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Tonify Yin
Single Herbs C
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Yin Tonics... | Are cooling, good for heat, moistening, generate fluids |
| T for Yin Tonic: | dry, cracked, no coat, thing, long |
| P for Yin Tonic: | think, weak, floating(yang rising), or deep, thready, wiry |
| When KD/ LV are affected this is the... | deep level |
| When LU / ST are affected this is the... | superficial level |
| Symptoms for Yin Tonics: | Anxiety, dry skin / lips/vagina, constipation, insomnia, menopause, psoriasis, muscle / bone weakness, low sperm count |
| Yin xu is cz by... | diet, chronic illness, febrile Dz, overexercise, stress, living in hot climates, alcohol |
| Symptoms of Yin Xu w/ heat | tidal fevers, hot flashes, 5 sole heat, dry stools, rapid P, redness of skin / cheeks, T=bright red w/ no coat, sore throat in evening. spermatorrhea, night sweats, T=papillae |
| * Bei Sha Shen - Glehnia | LU dryness, thirst, constip, LV/KD acid Reflux, hot LV, good after Febrile Dz |
| * Nan Sha Shen - Adenophora | Phlegm in LU, dry sputum, hard to expectorate, ***stronger than Bei Sha Shen, helps ST and body fluids |
| *** Mai Men Dong - Ophiopogon japonica | dry mouth, cough, skin, lips, Yin Xu heat, ST yin xu --> hunger, hiccups, fatigue, diabetes, ***HT --> insomnia, panic attacks, disturbed shen |
| ** Tian Men Dong - Asparagus cochinchinensis. | VERY COLD, **not for simultaneous yin and yang xu, Treats Fire, treats Shen, fever, blood streaked sputum, febrile Dz, good for skin, TB --> txt and prevent, Promotes LU health, purify LU, improve KD yin, opens HT (emotional) |
| *1/2 Shi Hu - Deudrobium nobile. | Works most rapidly in a couple of days, honeymooner's tea, UTI, heat and dryness, nourishes ST & generates body fluids, Builds Yin energies not fluids, back pain , rapid energy, relieves exhaustion |
| * Yu Zhu - Polygonatum odoratum. | LU-ST, hunger, pain, dry mouth, cough, put in soup |
| ** Huang Jing - Polygonatum sibiricum. | Not in DAMP, builds blood, moistens LU, Good for kids, xiao Ke, gray hair, Great for VERY tired, pale complexion, VERY strong herb take 1 week to 1 month. |
| * Bai He - Lillium brownii. | LU throat tonic, HT palp, Shen, absentmindedness, dark urine, NOT in DAMP |
| ** Gou Qi Zi - Lycium chinensis. | Tonify Blood and Yin, Good for eyes, insomnia, asst. to tonify LV and KD blood / yin, LU- dry type cough |
| * Sang Shen Zi - Morus alba. | Tonfies yin & blood, LV/KD yin and blood xu, anemia, dizziness, generates body fluid, thirst w/ heat and/or fatigue, constipation due to dryness |
| *** Han Lian Cao - Eclipta prostrate. | *** usually paired w/ Nu Zhen Zi, Nourish Yin and KD, eyes, bones, yin xu w/ heat, ***cools the blood and stops bleeding, dysentery |
| *** Nu Zhen Zi - Ligustrum lucidum. | Tonifies LV/ KD, yin and Jing xu, good for yin xu heat w/ hot flashes, steaming bone, eye sight (due to xs or xu) TB, lymph nodes |
| *** Bie JIa - | clears yin xu heat, low grade afternoon fever, steaming bone, nightsweats, weight loss, cough and fatigue, TB w/ consumptive cough, softens masses and nodules, yin and blood failing to nourish Chong and Ren, chronic malarial dz, not in preg . sp qi xu |
| * Hei Zhi Ma - Sesamum indicum. | NEUTRAL temp, tonifies jing and blood, premature grey hair, improves lactation, moistens dryness / intestines, good in food, not in diarrhea |
| * Bai Mu Er - Woodear Mushroom. | Nourish ST yin & Generate Body fluids, emaciation w/ 5 sole heat, nourish LU yin, dryness |
| *** Gui Ban - Chinemys reeveseii | nourish yin and anchor yang, LV yin xu w/ fire blazing, LV yin xu w/ wind -> tremor, paralysis, rigidity, heat signs, KD yin and jing, strengthen bones, nourish blood and tonify HT - shen, palp, anxiety, stop bleeding -> uterine |
| ** Huang Jing - Polygonatum odoratum | Build Blood, Moisten LU, Good for ->kids, xiao ke, gray hair, poor app. ** NOT in damp, For REALLY tired people - very strong herb |
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