general herb / general diagnosis

Question 1

salty taste

Answer 1

drains downward, softens hardness, purges bowels, enters KD

Question 2

sour taste

Answer 2

generates fluids and yin, astringes leakage, firms tissues, enters LV

Question 3

bitter taste

Answer 3

reduces excess, clears heat, dries damp, enters the ht

Question 4

acrid taste

Answer 4

scatters qi, stimulates circulation, expels pathogens, warming, enters the lu

Question 5

sweet taste

Answer 5

balances, moderates, moistens, tonifies, should be predominant flavor in diet, enters spleen

Question 6

bland taste

Answer 6

promotes urination, leaches damp

Question 7

“sheng”

Answer 7

fresh herb
more clearing, draining form of the herb, may help toxicities
ex: sheng gan cao

Question 8

chao

Answer 8

dry fry
awakens and strengthens the spleen

Question 9

yan

Answer 9

dry fry with salt
directs action to kidneys

Question 10

tan

Answer 10

charred
stops bleeding

Question 11

duan

Answer 11

calcined
makes herbs brittle/easier to pulverize
used for minerals/shells

Question 12

zhi

Answer 12

frying in liquid
honey (mi) = increases tonifying and moistening

vinegar (cu) = analgesic, invigorates blood, detoxifies

wine (jiu) = clears blockages, expels wind, alleviates pain

ginger juice = reduces bitterness, protects stomach from cold, mitigates toxic properties,

Question 13

herbs to decot separately in gauze

Answer 13

che qian zi
chi shi zhi
xuan fu hua

Question 14

herbs to cook first (30-60 min longer)

Answer 14

minerals, shells, toxic herbs

ci shi
dai zhe shi
shi gao
mu li
shu jue ming
zhen zhu
bie jia
gui ban
long gu
shui niu jiao
zhi cao wu
zhi chuan wu
zhi fu zi

Question 15

decoct in last few minutes

Answer 15

aromatics

bo he
bai dou kou
da huang (purgative effect)
mu xiang
qing hao
rou gui
sha ren

Question 16

decoct alone

Answer 16

expensive herbs

lu rong
ren shen
xi yang shen

Question 17

dissolve into decoction

Answer 17

liquid and dont need cooking

e jiao
yi tang

Question 18

taken with strained decoction

Answer 18

powder form, ingested first followed by liquid

chuan bei mu
niu huang
san qi
zhu li

Question 19

herbs that shouldn’t be consumed with onions, garlic, radishes

Answer 19

sheng di huang
shu di huang
he shou wu
ren shen

Question 20

herb to avoid vinegar

Answer 20

fu ling

Question 21

herb to avoid garlic

Answer 21

mu dan pi

Question 22

herb to avoid pork with

Answer 22

huang lian

Question 23

herb to avoid turnips and tea

Answer 23

ren shen

Question 24

antidote to ren shen poisioning

Answer 24

mung bean soup

Question 25

the combination of two or more similar herbs to enhance their mutual function

Answer 25

mutual accentuation

Question 26

combining two or more herbs with different actions that together enhance a particular function

Answer 26

mutual enhancement

Question 27

two or more herbs minimizing the positive effect of each other

Answer 27

mutual antagonism

Question 28

incompatibilities: Li Lu

Answer 28

bai shao dan shen ku shen ren shen sha shen xi xin (4 shens, shao, xin)

Question 29

incompatibilities: zhi wu tou

Answer 29

bai ji bai lian bei mu gua lou zhi ban xia (the b's)

Question 30

incompatibilities: gan cao

Answer 30

da ji gan sui hai zao yuan hua

Question 31

most effective herbal preparation

Answer 31

decoction

Question 32

category characteristics: release exterior

Answer 32

acrid lung "dispersing" wh = cold wc = warm

Question 33

category characteristics: clear heat

Answer 33

bitter

Question 34

category characteristics: purgative

Answer 34

large intestine

Question 35

category characteristics: cathartic herbs to drive out water

Answer 35

UB

Question 36

category characteristics: interior warming

Answer 36

****HOT ****/ Acrid not warm, HOT

Question 37

category characteristics: regulate qi

Answer 37

acrid/warm (not liver)

Question 38

category characteristics: qi tonic

Answer 38

sweet lung/spleen

Question 39

category characteristics: tonify yang

Answer 39

kd sweet

Question 40

category characteristics: stabilize and bind

Answer 40

sour astringent

Question 41

category characteristics: activate blood

Answer 41

acrid / warm

Question 42

category characteristics: nourish blood

Answer 42

sweet (sp, lv, ht, kd)

Question 43

category characteristics: calm shen

Answer 43

ht

Question 44

category characteristics: drain damp

Answer 44

sweet, bland, neutral, cool

Question 45

category characteristics: aromatic, transform damp

Answer 45

sp/st

Question 46

category characteristics: transform phlegm heat

Answer 46

acrid

Question 47

category characteristics: transform phlegm cold

Answer 47

acrid/warm

Question 48

category characteristics: enrich yin

Answer 48

kd sweet

Question 49

#1 for nosebleed

Answer 49

bai mao gen

Question 50

#1 for phlegm

Answer 50

ban xia

Question 51

#1 to dry damp

Answer 51

cang zhu

Question 52

#1 for headache

Answer 52

chuan xiong

Question 53

#1 for menstrual conditions

Answer 53

dang gui

Question 54

#1 for hemorrhoids

Answer 54

di yu

Question 55

#1 for malaria

Answer 55

qing hao

Question 56

#1 for bleeding due to trauma

Answer 56

san qi

Question 57

#1 for dizziness

Answer 57

tian ma

Question 58

#1 for breast distention

Answer 58

xiang fu

Question 59

#1 for cough

Answer 59

xing ren

Question 60

#1 for jaundice

Answer 60

yin chen hao

Question 61

only herb that reduces cholesterol and lowers BP

Answer 61

Jue Ming Zi

Question 62

HA Herbs: Jueyin

Answer 62

Gao Ben= Ub channel Wu Zhu Yu = Lv channel

Question 63

HA Herbs: taiyang

Answer 63

qiang huo

Question 64

HA Herbs: yangming

Answer 64

bai zhi

Question 65

HA Herbs: shaoyang

Answer 65

chai hu

Question 66

HA Herbs: shaoyin

Answer 66

xi xin du huo

Question 67

HA Herbs: Taiyin

Answer 67

ban xia

Question 68

HA Herbs: all headache

Answer 68

chuan xiong

Question 69

calm fetus herbs

Answer 69

ai ye bai zhu du zhong tu si zi xu duan e jiao huang qin sang ji sheng sha ren zhu ru zi su ye

Question 70

promote lactation

Answer 70

dong kui zi hei zhi ma mu tong pu gong ying wang bu liu xing

Question 71

raise clear yang

Answer 71

chai hu ge gen he ye huang qi sheng ma

Question 72

lower BP herbs

Answer 72

bai ji li da ji di long du zhong gou teng huai hua mi huang qin jue ming zi long dan cao sang bai pi sang ji sheng shi jue ming tian ma xi xian cao xia ku cao yi mu cao zhi zi

Question 73

reduce cholesterol herbs

Answer 73

jue ming zi san qi shan zha yin chen hao

Question 74

yellow sclera

Answer 74

jaundice

Question 75

under eye swelling

Answer 75

kidney xu

Question 76

toothache

Answer 76

st fire

Question 77

bleeding gums

Answer 77

st heat

Question 78

gray/dry teeth

Answer 78

kd yin xu

Question 79

surging flooding pulse

Answer 79

yin within yang

Question 80

tense pulse

Answer 80

yang within yin

Question 81

slippery pulse

Answer 81

yang within yin

Question 82

knotted pulse

Answer 82

irregularly irregular - slow

Question 83

intermittent pulse

Answer 83

regularly irregular

Question 84

abrupt pulse

Answer 84

irregularly irregular -fast

Question 85

green nose

Answer 85

abd pain

Question 86

green around mouth

Answer 86

lv blood stasis lv overact on spleen

Question 87

heart facial diagnosis

Answer 87

forehead canthus tongue (orifice)

Question 88

lung facial diagnosis

Answer 88

right cheek sclera nose (orifice)

Question 89

liver facial diagnosis

Answer 89

left cheek iris eyes (orifice)

Question 90

spleen facial diagnosis

Answer 90

nose eyelids lips (orifice)

Question 91

kidney facial diagnosis

Answer 91

chin pupil ears (orifice)

Question 92

flaring nostrils

Answer 92

lung heat

Question 93

red tip of nose

Answer 93

heat in lu and sp or sp xu

Question 94

yellow nose tip

Answer 94

damp heat

Question 95

true edema (leaves mark when pressed) means

Answer 95

kd yang xu

Question 96

non pitting edema means

Answer 96

qi stag