Chinese Herbal Medicine: 18 Categories
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 1st Category | Herbs that Release the Exterior... |
| 1st Category Classes | 1.- Warm, Acrid Herbs that Release the Exterior; 2.- Cool, Acrid Herbs that Release the Exterior. |
| 2nd Category | Herbs that Clear Heat... |
| 2nd Category Classes | 1.- Herbs that Drain Fire; 2.- Herbs that Cool the Blood; 3.- Herbs that Clear Heat and Dries Dampness; 4.- Herbs that Clear Heat and Relieves Toxicity; and 5.- Herbs that Clear Heat from Deficiency Heat. |
| 3rd Category | Downward-Draining Herbs... |
| 3rd Category Classes | 1.- Purgatives; 2.- Moist Laxatives; and 3.- Harsh Expellants (Cathartics). |
| 4th Category | Herbs that Drain Dampness. |
| 5th Category | Herbs that Dispel Wind-Damp. |
| 6th Category | Herbs that Transforms Phlegm and Stops Coughing. |
| 7th Category | Herbs that Transforms Dampness. |
| 8th Category | Herbs that Relieve Food Stagnation. |
| 9th Category | Herbs that Regulate the Qi. |
| 10th Category | Herbs that Regulate the Blood... |
| 10 Category Classes | 1.- Herbs that Stop Bleeding; and 2.- Herbs that Invigorate the Blood. |
| 11th Category | Herbs that Warm the Exterior and Expel Cold. |
| 12th Category | Tonifying Herbs... |
| 12th Category Classes | 1.- Herbs that Tonify the Qi; 2.- Herbs that Tonify the Blood; 3.- Herbs that Tonify the Yang; and 4.- Herbs that Tonify the Yin. |
| 13th Category | Herbs that Stabilize and Bind. |
| 14th Category | Substances that Calm the Spirit... |
| 14th Category Classes | 1.- Substances that Anchor, Settle, and Calm the Spirit; and 2.- Herbs that Nourish the Heart and Calm the Spirit. |
| 15th Category | Aromatic Substances that Open the Orifices. |
| 16th Category | Substances that Extinguish Wind and Stop Tremors. |
| 17th Category | Herbs that Expel Parasites. |
| 18th Category | Substances for Topical Applications. |
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