-tx nasal problems
-primary herb to tx sinus problems-cold or heat depending on the herbs it is used with

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E Bu Shi Cao

Back 15

-relieves exterior wind cold
-dispels damp
-dispels phlegm
-tx common cold with nasal problems, sinus problems