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9 Cards in this Set
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Channels: HT, LIV
Properties: Salty, Cold A&I: * Extinguishes wind & controls spasms & convulsions: childhood convulsion disorder, Clears heat so use for recalcitrant high fevers & internal movement of wind from intense heat. Important for treating internal movement of Liver wind ~ Calms the liver & anchors yang: ascendant Liver Yang - Clears the Liver & improves vision: headache & red eyes from blazing liver fire. - Drains heat & relieves fire toxicity: warm, febrile diseases with high fevers, delerium, manic behavior, & in extreme cases, loss of conciousness C&C: None Dosage: up to .5g can substitute: Shui Niu Jiao |
Ling Yang Jiao
Antelope Horn Comu Antelopis Saiga-tatarici |
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Channels: HT, LIV
Properties: Sweet, Cool A&I: *Extinguishes wind & alleviates spasms: Liver heat patterns with internal movement of Liver wind (tremors, seizures, & eclampsia - Drains Liver heat & pacifies Liver yang: for Liver fire & ascendant Liver yang patterns (headache, irritability, red eyes, & dizziness. Also hypertension C&C: None Dosage: up to 15g - add near end |
Gou Teng
"Hook Vine" Gambir Vine Stems and Thorns Ramulus Uncariae Cum Uncis |
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Channels: LIV
Properties: Sweet, Neutral A&I: * Calms the Liver, extinguishes wind, & controls spasms & tremors: important for treating internal movement of Liver wind either hot or cold. Headache, dizziness, childhoos convulsions, epilepsy, tonic-clonic spasms, opisthotonos, tetany, & wind-stroke. Can also be used in combination to treat problems from heat or blood xu - Extinguishes wind & alleviates pain: headaches, dizziness, & migrains that occur with wind-phlegm patterns. Also wind-stroke with hemiplegia, dizziness, & numbness in the extremities - Disperses painful obstruction: Bi syndromes with pain & numbness of the lower back & extremities C&C: some toxicity Dosage: up to 10g |
Tian Ma
"Heavenly Hemp" Gastrodia Zhizome Rhizoma Gastrodiae |
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Channels: LIV, LU
Properties: Spicy, Bitter, Warm A&I: * Calms the Liver & Anchors the Yang: headache, vertigo, dizziness ~ Dispels wind-heat & brightens the eyes: red, swollen, painful eyes as well as increased tearing ~ Facilitatesthe smooth flow of Liver Qi: constrained Liver qi (pain & distention in chest or flanks, or insufficient lactation) - Dispels wind & stops itching: any kind of skin lesions with significant itching C&C: pregnancy - Qi or Blood Xu Dosage: up to 12g |
Bai Ji Li
Caltrop Fruit, Tribulus Fructus Tribuli Terrestris |
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Channels: KI, LIV
Properties: Salty, Cold A&I: * Drains fire & causes yang to descend: Liver fire & ascendant Liver Yang (headache, dizziness, red eyes) ~ Improves vision & causes superficial visual obstructions to recede: Liver heat patterns that affect the eyes(photophobia, pterygium, red eyes, blurred vision, other superficial visual obstruction) C&C: None Dosage: up to 30g - cook first |
Shi Jue Ming
"Stone Sense Brightness" Abalone Shell Concha Haliotidis |
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Channels: BL, LIV, LU, SP
Properties: Salty, Cold A&I: * Drains heat & stops spasms & convulsions: high, strong fevers with convulsions & seizures. Can by used alone. Recently also used for manic type schizophrenia - Calms wheezing: especially from Lung Heat - Clears heat & unblocks & promotes movement in the channels & collaterals: especially Hot Bi. Also hemiplegia due to channel obstruction - Clears heat & promotes urination: Hot Lin - Hypertension associated with ascendant Liver Yang C&C: None Noted Dosage: up to 15g powder - up to 2g |
Di Long
"Earth Dragon" Earthworm Lumbricus |
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Channels: LIV
Properties: Salty, Spicy, Neutral, Toxic A&I: * Extinguishes wind & stops tremors & convulsions: Liver wind phlegm patterns (spasms, acute or chronic childhood convulsions, tetany, opisthotonos, tics, tetanus, & seizures. Very Effective. - Attacks & relieves fire toxin & dissipates nodules: topical use on toxic sores, swellings, & scrofula. "Use toxin to attack toxin" - Unblocks the collaterals & stops pain: stubborn headaches, migrains & Bi syndromes C&C: toxic - do not overdose - wind associated with blood xu - pregnancy Dosage: up to 5g in decoction - up to 1g as powder |
Quan Xie
Scorpion, Buthus Buthus Martensis |
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Channels: LIV
Properties: Spicy, Warm, Toxic A&I: * Extinguishes wind & stops spasms & convulsions: chronic childhood convulsions, opisthotonos, lockjaw, & seizures ~ Attacks toxins & dissipates nodules: topical application for toxic nodules (sores, carbuncles, & neck lumps). Also poisonous snake bites ~ Unblocks the collaterals & stops pain: stubbord headaches, migrains, & Bi syndromes C&C: toxic - do not overdose - pregnancy Dosage: up to 3g - powder - up to 1g |
Wu Gong
Centipede Scolopendra Subspinipes |
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Channels: LIV, LU
Properties: Spicy, Salty, Neutral A&I: * Extinguishes wind & stops spasms & convulsions: internal movement of Liver-Wind or Wind-Phlegm-Heat (childhood convulsions or facial paralysis, and seizures) - Expels wind & stops pain: external or liver-wind (headache, red eyes, sore, swollen throat, also loss of voice) - Transforms phlegm & dissipates nodules: phlegm-heat scrofula and other phlegm nodules - Expels wind & stops itching: itching skin lesions such as wind-rash C&C: - antagonizes: jie geng, fu ling, bei xie, sang piao xiao Dosage: up to 10g powders - up to 1.5g |
Jiang Can
Body of Sick Silkworm Bombyx Batryticatus |