Herbs Dispel Wind-Dampness

Question 1

When wind predominates, the pain will be migratory; herbs that dispel wind should be the focus of treatment, assisted by those that _______ the ______ and ________ the _____ level.

Answer 1

invigorate, blood, nourish, nutritive

Question 2

When dampness predominates, the body will feel heavy and leaden, and the joints are often swollen; herbs that are drying and warming should be the focus of treatment, assisted by those that ________ the ______ and leach out _______.

Answer 2

strengthen, Spleen, dampness

Question 3

When cold predominates, the pain will be intense and limbs cold; relatively warm herbs should be chosen, assisted by those that ________ the ______ and warm the ______.

Answer 3

unblock, yang, channels

Question 4

For patients with hot painful obstruction, cooling herbs that dispel wind dampness should be the focus of treatment, accompanied by herbs that ______ ______ and ______ _______.

Answer 4

clear heat, resolve toxicity

Question 5

Painful obstruction and similar musculoskeletal pain are often related not only to exposure to external wind-cold-dampness, but also to such factors as _____ ______ and _______.

Answer 5

blood stasis, phlegm

Question 6

Painful obstruction is also common in the _______ and debilitated. To be effective, treatment should include those wind-dampness dispelling herbs that also tonify the _____ or _____ and therefore strengthen their associated tissues, the _______ and ________.

Answer 6

Liver, Kidneys, sinews, bones

Question 7

Painful obstruction is a often a chronic complaint; these substances are therefore commonly taken in _______ _____ or as a ______. The use of herbs should also be combined with _____ _______.

Answer 7

prepared form, tincture, other modalities

Question 8

Most of the substances that dispel wind-dampness are ______ and _____ and are therefore ______ in nature. For this reason they may injure the ____ and _____ and should be used with caution in patients with ____ or _____ deficiency.

Answer 8

aromatic, warm, drying, yin, blood, blood, yin

Question 9

Du Huo dispels ____-_____-____ painful obstruction, especially in the _____ _____ and ______.

Answer 9

wind-cold-damp, lower back, legs

Question 10

Du Huo disperses ____-____-____ and ____ the _____.

Answer 10

wind-cold-damp, releases, exterior

Question 11

Do Huo is also used for lesser ___ stage _____ and _____.

Answer 11

yin, headache, toothache

Question 12

Wei Ling Xian strongly mobilizes ____ _____ channels to unblock _____ _____ by dispelling wind, dampness, and _____, and to _____ areas of ______.

Answer 12

all 12, painful obstruction, phlegm, soften, hardness

Question 13

Wei Ling Xian softens and transforms ____ _____. Also used for focal distention and accumulation in ____ _____ _____ because it reduces _____ and pathogenic water.

Answer 13

fish bones, the middle burner, phlegm

Question 14

Hai Tong Pi can be used for patterns of _____ _____ or _____, depending on the other herbs with which it is combined. It treats ____ _____ _____: used topically for ______ and other ____ _____.

Answer 14

either hot, cold, itching skin lesions, scabies, skin lesions

Question 15

Mu Gua transforms dampness, harmonizes the _____ and _____, and alleviates ________. Therefore, it reduces ____ _____.

Answer 15

Spleen, Stomach, cramping, food stagnation

Question 16

Mu Gua relaxes the sinews and unblocks the ________, for damp painful obstruction in the ________, especially from severe _______ pain, and weakness in the _____ _____ and ______ extremities.

Answer 16

channels, extremities, cramping, lower back, lower

Question 17

Mu Gua is one of the more effective herbs for _______ the ______.

Answer 17

relaxing, sinews

Question 18

Can Sha dispels wind and eliminates dampness: for painful obstruction or _____, _____ ______ due to wind-dampness.

Answer 18

damp, itchy rashes

Question 19

Can Sha harmonizes the _______ and transforms _____ ______.

Answer 19

Stomach, turbid dampness

Question 20

Sang Ji Sheng tonifies the ______ and _____, strengthens the ______ and ______, and expels wind-dampness: for insufficiency of ______ and _____ ___ with soreness and pain in the lower back and legs, ______ problems, numbness, and weakness and atrophy of the ______ and _____. Can be used for these problems whether or not wind-dampness is present.

Answer 20

Liver, Kidneys, sinews, bones, Liver, Kidney yin, joint, sinews, bones

Question 21

Sang Ji Sheng nourishes the _____ and _____ the ______.

Answer 21

blood, calms, Womb

Question 22

Wu Jia Pi transforms damp, reduces _______, tonifies the ________ ( for ____ _____ delays, specifically in the ________). It is also _________.

Answer 22

edema, Kidneys, motor function, elderly, adaptogenic

Question 23

Shen Jin Cao dispels wind and eliminates dampness: for wind-damp painful obstruction, especially when there are problems _____ and ______ the ______.

Answer 23

flexing, extending, joints

Question 24

Qin Jiao can be used for acute of chronic, _____ or _____ disorders. Dispels wind-dampness and soothes the _____ and ______: for wind-damp painful obstruction and _______, especially in the extremities.

Answer 24

cold, hot, sinews, collaterals, cramping

Question 25

Sang Zhi is the #1 guide to the ______.It dispels wind, unblocks the channels and _______, and benefits the ______.

Answer 25

limbs, collaterals, joints

Question 26

Xi Xian Cao cools ____, dispels wind-dampness, stops _____, and _____ the _____.

Answer 26

heat, itching, calms, spirit

Question 27

Xi Xian Cao clears heat and pacifies the _____: for patterns of ascendant ______ yang with such symptoms as headache and dizziness.

Answer 27

Liver, Liver

Question 28

Because Xi Xian Cao is good at unblocking the channels and invigorating the collaterals, it is also commonly used for spasms and cramps in the ______, numbness in the _______, and weak _____.

Answer 28

extremities, extremities, legs

Question 29

Bai Hua She, like a snake, _____ _____ and _____ wind.

Answer 29

tracks down, eliminates

Question 30

Bai Hua She dispels wind from the sinews and settles _____ and _______.

Answer 30

jitteriness, convulsions

Question 31

Wu Shao She dispels wind, unblocks the _____, and settles _____ and ______.

Answer 31

collaterals, jitteriness, convulsions

Question 32

Wu Shao She is the same as Bai Hua She, but is ____ as _____.

Answer 32

not, strong