Drain Water - Excrete Damp

Question 1

茯苓
Sweet, Bland and Neutral
Ht Sp Kid Lu
Stimulates Urination; STRENGTHENS THE SPLEEN AND TRANSFORMS PHLEGM; Restores the Shen; Drains Dampness
Edema - Spleen Qi Deficiency

Answer 1

Fu Ling - Poria

Question 2

Three herbs related to Fu Ling?

Answer 2

Chi Fu Ling - Drains Damp and Clears Heat
Fu Shen - Calms the Shen
Fu Ling Pi - Treats Skin Edema

Question 3

泽泻
Sweet, Bland and Cold
Kid Bl
Stimulates Urination; Drains Dampness; Reduces Water Accumulation; Clears Kidney Fire
Edema in the lower Jiao - SETTLES MINISTERIAL FIRE (KIDNEY FIRE)

Answer 3

Zi Xie - Water Plantain

Question 4

滑石
Sweet, Bland and Cold
St Bl
Stimulates Urination; Drains Heat from Bladder; Clears SUMMERHEAT; Clears Damp Heat; DETOXIFIES RE LIN or Shi Lin in the lower Jiao

Answer 4

Hua Shi - Talc

Teabag

Question 5

車前子
Sweet and Cold
Kid Liv Lu Bl
Clears Liver, Lung and Damp Heat; Expels Damp; Stops Cough; SOLIDIFIES THE STOOL
Scanty urine due to damp heat in the lower Jiao
Diarrhea

Answer 5

Che Qian Zi - Plantain Seed

Question 6

木通
Bitter and Cold
Ht SI and Bl
Stimulates Urination; Drains Heat through the Small Intestine; PROMOTES LACTATION; Unblocks Blood Stasis
FLARE UP OF HEART (SOVEREIGN) FIRE, Bi Syndrome
Scanty Milk

Answer 6

Mu Tong - Clematis

Question 7

通草
Sweet, Bland and Cool
Lu St
Stimulates Urination; Clears Heat; PROMOTES LACTATION; Resolves Dampness; Raises Stomach Qi
Promotes lactation by raising Stomach Qi

Answer 7

Tong Cao - Tetrapanax

Rice Paper Plant Pith - “Styrofoam”

Question 8

薏苡仁
Sweet, Bland and Cool
Sp St Lu Kid
Stimulates Urination; Tonifies the Spleen; Stops Diarrhea; Clears Heat; Discharges Pus; Dispels Damp from the Muscle Layer
DISPELS DAMP CAUSED BY SPLEEN QI DEFICIENCY, Bi syndrome

Answer 8

Yi Yi Ren - Job’s Tears

Question 9

冬瓜子
Sweet and Cold
LI, St, Lu, SI
Stimulates Urination; Clears Heat; Eliminates Phlegm; Expels Pus; Clears Damp Heat
INTESTINAL OR LUNG ABSCESS

Answer 9

Dong Gua Zi - Wax Melon Seed

Question 10

茵陳蒿
Bitter and Cool
Sp St Liv GB
Clears heat and drains damp for relieving jaundice
RELIEVES YANG JAUNDICE AND ECZEMA

Answer 10

Yin Chen Hao - Artemisia

Question 11

虎杖
Bitter and Cold
Liv GB and Lu
RELIEVES YANG CONSTRAINT IN LIVER AND GALLBLADDER, clear heat and clean toxin; Jaundice, Leukorrhea, Lin syndrome due to damp-heat.
Carbuncles, boils, burns, SNAKE BITE

Answer 11

Hu Zhang - Tiger Cane

Question 12

豬苓
Sweet, Bland and Neutral
Kid Bl Sp
Promoting urination, leach out dampness and harmful fluids, FACILITATES FLUID METABOLISM
Edema and Malaria

Answer 12

Zhu Ling - Polyporus

Question 13

金錢草
Sweet. Bland,  Salty and Cool
Liv GB Kid Bl
Stimulates Urination; Reduces Swelling; Clears Damp Heat; EXPELS URINARY AND GALLBLADDER STONES; Clears Toxins
Painful Urination, Yang Jaundice

Answer 13

Jin Qian Cao - Primrose

Question 14

海金沙
Sweet and Cold
Bl SI
Clears and drains damp and heat from the blood level of the channels entered by promoting urination
TREATS ALL LIN SYNDROMES. Painful urination

Answer 14

Hai Jin Sha - Lygodium Spore -Sea Gold Sand

Teabag

Question 15

石韋
Bitter, Sweet and Cool
Lu Bl
Cools the Lungs and FACILITATES BLADDER FUNCTION.  Drains damp and heat by promoting urination; stops cough and bleeding due to heat.
Lin Syndrome

Answer 15

Shi Wei - Pyrossia Leaf

Question 16

瞿麦
Bitter and Cold
Ht SI Bl
SLIPPERY, cools heat, DIRECTS DOWNWARD, invigorates the blood, leads heat and fire in the small intestine and heart out via the urine.
Lin Syndrome

Answer 16

Qu Mai - Pink

Question 17

漢防己
Bitter, Acrid and Cold
Bl Kid Sp
Clears damp heat, OPENS THE FLUID PATHWAYS, treats painful urinary issues; Promotes urination to reduce edema. Damp leg Qi, TREATS GURGLING GI TRACT, ASCITES and abdominal distension.

Answer 17

Han Fang Ji - Stephania