Ch 8 - Purgatives

Question 0

Mang xiao

Answer 0

Natrii sulfas
Stale intestine (Curl, ST, LI)
Acrid, bitter, salty, very cold
Moisten ST & int, softens hardness, swelling

Question 1

Da huang

Answer 1

Rhei radix et Rhizoma
Hard to live a stale intestine (cowboy, HT, LV, ST, LI)
Bitter, cold
Invigorate blood, promote urine, clear DH, yang ming organ

Question 2

Fan xie Ye

Answer 2

Sennae folium
Large drain (drain, LI)
Sweet, bitter, cold
Stagnation and drain down

Question 3

Huo ma ren

Answer 3

Cannabis semen
Large stomach special (frog buys pop, LI, ST, SP)
Sweet, neutral
Nourish yin, moisten int, constipation for elderly (qi def)

Question 4

Yu Li ren

Answer 4

Pruni semen
Spoiled intestine (滑水, SP, LI, SI)
Acrid, bitter, sweet, neutral
Moisten int, promote urine, leg edema

Question 5

LU hui

Answer 5

Aloe
Living with a stale large intestine (swing, LV, ST, LI)
Bitter, cold
Kills parasite & strengthens ST for childhood nutritional impairment

Question 6

Qian Niu Zi

Answer 6

Pharbitidis semen
Small kids long for large intestine (bird drain both ends, SI, KD, LU, LI
Bitter, acrid, slightly toxic, cold
Both ends (Drives phlegm/mucus, promotes urine), expel para

Question 7

Gan Sui

Answer 7

Kansui radix
Lunge into the large kurve (car, LU, LI, KI)
Bitter, sweet, toxic, cold
Phelgm/mucus, pass water anally,

Question 8

Da ji

Answer 8

Knoxiae radix
Large Kleenex for spleen juice (Kleenex, LI, KD, SP)
Bitter, acrid, slightly toxic, cold
Chest accum (labored breathing, dull pain, sores & nodules)

Question 9

Ba dou

Answer 9

Crotonis fructus
Ice stung the large intestine (stick on bird, ST, LU, LI)
Acrid, toxic, hot (Very toxic, breaks up clogged phlegm and throat, drives water)