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Flashcards in Wind-Cold : Herbs Deck (14)
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Bai Zhi

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Angelica Root
acrid / warm
Lu, ST

  • Opens orifices (esp. the nose)
  • Tx wind-cold frontal headaches
  • Dries dampness; Tx Yang-ming (eyes/nose)
  • Supra orbital pain and toothache
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Cang Er Zi

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Cockleburr Fruit
sweet, slightly bitter / warm
Lu

  • Expels wind-damp
  • Unblocks Orifices (opens the nose)
  • Removes painful obstruction
  • Eliminates damp qi from skin& Tx sores
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Fang Feng

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Ledebouriella Root
acrid, sweet, pungent / slightly warm
BL, Liv, Sp

  • Used for ALL wind disorders
  • BEST for wind-cold/damp (diarrhea)
  • Tx diarrhea w/ pain & blood in stools
  • Tx headaches & body aches
  • Less drying than most wind-expelling herbs
  • Similar to Jing Jie
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Gao Ben

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Chinese Lovage Root
acrid / warm
BL

  • Powerful ascending nature
  • Reaches the Vertex & Tx headaches involving the teeth
  • Relieves abdominal pain/diarrhea
  • Tx gynecological swelling/masses
Enters the du mai (one of the few herbs that do this)
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Gui Zhi

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Cinnamon Twig
acrid, sweet / warm
BL, Ht, Lu

  • # 1 for internal deficiency
  • Tx wind-cold w/ wind dominant
  • Releases muscle layer
  • Good for Wei Qi Xu; (spontaneous sweating when sweat not working)
  • Strengthens function of Lungs
  • Unblocks Yang Qi
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Jing Jie

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Schizonepeta Stem/Bud
acrid, aromatic / slightly warm
Lu, Liv

  • Used for both wind-heat/cold
  • Stops bleeding when charred 
(uterine bleeding & blood in stool)
  • Major skin herb (wind invasions)
  • Expels rashes through surface and relieves itching
  • Strong diaphoretic; Tx boils/carbuncles
  • Slightly warm, but not drying
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Ma Huang

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Ephedra Stem
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Qiang Huo

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Notopterygium
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Xi Xin

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Chinese Wild Ginger
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Xin Yi Hua

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Chinese Magnolia Flower
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Zi Su Ye

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Perilla Leaf
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Cong Bai

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Spring Onion
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13
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Sheng Jiang

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Fresh Ginger Rhizome
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Xiang Ru

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Aromatic Madder
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