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9 Cards in this Set
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IBS |
Spleen Qi Def - Most common cause: Insufficient stomach acid >> can't digest (stress) Goals: Daily,formed bowel movements, with no undigested food + resolve bloating and heartburn Remedies: Eat small simple warm meals/fennel/anise/ACV/identify food sensitivities |
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Gentian Gentiana Lutea |
Bitter (potent - ^ acid), tonic, silagogue, hepatic Sluggish digestion, low appetite, constipation, bloating Dried root can be chewed - exact same effect. C - stomach ulcer |
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Angelica |
Tonic - female b/c warming carminative;anti-inflammatory, astringent, anti-microbial Impaired absorption, gas/bloating, cough, deficient menses, UTI |
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Burdock Root Arctium Lappa |
Alterative, hepatic, mild laxative, stomach tonic Hepatic congestion, sluggish bowels, eczema,IBS |
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Mint Mentha Piperita |
Carminative, anti-spasmodic Bloating, gas Relaxes the LES but use sparingly b/c of h/b. |
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Fennel
Foeniculum Vulgare |
Carminative, galactogogue, reasonable anti-microbial Bloating,Flatulence |
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Meadowsweet Filipendula Ulmaria |
Stomachic - settles ST, carminative, mild astringent Ulcers, GERD, Nausea C - salicylaldehyde --> Salicylate, some may have sensitivity |
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Slippery Elm Ulmus fulva or rubra |
Demulcent (inflam in GI - UC/C) Acute flares >> use of D - this + aloe = benefit. |
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Chamomile
Matricaria recutita |
Nervine, carminative, vulnerary, mild astringent
Topical wounds and lesions, anxiety - nerving tea, affinity for young/old, insomnia Decrease teething pain |
