Herbs_Warm Interior

Question 1

Cold in the Interior - Signs and symptoms

Answer 1

Spleen: nausea/vomiting, diarrhea (thin, watery, no strong smell)
Kidney: frequent, profuse clear urination; urinary retention
Liver: painful menses, hernia, pain and contraction of testicles
Lung: profuse, thin, clear phlegm that is foamy, bubbly, or stringy
Heart: warms the chest, treats yang collapse (Tuo Syndrome)
P: Slow, tight
T: pale or blue

Caution: Herbs in this category tend to be warm, acrid, and dry, and may cause internal heat accumulation and damage yin and blood.

Question 2

Herbs that Warm the Interior - Overview

Answer 2

Taste: acrid
Temperature: warm to hot
Chanel: depends on what area it is warming (Kid, Sp/St, He, Lu, Liv)

Main action: Warm the Interior and expel cold. Used for both Excess and Xu Cold

Caution: these herbs are warm, acrid and drying. They may cause Heat signs. Use with caution with Yin/Blood Xu

Often combined with herbs that Tonify Yang

Question 3

List of herbs the Warm Interior

Answer 3

zhì fù zǐ
gān jiāng
ròu guì
wú zhū yú
dīng xiāng

Question 4

(Zhi) Fu Zi
aconiti radix lateralis preparata

Answer 4

Temp: hot
Taste: acrid, toxic
Channels: HT, KI, SP
BANNED

• Tonifies and warms Yang - Kid Yang Xu
• Sp Yang Xu - cold, pain, diarrhoea
• He Yang Xu - palpitations, SOB, chest pain, cold limbs
• for Yang Collapse - profuse sweating, failing pulse (Si Ni Tang)
• warms the channels, disperses Damp; for pain and bi syndrome due to Cold - pain in muscles & channels, menstrual pain

Question 5

Gan Jiang
Zingiberis rhizoma
Ginger

Answer 5

hot
acrid
HT, LU, SP, ST
Dosage: 3-9 grams

• Warms middle-jiao yang - Sp & St Cold - pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea
• warms the Lung, dissolves Phlegm - cough, wheezing, profuse watery phlegm
• Restores depleted Yang for Yang collapse 

• warms the channels and dispels Damp - coldness and pain in lower back
• stops bleeding due to Cold and Xu (Toasted ginger - Pao Jiang)

Question 6

Rou Gui
Cinnamoni cortex
Cinnamon bark

Answer 6

hot
acrid, sweet
KI, SP, HT, LV
1.5-4.5 grams (add last five minutes; or take 1-2 grams as powder)

1. warms the interior
   • warms Kidney yang with waning Ming Men - weakness, cold low back & knees, impotence, libido, polyuria
   • warms middle-jiao yang - epigastric and abdominal pain, vomit, diarrhoea
   • warms Heart yang (chest bi)
2. warms the channels;
   • for pain and bi syndrome
   • for irregular menses, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, post-partum pain
3. returns floating heat to source
   • for Kidney and Heart not communicating - anxiety, restlessness, insomnia
4. encourages the production of qi and blood (used with qi and blood tonifying herbs)

Contraindicated in pregnancy

Question 7

Wu Zhu Yu
Evodiae fructus

Answer 7

hot
acrid, bitter
LV, SP, ST, KI
Dosage: 1.5-4.5 grams

Dispels Cold, dries Damp, activates Qi, relieves pain

1. warms middle-jiao
   • for rebellious St qi - nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain
   • for diarrhoea due to Cold and Damp
   • Spreads Liv Qi -acid reflux/vomiting due to LQ invading St
2. warms the Liv channel and stops pain
   • for hernia, pain and contraction of testicles, painful menses
3. Directs Fire down
   • for sores in the mouth and tongue, hypertension
   • only used externally at Kid 1

“Wu Zhu Yu stop vomiting” sounds like, “Would you stop vomiting?”

Can be used to stop vomiting it heat-pattern by combining it with cold herbs like Huang Lian.

Question 8

Ding Xiang
Caryophylli flos
= Clove

Answer 8

warm
acrid
SP, ST, KI
Dosage: 1-3 grams

1. warms middle-jiao and relieves pain
   • esp. for rebellious St qi, nausea and vomiting, hiccups
   • epigastric & abdominal pain
2. warms and tonifies Kidney yang
   • esp. for Kidney yang infertility, impotence, and low libido
3. used externally to treat toothache