Class 7- Blood Activators

Question 1

What herb promotes urination and helps with edema especially in the legs as well as bloating in the stomach acites?

Answer 1

Da Fu Pi

big abdomen peel

Question 2

what are the properties of blood activators?

Answer 2

acrid, bitter, and warm

Question 3

what is the number one herb for headaches?

Answer 3

chuan xiong

Question 4

all blood invigorators go to what channel

Answer 4

liver

Question 5

what is the Chinese name for cordalyis?

Answer 5

Yan Hu Suo

-corydalis

Question 6

what is the Chinese name for frankincense?

Answer 6

Ru Xiang (Xiang = fragrance)

Question 7

what is the Chinese name for myrhh?

Answer 7

Mo Yao

-myrrh

Question 8

What is one of the number one herbs for alleviating PAIN due to blood stasis?

Answer 8

Yan Hu Suo

corydalis

Question 9

what is the Chinese name for Indian curcumin?

Answer 9

Yu Jin (pronounced like “Eugene”)

Question 10

what herb in the blood activator category is cold?

Answer 10

Yu Jin (curcumin); pronounced like “Eugene”, so think Eugene is cold

Question 11

what 2 herbs are always used together to treat masses/tumors/fibrodids because they break up blood stasis?

Answer 11

1. E Zhu “art of a beautiful lady”

2. San Leng “three edges”

Question 12

what herb is good for frozen shoulder pain?

Answer 12

Jiang Huang

Question 13

what herb is for all types of headaches?

Answer 13

Chuan Xiang

looks like the brain

Question 14

what herb cools the blood and is cold in nature?

Answer 14

Yu Jin “Eugene” ; Indian turmeric/cucumin

-think Eugene rain is cooling

Question 15

are blood activators good for pregnancy?

Answer 15

basically no

Question 16

what 2 herbs are neutral?

Answer 16

1. Mo Yao

2. San Leng

Question 17

What pair of blood activators are good for sprains, injuries, trauma like a car accident as they reduce pain and remove accumulation like tumors

Answer 17

Ru Xiang (frankincense)
Mo Yao (myrrh)

Question 18

What pair of blood activators are good for braking up blood stasis and are the blood breakers?

Answer 18

1. E zhu (Javanese tumeric)

2. San Leng (“three edges)

Question 19

What herb is important for mental health disorder as in phlegm misting the heart

Answer 19

Yu Jin “Eugene”

• indian curcumin
• think everyone gets depressed in the Oregon rain

Question 20

What is the number one herb for pain??

Answer 20

Yan Hu Suo (corydalis)

Question 21

What herb benefits the GB and reduces jaundice

Answer 21

Yu Jin ("Eugene")
-indian curcumin

Question 22

What herb is used for amenororrhea, dysmenorrhea, chest or abdominal pain induced by cold, as well as shoulder issues?

Answer 22

Jiang Huang

Question 23

What herb reduces swelling and generates the flesh?

Answer 23

Ru Xiang (frankincense; looks like little flesh fat pockets)

Question 24

What herb moves qi and blood, is the number one herb for headaches, and expels wind and releases the exterior?

Answer 24

Chuan Xiong

Question 25

What herb invigorates the blood, moves the qi and blood, generates flesh, relaxes the sinews, and reduces swelling?

Answer 25

Ru Xiang (frankincense)

Question 26

What herb Invigorates the blood, dispels blood stasis, reduces swelling, alleviates pain and can promote healing topically?

Answer 26

Mo Yao (myrrh)

Question 27

What herb strongly moves qi and blood and alleviates pain due to blood stasis?

Answer 27

Yan Hu Suo (corydalis) (bc it moves qi AND blood that's what it alleviates pain; opioum family)

Question 28

What herb is cold, soothes liver qi constraint, cools the blood and clears heat, and is used for mental health?

Answer 28

Yu Jin -indian curcumin

Question 29

What 2 herb breaks up blood stasis (fibroids, tumors, masses) and can be used for food stagnation?

Answer 29

1. E Zhu "art of a beautiful lady" - javenes tumeric 2. San Leng "three edges"

Question 30

What herb is neutral, moves the qi, and breaks qi and blood stasis

Answer 30

San Leng

Question 31

What qi regulator regulates the liver qi for constraint/stagnation and strongly moves the qi but is not good for pain, harmonizes the spleen stomach and dries damp

Answer 31

Fo Shou | -buddahs hand

Question 32

What wi regulator herb directs Qi down, reduces stagnation, promotes urination/edema Pi Shui, and is useful for epigastric and abdominal distension, constipation

Answer 32

da fu pi | "big abdomen peel"