Combo with MM3: Herbs that pacify the liver; Extinguish wind and stop tremor and 2 others

5 Written Questions

1. LI, LV
   Purge liver fire
   Vision, Htn
   Contain Rutin
   Cool the blood to stop bleeding
2. Not contraindicated for pregnancy
3. Acrid, Warm, LV, GB, PC
   LV qi stagnation leading to blood stasis>irregular menses
   Invigorate blood and move the qi (Qi and blood stag)
   Stabbing pain at hypochondrium
   Bleeding, pain, bruises, gynecological disorders
   Expel wind and alleviate pain = H/A , Bi syndrome
   Any types of headache (King herb in all H/A formula)
   WDC Bi, Dosage = 3~10g, Not for pt with any signs of heat
   Vasodilating effect > Good for hypertension, CAD, CVA, Ischemia, increase O2 to brain
   Chief herb for blood level
4. Limb pain
   Transform blood stasis alleviate pain at limbs
   Blood stasis in upper extremities
   CPS, RCMT, epicondylitis, frozen shoulder
5. strength = 1% of opium,
   40% morphine if vineagar fried

5 Matching Questions

1. Xian He Cao, Zao Xin Tu
2. Ai Ye
3. Pu Huang
4. Dai Zhe Shi
5. Ling Yang Jiao (Antelope horn)

1. a Bitter Cold LV HT
   Pacify LV yang
   descends ST, LU, KD qi; Nausea, vomit, breathlessness, enable KD to grasp the qi
   Not for pregnancy or heavy bleeding in lower burner
   Cool the blood stop the bleeding; Bleeding due to heat, Mainly for upper body bleeding
   Crush before decoction
   1~3g for powder form
2. b Sweet, neutral
   Raw: Any bleeding caused by blood stasis: Stabbing pain, black clots, purple complexion, ab mass
   Charred: Stabilize and bind, applied topically
   Caution: Decoct in teabag, Promote uterine contraction > Not for pregnancy but good for post-partum bleeding
   Transform blood stasis to stop bleeding
3. c Diarrhea
4. d Salty Cold LV HT
   Pacify the LV, extinguish wind, stop tremor
   High fever with convulsion, Warm febrile, childhood convulsion
   Brighten eye; Painful eye, Swollen eye, LV fire
   Superficial visual obstruction; Pterygium
   Clear heat, relief heat toxicity; Anti-infection, Anti-inflammation, delirium, loss of consciousness
   Wake pt from coma, XS heat in body
   Warm febrile disease in ying level
   1~3g, 2 hours of separate decoction
5. e SP LV KD, Acrid and warm
   Empty cold at liver (Chong, Ren): For leaking type
   Infertility, miscarriage by cold womb
   Dispel cold, alleviate pain
   Irregular menses, Epigastric pain, ab pain
   Channel circulation, dispel cold in channel
   Warm the channel to stop bleeding
   Warm the womb: Gushing leaking syndrome
   Warm the ch to stop bleeding

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bitter Acrid Neutral LV
   Pacify LV yang and stop tremor, LV qi stagnation, HA triggered by emotional stress, hypochondriac pain /w irregular menses
   Neutral substance
   LV wind; Acute or chronic convulsion, epilepsy, opsithotanos
   Dispel exterior wind*
   Dispel but doesnt extinguish
   Skin disorders, wind rash, itchness, redness, swollen painful eye, Vitiligo
   1. Ci Ji Li (Bai Ji Li)
   2. Ce Bai Ye
   3. Bai Ji
   4. Chi Shao (red peony)
2. Cold
   Invigorate blood, Cools down LV
   Transform: Gyenecological, traumatic pain
   Cool the blood, heat toxicity: Sore, abscess, boil
   Dermal infection, inflammation
   Blood heat that affects LV; bleeding, high fever with convulsion, childhood convulsion, tremor, dizziness, tremor
   Blood level febrile*
   Use with Chuan Xiong for blood stasis related H/A
   1. Bai Mao Gen
   2. Chi Shao (red peony)
   3. Dan Shen (red root)
   4. Xian He Cao
3. Bitter sour neutral LV KD
   Transform blood stasis
   Transform blood stasis; Gyenecological, amennorhea
   Blood stasis of LE*
   Move blood downward, LV fire; HA, red eye, short temper, red face, Cerebral vascular accident, bleeding in upper body, Good for HTN
   Cause bleeding in LE
   Not for Pregnancy
   15~30g in clinic for HTN
   1. Huai Hua Mi
   2. Chuan Niu Xi
   3. Chuan Xiong
   4. Huai Niu Xi
4. Extremely Bitter HT LV SP
   Traumatic blood stasis
   No Decoction
   External use only
   1. Tian Ma
   2. Ru Xiang, Mo Yao
   3. Xian He Cao
   4. Yi Mu Cao
5. Cold herbs that transform blood stasis
   1. Yan Hu Suo, Wu Ling Zhi
   2. Dan Shen, Chi Shao, Yi Mu Cao, Yu Jin
   3. Xian He Cao, Zao Xin Tu
   4. Ling yang Jiao, Shi Jue Ming

5 True/False Questions

1. Di Yu → Sweating

   True        False

2. Qian Cao Gen → Extremely cold substance
   Any type of bleeding caused by heat
   Transform blood stasis*
   Cool the blood to stop bleeding

   True        False

3. E Zhu → Anti neoplastic
   Tumor becomes dislodged

   True        False

4. Tao Ren → SP LV KD, Acrid and warm
   Empty cold at liver (Chong, Ren): For leaking type
   Infertility, miscarriage by cold womb
   Dispel cold, alleviate pain
   Irregular menses, Epigastric pain, ab pain
   Channel circulation, dispel cold in channel
   Warm the channel to stop bleeding
   Warm the womb: Gushing leaking syndrome
   Warm the ch to stop bleeding

   True        False

5. Tian Ma → Sweet Neutral LV
   Pacify LV yang, stop tremor
   LV fire rising up; severe HA, HTN, red eye, trigeminal neuralgia, migraine, TMD, meniere's disease, signs of LV yang rising
   "Extinguis"h LV wind

   True        False