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Disperse Wind Heat Flashcards

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Signs and symptoms that cold acrid herbs are appropriate for treatment

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Floating, rapid pulse
Slight fever/chills (fever will be more pronounced)
Red, sore, swollen, painful throat
Cough with phlegm (yellow, sticky, scanty, difficult to expectorate)
Rash - superficial with itching
Eye problems - dry, red, itchy

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What stage/level do these herbs treat?

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Shang Han Lun: Tai Yang Stage
Wen Bing: Wei Level

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Taste/Temp of herbs in the DIsperse Wind Heat category?

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Acrid/Dispersing
Cool/Cold

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What channels do the herbs in this category typically enter?

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Liver, Lung

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What are cautions and contraindiations for this category of herbs?

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Caution with patients who have deficiency conditions, profuse sweat

Avoid long-term use

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Which 4 herbs benefit the throat

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Bo he - mint
Niu bang zi - arctii/articum
chuan tui - cicada molting
Sheng ma - cimicifuga rhizome

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Which 6 herbs clear the eyes

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Bo he - mint
chan tui - cicada molting
sang ye - mulberry leaf
Ju hua - chrysanthemum flower
Man jing zi - vitex
Mu zei - equisetum/horsetail

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Which 6 herbs vent rashes

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Bo he - mint
Fu Ping - spirodelae
Niu bang zi - arctii/articum
Chan tui - cicada molting
Sheng ma - cimicifugae
Ge gen - pueraria/kudzu root

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Bo He functions (3 main and 1 secondary)

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  1. Expels wind heat
  2. Vents rashes
  3. Gently moves liver qi (clears eyes)

LU, LV
acrid, aromatic, cool

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Which 3 herbs raise yang qi

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Chai hu - buplerum
Sheng ma - cimicifugae
Ge gen - pueraria

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Which two herbs prevent sinking of the middle jiao

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Chai hu - buplerum
Sheng ma - cimicifugae

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Which herb helps with diarrhea

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Ge gen - pueraria

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Niu bang zi - arctii fructus/burdock fruit 3 functions and indications

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  1. Expels wind heat invasion (benefits the throat)
  2. Clears heat toxicity/vents rashes
  3. Moistens LI to relieve constipation

LU, ST
acrid, bitter, cold

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Chan tui - cicada molting - 4 functions and indications

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  1. Expels wind heat (good for sore throat, vents rashes, brightens the eyes)
  2. Vents rashes
  3. Clears the eyes, removes superficial visual obstruction
  4. Extinguishes wind and stops spasms (spasm and convulsions due to febrile disease/liver wind rising)

LU, LV
sweet, salty, sl cold

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Sang ye - mulberry leaf - 3 functions and indications

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  1. Expels wind heat invasion (moistens the lung, dry cough)
  2. Calms the liver, brightens the eyes
  3. Cools the blood, stops bleeding
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Ju Hua - chrysanthemum flower - 4 functions and indications

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  1. Expels wind heat invasion
  2. Calms liver and brightens the eyes (any liver heat or liver yin xu that affects the eyes)
  3. Subdues liver yang rising
  4. Clears toxicity due to sores and swellings
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Man jing zi - vitex - 3 functions and indications

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  1. Disperses wind and clears heat - especially in the face (HA’s, red eyes, eye pain, swollen gums, tooth pain)
  2. Clears the eyes
  3. Drains dampness and expels wind (dampness in the channels, heaviness, stiffness, numbness)
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Dan Dou Chi - fermented soybean - 2 functions and indications

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  1. Releases the exterior (mild for wind heat/cold)
  2. Eliminates irritability (for shen disturbance following febrile disease, insomnia, restlessness, stifling sensation in the chest
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Mu zei - equiseti/horsetail - 2 functions and indications

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  1. Clears wind heat to brighten the eyes
  2. Clears heat and cools blood to stop bleeding (secondary for blood in stools/hemorrhoids)
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Ge gen - kudzu root 5 functions and indications

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  1. Releases the exterior and muscle layer (fever, HA, ridgid back - tai yang attack)
  2. Generates body fluids (thirst)
  3. Raises yang to stop diarrhea
  4. Vents and discharges measles
  5. Treats symptoms of hypertension (HA, dizziness, tinnitus, paresthesia)
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Sheng ma - cimifuga/black cohosh

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  1. Clears wind heat to vent rash (early stage measles)
  2. Clear stomach/yang ming heat and resolve toxicity in the mouth (canker sores, bleeding gums, toothache, etc)
  3. Raises the spleen yang and lifts the sunken qi (counters prolapse, raises the clear qi of the spleen, down bearing sensation in the lower jiao)
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22
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Which formula contains two herbs from the disperse wind heat category and is used in early stages of measles?

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Sheng ma ge gen tang

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chai hu - blurpurum - 3 functions and indications

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  1. Releases the exterior to resolve shao yang disorders (1/2 interior, 1/2 exterior, SJ and GB)
  2. Moves liver qi
  3. Raises yang qi (raises spleen yang qi to counter prolapse, raises liver yang qi as a side effect - can cause HA’s in patients)
24
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Which of the following herbs doesn’t belong into the disperse wind HEAT category:

A. Niu Bang Zi
B. Chan Tui
C. Zi Su Ye
D. Man Jing Zi

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C. Zi Su Ye - Perillia Leaf (disperse wind COLD)

25
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Which of the following herbs does NOT enter the Liver channel?
A. Bo He
B. Chan Tui
C. Ju Hua
D. Ge Gen

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D. Ge Gen - Kudzu root (spleen, stomach)

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Which two herbs relieve Liver Qi stagnation in Xiao Yao San (Rambling Powder)?
A. Chai Hu / Mei Gui Hua
B. Qing Pi / Li Zhi He
C. Chuan Lian Zi / Fo Shou
D. Xiang Fu / Bo He
E. Chai Hu / Bo He

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E. Chai Hu / Bo He

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Which Wind-Heat releasing herb benefits the throat, vents rashes, clears toxic-heat, and moistens the Intestines?
A. Niu Bang Zi
B. Bo He
C. Chan Tui
D. Sheng Ma

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A. Niu Bang Zi - arctium lappa/burdock fruit

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Which of the following herbs disperses External Wind-Heat as well as extinguishes internal Liver Wind?
A. Chai Hu
B. Chan Tui
C. Fang Feng
D. Sheng Ma

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B. Chan Tui - cicada molting

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Many premodern materia medica texts record the use of _____________ for delayed labor and to promote the
expulsion of the residue of the birth process. It should therefore be used with caution in patients who might be
pregnant, especially if they have a history of miscarriage.
A. Chan Tui
B. Bo He
C. Niu Bang Zi
D. Chai Hu

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A. Chan Tui - cicada molting

30
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Which part of the mulberry tree treats cough and dyspnea caused by Lung Heat?
A. Sang Ye
B. Sang Zhi
C. Sang Shen
D. Sang Bai Pi

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A. Sang bai pi- mulberry root bark

31
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What is the action of Sang Ye (Mori Folium) in Sang Xing Tang (Mulberry Leaf and Apricot Kernel Decoction)?
A. Disperses and scatters Wind-Heat
B. Calms the Liver and clears the eyes
C. Clears the Lungs and moistens dryness
D. Cools the blood and stops bleeding.

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C. Clears the Lungs and moistens dryness

32
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Match the mulberry part with the category of herb they belong to:
Sang ye
Sang zhi
Sang shen
Sang bai pi

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Sang ye - leaf - disperse wind heat
Sang zhi - branch - disperse wind damp
Sang shen - fruit - tonify blood/yin
Sang bai pi - root - stop cough

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Which types of Ju Hua (Flos Chrysanthemi) clears heat, eliminates toxins, and is commonly used to treat furuncles,
carbuncles, and sores?
A. Huang Ju Hua (yellow chrysanthemum flower)
B. Bai Ju Hua (white chrysanthemum flower)
C. Ye Ju Hua (wild chrysanthemum flower)

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C. Ye Ju Hua (wild chrysanthemum flower)

34
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Which two herbs in the disperse wind heat are a dui yao for eye disorders?

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Sang ye - mulberry leaf + Ju hua chrysanthemum flower

  1. fever, aversion to wind, light sweat, cough, HA, slight thirst due to wind-heat
  2. HA, vertigo, photophobia, red, painful, swollen eyes due to LV yang rising.
35
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Sang ju yin (mulberry leaf and chrysanthemum decoction) has sang ye + ju hua as the chief herbs to treat wind-heat causing ____________ and _____ __________.

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cough, eye disorders

36
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sang xing tang (mulberry leaf and apricot kernel decoction) has sang ye and xing ren (transform phlegm and stop cough) as the chief herbs to treat cough due to (cold/warm) dryness with scanty sticky sputum, _____ throat and coughing up ______.

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Warm, dry, blood

sang ye - for wind heat, can cool the blood and stop bleeding

37
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Qing zao jiy fei tang (eliminate dryness and rescue the lungs decoction) has Sang ye (mulberry leaf) as the chief herb. This formula is used for (warm/cold) dryness affecting the lung and helps with acute-onset hemiplegia. It is for more (mild/severe) cases?

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warm, severe

38
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What does each of the different types of Ju hua treat?
Huang ju hua - yellow flower
Bai ju hua - white flower
Ye ju hua - wild flower

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Huang ju hua - yellow flower
disperse external wind-heat

Bai ju hua - white flower
calm internal liver wind/liver yang rising

Ye ju hua - wild flower
relieve toxicity, great for skin problems

39
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With its ascending and dispersing properties, Man Jing Zi (Fructus Viticis) is a strategic choice for dispelling Wind-Heat
from the head and face. Which of the following herbs are commonly combined for headache due to Wind-Heat?
A. Jing Jie / Fang Feng / Ju Hua / Chuan Xiong
B. Jing Jie / Fang Feng / Sheng Ma / Ge Gen
C. Jing Jie / Fang Feng / Niu Bang Zi / Mu Zei
D. Jing Jie / Fang Feng / Chai Hu / Sheng Ma

A
40
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Man jing zi - vitex is good for what kind of headache?

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Behind the eyeball/tai yang headache

41
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With its dispersing activity, Dan Dou Chi (Semen Sojae Praeparatum) clears heat and relieves irritability and feelings of
oppression in the chest. Which of the following herbs can be combined for the irritability and insomnia due to
Qi-level Heat lingering in the superficial aspects of Yangming stage?
A. Bo He
B. Chai He
C. Zhi Zi
D. Man Jing Zi

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C. Zhi Zi - gardinia - clear heat and drain fire category

Dan Dou Chi and Zhi Zi form the dui yao Zhi zi chi tang.

42
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A 25-year-old female surfer was diagnosed with pterygium by an ophthalmologist. She complains of eye discomfort,
growth in the eye, irritation, redness, and blurred vision. Which of the following herbal combinations can treat
pterygium by clearing the eyes and reducing superficial visual obstruction?
A. Mu Zei + Huai Jiao + Di Yu
B. Mu Zei + Ci Ji Li + Ju Hua
C. Mu Zei + Cang Zhu
D. Mu Zei + Ye Ming Sha + Dang Gui

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B. Mu Zei + Ci Ji Li + Ju Hua

Ci ji li - tribulus - extinguish wind and stop tremors

Mu zei - horsetail is good for pterygium due to it’s “reduce superficial visual obstruction” action.

43
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What is the action of Chai Hu (Radix Bupleuri) in Xiao Chai Hu Tang (Minor Bupleurum Decoction)?
A. Harmonizes the Exterior and the Interior
B. Relieves Liver Qi stagnation
C. Lifts Yang Qi
D. Guiding herb to Liver channel

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B. Relieves Liver Qi stagnation

44
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Which of the following herbs is used for Toxic-Heat attack the Yangming channel characterized by swollen, painful
gums or oral ulcers in Qing Wei San (Clear the Stomach Powder)?
A. Bo He
B. Chai Hu
C. Niu Bang Zi
D. Sheng Ma

A

D. Sheng ma - black cohosh

45
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Because ______________ has an ascending, floating nature, it should not be used whenever there is floating Yang with Yin deficiency, wheezing and fullness in the chest with a sense of qi rebelling upward, or for measles after the
rash has been expressed.
A. Sheng Ma
B. Chai Hu
C. Ge Gen
D. Bo He

A

B. Chai hu - bulplerum

46
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Which of the following herbs has a pharmacological effect in dilating coronary blood vessels in the cardiovascular
system as well as antiplatelet, antihypertensive, antipyretic, antidiabetic, antispasmodic, anti-alcoholic effects?
A. Gan Cao
B. Bai Dou Kou
C. Ge Gen
D. Bai Shao

A

C. Ge Gen - kudzu root

47
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Random fun:
HB Kim spoke about the Earth, Heaven, Human circuits. He mentions about how Sheng ma - cimicifuga can lift prolapse and when combined with another herb in this category it can lift a person emotionally. What is the other herb?

What tonify qi herbal formula contain both of these herbs that treats SP/ST qi xu causing intermittent fever and SP qi sinking?

A

Sheng ma - cimicifuga + Chai hu - bupleurum

Bu zhong yi qi tang - Tonify the middle and augment the qi decoction

48
Q

Which of the following herbs can effectively treat acute neck and shoulder injuries for pain relief and increased range
of motion used with Shao Yao Gan Cao Tang (Peony and Licorice Decoction)?
A. Bo He
B. Chai Hu
C. Sheng Ma
D. Ge Gen

A

D. Ge Gen - Kudzu root

49
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Which form of Kudzu is best for relieving hangovers, awakens the Spleen, and is used to treat headache, fever,
irritability, thirst, feeling of fullness, vomiting that occurs after excessive use of alcohol?
A. Wei Ge Gen (Roasted Kudzu)
B. Ge Hua (Kudzu Flower)
C. Sheng Ge Gen (Unprepared Kudzu)
D. Ge Fen (Kudzu Starch)

A

B. Ge Hua (Kudzu Flower)

50
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Sheng ma - cimicifuga + ge gen - kudzu root together form Sheng ma ge gen tang. This dui yao treats what?

A

Vents rashes in early stage measles.

51
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Which herb raises yang qi specifically to treat diarrhea?

A

Ge Gen - Kudzu root

52
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The functions of benefiting the throat, clear the eyes, and vent rashes are attributed to herbs that disperse wind-cold or wind-heat?

A

Wind-heat

heat causes rashes, red eyes, and sore throat

53
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The functions of relieving headache and open the nasal orifice are attributed to herbs that disperse wind-cold or wind-heat?

A

Wind-cold

cold can cause pain, and congeals

54
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Which of the following herbs is used to treat Shao Yang disorder, characterized by alternating fever and chills, ribside pain, bitter taste in the mouth, irritability, and nausea?
A. Niu Bang Zi (arctii fructus)
B. Chai Hu (bupleuri radix)
C. Sheng Ma (cimicifugae rhizoma)
D. Ju Hua (chrysanthemi flos)

A

B. Chai Hu (bupleuri radix)

Shao Yang disorder is a half-interior/half-exterior disorder. Chai Hu is combined with Huang Qin for this disorder, as in Xiao Chai Hu Tang. Chai Hu releases the exterior half, while Huang Qin drains the interior half.

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