Aromatics for dampness

Question 1

What is the main taste/temp of aromatic herbs?

Answer 1

acrid, bitter/warm

Question 2

What channels do aromatic for damp herbs enter?

Answer 2

Stomach, Spleen

Question 3

What are the main cautions/contraindications for herbs in the aromatic category?

Answer 3

These herbs are drying so careful with clients who are yin deficiency

Question 4

What is the typical way of cooking aromatic herbs?

Answer 4

You cook these for less time, typically at the last 15 minutes minutes or so to prevent loss of the aromatic oils.

Question 5

Which herb in the aromatic category is the king herb for ping wei san - calm the stomach powder?

Answer 5

cang zhu - atractylodis rhizome

Question 6

What are the 4 main functions of cang zhu - atractylodis

Answer 6

1. strongly dries damp and stregthens the spleen
2. induces sweating and dispels wind-damp
3. clears dampness from the lower jiao
4. improves vision, for night blindness

acrid, bitter, warm
SP, ST
3-9 g

Question 7

What 2 herbs in this category release the exterior?

Answer 7

cang zhu - atractylodis
huo xang - agastache

caution with patients who are excessively sweating

Question 8

What herb can be used to relieve summer heat?

Answer 8

huo xang - agastache

Question 9

What 4 herbs in this category can be used to stop nausea/vomiting?

Answer 9

huo xang - agastache
sha ren - amomi
bai dou kou - amomi fructus
cao dou kou - Alpiniae Katsumadai
Semen

Question 10

Which herb stops diarrhea?

Answer 10

Sha ren - amomi

Question 11

What 3 herbs move qi?

Answer 11

hou po - magnolia bark
sha ren - amomi fructus
bai do kou - amomi fructus roundus

Question 12

What 4 herbs warm the middle burner?

Answer 12

sha ren - amomi fructus
bai do kou - amomi dructus roundus
cao dou kou - Alpiniae Katsumadai
Semen
cao guo - Tsaoko Fructus

Question 13

What are the 3 main actions of cao guo - tsaoko fructus?

Answer 13

1. strongly dries dampness and disperses cold
2. checks malarial disorders
3. dissolves stagnation and distention

acrid, warm
SP, ST
3-6 g

Question 14

What is the main action of cao dou kou - alpinia katsumadai seed

Answer 14

dries dampness and warms the middle (cold and accumulation of damp in the middle)

acrid, warm, aromatic
3-6 g

Question 15

What are the 5 main functions of bai dou kou - amomi fructus

Answer 15

1. promotes the movement of qi
2. transforms damp
3. strengthens the stomach
4. warms middle burner
5. descends rebellious qi

Question 16

What are the 6 main functions of sha ren - amomi fructus

Answer 16

1. promotes the movement of qi
2. transforms damp
3. strengthens the spleen
4. warms the middle and stops diarrhea
5. CALMS THE FETUS for morning sickness
6. used with tonics to prevent them from causing stagnation

acrid, warm, aromatic
3-6g
crush first

Question 17

What are the 5 main actions of hou xiang - pogostemonis herba

Answer 17

1. aromatically transforms damp
2. releases the exterior
3. dispels summerheat
4. harmonizes the middle burner
5. stops vomiting
6. treats dermatosis

acrid, sl warm
LU, SP, ST
3-9 g cook only 15 minutes

Question 18

What are the 4 main actions of hou po - magnolia bark

Answer 18

1. promotes the movement of qi in the middle jiao, resolves stagnation (one of the top herbs for distention/fullness in the middle jiao)
2. promotes movement of qi downward
3. dries dampness, transforms phlegm
4. calms wheezing

caution during pregnancy

bitter, acrid, warm
LI, LU, SP, ST
3-9g

Question 19

cang zhu and bai zhu are both atractylodis rhizome. Which one is best at drying damp and which one is best for strengthening the spleen?

Answer 19

cang zhu - the rhizome is best at drying dampness

bai zhu - strengthens the spleen

Question 20

What are the 3 main treatment strategies when you are trying to treat dampness/phlegm?

Answer 20

1. transform dampness/phlegm
2. move qi
3. strengthen the spleen

cang zhu is the cheif herb in ping wei san that transforms dampness

Question 21

Which herb in the move qi category is known for it’s ability to also transform damp/phlegm and is also bitter and acrid?

This herb is commonly used in formulas to resolve dampness.

Answer 21

chen pi - tangerine peel

Question 22

Er miao san - two marvels powder is a dui yao of huang bai - philodendron (clear heat, dry damp) and what other herb?

Answer 22

cang zhu - atractylodis rhizome

for damp heat in the lower jiao - low back pain, leg pain, weakness and atrophy of legs, vaginal discharge, damp sores on the lower body, heavy sensation, fever, no thirst
t: yellow with greasy coating
p: slippery/soggy

Question 23

This formula has huo xiang - agastache and jiang chao hou po - ginger fried magnolia bark as the two main herbs. It helps external/internal dampness due to insufficient spleen and stomach, summer heat with cold complications.

Answer 23

huo xiang zheng qi tang - agastache powder to rectify the qi

Question 24

Which herb in this category is safe to use during pregnancy and helps calm the fetus and symptoms of morning sickness?

Answer 24

sha ren - amomi fructus

Question 25

What is the difference between sha ren - amomi fructus (cardamom) and bai dou kou - amomi dructus rotundus (another cardamom)?

Answer 25

sha ren = wild cardamom. It is good for diarrhea due to SP cold and calms the fetus. Also prevents stagnation in tonic herbal formulas.

bai dou kou = round cardamom. It helps relieve nausea and descends rebellious qi.

Question 26

What is the difference between bai dou kou and cao dou kou?

Answer 26

bai dou kou is a type of cardamom. It helps relieve nausea and decends rebellious qi.

cao dou kou is the seed of the galangal plant and is in the same family as ginger. It is used for accumulation of cold and damp in the middle burner.

Question 27

Rou dou kou - Semen Myristicae (nutmeg) is an aromatic herb, but is not in the aromatics for dampness category. It warms the middle jiao, and moves qi, but it has one other main function that places it in a completely different category. What is that function and the category it is in?

Answer 27

It binds the large intestine to stop diarrhea.

It is in the herbs that stabilize and bind category.

Question 28

Which herb in this category alleviates malarial disorder?

Answer 28

cao guo - tsaoko fructus

Question 29

Er miao san (two marvel powder) is used for damp-heat lodging iin the lower burner and lower extremities. San miao san (three marval powder) is a combination of er maio san plus what herb?

Answer 29

er miao san: huang bai - philodendron bark + cang zhu - atractylodis rhizome

san miao san: addition of niu xi - achyranthes. Niu xi helps guide the herb further down to the knees.

si miao san: san miao san + yi yi ren to increase damp draining activity

Question 30

Which aromatics for damp dissolving herb is used with food to treat eye disorders?

Answer 30

cang zhu - atractylodis rhizome

cataracts, glaucoma, night blindness (can combine with hei zhi ma (black sesame seed)

Question 31

Which herb demonstrates effective treatment of fungal infection of hands and feet as a topical application?

A. Cang zhu
B. Hou po
C. Huo xiang
D. Cao dou kou

Answer 31

C. Huo xiang - agastache

Question 32

Which herb can be used for post-surgical abdominal bloating?

Answer 32

Hou po - magnolia bark