Herbs III: Class Nine Flashcards by Jonathan Bench

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Da Ji / Herba seu Radix Cirsii Japonici
Japanese Thistle

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Da Ji / Herba seu Radix Cirsii Japonici
Japanese Thistle

Temperature: Cool

Properties: Sweet

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Da Ji / Herba seu Radix Cirsii Japonici
Japanese Thistle

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Cools blood and stops bleeding; addresses reckless movement of hot blood leading to vomiting blood, coughing of blood, nosebleed, uterine bleeding, and blood in urine
Disperses blood stasis and reduces swelling; treats sores and carbuncles due to toxic heat with blood stasis
Reduces hypertension; addresses hypertension due to ascendant Liver Yang

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Da Ji / Herba seu Radix Cirsii Japonici
Japanese Thistle

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Da Ji / Herba seu Radix Cirsii Japonici
Japanese Thistle

Channels: Liver

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Da Ji / Herba seu Radix Cirsii Japonici
Japanese Thistle

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Especially effective in stopping bleeding from Lung and Stomach

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Di Yu / Radix Sanguisorbae
Garden Burnet Root

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Di Yu / Radix Sanguisorbae
Garden Burnet Root

Temperature: Cool

Properties: Bitter, Sour

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Di Yu / Radix Sanguisorbae
Garden Burnet Root

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Cools the blood and stops bleeding; used especially for Lower Jiao blood leading to blood in the stool, bleeding hemorroids, bloody dysentery, and abnormal uterine bleeding. Also for vomiting blood and nosebleed
Clears toxic heat and generates flesh. Apply topically for sores, ulcers, and injuries from burns

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Di Yu / Radix Sanguisorbae
Garden Burnet Root

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Di Yu / Radix Sanguisorbae
Garden Burnet Root

Channels: Liver, Large Intestine, Stomach

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Di Yu / Radix Sanguisorbae
Garden Burnet Root

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Especially effective for heat in the Lower Jiao

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Huai Hua Mi / Flos Sophorae
Japanese Pagoda Tree Flower

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Huai Hua Mi / Flos Sophorae
Japanese Pagoda Tree Flower

Temperature: Cool

Properties: Bitter

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Huai Hua Mi / Flos Sophorae
Japanese Pagoda Tree Flower

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Cools the blood and stops bleeding; addresses bleeding due to blood heat. Especially used for bleeding in the Lower Jiao such as blood in the stool, bleeding hemorrhoids, and blood dysentery. Also used for coughing of blood and nosebleed
Clear the Liver heat and drains fire; addresses headache and red eyes due to ascendant Liver fire. Recently used for hypertension

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Huai Hua Mi / Flos Sophorae
Japanese Pagoda Tree Flower

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Huai Hua Mi / Flos Sophorae
Japanese Pagoda Tree Flower

Channels: Liver, Large Intestine

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Huai Hua Mi / Flos Sophorae
Japanese Pagoda Tree Flower

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Especially used for bleeding in the Lower Jiao

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Ce Bai Ye / Cacumen Platycladi
Arborvitae Leaves

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Ce Bai Ye / Cacumen Platycladi
Arborvitae Leaves

Temperature: Cool

Properties: Bitter, Astringent

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Ce Bai Ye / Cacumen Platycladi
Arborvitae Leaves

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Cools the blood and stops bleeding; widely used for various bleeding due to blood heat such as coughing of blood, vomiting blood, nosebleed, bleeding gums, blood in the stool or urine, and uterine bleeding.
Transforms phlegm and stops coughing; treats coughing with copious sputum due to Lung heat

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Ce Bai Ye / Cacumen Platycladi
Arborvitae Leaves

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Ce Bai Ye / Cacumen Platycladi
Arborvitae Leaves

Channels: Heart, Liver, Large Intestine

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Ce Bai Ye / Cacumen Platycladi
Arborvitae Leaves

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Widely used for various bleeding

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Bai Mao Gen / Rhizoma Imperatae
Woolly Grass

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Bai Mao Gen / Rhizoma Imperatae
Woolly Grass

Temperature: Cold

Properties: Sweet

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Bai Mao Gen / Rhizoma Imperatae
Woolly Grass

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Cools the blood and stops bleeding; treats bleeding due to blood heat. Often used for vomiting blood, coughing of blood, nosebleed, and blood in urine
Clears heat and promotes urination; treats hot-Lin syndrome, urinary difficulty, and edema
Clears Lung heat and Stomach heat; addresses warm febrile disease with irritability and thirst, vomiting sue to Stomach heat, and coughing due to Lung heat

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Bai Mao Gen / Rhizoma Imperatae
Woolly Grass

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Bai Mao Gen / Rhizoma Imperatae
Woolly Grass

Channels: Lung, Stomach, Small Intestine, Urinary Bladder

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Bai Mao Gen / Rhizoma Imperatae
Woolly Grass

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One of the few blood cooling/blood stopping herbs that doesn’t enter the Liver

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Xian He Cao / Herba Agrimoniae
Agromony

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Xian He Cao / Herba Agrimoniae
Agromony

Temperature: Neutral

Properties: Bitter, Acrid

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Xian He Cao / Herba Agrimoniae
Agromony

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Restrains leakage of blood and stops bleeding; widely used for various bleeding such as vomiting blood, coughing of blood, nosebleed, blood in stool or urine, and uterine bleeding.
Reduces food stagnation
Alleviated diarrhea and dysentery; can be used for chronic diarrhea and dysentery as this herb has a restraining nature
Kills parasites— particularly trichomonas vaginitis and tapeworm.

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Xian He Cao / Herba Agrimoniae
Agromony

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Xian He Cao / Herba Agrimoniae
Agromony

Channels: Lung, Liver, Spleen

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Xian He Cao / Herba Agrimoniae
Agromony

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Often used for Qi and blood deficiency due to chronic injury from physical working; also used for thrombocytopenia purpura.

Currently used for treating some cancers

Bai Ji / Rhizoma Bletillae Bletilla Temperature: Properties:

Bai Ji / Rhizoma Bletillae Bletilla Temperature: Cool Properties: Bitter, Sweet

Bai Ji / Rhizoma Bletillae Bletilla Functions:

1. Restrains leakage of blood and stops bleeding; addresses coughing of blood, vomiting blood, and traumatic bleeding 2. Reduces swelling and generates flesh; treats sores, ulcers, anal fissures, and chapped skin

Bai Ji / Rhizoma Bletillae Bletilla Channels:

Bai Ji / Rhizoma Bletillae Bletilla Channels: Lung, Stomach, Liver

Bai Ji / Rhizoma Bletillae Bletilla Special Characteristics:

Use powder form and take with cold water; decoction will turn out like glue

Xue Yu Tan / Crinis Carbonisatus Charred Human Hair Temperature: Properties:

Xue Yu Tan / Crinis Carbonisatus Charred Human Hair Temperature: Neutral Properties: Bitter

Xue Yu Tan / Crinis Carbonisatus Charred Human Hair Functions:

1. Restrains leakage of blood, stops bleeding, and transforms blood stasis; widely used for various bleeding such as vomiting blood, coughing of blood, nosebleed, blood in the stool or urine, and uterine bleeding 2. Promotes urination; treats Lin syndrome, especially bloody Lin syndrome

Xue Yu Tan / Crinis Carbonisatus Charred Human Hair Channels:

Xue Yu Tan / Crinis Carbonisatus Charred Human Hair Channels: Heart, Liver, Kidney

Ou Jie / Nodus Nelumbinis Rhizomatis Lotus Node Temperature: Properties:

Ou Jie / Nodus Nelumbinis Rhizomatis Lotus Node Temperature: Neutral Properties: Sweet, Astringent

Ou Jie / Nodus Nelumbinis Rhizomatis Lotus Node Functions:

1. Restrains leakage of blood, stops bleeding, and transforms blood stasis; used for many types of bleeding. Most often used for bleeding associated with heat in the Lung or Stomach with vomiting or coughing of blood, or nosebleed

Ou Jie / Nodus Nelumbinis Rhizomatis Lotus Node Channels:

Ou Jie / Nodus Nelumbinis Rhizomatis Lotus Node Channels: Lung, Stomach, Liver

Ou Jie / Nodus Nelumbinis Rhizomatis Lotus Node Special Characteristics:

Raw herb can stop bleeding and transform blood stasis; charred herb is used only for stopping bleeding

San Qi / Radix Notoginseng Notoginseng Temperature: Properties:

San Qi / Radix Notoginseng Notoginseng Temperature: Warm Properties: Sweet, Slightly Bitter

San Qi / Radix Notoginseng Notoginseng Functions:

1. Restrains leakage of blood, stops bleeding, and transforms blood stasis; vomiting blood, coughing of blood, nosebleed, blood in urine or stool, uterine bleeding and traumatic bleeding 2. Reduces swelling and alleviates pain; treats traumatic injuries with swelling and pain due to blood stasis 3. Recently used for angina

San Qi / Radix Notoginseng Notoginseng Channels:

San Qi / Radix Notoginseng Notoginseng Channels: Liver, Stomach, Large Intestine

San Qi / Radix Notoginseng Notoginseng Special Characteristics:

Especially proper for bleeding with blood stagnation

Qian Cao Gen / Radix Rubiae Madder Root Temperature: Properties:

Qian Cao Gen / Radix Rubiae Madder Root Temperature: Cold Properties: Bitter

Qian Cao Gen / Radix Rubiae Madder Root Functions:

1. Cools the blood and stops bleeding; addresses vomiting blood, nosebleed, coughing of blood, blood in the stool or urine, uterine bleeding, or any kind of bleeding due to blood heat 2. Invigorates the blood and unblocks the channels; treats amenorrhea due to blood stasis, traumatic injuries, and Bi syndrome

Qian Cao Gen / Radix Rubiae Madder Root Channels:

Qian Cao Gen / Radix Rubiae Madder Root Channels: Heart, Liver

Qian Cao Gen / Radix Rubiae Madder Root Special Characteristics:

Use charred to help stop bleeding; use in raw form to invigorate the blood. Good for early, heavy, or lingering period

Pu Huang / Pollen Typhae Cattail Pollen Temperature: Properties:

Pu Huang / Pollen Typhae Cattail Pollen Temperature: Neutral Properties: Sweet, Acrid

Pu Huang / Pollen Typhae Cattail Pollen Functions:

1. Stops bleeding; addresses various forms of bleeding whether there is stasis or not 2. Invigorates the blood and dispels blood stasis; treats chest pain, postpartum abdominal pain, and menstrual pain due to blood stasis

Pu Huang / Pollen Typhae Cattail Pollen Channels:

Pu Huang / Pollen Typhae Cattail Pollen Channels: Liver, Heart, Spleen

Pu Huang / Pollen Typhae Cattail Pollen Special Characteristics:

Use in raw form to dispel blood stasis; use toasted to stop bleeding

Ai Ye / Folium Artemisiae Argyi Mugwort Leaf Temperature: Properties:

Ai Ye / Folium Artemisiae Argyi Mugwort Leaf Temperature: Warm Properties: Bitter, Acrid

Ai Ye / Folium Artemisiae Argyi Mugwort Leaf Functions:

1. Warms the channels and stops bleeding; addresses bleeding due to deficient cold and can especially warm the Lower Jiao (and uterus) for prolonged menstrual bleeding and uterine bleeding. Also used for vomiting due to Middle Jiao deficient cold 2. Disperses cold and alleviates pain; treats dysmenorrheal, infertility, and epigastric and abdominal pain due to deficient cold 3. Warms to the uterus and calms the fetus; treats restless fetus, lower abdominal pain, and vaginal bleeding as in threatened miscarriage 4. Topically used for skin itching from eczema

Ai Ye / Folium Artemisiae Argyi Mugwort Leaf Channels:

Ai Ye / Folium Artemisiae Argyi Mugwort Leaf Channels: Spleen, Liver, Kidney

Ai Ye / Folium Artemisiae Argyi Mugwort Leaf Special Characteristics:

Stops bleeding due to cold. Use in raw form to warm the channels and alleviate pain; used charred to stop bleeding