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sheng di huang “fresh earth yellow”
rehmanniae radix |
1. Clear heat and cools blood
2. Nourish yin and gen fluids • Supplements Lu and St Yin • For dry constip |
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xuan shen
scrophularie radix |
1. Clear heat and cools blood
• sup yin and clears vacuity heat 2. generates body fluids • for dry cough: Lu yin xu 3. softens hardness and masses • for goiter, scrofula |
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mu dan pi “tree peony bark”
moutan cortex |
1. Clear heat and cools blood
2. Invigorates the blood • For any blood stagnation, but especially useful for appendicitis |
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zi cao “purple grass”
lithospermi radix |
1. Clear heat and cools blood
• For bleeding and skin eruptions 2. invigorates blood 3. clears heat toxicity for skin issues • diaper rash |
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huang qin
scutellariae radix |
1. Clear heat and dries damp
• For d-h: St, LI, or Low Jiao • 1st choice for lung heat cough 2. clears heat and resolves toxicity • for Lung and Liver heat 3. stops bleeding caused by heat |
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huang lian
coptidis rhizoma |
1. Clear heat and dries damp
• For damp heat in St (vomit/nausea), LI (sticky, stinky, burning diarrhea) 2. drains fire and resolves toxicity • clears heart heat: carbuncles, boils, sores 3. stops nosebleed |
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huang bai
phellodendri cortex |
1. Drains damp-heat
• For leucorrhea, diarrhea, pain in knees 2. drains Kidney fire • clear vacuity heat 3. resolves skin damp: fungal infections |
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long dan cao
gentainae radix |
1. drains damp-heat from Liv/GB
• for jaundice, herpes 2. clears repletion heat from Liver and GB • red, swollen painful, light-sensitive eyes, splitting headache, irritable, restlessness, tinnitus, temporary deafness |
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ku shen
sophorae flavescentis radix |
1. Clear heat and dries damp
• For damp heat in mid jiao, ST/SP, LV/GB 2. kills parasites • for fungal infections, vaginitis, yeast infections, athlete’s foot 3. promo urination: lin syndrome |
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qin pi
fraxini cortex |
1. Clears damp-heat
• for diarrhea • jaundice 2. clears vacuity heat |
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jin yin hua
lonicerae flos |
1. clears heat toxicity
• for painful sores and swelling • skin infections, sore throat 2. clears damp-heat from low jiao • for diarrhea w/ blood, mucus |
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lian qiao
forsythiae fructus |
1. clears heat toxicity
• clears heat from heart • skin problems • softens hardness • discharges pus |
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da qing ye / ban lan gen
isatidis folium / isatidis radix |
1. clears heat toxicity
• Works as an antiviral to tx or prevent acute epidemics Flu, Encephalitis, Mumps |
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qing dai
indigo naturalis |
. clears heat toxicity
• stops bleeding for hemoptysis 2. softens hardness for acute mumps |
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pu gong ying
taraxici herba |
. clears heat toxicity
• reduces swelling and pain, discharges pus • #1 herb for breast abscess, mastitis 2. resolves dampness • for jaundice, lin syndrome |
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zi hua di ding
violae herba |
1. clears heat toxicity
• tx skin infections • insect bites, snake bites |
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bai jiang cao
patriniae herba |
1. clears heat toxicity
2. invigorates blood 3. discharges pus useful for treating acute appendicitis w/ alt. diarrhea, consti |
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xi gua
citrulli fructus |
clears heat, summerheat, drains fire
• for thirst, scanty urine, dry heaving generates body fluids promotes urination • for edema, jaundice • drains heat |
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tian hua fen
trichosanthis radix |
clears heat from Lung and Stomach
generates body fluids • supplements Lu and St yin treats skin infection • for hot, toxic sores and carbuncles; redness; pain; swelling; and yellow, sticky, strong-odored pus |
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lu gen "reed root"
phragmitis rhizoma |
1. clears heat from Lu, Stomach
• #1 for Lung abscess with chocolate-colored, foul-smelling phlegm with pus and blood stag • for vomiting due to heat 2. generates fluids • for Lung yin vacuity 3. promotes urination (lin syndrome) • urgent, scanty, painful urination |
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jue ming zi
cassiae semen |
1. clears Liver heat to brighten eyes
• only for eyes (not for other symptoms of Liver heat) 2. moistens Large Intestine 3. lowers high blood pressure and cholesterol |
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lian zi xin
nelumbimis plumula |
1. clears Heart heat
• for shen disturbance (palpitation, insomnia) • for canker sores, boils in the mouth • for difficult urination |
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chuan xin lian
andrographitis herba |
1. clears general heat toxicity
• pain, red swollen skin, blood, pus • esp. throat, ears, eyes 2. dispels dampness • for diarrhea, lin syndrome |
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bai hua she she cao
“light colored pattern snake tongue grass” hedyotis diffusae herba |
1. clears heat toxicity
• Skin infection • Cancer esp. digestive system 2. resolves dampness • lin syndrome |
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bai tou weng
“white hair old man” pulsatillae radix |
1. clears heat toxicity
• Diarrhea, dysentery with mucus/pus, blood in stool |
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ma chi xian
“horse teeth grass” partulacae herba |
1. clears heat toxicity
• for skin Infection, pain, swelling or insect bites 2. induces astringency b/c sour • OB/GYN leakage conditions– induces uterine contraction • tx diarrhea with blood, pus/mucus in stool |
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he ye “lotus leaf”
partulacae herba |
1. clears summerheat
• UTI, Spontaneous sweat, diarrhea, nausea, ST cramps, w/ thick sticky greasy tongue coat 2. transforms middle-jiao damp b/c aromatic • especially for diarrhea |
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bai xian pi
dictamni cortex |
1. clears heat toxicity
• for damp heat skin problems • used internally or externally 2. dispels dampness for jaundice, bi syndrome |
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lu dou “ (green) mung bean”
phaseoli radiate semen |
1. clears heat toxicity
• for skin infection, eye probs, throat probs, insect and dog bites 2. clears summerheat 3. promotes urination to treat edema and drain heat • esp. for edema w/ diabetes or pregnancy |
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tu fu ling “secondary fu ling”
smilacis glabrae rhizoma |
1. clears heat toxicity
• treats skin infection • treats mercury poisoning, syphillis • for bi syndrome: benefits, relaxes, softens joints 2. resolves damp:promotes urination • for lin syndrome |
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she gan
belamcandae rhizoma |
1. clears heat toxicity to benefit throat
• strep throat, acute tonsillitis, laryngitis • throat is gateway of lung |
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qing hao
artemisiae annuae herba |
1. clears vacuity heat
• afternoon fever, 5 center heat, night sweat, low grade fever, thin rapid pulse, red tongue no coat cracks, pointed narrow thin tongue body 2. clears summerheat 3. treats malaria: stronger than quinine |
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di gu pi
lycii cortex |
1. clears vacuity heat
• menopause, TB w/ “thief cough” 2. clears replete Lung heat • for fever; loud cough with sticky, yellow phlegm; acute pneumonia, painful chest cough |
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bai wei
cynanchi atrati radix |
1. clears vacuity heat
• esp. for OB/GYN disorders 2. promotes urination to tx edema 3. clears heat toxicity • for skin infection |
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yin chai hu “silvery chai hu”
stellariae radix |
1. clears vacuity heat
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difference between yin and wei level heat?
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actual blood in xue level heat
all other signs the same: high fever shen d/o skin eruptions |
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kidney yin xu tinnitus
vs. yang rising tinnitus |
mosquito buzz: high pitch low volume
ocean waves: low pitch loud volume |
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4 types of parasites
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roundworm
tapeworm hookworm pinworm |
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3 Huang strength of damp-heat clearing?
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strongest: lian
bai weakest: qin |
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damp-heat doesn't equal shi heat
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damp-heat doesn't equal shi heat
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wei level wind-heat eye d/o sy/sx
vs. heat toxicity eye d/o |
sensitive to light, blood shot eyes, eye boogers
eyes glued shut, severe conjunctivitis |
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bai hiang cao is almost always used with ------- to move blood and discharge pus.
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hong teng
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3 major ways to tx cancer?
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clear heat toxicity
dispel damp/phlegm move blood |
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what is difference between lu gen and tian hua fen?
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lu gen #1 for lung abscess, promotes urination
tian hua fen tx skin infection |
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if used improperly herbs that cool blood can cause what?
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stagnation of blood
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narrow meaning of aromatic?
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smells good
works on MJ damp ST/SP |
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why is xuan shen considered salty?
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b/c softens masses
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huang lian
vs huang bai |
tx damp-heat diarrhea, clears heart heat
tx damp related leukorrhea |
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wei level heat cleared by?
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jin yin hua ; also clears qi and xue level too
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two herbs for mercury poisoning?
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fang feng
tu fu ling |
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three lians for heart heat?
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lian qiao
huang lian lian zi xin |
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when do you add qing dai?
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at end of decoction
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two herbs for appendicitis?
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bai jiang cao
hong teng |
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3 herbs for nasal obstruction?
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bai zhi
cang er zi xin yi hua |
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3 herbs for ST heat nausea/vomit?
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huang lian
lu gen zhu ru |
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yin chai hu and hu huang lian are commonly used together to tx?
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xu heat and damp-heat b/c they reinforce each other
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