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Class 8- Blood Activators Flashcards

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what herb is used to reduce swelling in the breasts and testes?

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Wang Bu Liu Xing

  • vaccari seeds
  • ear seeds
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what herb is the best for blood deficiency and stagnation?

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Ji Xue Teng

-“chicken blood vine”

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what 2 herbs promote lactation? (a dui Yao pair)

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  1. Chuan Shan Jia (pangolin scales)

2. Wang Bu Liu Xing (ear seeds)

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what herb/seed is used for ear seeds?

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Wang Bu Liu Xing (ear seeds)

-vaccari seeds

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what herb is used for toxicity from snake bites?

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Hu Zhang

-tigers cane

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what herbs are good for the skin and dermatology issues?

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  1. Chi Shao (red peony root)

2. Hong Hua (saffron)

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what herb drains the heat down, transforms phlegm, and stops cough (used in covid)

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Hu Zhang “hu sang”

-tigers cane

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What herb invigorates the blood, removes blood stasis, and is used for chest pain and heart issues such as coronary artery disease, gyno issues, and calms the Shen?

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Dan Shen
Cinnabar root
Salvia

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What herb is one of the most important blood stasis gyno herb, it invigorates teh blood and regulates the menses (big clots in the menses) AND promotes urination

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Yi Mu Cao

-motherwort

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What herb is good for the eyes and the Jing?

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Chong Wei Zi

  • seeds are good for the eyes!
  • motherwort seeds
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What herb moistens the intestines for dry stool, invigorates the blood, and can be used for traumatic injury pain?

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Tao ren

-peach seed

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What herb stops pain, moves the blood, used to treat rashes, and unblock menstration

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Hong Hua

saffron

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What 2 herbs regulate mensuration and promote urination?

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  1. Yi Mu Cao (motherwort)

2. Ze Lan (marsh orchid)

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What blood activating herb calms the Shen and tonifies blood?

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dan Shen

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Pair (dui yao) for amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea due to blood stasis

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  1. Tao Ren peach seed

2. Hong Hua saffron/safflower flower

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What herbs move qi and blood? (mostly 1st week herbs)

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  1. Chuan Xiong
  2. Yan Hu Suo
  3. Yu Jin
  4. Jiang Huang
  5. Ru Xiang
  6. San Leng
  7. E zhu
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What 3 blood activators also tonify

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  1. Dan Shen
  2. Huai Niu Xi
  3. Ji Xue Teng
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What herb tonifies the liver and kidneys and bones and sinews and has a bone focus?

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Huai Niu Xi

“ox knee from Huai”

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What herb has a lower body focus and is a guiding herb that guides down; often used for menstural issues?

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Chuan Niu Xi

“ox knee from Sichuan”

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What is the difference between Chuan Niu Xi and Huai Niu Xi?

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Chuan Niu Xi= guiding down herb (blood focused)

Huai Niu Xi= tonifies liver/kidneys/ bones/sinews

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What herb moves and tonifies the blood and is specifically for blood deficiency and gynecological problems?

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Ji Xue Teng

“chicken blood vine”

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What herb is used for gyno (ovaries) and infertility, promotes urination, and helps with nasal congestion and allergies as well as opening the middle jao and all 12 channels?

23
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What herb (in the blood activating category) is said to open all 12 channels?

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Lu lu tong

loos like the spikes ball with holes

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What herb is slightly toxic?

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Shui Zhi

-water leech

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What herb is the STRONGEST blood breaker? is can break masses and can be used for traumatic injury
Shui Zhi | -water leech
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What is the Chinese name for water leech
Shui Zhi
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What is the Chinese name for red Peony root
Chi Shao
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What herb is only used for mild injuries and is not really used often?
Su Mu | -sumatra wood
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What herb unblocks the menses, is very strong, promotes lactation, reduces pus and swelling, and used for bi syndrome to dispel wind damp
Chuan Shan Jia | -pangolin scales :(
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What gyno herb is really important for alleviating pain, stops bleeding, moves blood stasis, and is indicated in clots in the blood
Wu Ling Zhi (trogopterori feces) | -flying squirrel feces
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What herb is incompatible with Ren Shen?
Wu Ling Zhi (trogopterori feces) -flying squirrel feces Ren Shen is holy... don't want to pair it with poop
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What herb is neutral, invigorates the blood and promotes movement of blood in the channels, promotes lactation and reduces swelling in the breasts/testes?
Wang Bu Liu Xing semen vaccare ear seeds!
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What herb moves the blood, stops pain, promotes menses, and is used for rashes and chest pain
``` Hong Hua (flos carthami) -saffron ```
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What is the Chinese name for saffron?
``` Hong Hua (flos carthami) -saffron ```
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What herb moistens the intestines, unblocks bowels, is sweet can also help to generate new blood
``` Tao Ren (semen persica) -peach seed ```
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What herb do you need to crush before using?
``` Tao Ren (semen persica) -peach seed ```
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What herbs in the number one gyno and blood stasis herb that treats women's issues, used for big clots in the menses can make the uterus contract promotes urination, and clears heat and resolves toxicity?
Yi Mu Cao | -motherwort
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what herb invigorate blood, tonifies blood, calms irritability due to heat in the blood (cools)
Dan Shen
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What herb invigorates blood, regulates menses, facilitates urination, resolves toxicity. Special for gynecology and childbirth
Yi Mu Cuo | -motherwort
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What blood stasis herb moves blood stasis AND stops bleeding?
Wu Ling Zhi | -flying squirrel feces
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What 2 herbs deal with blood level heat?
1. Dan Shen | 2. Chi Shao (red peony root)
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What herb is used for numbness of the extremities and bi syndrome?
Ji Xue teng | -"chicken blood vine"
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What herb is good for the nose and allergies and is also associated with the ovaries
Lu lu tong (spikey ball)
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What herb is for blood deficiency
Ji Xie Teng | Chicken blood vine

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