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w/c - excess: tx tai yang stage of 6 stages - strong diaphoretic
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ma huang
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w/c excess or deficiency
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gui zhi
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w/c tx shao yin stage - w/c with interior cold (never over 3g)
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xi xin - wild ginger
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w/h one of the best for LQS - #1 for shaoyang syndorme
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chai hu
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w/h neck and upper back pain and spasms w/ or w/o common cold
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ge gen
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w/h one of the strongest diaphoretics - calm liv and st, clear eyes esp with heat, moves liver qi
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bo he
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cl ht/quell fire - clear qi level heat (4 bigs)
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shi gao
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cl ht/quell fire - excess or xu heat ; heat in all 3 jiaos - rare
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zhi mu
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cl ht/quell fire - this herb is not for glacoma pt however it treats the eyes
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qing xiang zi
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cl ht/cool xue - strongest to clear heart fire and cool blood
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xi jiao
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cl ht/dry damp - clear heat in UJ
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Huang Qin
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cl ht/dry damp - clear heat in MJ, st fire, ht fire - most bitter and cold
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huang lian
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cl ht/dry damp - clear heat and damp in LJ - asecnding ki fire, protects ki yin, clears yin xu heat
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huang bai
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cl ht/dry damp - skin problems esp. lower body w/itching (ie genital itching from wind)
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ku shen
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cl ht/dry damp - liv/gb channel and organ heat and damp
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long dan cao
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clear ht and toxins - clear heat in wei/qi level - w/h in UJ
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jin yin hua (think 'yin' of yin qiao)
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clear ht and toxins - clear heat in wei/qi level - tx skin, hot toxic sores - inflammation, mouth and throat
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lian qiao
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clear ht and toxins - HIV - best antiviral qi and blood level heat
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da qing ye
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clear ht and toxins - SARS - strongest throat herb in category - one of the strongest anit-v and anti-b in TCM - epidemic
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ban lan gen
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clear ht and toxins - appendicitis
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bai jiang cao
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clear ht and toxins - cancer (st, liv, esophageal, genitourinary)
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bai hua she she cao
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clear ht and toxins - #1 for damp heat lj dysentery (bacterial or amoebic)
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bai tou weng
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drain damp - heat at qi level with damp
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hua shi (talc)
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drain damp - d/h in liv/gb ch and organ - stones
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jin qian cao
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drain damp - all purpose drain damp herb
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fu ling
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expel wind damp - hot or cold sinus problems
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cang er zi
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cool and txfrm hot phlegm - loss of voice, soothe throat, overstrain vocal chords
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pang da hai
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warm and txfrm cold phlegm - #1 dry and dispel (cold or hot) damp phlegm - esp lu/sp/st
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ban xia
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warm and txfrm cold phlegm - sends lu qi down (unusual for a flower) - calms liver
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xuan fu hua
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warm and txfrm cold phlegm - good general cough herb, hot or cold phlegm, depending on which herbs are used in conjunction
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bai qian
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stop cough - all purpose, any cough
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xing ren (apricot)
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stop cough - any kind of cough exp. due to external causes - send down lu qi (unusual for flower)
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kuan dong hua (tussilago)
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stop cough - moistens lu - nourishes st yin - Tonify Qi
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ming dan shen
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arom txfrm damp - strongest to dispel cold and damp - very thick white chalky tongue coating
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cao guo
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food stag - meat, cholesterol, coronary heart diseases
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shan zha
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food stag - adjust to climate change or geographic location
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shen qu
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regulate qi - lqs leads to xue stasis - 12 channels
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xiang fu
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regulate qi - tenesmus
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mu xiang
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regulate qi - some say main herb for lqs - liv/gb esp with heat or fire, flank or lower abd
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chuan lian zi
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regulate qi - #1 for hiccups
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shi di
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regulate qi - guide rx to testicles/ovaries - liver channel qi stasis with cold
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ju he
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stop bleeding - int/ext bleeding - all purpose stop bleeding
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pu huang
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stop bleeding - trauma injury herb, stops bleeding w/o causing causing stasis
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san qi
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stop bleeding - #1 bleeding gastric or duodenal ulcer
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bai ji
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move blood - tx shao yang and vertex ha
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chuan xiong
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move blood - tx pain and trauma
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yan huo suo
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move blood - substitute for chai hu
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yu jin
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move blood - regulate menses, cool blood mover - opens ren
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yi mu cao
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move blood - important strong neutral blood mover - hot or cold
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tao ren
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move blood - ear seeds - promotes lactation
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wang bu liu xing
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warm int, dispel cold - restore devestated yang
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fu zi
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warm int, dispel cold - tx shao yang and jue yin - liv and st
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wu zhu yu
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tonify qi - main qi tonic
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ren shen
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tonify qi - strengthen wei qi - con. the surface - stop sweat
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huang qi
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tonify qi - sp def with emotional problems
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da zao
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tonigy qi - all 12 channels, guide and harmonize
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gan cao
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tonify blood - tonify kidney yin
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shu di huang
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tonify blood - blacken hair
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he shou wu
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tonify blood - womens herb, tonify, harmonize and moves blood
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dang gui
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tonify yang - strongest tonify kid yang and jing
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lou rong
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tonify yang - all purpose kid yang tonic - wind damp bi
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ba ji tian
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tonify yang - kid yin, yang, qi, jing
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hu tao ren
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tonify yang - pop tonic - kid qi, yin, yang, liv yin
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du zhong
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tonify yang - strong tonify yin, yang, qi and blood
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zi he che
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tonify yang - tonify yin, yang, qi and essence
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tu si zi
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tonify yin - tx yangming stage of disease
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xi yang shen
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tonify yin - tonifies ht, lu and st
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mai men dong
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tonify yin - famous for treatment of diabetes
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yu zhu
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astringent - imp herb to treat lu / kid weakness - all purpose astringent
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wu wei zi
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calm spirit - most ancient sedatives
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zhu sha
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nourish ht/calm spirit - commonly used sedative
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suan zao ren
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nourish ht/calm spirit - poplar to build immune system
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ling zi
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dispel wind/stop trem - imp herb for hpn ha's
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gou teng
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dispel wind/stop trem - imp herb for dizzy, vertigo ha - internal wind
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tian ma
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