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Define “Stabilize and Bind”

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To astringe or hold substance Stem loss of Body Fluids Qi or Blood

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Which two categories of herbs are Stabilize and Bind herbs often combined with to enhance their function?

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Usually combined with Qi and Yang Tonics to support function of Holding

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Name 7 types of leakage that Stabilize and Bind herbs can be used with.

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  • Sweat,
  • Lung Qi,
  • Intestines,
  • Jing Essence,
  • Urine,
  • Blood Menses,
  • Vaginal Discharge

(Refer to chart)

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What is the main taste of herbs that stabilize and bind?

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Sour

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Name the cautions for herbs that stabilize and bind.

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Any excess pathogens or stagnations, Constipation, Excess Heat, Damp-phlegm

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Describe the main functions of the Heart and Shen.

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The Heart

  • Governs Blood
  • Regulates Pulse and Vessels
  • Manifests in the Face
  • Opens at Tongue & Controls Speech

The Shen:

  • Reflected in Complexion/Eyes/Face
  • Manifests in mental clarity, rational function of mental processes, and consciousness/awareness/lucidity

Controlled by Kidney Water

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How is the Heart Shen different from the Liver Hun?

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Liver is more motivational, intuitive, needs to keep moving because overwork or anything causing stasis can damage yin/blood stored in Liver

Hun - Ethereal Soul - lives in dream world and on the astral plane - said to survive our physical bodies
Healthy Hun is a visionary and has goals, a sick hun is stuck and can get angry or depressed

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What are the primary disorders of the Shen?

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Primarily sleep and insomnia issues

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What are the main types of Insomnia?

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Can’t fall asleep - difficult to settle
Easily wake up and can’t fall back due to agitated Yang from insufficient yin/blod to anchor/house the shen

Common in menopause, anxiety

Other issues - dreams (wandering hun), nighmares (Ht/GB xu), Sleep can also be disturbed by Food stag/alcohol

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How are the types of Insomnia differentiated from each other in terms of signs and symptoms?

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Blood / Yin Xu Type:
Palpitations, anxiety, forgetful, poor memory & concentration, diorientation, insomnia, restless, panic attacks
Tongue: Pale or Red, maybe red tip
Pulse: Thin, maybe rapid

Treat by nourishing and enriching Blood & Yin of Heart and Liver with seeds and nuts. Yin time is too short, Herbs are more neutral to avoid agitation with warm herbs

Heart Fire type Insomnia:
Manic behavior, bad temper, severe agitation
Tongue: Red, esp tip
Pulse Fast and Full esp at left cun mai

Yin time too late, most sweet and cold herbs to clear heat
Sedate heart and calm the spirit, clear fire

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What are the characteristics of Substances that anchor, settle and calm the spirit?

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Toxic and heavy (anchoring) and minerals or shells
Difficult to digest (take with sp/st tonics)
Only taken for short time (toxic)

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What types of Organ disharmonies do Substances that anchor the shen treat?

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Heart Fire, Liver Yang, Lungs for Lung Qi leakage, Stomach to downbear rebellious Qi

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For the Category Herbs that Nourish the Heart and Calm the Spirit, what are the main properties?

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Mostly sweet, moistening plants to nourish and augment the Heart and liver yin and blood and calm the spirit

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What are the properties of Long Gu?

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  • Sweet
  • Astringent
  • Neutral

Channels:

  • Heart
  • Liver
  • Kidney
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What are the functions of Long Gu? What does it treat primarily?

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  1. Settles Anxiety and Calms the Spirit
  2. Calms the Liver and anchors floating Yang
  3. Prevents Leakage of fluids (slightly astringing of sweat)
  4. Used topically for chronic non-healing sores and ulcers in calcined (duan) powdered form

Emotional distress and irritability due to Liver Yang, HT fire (vs. deficiency)

Really great for treating menopause

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What are the properties of We Wei Zi?

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  • Sour
  • Sweet
  • Warm

Channels:

  • Lung - Stops lung leakage/cough
  • Heart - Quiets spirit (slight sedative)
  • Kidney - Stops Kidney leakage
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What are the functions of Wu Wei Zi?

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  1. Contains the leakage of Lung Qi and stops coughs
  2. Tonifies Kidneys, binds JING essences, stops diarrhea
  3. Inhibit sweating and generates fluids
  4. Quiets the spirit
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What are the properties of Suan Zao Ren

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  • Sweet
  • Sour
  • Neutral

Channels:

  • Gall Bladder
  • Heart
  • Liver
  • Spleen
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What are the functions of Suan Zao Ren? Who is it good for and what are the cautions?

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  1. Nourishes the Heart Yin, Augments the Liver Blood, and Quiets the Spirit
  2. Prevents Abnormal Sweating

Great herb for sleep / calming and safe for pretty much anyone, long term. Children.

Yin Blood Xu type heart disorder

Only caution is that its a seed, careful with loose bowels

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What are the characteristics of a Wind pathogen?

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Swift, Changeable, Rapid, Violent and Impetuous Irregular Movement

All wind diseases Move the still and stop the moveable

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How does internal wind differ from external wind in terms of etiology and presentation?

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Internal wind origin is the Liver the External origin is the Lung and it manifests in the channels (which are considered exterior to the organs.)

Internal wind - dizzy, vertigo, headach, tingling, numbness, rigid/jerking, sinews, termbling, spasms, convulsions, seizures

External will see more Bi Syndromes (Wind-Damp, Wind-Cold, Wind-Heat)

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What are the 3 main etiologies of Internal Wind? What are the symptoms associated with each type?

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Blood Deficiency
Dizziness, Tremors, Tics, Twitches, Numbness, Blurred vision/Flowery spots, Pallor (PALE PALE PALE)

Extreme Heat
Fever induced seizures and convulsions - with heat signs, anger, red eyes, intense fast pulse
Fright wind in children

Yin Deficiency
Headache, dizzy, blurred vision, tinnitu, irritability, twitching, tremors, unconciousness, spasms, paralysis, hemiplegia, aphasia

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What are the properties of Substances that Extinguish Wind and Stop Tremors?

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Mostly cold, drying, some worm, most animal products, shells (heavy/containing)

Most go to the Liver channel

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What are the Properties of Gou Teng? Uncariae Ramulus cum Uncis?

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  • Sweet
  • Cold

Channels: it’s a Jue Yin herb

  • Pericardium
  • Liver (Wind!)
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What are the functions for **Gou Teng? What is it used for?**
1. Extinguishes wind and alleviates spasms 2. Drains Liver heat and pacifies Liver Yang 3. **Releases the Exterior** Treating internal wind - tremors, seizures, eclampsia, liver wind rising (headache, irritability, dizziness) _Great for Hypertensive syndrome_ BUT ALSO **_exterior wind-heat_** (cold herb) syndromes with fever, headache, red else Only use with heat. Do not decoct longer than 20"
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What are the orifices in Chinese Medicine? How many are there?
**9 in total** * - 7 of the head (ears, eyes, nose, mouth) * -hould be clear, open so that you can see, hear, smell, taste -- connect to your environment * 2 lower yin turbid orifices Heart orifices are not physical, they are spiritual portals that give consciousness and clarity to the Shen
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How can the Heart orifices be blocked? How might that manifest in the clinic (i.e., what are some examples of Blocked Orifice Syndrome?)
Typically become blocked by Heat or Cold Phlegm Blocked Orifice Syndrome: * Wind-fright (infantile convulsions usual seen in febrile diseases like meningitis) * Epilepsy and seizure disorders (portals blocked, can't communicate) * Wind-stroke from angina, coronary heart disease * Summerheat stroke (stupor) * Febrile diseases on the Ying level affecting the PC (delirium, ranting and raving)
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What are the properties of Aromatic Substances that Open the Orifices?
BRANCH treatment, used in emergencies only - most herbs she has never used, intensely scatter the Qi to wake them up Go to the heart and liver channels Aromatic, Spicy, Warm or Cold
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How does **Shi Chang Pu** (Acorus) differ from other Aromatic herbs that open the orifices?
**Milder** -- and would still be used in clinic Most are very harsh / toxic and she doesn't use them Tricky ID, sweet spicy smell Removes filfth - blocks damp phlegm Use to open up orifices, like in allergies
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What are the properties of **Shi Chang Pu?**
* _Aromatic_ * Acrid * Bitter * Warm Channels Entered: * Heart * Stomach
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What are the functions of **Shi Chang Pu?** What is it used for?
1. Opens the orifices, dislodeges phlegm, _removes filth_ and quiets the spirit 2. Transforms turbid dampness, awakens the Spleen, and promotes movement of Qi 3. Promotes Blood flow and reduces swelling Phlegm-damp blocking sensory orifices -- deafness, dizziness, forgetfulness, seizures, stupor (possibly allergies) Chest/epigastric full, abdominal distention and pain Internal AND topical for WCD Bi, trauma and sores
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What do aromatic herbs do?
Penetrate anything **turbid**.
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What are the main uses for Herbs that Expel Parasites? When do you take them? When do you avoid them?
Treat intestinal parasites like hookworms, roundworms, tapeworms Take on an empty stomach, hungry Avoid with fever or severe abdominal pain
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What are the properties of **Bing Lang / Areca Semen?**
* Acrid * Bitter * Warm Channels: (gotta go through the bowels) * Large Intestine * Stomach
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What are the functions of **Bing Lang?** What does it treat and why do people chew it?
1. Kills parasites 2. Promotes movements of Qi, Unblocks Bowels 3. Moves Qi and Promoves Urination 4. Treats Malarial disorders Drains downward to expel tapeworm (etc) Qi stagnation, food stagnation w/ abdominal distention, constipation, tenesmus Edema due to damp Mild stimulant.
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What are the common signs and symptoms of Damp-Phlegm? Include Pulse and Tongue
* Cough with copious white sputum due to weak Spleen Transformation/Transportation * Chest Oppression, Nausea, Vomiting * Fatigue, Heaviness Pulse: Slippery Tongue: Thick, Slimy, White
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What are the common signs and symptoms of Cold-Phlegm? Include Pulse and Tongue
* White or clear, thin, watery mucus * Feel cold, maybe other exterior wind-cold signs Pulse: Slow, sluggish maybe Tongue: Moist tongue fur
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What are the common signs and symptoms of Phlegm-Heat? Includes Pulse and Tongue
* Cough, rapid breathing, thick yellow or gluey white phlegm difficult to expectorate * Fever * Dry mouth Pulse: Slippery, rapid Tongue: Red body with yellow greasy fur
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What are the common signs and symptoms of Wind-Phlegm?
* Faint/Collapse * Loss of consciousness * Convulsions/seizures
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What are the common signs and symptoms of Phlegm turbidity harrassing the upper burner?
* Dizziness/Vertigo * Chest Oppression * Nausea, vomiting * Vexation * Menieres Disease/Labrynthitis
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What are the common signs & symptoms of Phlegm Confounding the Heart Orifices?
Coma Mental Derangement Pulse: Slippery, wiry Tongue: Thick, slimy fur
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What are the common signs & symptoms of Phlegm lodged in the channels and limbs?
Goiter, Scrofula, Plum Pit Qi Palpable nodules that are soft to the touch Numb, painful limbs without blood deficiency
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What would be the differences between hot and cold types of phlegm?
* Yellow vs. White Mucus * Dry vs. Watery * Thirst vs. No Thirst * Fever vs. No Heat Signs * Red Face/Tongue vs. Pale Face/Tongue * Chest Pain (hot) or Edema (cold) * Swollen Glands (Hot)
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List the signs and symptoms of Hot type food stagnation? Cold type food stagnation?
Hot: * Severe bad breath * Feeling of distention in the abdomen * Preference for cold food and beverages * Aversion to hot food and beverages * Tongue: yellow, greasy turbid coat * Pulse: forceful, slippery **Cold** * Due to Sp/St deficiency or ingesting too much cold food * Unclean taste in mouth/throat * Nausea * Spitting up **clear fluids** * Feeling of distention in the abdomen * Preference for hot foods, dislike cold types * Tongue: white greasy turbid coat * Pulse: weak and thin
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What are the 6 Tastes? What are their properties?
* *Bitter** - Downward draining, Drying * *Acrid/Spicy** - Move & Circulate * *Sour** - Astringing and Absorptive * *Sweet** - Tonify & Strengthen * *Salty** - Purge Downward and Softens * *Bland -** Leech out dampness and promotes urination
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What flavor or taste can you use to guide an herb to a particular channel or organ?
Bitter - Heart Acrid - Lungs Sour - Liver Salty - Kidney Sweet - Spleen / St Bland - Kidney?
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What are the 4 Qi (nature/temperature) of herbs? What does each do?
Hot Warm (Neutral) Cool Cold **Balances Yin and Yang** - treat heat with cold. Etc.
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What are the Interior/Exterior organ pairs?
* Lu / LI * St / Sp * Ht / SI * UB / KD * PC / SJ * GB / LV
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What are the Six Division Pairs
Tai Yang - Large Intestine Stomach Yang Ming - Small Intestine Urinary Bladder Shao Yang - San Jiao Gall Bladder Tai Yin - Lung Spleen Shao Yin - Heart Kidney Jue Yin - Pericardium Liver
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What are the 6 Evils? Where do they come from and How do they manifest?
1. **Wind** - Chief of 100 diseases, moves and changes quickly, impacts upper body, Lungs, and Exterior 2. **Cold** - Congeals, blocks & obstructs, feel better with heat, produces clear, watery discharges 3. **Heat** - Rises upward pathologically, Dries, Moves Quickly, Produces Colors & Odors. Anything that accumulates will create Heat 4. **Summerheat** - Only Seasonal Pathogen, Symptoms same as Fire Often combines with Damp 5. **Dryness** - Drying to yin-fluids, Often Secondary to Fire 6. **Dampness** - Heavy, sinking, the lower body (Upper Body & Lung more phlegm), Wet discharges & accumulations External pathogens or weather / environmental Wind-Cold, Wind-Heat, Wind-Damp ---- Block the exterior
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What are the types of Bi Syndrome? What are their characteristics?
* Wind-Bi -- Aka Moving Bi * Cold Bi -- Stagnating, painful, relieved by heat * Heat Bi -- Hot, red, inflamed, relieved by cold * Damp Bi -- Fixed, heavy aching, maybe swollen Usually one or two dominate a Wind-Cold-Damp or Wind-Heat-Damp pattern
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What are the types of Lin syndrome? What are their characteristics?
* 1.Qi Lin/Re Lin (Hot type) * 2.Shi Lin/Sha Lin (Stone/Sand) * 3.Gao Lin (cloudy/milky/unctuous) * 4.Xue Lin (bloody) * 5.Lao Lin (Taxation fatigue - Only Deficiency, the rest are excess)
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List the main sign and symptoms of any Exterior Disorder
* Chills & fever silmultaneously * Headache * Stiffneck * General muscle aches * Floating pulse * With or without sweating
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List the main signs and symptoms of a wind-cold repletion pattern. What is the treatment principle for this pattern?
Chils and fever- chills predominant/aversion to cold Headache Muscle aches Clear or white secreations Floating and TIGHT pulse No sweating Treatment: Induce SWEATING to release pathogenic influence and open the exterior
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List the main signs and symptoms of a **wind-cold vacuity** pattern. What is the treatment principle for this pattern?
Chills and fever - chills predominent with MILD SWEATING. Headache, aversion to wind, body aches, clear secreations Floating and WEAK pulse **Treatment: Stabilize the Exterior to dispel wind cold pathogen by Harmonizing Wei and Ying**
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What is the primary caution for the category release the exterior?
Only release the exterior — if the pathogen is located interiorly it isn't appropriate
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What are the main signs and symptoms for wind-heat invasion? What symptoms differ from wind-cold patterns? Which are the same?
Fever and chills - the same, but Fever is more prominent here Sore Throat (different) Body Aches Mild Sweating Floating and FAST pulse (vs. Tight) Yellow secretions (color, vs clear) Red skin rashes Eye inflamation
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Interior Replete (Excess) Heat, also called Qi Level or Yang Ming Stage heat is characterized by signs and symptoms called the “4 Bigs”. Please list the 4 Bigs.
* Big Fever * Big Thirst * Big Sweat * Big Pulse
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