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qiang huo

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ACRID WARM
Warm
1.	Guide:  TAIYANG (BL)
2.     Guides to Head & Limbs
3.	Occipital Headache & Body Aches
4.	W-D-C Bi-Syndrome

Qiang Huo Sheng Shi Tang
Ren Shen Bai Du San

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xin yi hua

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ACRID WARM
Warm
1. Open Nose: Sinusitis

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cang er zi

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ACRID WARM
Warm, SL TOXIC
1. Open Nose: Sinusitis+HA
2. W-D Bi-Syndrome: PAIN

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jing jie

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ACRID WARM
Sl. Warm
1. Eliminates Wind: Wind-Cold & Wind-Heat
2. Charred: Stops Bleeding – Hemafecia

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sheng jiang

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ACRID WARM
Sl. Warm 
1.      Warms the Middle Jiao:  
2.     Relieves the Exterior by promoting Sweating
3.      Warms Lu
4.       Resolves toxicity

Anti-parasitic: seafood
Charred: Stops Bleeding

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ma huang

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ACRID WARM
Warm
1.   OPENS Pores to Promote Sweating
2.    Disperses Lung Qi
3.    Promotes Urination

Toxic Dose: 30-45 g

HDI: Diuretics, BB, Cardiac Glycosides

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sheng ma

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ACRID COOL
Cool
1.	↑ Clear Yang Qi
2.	↑ Spleen Qi: 
3.	Clears Heat Toxins
4.	Heat in Yangming:

Skin: vents rashes, skin eruption

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niu bang zi

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ACRID COOL
Cold

  1. Throat: Pain, Swelling
  2. Skin: vents rashes, skin eruptions
  3. Clears Fire Toxins
  4. Moisten intestine (seed)
  5. Synergistic effect with ABX

HDI: Antidiabetics

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chan tui

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ACRID COOL
Cool
1.	Eyes:  Red, tearing
2.	Throat:  Hoarse voice
3.	Skin:  stops itching, eruptions, early-stage measles
4.	Morbid night crying babies

Caution in pregnancy, hx of miscarriage

HDI: Sedatives

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xia ku cao

self heal spike

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CLEAR HEAT, REDUCE FIRE
Cold
1.	Nodules d/t Stagnation & clumping of Phlegm & Fire
2.	Benefits Eyes
3.	Liver Yang ↑/Liver FIre:  HTN, HA

Treats Tuberculosis (TB)

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jue ming zi

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CLEAR HEAT, REDUCE FIRE
Sl. Cold

  1. Benefits Eyes
  2. Moisten Intest
  3. Lr Yang ↑: HTN

HDI: Diuretics

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tian hua fen

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CLEAR HEAT, REDUCE FIRE
Cold
1.	Lu Heat
2.	ST Heat
3.	↑ Body Fluids
4.	Invigorates blood & cleans toxins

CI in Pregnancy

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zi cao

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CLEAR HEAT, COOL BLOOD
Cold

  1. cools & moves blood
  2. SLOW SKIN ERUPTION or DARK RED SKIN ERUPTION in WARM-HEAT DZ: measles, chicken pox, rash
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bai hua she she cao

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CLEAR HEAT TOXIN
Cold

  1. Promote urination & drain DH in LJ
  2. SNAKE BITE
  3. CANCER: St, esophagus, rectal
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bai tou weng

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CLEAR HEAT TOXIN
Cold

  1. Dydentery d/t DH or heat toxin
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yu xing cao

houttuyniae

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CLEAR HEAT TOXIN
Sl. Cold

  1. drain pus & swelling
  2. promote urination & DRAIN DH: painful burning
  3. LU ABSCESS
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hong teng

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CLEAR HEAT TOXIN
NEUTRAL

  1. Moves Blood
  2. Joint pain d/t WD Bi
  3. ABSCESS: APPENDICITIS (chong long)
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bai jiang cao

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CLEAR HEAT TOXIN

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ban lan gen

Isatis Root

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CLEAR HEAT TOXIN
Cold

  1. Cools Blood & resolves Fire Toxins
  2. SORE THROAT
  3. Epidemic Dz: diphtheria, tonsillitis, etc.
  4. Damp-Heat: jaundice

HDI: Sulfa, Anticoags/plate

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Qing dai

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CLEAR HEAT TOXIN
Cold

  1. Cools Blood & Clears Heat Toxin
  2. LIVER HEAT/TOXINS: fever & convulsions (liver wind)
  3. LU HEAT or Lr Fire –> Lu Heat: cough, sticky sputum, sob, chest pain
  4. Powder: 1.5-3 g (most powerful of Isatis trio)

HDI: Sulfa

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bai wei

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XU HEAT
Cold

  1. cools blood heat w/o injuring yin fluids or blood
  2. vents out path
  3. promotes urination
  4. cleans toxins: carbuncles, swollen throat, snake bite
  5. Ying & Xue level heat: fever
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bai xian pi

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CLEAR HEAT DRY DAMP
Cold

  1. promotes urin & drains DH in blood vessels of muscles
  2. STOPS ITCHING: eczema
  3. DH jaundice, Bi-Synd

HDI: Antineoplastics

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gan sui

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Drain Downward & Purge:
Cold

  1. strongly purge harmful fluid via stool
  2. EDEMA

CI: Pregnancy & Gan Cao (licorice)

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fu shen

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Drain Water Excrete Damp:
NEUTRAL

Calm Shen

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hu zhang
Drain Water Excrete Damp: Cold 1. relieve jaundice by clearing Lr/GB: Lin Synd d/t DH 2. Promotes Blood Circulation CI: prego
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tong cao
Drain Water Excrete Damp: Sl. Cold 1. PROMOTES LACTATION by RAISING STOMACH QI: Scanty milk after childbirth 2. Promotes urination to clear Damp-Heat in LJ HDI: Diuretics
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zhu ling
Drain Water Excrete Damp: NEUTRAL 1. promotes urination & facilitate fluid metabolism: EDEMA 2. STRAIGHT DIURETIC EFFECT HDI: diuretics
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dong gua ren | Winter Melon Seed
Drain Water Excrete Damp: Cold 1. Promotes urination to reduce edema 2. Clears Heat, Expels Phlegm & Pus: Lung Abscess, Intestinal Abscess, Lower Jiao masses 3. Vaginal discharge d/t D-H
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jin qian cao
Drain Water Excrete Damp: Sl. Cold 1. promotes urination to drain DH: dysuria or stone in LJ 2. Stones: Lr, Gb, Kd, Bl 3. JAUNDICE HDI: Diuretics
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shen jin cao
Expel Wind Damp: Warm 1. *Tonify & Expel PATHOGENS: bridge SJS & WJP 2. RELAX SINEW & TENDON 3. RESTRICTION OF FLEXION & EXTENSION in JOINTS: polio, shingles 4. Invig C/C: blood stag, trauma
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bai hua she | snake
Expel Wind Damp: Warm, TOXIC 1. Tracks down & ELIMINATES WIND 2. Activates & powerfully opens the C/C deep into bones & yin organs and venting back out to skin 3. Settles jitteriness, convulsions (sinews) & spasms (bones) HDI: Anticoag/platelets
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wei ling xian
Expel Wind Damp: Warm, TOXIC 1. *STOPS PAIN d/t W-D Bi-Syn: *Strongly mobilizes all 12 channels to open & unblock painful obstruct* 2. Fishbone lodged in throat
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qin jiao
Expel Wind Damp: Sl. Cold 1. W-D Bi-Syndrome: 2. Soothes sinews & relaxes tendons (acute, chronic, hot, cold) 3. DEFICIENCY HEAT: 4. Damp-Heat: Jaundice, skin 5. Moisten intestines & unblock bowels: moistens body (used with herbs that are drying) HDI: Sedatives
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sang zhi
Expel Wind Damp: NEUTRAL 1. W-D Bi-Syndrome: UPPER LIMBS 2. Unblocks collaterals : itching, numbness, pain 3. Relax joints: facilitates movement of joints & nourishes yin & yang fluids
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tian nan xing
Transform Phlegm: Warm, TOXIC 1. Eliminates both External & Internal Wind to relieve convulsion 2. Wind-Phlegm in channels: epilepsy, tetanus, dizziness, deviation of mouth & eyes in Wind-Stroke 3. STUBBORN PHLEGM: cough & chest distention HDI: Sedatives CI in Pregnancy
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zhe bei mu
Transform Phlegm: Cold 1. Clears Phlegm-Heat 2. Resolves & breaks down masses & lumps: Lung abscess, breast abscess, goiter, scrofula, lumps & masses anywhere in the body 3. Resolves phlegm & stops cough: cough + yellow-green, sticky sputum d/t Wind-Heat or Lung Phlegm-Heat Does not moisten like Chuan Bei Mu but better at cooling heat & dispersing clumps, resolving toxins
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gua lou ren
Transform Phlegm: Cold 1. Lung Phlegm-Heat 2. Promotes qi circulation in chest to relieve chest congestion: CHEST Bi, chest pain (+ Bai Jie Zi) or distention d/t Lung P-H 3. Drains pus & nodules: lung abscess, breast abscess, large intestine abscess 4. Moistens & promotes bowel movement Ren: slippery, moistening for intestines, unbinds chest
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bai jie zi | Mustard seed
Transform Phlegm: Warm 1. Penetrates Yin to restore movement of Yang 2. Lung Cold-Phlegm: COUGH & DIFFICULTY BREATHING, Chest & Hypochondriac Pain & Distention 3. Promotes Qi movement: disperses clumped material (Bai Jie Zi + Gua Luo) 4. Dissipates clumping to remove Phlegm from C/C: joint and body pain & numbness; abscesses
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xuan fu hua
Transform Phlegm: Sl. Warm 1. Directs qi downward: rebel Lu/St qi (vomit, acid reflux) 2. Disperses clumped phlegm above the diaphragm & glue-like lacquered phlegm around the heart
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qian hu | Hog Fennel Root
Transform Phlegm: Sl Cold 1. Descends Lung Qi & dissolves Phlegm-Heat 2. DISPERSE WIND-HEAT & FIRE DOWNWARD 3. Cough + sticky, yellow sputum 4. Expectorant HDI: Anticoag/-platelet
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hai zao | Seaweed
Transform Phlegm: Cold 1. RESOLVES PHLEGM & SOFTENS MASSES & AREAS OF HARDNESS: neck nodules, thyroid tumors, cirrhosis, lymphadenitis, testicular nodules; Softens rock-like substances down 2. Weakly promotes urination: edema, damp-heat HHI: Gan Cao
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pei lan
Transform Damp: NEUTRAL 1. Resolves & transforms Turbid Damp: Sticky & Sweet taste in mouth 2. Clears Summer Heat 3. Releases the Exterior:
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bai dou kou
Transform Damp: WARM 1. Disseminates Lung Qi ↓ 2. Pierces through Turbidity 3. Warms Middle Jiao & awakens the Spleen 4. Sp/St Dampness & MJ Qi Stagnation PREP: add at end
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guan zhong
Kill Parasites: Sl Cold, Sl TOXIC 1. Kills parasites: tapeworm, roundworm, Hookworm, pinworm 2. Clears heat & cleans toxins: Wind-Heat, eruptions & rashes d/t Blood Heat, mumps d/t heat toxins 3. Stops bleeding: uterine bleeding,
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cao wu tou | Wild Aconite Root
Warm Interior: Hot, Very Toxic 1. Scours out Wind, Stops Pain & disperse Cold 2. Dispels Wind, eliminate Damp, warm meridians, disperse Cold, stops Pain: Bi-Syn of all Cold types, Joint pain, Organ pain 3. Disperse swellings, clears ulcerations, promotes healing Dose: 1.5-3 g, Cook 30-60 min longer vs. other herbs CI in Pregnancy, Ban Xia, Bei Mu, Gua Luo, Bai Ji, Bai Lien HDI: Antiarrhythmics
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ding xiang | Cloves
Warm Interior: Warm 1. Warms Middle Jiao & SUBDUES Rebellious ST Qi : Hiccups.. 2. Warms & tonifies KID Yang: Impotence, Infertility d/t KID Yang Xu (also treat LIV in ED “big tendon”) 3. Disperse Cold to relieve Pain 4. Kills parasites
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xiao hui xiang | Fennel
Warm Interior: Warm 1. Harmonizes Middle Jiao & warms Lower Jiao 2. Disperse Cold to relieve Pain: Vomiting, Poor appetite, Epi distending Pain d/t Cold invading Stomach 3. Hernia, Severe lower abd pain, Testicular pain d/t Cold in Liver or Kidney HDI: Ciprofloxacin
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mai ya | Barley Malt Sprout
Food Stagnation: NEUTRL 1. Promote digestion & adjust Middle Jiao 2. Reduce Food stag of starches & fruits esp. STARCHY FOOD 3. Soften areas of hardness 4. Inhibits lactation: Distending pain in Breast d/t stagnation of milk 5. Moves Liver Qi HDI: Antidiabetics
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shen qu
Food Stagnation: warm 1. Promote digestion & adjust the Stomach 2. GRAINS & STARCH 3. Helps digest & absorb minerals (combine with minerals to aid digestion)
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lai fu zi | Radish Seed
Food Stagnation: NEUTRAL 1. Promotes digestion & elim Food stag in SP & INT 2. Descends Lung Qi & transforms Phlegm:
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bing pian
Open Orifices: Sl. Cold 1. Widely used in External washes & herbal applications to help herbs penetrate skin & move inward Caution/CI: Pregnancy
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zhi ke
Regulate Qi: Sl. Cold 1. Reg Qi & eliminates food stag 2. Resolves Phlegm for relieving distention in chest, diaphragm, epigastrium Similar to Zhi Shi but milder, Moves Qi in San Jiao
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xie bai | Chinese Garlic Chive
Regulate Qi: Warm 1. Chest Bi-syndrome, Chest pain d/t Cold-PhlegmObstruction 2. Dysentery w/tenesmus d/t Qi Stagnation
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wu yao
Regulate Qi: Warm 1. Treats all 3 jiaos but best for lower jiao 2. Warms Kidney & disperses Cold: Frequent urination, Incontinence (involuntary), Prostatitis d/t Kidney Yang Xu Tian Tai Wu Yao San
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qing pi
Regulate Qi: Warm 1. Frees Liver Qi & Fiercely moves the Qi: Hypochon. & costal pain, Breast pain, Lower abd. pain radiating to genitalia/Hernia d/t Liver Qi Stag 2. Qing Pi > Chen Pi to move Qi 3. Masses or Lumps d/t Qi & Blood Stagnation 4. Moves Liver Qi, dissolves abdominal masses, & treats Food Stag
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kuan dong hua
Stop Cough: Warm 1. Broad-Spectrum stop Cough 2. Moistens Lung & ↓Lung Qi 3. Resolves Phlegm & stops cough Key herb to stop cough d/t various etiologies
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zi wan
Stop Cough: Sl. Warm 1. Broad-Spectrum stop Cough 2. Resolve Phlegm & ↓Lung Qi to stop cough 3. Promotes urination IMPORTANT HERB FOR Various Etiologies of Cough
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bai qian
Stop Cough: Sl. Warm 1. Eliminates Phlegm esp. in Throat 2. ↓Lung Qi: cough with sticky, thick sputum, difficulty breathing d/t stagnation & inability of Lung Qi to descend 3. Lung Cold-Phlegm 4. Expectorates Lung Phlegm in pt’s with tight chest that can’t cough out
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ting li zi
Stop Cough Very Cold 1. Clear Heat & descend Lung Qi to stop cough & wheeze: Cough w/Copious Sputum & difficult breathing d/t Lung Phlegm 2. Promote urination & relieve edema esp. in face: Edema, Hydrothorax, Ascites
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xian he cao
Stop Bleeding: NEUTRL 1. Binds & inhibits all types of bleeding: *All types of bleeding d/t different reasons* 2. Stops diarrhea 3. Kills parasites 4. Tonifies Qi & Blood
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qian cao | madder root
Stop Bleeding: Cold 1. ↑ blood circulation & Stops bleed w/o blood stasis 2. Clears Heat, Cools blood 3. Bleeding d/t Heat in Blood w/ Blood Stasis 4. Amenorrhea d/t blockage of channels by blood stasis 5. Joint pain d/t Bi-syndrome w/blood stasis
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xiao ji | small thistle
Stop Bleeding: Cool 1. Cools blood, stops bleeding: HEMATURIA 2. Promotes urination 3. DH jaundice
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ce bai ye | biota leaves
Stop Bleeding: Sl. Cold 1. Cools blood, stops bleeding: all types of bleeding… Epistaxis, Hemoptysis 2. Eliminate phlegm & stop cough d/t Lung Heat 3. Promotes healing of Burns 4. Reverse hair loss
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huai hua... huai mi?
Stop Bleeding: Sl. Cold 1. Cools blood, stops bleeding: esp. from Large Int: Hemafecia, Hemorrhoid bleeding d/t Heat in Blood 2. Clears Liver Heat, Flare Up of Liver Fire:
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san leng
Promote Blood Circulation: NEUTRL 1. Both Qi & Blood 2. Strongly promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis & promote Qi circulation & relieve pain: Amenorrhea with abdominal pain and masses due to blood stasis 3. Forcefully Breaks up blood stasis & move Qi: Distending pain in the epigastric region and abdomen d/t Food Stag; Dissolves masses and accumulations 4. Compared to E Zhu it focuses more on Blood stag Pair: E Zhu + San Leng: Abd. Mass d/t Qi & Blood Stag
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e zhu
Promote Blood Circulation: Warm 1. Both Qi & Blood stasis & dissolve accumulation 2. Break up the blood stasis and move the Qi: Masses, lumps, amenorrhea, cervical cancer, abd. pain due to qi stagnation and blood stasis 3. Remove Food Stag & 4. relieve pain: Distending pain in the epigastric region and abdomen d/t Food Stag 5. Curcuma Fam: Jiang Huang, Yu Jin, E Zhu 6. Compared to San Leng: focuses more on Qi stag Pair: E Zhu + San Leng: Abd. Mass d/t Qi & Blood Stag
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yi mu cao
Promote Blood Circulation: Sl COld 1. Promote blood circulation & remove blood stasis: Irregular menstruation 2. Promotes urination & reduce edema: 3. Clears & resolves Toxins for swelling abscess & itching 4. Post-partum blood stasis: Chuan Xiong + Yi Mu Cao + Tao Ren Pair: Yi Mu Cao + Ze Lan
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wang bu liu xing
Promote Blood Circulation: NEUTRAL 1. Used in ear seeds 2. Powerfully & rapidly promote blood circulation & remove blood stasis from channels: Dysmenorrhea, Amenorrhea d/t blood stasis 3. Promote lactation: Galactostasis post-childbirth, Mastitis 4. Promote urination: Lin syndromes
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jiang huang | turmeric rhizom
Promote Blood Circulation: Warm 1. Promote Both Qi & Blood circulation; breaks up & removes blood stasis & drives qi downward: Chest pain, Abdominal pain, Hypochondriac pain, Amenorrhea d/t Qi & Blood Stag 2. Opens C/C to relieve Pain from Wind-Damp: Pain in Limbs esp. *UPPER LIMBS* d/t Wind-Damp-Cold BI-SYNDROME Curcuma Fam: Jiang Huang, Yu Jin, E Zhu
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gu sui bu
Promote Blood Circulation: Warm 1. Subdue Yang Rising 2. Tonify Kidney Yang: low back pain, weakness of knee, tinnitus, chronic diarrhea d/t Kidney Xu 3. Regenerate & Heal Tissue & Bone: bone fracture 4. Promote Blood Circulation: traumatic injury 5. Stimulates growth of hair (tincture)
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xue jie | dragon’s blood
Promote Blood Circulation: NEUTRAL 1. Promote blood circulation & STOPS bleeding internally AND externally 2. Promotes regeneration of tissue & heals wounds: Heals tissue, regenerates new & protects old; heals wounds
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bai jiang can | silkworm
Subdue Liver Yang and Wind: NEUTRL 1. Extinguish Liver Wind to Relieve Convulsions 2. Eliminate Exterior Wind to Relieve Pain: headache & red eyes 3. Eliminate Exterior Wind to Ease Itching: 4. Clear Heat & Dissipate Stagnation to Resolve Phlegm, Disperses Clumping, Softens Hardness
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dai zhe shi | hematite
Subdue Liver Yang and Wind: Cold 1. Calm Liver & Subdue Liver Yang Rising 2. strongly Descends rebellious Lung Qi 3. Strongly descends rebellious Stomach Qi 4. Stop Bleeding & Cools Liver Fire: hematemesis, epistaxis, uterine bleeding d/t Blood Heat Dose: long cook Pair: Xuan Fu Hua + Dai Zhe Shi
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shi jue ming | abalone shell
Subdue Liver Yang and Wind: Cold, HEAVY 1. Calm Liver & Subdue Liver Yang Rising: dizziness or vertigo 2. Clear Liver Heat & Brighten Eyes 3. Nourishes Liver Yin & Extinguishes Liver Wind
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ye jiao teng | fleeceflower
Calms Shen: NEUTRAL 1. Nourish Heart & calms Shen 2. Expels Wind & opens the channels: Body pain d/t Blood Xu, Bi-Syndrome 3. Alleviate itching: external wash
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zhen zhu mu | motherof pearl
Calms Shen: COld 1. Calms Shen: restlessness, insomnia 2. Calms Liver & subdues Liver Yang d/t Liver Yang Rising & Yin Xu 3. Clears Liver Heat & brighten Eyes 4. Stops bleeding
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hu po | amber
Calms Shen: NEUTRAL 1. Calms Shen 2. Moves Blood & removes Blood stasis 3. Promotes urination: scanty and difficult urination or retention of urination 4. Promotes healing of skin & tissue
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tai zi shen
Tonify Qi: NEUTRAL 1. Tonify Qi 2. Nourish Yin & Body Fluid 3. Also tonifies Primal Qi but to lesser extent
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xi yang shen
Tonify Qi: Cold 1. Tonify Qi & Nourish Yin: fatigue, restlessness, thirst d/t Qi & Yin damage during Warm diseases 2. Clear Heat & Reduce Fire d/t Yin Xu: cough, coughing blood d/t Yin Xu with Deficiency Fire 3. Generate Body Fluid
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da zao
Tonify Qi: Warm 1. Tonify Qi & Blood 2. Harmonize/Tonify Spleen: 3. Reduce Side Effects from other herbs 4. Calm Shen (via nourishing Blood) 5. Harminize Ying & Wei
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huang jing | siberian Solomon seal
Tonify Qi: NEUTRAL 1. Tonify Qi 2. Nourish Yin & moisten Lung 3. Augment Essence: low back & knee weakness & soreness, dizziness, early gray hair d/t Kidney Essence Xu 4. Typically used with other herbs that guide its directions: with qi/yin/sp-st/lung/kidney-tonifying herbs to help tonify those things
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nan sha shen
Tonify Yin: Cold 1. Nourish Lung Yin & Stop Cough 2. Nourish Stomach Yin, generates fluids & clears heat 3. Moisten the Exterior: dry skin, itchy skin, worse in Cold weather; hard to expectorate Dry Phlegm (nan > bei) Pair: Bei Sha Shen + Nan Sha Shen
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tian men dong | asparagus
Tonify Yin: Very Cold 1. Nourish Lung Yin 2. Nourish Kidney Yin 3. Generates Fluids & Moisten Dryness & Moistens Intestines 4. Clear Heat & Reduce Fire d/t Yin Xu 5. Viscous & cloying! CI: productive cough; diarrhea from xu or cold
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yu zhu
Tonify Yin: Sl Cold 1. Nourish Lung Yin 2. Produce Stomach Body Fluid 3. Dry cough, dry mouth & thirst d/t Lung & Stomach Yin Xu 4. Nourish Yin w/o being cloying 5. Extinguishes Wind d/t Attack of Wind-Heat with Yin Xu Body Constitution 6. Softens & moistens Sinews Jia Jian Wei Ru Tang: Ext. Wind-Heat + Yin Xu
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gui ban | fresh water tortoise shell
Tonify Yin: Cold 1. Strongest Tonic in category! 2. Nourish Liver & Kidney Yin 3. Subdues Liver Yang Rising 4. Tonify Kidney to Strengthen Bones: weakness of lumbar region & feet; developmental deficiencies in children d/t Kidney Xu 5. Nourish Heart Blood 6. Unblocks the Ren Mai CI in Pregnancy
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he shou wu
Tonify Blood: Sl Warm 1. Blood + Essence 2. Post-natal 3. Replenishes ESSENCE & nourishes Blood
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sang shen
Tonify Blood: Cold 1. Nourish Yin & produce body fluid 2. Moisten large intestine: Dry stool d/t Yin & Blood Xu 3. Cools & gently nourish blood
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gou qi zi
Tonify Blood: NEUTRAL 1. Nourishes Yin & Blood 2. Nourish Liver Blood 3. (Mildly) tonify Kidney Yang 4. Enrich Kidney Yin 5. Enrich Lung Yin 6. Brightens the Eyes: Benefits Essence 7. Tonify both Yin & Yang
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xian mao
Tonify Yang:
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dong chong xia cao | cordyceps
Tonify Yang: Warm 1. Tonify Kidney Yang & Augment essence 2. Tonify Lung, Stop Bleeding & Resolve Phlegm: asthma & cos w/ bleeding d/t Lu qi xu
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suo yang
Tonify Yang: Warm 1. Tonify Kidney Yang & Essence & Augments Liver Yin & Blood 2. Moisten Large Intestine & ↑ Bowel Movement
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yi zhi ren | black cardamon
Tonify Yang: Warm 1. Warm Spleen: vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain d/t Cold & Spleen & Kidney Yang Xu 2. Improve Appetite & Control Saliva 3. Warm Kidney to Control Urination & Essence: incontinence All cardamons: warm, goes to middle jiao
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fu xiao mai
Stabilize and Bind: Cool 1. Augments Heart Qi, contain & secure Heart fluids: night & spontaneous sweats d/t Heart Yin Xu or Qi Xu 2. Clear heat from the pores & interstices
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sang piao xiao
Stabilize and Bind: NEUTRL 1. Tonifies 2. Reinforce Yang & Mingmen Vitality: impotence d/t Kidney Yang Xu 3. Secure Essence & urine:
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wu mei
Stabilize and Bind: NEUTRL 1. Astringe Lung Qi: Chronic cough d/t Lung Qi Xu 2. BIND Large Int 3. Generate body fluid: thirst d/t Yin Xu w/ Deficiency Heat 4. Calm *roundworm* & intestinal parasites: abd. pain, vomiting d/t roundworm 5. Stops bleeding
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lian zi | lotus seed
Stabilize and Bind: NEUTRAL 1. Tonifies 2. Tonify Spleen Qi & stop diarrhea 3. Tonify Kidney Qi & secure Essence: Seminal emission d/t Kidney Qi Xu 4. Tonify Heart & calm Shen 5. Excessive leucorrhea d/t Spleen & Kidney Xu Actions: tonify Spleen, astringe the Kidney, calm Shen (Heart)
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qian shi
Stabilize and Bind: NEUTRL 1. Tonifies 2. Tonify Spleen Qi & eliminate Dampness: chronic diarrhea d/t Spleen Qi Xu 3. Tonify Kidney Qi & secure Essence:

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