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Astringent
Single Herbs C
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Astringent herbs... | bind, retain, restrain and prevent the loss of precious body fluids |
| These herbs are often sour in taste and enter | HT, LU, LV, KD, and LI |
| often prescribed in patients with long-term chronic disease with deficiency and the inability to retain fluids and substances | These conditions include asthma, cough, perspiration, diarrhea, spermatorrhea, leucorrhea, frequent urination, bleeding, prolapse of uterus or rectum |
| Astringents do not... | tonify |
| Do not use astringent herbs when... | EPI's are present |
| Do not use also when there is... | heat and constraint |
| HT sx's for Astringent | sweating, emotional - constraint or protection |
| LU sx's for Astringent | chronic asthma, cough, sweating |
| LV sx's for Astringent | heavy menses |
| KD sx's for Astringent | Spermatorrhea, freq / urgent urination, UB prolapse |
| LJ / SP sx's for Astringent | watery, non-smelly diarrhea, prolapsed hemmorhoid |
| *** Wu Wei Zi - Schisandra chinensis | SOUR/WARM- contains the leakage of LU qi, LU/KD asthma, breathing issues, generates body fluids and inhibits spont. sweating, treats thirst, binds KD jing, treats incontinence, tranq. HT and calm shen, treats Hep C and reverses caffeine |
| ** Wu Mei - Prunus mume | NEUTRAL, Inhibits leakage of LU qi, stop sweat, good for Chronic respiratory diseases, Binds intestines - stops diarrhea, expels parasites, stops uterine bleeding, treats corns and warts ** don't use in diarrhea cz by food poisoning |
| ** Wu Bei Zi - Rhus chinensis | COLD, LU qi, cough, Deficiency Fire, Chronic cough w/ blood streaked sputum, bind intestines, consolidate jing, stop sweating - nightsweating, stop bleeding, eliminate toxins / swelling, Caution - XS conditions that are not heat |
| ** Rou Do kou - Myristica fragrans | ACRID/WARM, Bind Intestines, stop diarrhea due to SP yang xu, warm MJ, regulates Qi and stops pain |
| ** Chun Gen Pi - Ailanthus altissima | BITTER/COLD, Bind Int / stop damp diarrhea, clear heat, good for blood or pus in the stool, stops bleeding, kills parasites ** good in EPIs |
| *** Shan Zhu Yu - Cornus officinalis | SLT. WARM, Tonify KD jing and LV blood, retains Jing and body fluids |
| * Sang Piao Xiao - Mantis religiosa | NEUTRAL, tonify KD yang, consolidate jing, retain urine, KD yang xu leakages, profuse vaginal discharge and impotence |
| * Hai Piao Xiao - Sepiella maindroni | SALTY/SLT WARM, Stops bleeding ( LU, uterus, ST, and inability for SP to keep blood in vessels, consolidate jing, neturalizes ST acid and relieves pain, resolves dampness and promotes healing of chronic sores |
| ** Qian Shi - Eurale ferox | SWEET, NEUTRAL, tonify SP, dispel dampness, stop chronic diarrhea, tonify KD and consolidate Jing |
| *** Lian Zi - Nelumbo nucifera | SWEET, NEUTRAL, Tonify SP, help T&T, chronic diarrhea, txt water accumulating in LI cz diarrhea, treats root by tonifying SP qi, tonify KD, consolidate jing, nourish HT and calm shen |
| * Fu Xiao Mai - Triticum aestivum | SWEET, COOL, Benefit qi, clear heat, stop sweating, Nightweating, clears yin xu heat, steaming bone, 5 sole heat |
| * Ma Huang Gen - Ephedra sinica | SWEET, NEUTRAL, does opposite of Ma Huang, stops sweating, treats manifestation not the root |
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