Week 1 Flashcards
This week is just taking a look at the basics of herbs. (48 cards)
What do we call an organic or inorganic substance for medicinal purposes?
An herb!
Is an herb made from plant material, minerals, or animals?
An herb can made from all of these!
List all classifications of temperature for herbal medicine:
Cold, Cool, Neutral, Warm, & Hot (can use “slightly” for these)
Besides temperature, what is another herbal property we describe?
Taste
What are all of the properties of Taste in Chinese Herbal Medicine?
Sour, Acridity/Pungent, Salty, Sweet, & Bitter
Suan
Sour/Astringent
What is the main action of sour in herbal medicine?
Stabilize & Bind - helps with energy or fluid leakage
What is the Pinyin for Bitter?
Ku
Which taste property sedates, purges, drains, and dries?
Bitter
How does excess Bitter herbs affect our Yin?
It can deplete yin and body fluids.
When referring to Gan, this is which taste property?
Sweet
Foods like rice and yam tonify, harmonize, and even sometimes moisten - which taste property is this?
Sweet
The metal element correlates to which taste category?
Acrid/Pungent
Food examples of Acrid are ginger, garlic, and mint. What is the action of this taste property?
Disperse & move
Which taste property correlates to the Kidney?
Salty
What are the actions of salty foods?
Purge excess, soften (nodules), facilitate entrance to Kidneys and KD channel
What is the special 6th taste? :)
Bland (Dan)
What condition can bland foods help with the most?
Edema - drawing out dampness + helping with urination
Translate to English: Bulbus
Bulb
Translate to English: Semen (SM)
Seed
Translate to English: Radix (Rx)
Root
Translate to Latin: Twig
Ramulus (Rml)
Translate to Latin: Rhizome
Rhizoma (Rz)
Translate to Latin: Tails of the root
Caulis
