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6 Cards in this Set
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Strong fire in heart and blood. Main herb to cool blood and stop bleeding. Strong heart fire with high fever.
Bleeding due to blood heat High fever and delirium due to heart heat Skin eruption due to strong heat |
Xi Jiao
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Strong fire in blood with impairment of blood and yin. Clears blood heat (used as assistant to xi jiao). Nourish yin
Heat in ying level Heat in blood level (bleeding) Yin impairment in febrile disease or diabetes |
Sheng Di
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Strong fire in blood with impairment of blood or yin. Assists Xi Jiao to clear blood heat. Good at dissipating nodules due to heat. Nourish yin.
Heat in Yin level with yin impairment Sore throat, carbuncle, scrofula due to toxic heat |
Xuan Shen
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Heat in ying or blood with stagnation of blood. Specifically good for heat in blood, both excess heat and deficiency heat. Promotes blood flow and removes stagnated blood. Cool blood, clear heat, stagnation.
Later stage febrile disease with yin deficiency Amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea Carbuncles or internal abscess |
Mu Dan Pi
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Heat in ying or blood level with stagnation. Similar to Mu Dan Pi but stronger in relieving pain. Purge liver fire to treat red eyes.
Blood heat Menstrual disorders or trauma carbuncle or red eyes |
Chi Shao
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Heat in ying or blood with strong toxic heat. Specifically for skin eruptions due to strong toxic heat. Literally means purple herb. Stop Pain.
Purple skin eruption Burns or eczema with strong toxic heat |
Zi Cao
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