Herbs II
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RockiFatale on January 26, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Ma Huang - Ephedra Herbae | 1. Induces sweating and releases exterior (Tai Yang stage) 2. Facilitates Lung Qi movement, controls wheezing & stops coughing 3. Promotes urination & reduces edema 4. Warms & disperses cold pathogens (toxic sores without a head) |
| Gui Zhi - Cinnamomi Ramulus | 1. Release exterior & assists the Yang (exteriorwind-cold, xu or shi) 2. Warms & unblocks channels & collaterals 3. Warms the Yang & transforms thin mucus 4. Assists heart Yang & unblocks Yang Qi of chest 5. Warms channels, vessels, collaterals 5. Warms the middle & directs turbid yin downward |
| Zi Su Ye - Perillae Folium | 1. Releases exterior & disperses cold (chills, fever, nasal congestion, HA) 2. Promotes movement of Qi & expands the chest 3. Use during pregnancy (calm fetus, morning sickness) 4. Alleviates seafood poisoning 5. Revives Spleen |
| Jing Jie - Schizonepetae Herba | 1. Releases exterior & dispels wind (wind-heat or wind cold) 2. Vents rashes & alleviates itching 3. Stops bleeding (when charred) |
| Fang Feng - Saposhnikoviae Radix | 1. Releases exterior & epels wind (headache, chills, body aches) 2. Expels wind-damp & alleviates pain 3. Expels wind & alleviates spasms (intestinal wind from Liv/Sp, painful diarrhea w/ blood) 4. Used for all external wind disorders |
| Qiang Huo - Notopterygii Rhizoma | 1. Releases exterior & disperses cold (body ache, HA, damp joint pain, pain in occiput) 2. Unblocks painful obstruction & alleviates pain (wind-cold-damp painful obstruction in upper limbs and back 3. Guides Qi to Greater Yang channel & GV (du) Channel |
| Gao Ben - Ligustici Rhizoma | 1. Discharges exterior & disperses cold (nasal congestion, Tai Yang HA at vertex) 2. Dispels wind, overcomes dampness, alleviates pain (acute lower back pain, both ends of GV Du) 3. Relieves abdominal pain & overcomes dampness 4. Gynecological swellings and masses |
| Bai Zhi - Angelicae Dahuricae Radix | 1. Expels wind, eliminates damp, unblocks nasal passages, alleviates pain (nasal congestion, wind invading Yang Ming channels) 2. Reduces swelling, expels pus (early stage surface sores) 3. Expels damp, alleviates discharge (damp-cold vaginal dischage) |
| Cang Er Zi - Xanthii Fructus | 1. Disperses wind dampness & opens nasal passages (deep source nasal congestion with HA, thich nasal discharge) 2. Disperses wind & dispels dampness (skin itching, damp Qi from skin) 3. Dispels exterior wind (splitting HA radiating to back of the neck) |
| Xin Yi - Magnoliae Flos | 1. Expels wind-cold, unblocks nasal passages (any nasal or sinus condition, discharge, congestion & obstruction, related sinus HA) |
| Xi Xin - Asari Herba | 1. Releases exterior & disperses cold (yang xu, HA, body ache from dampness) 2. Dispels wind, disperses cold, relieves pain (wind and/or cold anywhere in body, esp head and face) 3. Warms lungs & transforms thin mucus (coughing with lots of watery sputum, fullness in chest, clumped Qi in chest) 4. Unblockes & facilitates the orifices (nasal congestion) |
| Sheng Jiang - Zingiberis Rhizoma | 1. Releases exterior, disperses cold 2. Warms middle burner, stops vomiting (cold in St.) 3. Warms lung, stops coughing (acute wind-cold or chronic Lu problems with phlegm) 4. Reduces toxicity of wome herbs, seafood poisoning |
| Cong Bai - Allii Fistulosi Bulbus | 1. Releases exterior & induces sweating (very early stages of ext. wind-col) 2. Disperses cold, unblocks Yang (abd pain, nasal congestion from blocked Yang Qi) 3. Relieces toxicity & disperses clumps (sores and abscesses, topically) |
| Xiang Ru - Moslae Herba | 1. Induces sweating, releases exterior (ext. contracted wind-cold during summer, esp. w/ damp, chills, fever, HA, no sweating) 2. Promotes urination, reduces swelling 3. Harmonizes Sp. & transforms damp (aromatic, unlike Ma Huang. Perfect for summer time since slightly warm) |
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