Week 6- Warm the Interior and Expel Cold

Question 1

Aconite

Answer 1

Fù Zi (Radix Lateralis Praeparatus Aconiti Carmichaeli)

Question 2

-cinnamon bark

Answer 2

Ròu Guì (Cortex Cinnamomi Cassiae)

Question 3

-dried ginger

Answer 3

Gān Jiāng (Rhizoma Zingiberis Officinalis)

Question 4

-fennel seed

Answer 4

Xiăo Huí Xiāng (Fructus Foeniculi Vulgaris)

Question 5

-long pepper fruit

Answer 5

Bì Bá (Fructus Piperis Longi)

Question 6

-pepper

Answer 6

Hú Jiāo (Fructus Piperis Nigri)

Question 7

-szechuan pepper

Answer 7

Chuān Jiāo (Pericarpium Zanthoxyli Bungeani)

Question 8

clove

Answer 8

Dīng Xiāng (Flos Caryophylli)
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Question 9

-galangal root

Answer 9

Gāo Liáng Jiāng (Rhizoma Alpiniae Officina)

Question 10

-fermented black soybean

Answer 10

Dòu Chǐ Jiāng (Litsea Cubeba)

Question 11

1 herb to restore devastated yang

Answer 11

Fu Zi

-aconite

Question 12

Warms the yang and assists the heart, kidney, and spleen yang (widely used)

Answer 12

Fu Zi

Question 13

1 for yang deficiency in lower jao

Answer 13

Rou Gui ((Cortex Cinnamomi Cassiae) 
cinnamon bark

Question 14

What herb Assists heart yang to unblock vessels and improve circulation

• Warms the yang and assists the heart, kidney, and spleen yang (widely used)
• Disperses cold and stops pain; bi syndrome; warms channels

Answer 14

Fù Zi (Radix Lateralis Praeparatus Aconiti Carmichaeli)

-aconite

Question 15

Warms kidney fire and fortifies yang due to waning of ming men

Answer 15

Ròu Guì (Cortex Cinnamomi Cassiae)

-cinnamon bark

Question 16

Leads fire back to source/ming men for heat above and cold below

Answer 16

Rou Gui cinnamon bark

Question 17

• Dispels cold, unblocks channels, alleviates pain (PMS, amenorrhea qi/blood stasis pain)
• Encourages generation of qi and blood (for chronic qi/blood deficiency)

Answer 17

Ròu Guì (Cortex Cinnamomi Cassiae)

-cinnamon bark

Question 18

Warms lungs and transforms phlegm (cold-phlegm; thin watery white sputum)

Answer 18

Gān Jiāng (Rhizoma Zingiberis Officinalis)

-dried ginger

Question 19

What herb must you *boil for 30-60 minutes before adding other ingredients to reduce toxicity**

Answer 19

Fu Zi

Question 20

How long do you need to cook Fu Zi prior to adding other herbs

Answer 20

30-60 minuites

Question 21

What are the cooking instructions for Rou Gui

Answer 21

• *crush first**

- taken in powder, pill, or oil**

Question 22

• Rescues devastated yang (used with Fu Zi cause that will take it to KD)
• Warms the channels and stops bleeding from deficiency (cold; uterine bleeding)
• Used in deficiency or excess

Answer 22

Gān Jiāng (Rhizoma Zingiberis Officinalis)

-dried ginger

Question 23

what are the general taste and temp of herbs that warm the interior and expel cold?

Answer 23

acrid, warm/hit, drying… promotes movement of qi

Question 24

what are the general cautions of herbs that warm the interior and expel cold?

Answer 24

• consumes yin and body fluids
• blood xu
• yin xu
• pregnancy

Question 25

what herb is -drying not for long term use or high dose

Answer 25

Wú Zhū Yu (Fructus Evodiae Rutaecarpae) | -evodia fruit

Question 26

Directs rebellious qi down and stops vomiting and diarrhea

Answer 26

Wú Zhū Yu (Fructus Evodiae Rutaecarpae) | -evodia fruit

Question 27

Warms MJ for nausea and vomiting | Helps with liver qi stagnation, alleviates pain (hernia, headache, PMS)

Answer 27

Wú Zhū Yu (Fructus Evodiae Rutaecarpae) | -evodia fruit

Question 28

Jue yin headache (vertex of head, liver channel) | Leads fire down for sours in the mouth

Answer 28

Wú Zhū Yu (Fructus Evodiae Rutaecarpae) | -evodia fruit

Question 29

Spread liver qi (lower abdominal pain and hernia) | Warms KD, expels cold, alleviates pain (PMS)

Answer 29

Xiăo Huí Xiāng (Fructus Foeniculi Vulgaris) | -fennel seed

Question 30

Regulates qi, harmonizes stomach for a cold stomach

Answer 30

Xiăo Huí Xiāng (Fructus Foeniculi Vulgaris) | -fennel seed

Question 31

Topically for toothache

Answer 31

Bì Bá (Fructus Piperis Longi) | -long pepper fruit

Question 32

Warms MJ disperses cold | Added to soup to open the appetite

Answer 32

Hú Jiāo (Fructus Piperis Nigri) | -pepper

Question 33

Warms MJ, disperses cold, alleviates pain (SP/ST cold xu) | Kills parasites and alleviates abdominal pain

Answer 33

Chuān Jiāo (Pericarpium Zanthoxyli Bungeani) | -szechuan pepper

Question 34

#1 for vomitting and hiccups due to stomach cold

Answer 34

Dīng Xiāng (Flos Caryophylli)
-clove

Question 35

- Male sexual function - Warms KD and aid yang (clear vaginal discharge sue to KD yang deficiency) - directs rebellious qi down

Answer 35

Dīng Xiāng (Flos Caryophylli)
-clove

Question 36

Warms MJ and alleviates pain | Epigastric pain, vomitting etc

Answer 36

Gāo Liáng Jiāng (Rhizoma Alpiniae Officina) | -galangal root

Question 37

Expels wind and damp **Promotes movement of qi and blood and alleviates pain (low back pain) Chills, headache, muscle ache due to exterior disorder

Answer 37

Dòu Chǐ Jiāng (Litsea Cubeba) | -fermented black soybean

Question 38

Wu Tou is related to Fu Zi (Rx Aconiti) but is better for what?

Answer 38

Cold Bi and pain.