Post Midterm 3

Question 0

What are some signs of Qi stagnation? What are some signs of rebellious Qi?

Answer 0

Qi stagnation– distention, pain, stifling sensations

Rebellious Qi– reversal of correct flow, belching, nausea, vomiting, wheezing, dyspnea

Question 1

For herbs that regulate the Qi, what channels are primarily affected?

Answer 1

SP, ST, LV, LU

Question 2

What are the 3 types of stagnant Qi and what organs are affected?

Answer 2

Stagnant SP and ST Qi
Constrained LV Qi
Stagnant LU Qi leading to loss of dissemination and descending

Question 3

Latin

Chen Pi

Answer 3

Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium

Question 4

Category

Chen Pi

Answer 4

Herbs that regulates the Qi

Question 5

CHEN PI

Channels

Answer 5

LU, SP– Tai Yin

SP, ST– Earth

Question 6

Properties

Chen Pi

Answer 6

acrid, bitter, warm and aromatic

Question 7

CHEN PI

Dosage

Answer 7

3-9g

Question 8

Contraindications

Chen Pi

Answer 8

Because acrid=dispersing, bitter=drying, cautious to use with heat from excess

contra: dry coughs due to Qi or Yin deficiency.

Long- term use can injure the primal Qi (YUAN/SOURCE QI).

Question 9

Fx/Indication

Chen Pi

Answer 9

Promotes flow of Qi, ADJUSTS THE MIDDLE and relieves diaphragm: SP/ST stagnant Qi patterns like epigastric or abdominal distention, fullness bloating, belching and nausea and vomiting.

Dries dampness: IMPORTATNT herb FOR PHLEGM-DAMP coughs with a stifling sensation in the chest and/or diaphragm, and copious, viscous sputum; also for damp turbidity obstructing the middle with a stifling sensation in the chest, abdominal distention, loss of appetite, fatigue, loose stools and a thick greasy tongue coating

Helps prevent stagnation: QI LEVEL HERB for SP LU (Tai yin disorder: cold and phlegm)

Question 10

Can Chen Pi treat nausea and vomiting?

Answer 10

Very effective at treating LU and SP. SP makes damp/phlegm and LU is the respiratory of phlegm.

SP/ST stagnant Qi patterns like epigastric or abdominal distention, fullness bloating, belching and nausea and vomiting.

Question 11

What are the causes of bleeding (blood leaving normal passageway)?

Answer 11

3 causes:

• leak out as when SP Qi fails to contain the blood
• forced out by excess yang or heat in the blood from severe yin deficiency
• blood stasis when it obstructs the normal passageways, forcing blood out of the vessels

Question 12

Blood follows Qi. What can cause bleeding in the upper part of the body?

Lower body?

Answer 12

Upper: Ascendant Yang

Lower: SP Qi deficiency.

Question 13

What are the characteristic of bleeding from heat?

Answer 13

profuse, bright red blood

Question 14

What are the characteristic of bleeding from Qi deficiency?

Answer 14

cannot hold blood, continuous bleeding

Question 15

What are the characteristic of bleeding from stasis or trauma?

Answer 15

dark blood, clots, fixed location

Question 16

What are the characteristic of bleeding from cold?

Answer 16

dark and painful

Question 17

Latin

San Qi

Answer 17

Notoginseng Radix

Question 18

Category

San Qi

Answer 18

Herbs that stops bleeding

Question 19

SAN QI

Channels

Answer 19

LV, ST

Question 20

Properties

San Qi

Answer 20

Sweet, slightly bitter, warm

Question 21

SAN QI

Dosage

Answer 21

3-9g in decoction; 1-1.5 g in pills and powders up to 3/day.

3-6g for severe bleeding

Question 22

caution/contraindication

San Qi

Answer 22

caution: pregnancy

Question 23

Fx/Indications

San Qi

Answer 23

Stops bleeding WITHOUT CAUSING BLOOD STASIS & Transforms blood stasis

Reduces swelling and stops pain (traumatic injuries, swelling and pain due to falls, fractures, contusions, and sprains)

Question 24

Is San Qi used internally and externally?

Answer 24

Yes. Both internal/external including vomiting blood, nosebleed & blood in the urine or stool

Question 25

Usually herbs that stop bleeding create stasis. What is so unique about San Qi?

Answer 25

San Qi can stop bleeding without causing blood stasis, hence its popularity.

Question 26

Can San Qi be used effectively in a hard nugget form? | If not, how does it need to be prepared?

Answer 26

---

Question 27

What is the chief herb in Yunnan Bai Yao?

Answer 27

San Qi + secret ingredients

Question 28

What are the actions of Yunnan Bai Yao?

Answer 28

``` Stops bleeding Invigorates the blood Disperse swelling Clears heat Resolves toxins Relieves pain ```

Question 29

What are the general properties of herbs in Herbs that Regulate BLood: Invigorate the Blood?

Answer 29

Acrid, bitter and warm

Question 30

What are some situations/types of patients where it is dangerous to use herbs that invigorate the blood?

Answer 30

CAUTION: pregnancy or people with a tendency to bleed, either constitutionally or on blood thinner because the herbs that invigorate the blood is VERY MOVING

Question 31

What kinds of stasis situations do herbs that invigorate the blood treat?

Answer 31

General or localized (fixed stabbing) pain (ie. chest painful obstruction, hypochondrial pain), Numbness and paresthesias of the limbs, Masses or lumps (internally or near the surface of the body, ie. hematoma), masses due to bleeding (trauma), Bleeding of any kind where it's purple and with clots (spider nevi, varicose veins), Dark purple stasis spots on the skin, mucous membranes or tongues, Abnormal gynecological (amenorrhea, abnormal uterine bleeding, postpartum abdominal pain), Pain due to wind-damp painful obstruction, abscesses and other types of sores, abdominal masses, traumatic pain from fractures, pain of tumors...

Question 32

Category Chuan Xiong

Answer 32

Herbs that invigorate the blood

Question 33

latin Chuan Xiong

Answer 33

Chuanxiong Rhizoma

Question 34

CHUAN XIONG Channels

Answer 34

LV, GB-- Wood | LV, PC-- Jue Yin

Question 35

properties Chuan Xiong

Answer 35

acrid, warm

Question 36

CHUAN XIONG Dosage

Answer 36

3-9g

Question 37

Which herb is Chuan Xiong similar to?

Answer 37

Chai Hu for the channels it enters; LV PC GB SJ

Question 38

contraindication Chuan Xiong

Answer 38

Caution: - pregnancy - those who bleed easily or have profuse menses Contraindication: - fire from yin deficiency - red, dry tongue and a dry mouth

Question 39

Fx/Indications Chuan Xiong

Answer 39

Invigorates the blood & Promotes movement of Qi: blood stasis pattern especially important for gynecological problems, ie. dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, difficult labor or retained lochia Expels wind & Stops pain: LEADING HERB FOR EXT. CONTRACTED WIND DISORDER w h/a, dizzy, painful obstruction. ESP USEFUL: for Headache

Question 40

Does Chuan Xiong treat wind heat?

Answer 40

NO. It can expel wind but its warm property, it would worsen heat sx.

Question 41

What types of headache and channel does Chuan Xiong treat?

Answer 41

GB, shaoyang headache at temporal area CAUSED BY WIND INVASION

Question 42

Why can Chuan Xiong treat pain in the flanks and hypochondriac region?

Answer 42

its fx of invigorating the blood/ promoting the movement of Qi, it can treat pattern of stagnant Qi and blood stasis with pain and soreness in the chest, flanks and hypochondria. Enters LV/GB channels

Question 43

Category Chi Shao

Answer 43

Herbs that regulate the blood: invigorate the blood

Question 44

Properties Chi Shao

Answer 44

sour, bitter, slightly co

Question 45

CHI SHAO Channels

Answer 45

LV, SP

Question 46

Caution/Contraindication Chi Shao

Answer 46

caution: cold from deficiency

Question 47

CHI SHAO Dosage

Answer 47

6-15g

Question 48

latin Chi Shao

Answer 48

Paeoniae Radix Rubra

Question 49

Fx/Indication Chi Shao

Answer 49

Invigorates the blood Transforms/Dispels blood stasis Clears heat and cools the blood Stops pain

Question 50

Which herb is sour?

Answer 50

Chi Shao

Question 51

Which herb is a red peony root?

Answer 51

Chi Shao

Question 52

Which is an aged tangerine peel?

Answer 52

Chen pi | citri reticulatae pericarpium