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What is the difference between purging and reducing (both go DOWN btw)?

A

purging - down and out

reducing - just down

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What is an another example of “like treats like”

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flowers can treat sinus headache

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What are the temperature designations?

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Hot (re)
Warm (wen)
Slightly Warm (wen re)
Neutral (ping)
Slightly Cold (wei han)
Cool (liang)
Cold (han)
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What is a big sign of heat?

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4 BIGS - pulse, fever, sweat, thirst

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What is a “slightly” warm or cold designation used to treat?

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used for wind cold or wind heat because it is almost neutral

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What are the 5 tastes and what organ do they enter?

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acrid (spicy/pungent) - lungs
sweet - spleen
bitterness - heart
sourness - liver
saltiness - kidneys
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What does acrid (xin) do?

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disperses and moves

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What does sweet (gan) do?

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tonifies, harmonizes, and sometimes moistens

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What does bitter (ku) do?

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drains and dries

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What does sour (suan) do?

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astringent, prevents the leakage of fluids and energy

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What does salty (xian) do?

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purges and softens hardness (can be used for constipation)

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What does bland (dan) do?

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leaches out dampness, promote urination

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What does aromatic (xiang) do?

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penetrates through turbidity and can revive a particular function

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What does astringent (se) do?

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prevents leakage of fluids/energy

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Actions of acrid/pungent/spicy

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disperses up and out, moves and circulates, enters lung, releases exterior, qi regulator, helps with dampness or stagnation

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Why is dang gui in the blood category?

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because it is acrid

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Actions of sweet

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tonifies, nourishes, strengthens, relieves tension like stomach ache, enters spleen, normalizes function of ST and SP, can block qi and cause stagnation or dampness, create yin and body fluids

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Actions of bitter

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downward draining/purging (promotes bowel movements, purge fire/heat), dry dampness, sedating effect, enters heart

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How does a bitter herb like da huang release food stagnation?

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because it normalizes function of ST and SP

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Actions of salty

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heavy substance, purges downward for constipation, softens hardness, enters kidney, seaweeds (scrofula and goiter), animal products

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Actions of sour

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astringent, stabilizes and holds, stops movement, contains fluids and qi, enters liver, improve apetite, preserve yin

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Actions of astringent

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retains, feels like coat on tongue, sucking feeling, charring herbs can astringe, caution because it can hold pathogens in

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Actions of bland

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promotes urination, reduce edema, leach out damp (through urination), downward direction but not as strong as bitter or salty

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Actions of aromatic

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awakens and revives digestive system, moves in ALL directions, stronger than acrid, penetrates turbidity, eliminates damp (rhematism)

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What taste produces yang?
sweet and acrid
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What taste produces yin?
sweet and sour
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Zhang Yuan Su wrote about herbs entering channels in what two books?
Yi Xue Qi Yuan (origins of medicine) and Pouch of Pearls (Zhen Zhu Nang)
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What is ren shen?
ginseng
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What channels does ginseng enter?
lung and spleen to tonify qi
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Direction of movement of herbs always depends on what?
gravity
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What do floating herbs do?
expel superficial evils, ascend yang, induce vomiting, open orifices, promote eruptions (measles), warm yang
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What do sinking herbs do?
clear heat, purge, promote urination, calm mind, descend yang, stop vomiting, stop cough/asthma, promote digestion
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What are the 8 therapeutic methods (ba fa)?
promote sweating, clearing (heat), purging, harmonizing, warming, tonifying, reducing (sedating), induce vomiting
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Alternating chills and fever is a sign of what channel issue?
shao yang
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Chills and fever at the same time is an issue with what channel type?
tai yang
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How do pathogens enter the body?
skin and 9 orifices
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Pathogens are eliminated through the?
mouth, skin, bowels, urine
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What is an indication?
signs and symptoms
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Sx -> Dx -> T.P. -> Rx
symptoms, diagnosis, treatment principle, prescription
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List some contraindications
done use cooling herbs if there is cold, dont clear heat if there is cold, dont use damp draining herbs if there is dryness, dont use astringent herbs if we need to purge patient instead, dont use tonifying herbs if we there is pathogen
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Classical measurement of dosage
qian
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Modern measurement of dosage
grams
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Normal dosage range
3-12 grams
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1 Qian is about _____ grams
3
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What type of substances need larger dosages?
minerals, shells, heavy, and bland substances
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What two factors does dosage depend on?
severity of issue, constitution of patient
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What are adulterants?
herbs that are commonly used interchangeably with standard substance (saffron, good quality is yellow not red)
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What organs govern the san jiao?
upper - lungs middle - spleen lower - kidneys
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What are the 7 techniques for combining herbs?
1) mutual accentuation - combo together accentuate the therapeutic effects 2) mutual enhancement - combo where one of the substances enhances effect of other 3) mutual counteraction - combo where toxicity is reduce or eliminated 4) mutual suppression - emphasis on this one is on the herb that reduced the toxic effects of mutual counteraction 5) mutual antagonism - combo where they minimize or neutralize each other 6) mutual incompatibility - combo that gives rise to toxic side effects 7) single effect - one herb
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What is the composition of formulas?
chief, deputy, assistant, envoy
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What does the chief herb do?
provides main therapeutic effect
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What does the deputy herb do?
enhances or assists the chiefs
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What does the assistant herb do?
treats symptoms, moderates harshness of primary substances, assist chief and deputy
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What does envoy herbs do?
guide medicines to specific channel or region of body, harmonizes (i.e. gan cao)
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Can an herb serve multiple positions in a formula?
yes
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What gong bu?
simultaneous attack and reinforcement (usually with excess conditions with underlying deficiency)
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List the colors
``` chi - bright red zhu - dull red yin - silver qing - blue green wu - black zi - purple ```

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