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Herbs IV 'Final'-1
Open Spirit, Extinguish Wind, Expel Parasites
Question | Answer |
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Extinguishes wind, controls spasms & convulsions. Salty & cold. Enters HT and LIV. (Clear Damp Heat. Improve vision. Calm Liver and anchor Yang. Relieve toxicity.) | Ling Yang Jiao (Jiao=Horn) antelope horn |
Extinguishes wind, alleviate pain. Sweet & cool. Enters HT & LIV. (Drains Liver heat and pacifies Yang.) | Gou Teng (Ramulus Uncariae Cum Uncis aka Gambir Vine stem & thorns) |
Extinguishes wind, controls spasms & convulsions. Sweet & neutral. Enters LIV meridian only! (Also alleviate pain/disperse pain obstruction) | Tian Ma (Rhizoma Gastrodiae aka Gastrodia rhizome) |
Extinguish wind, anchor Yang. Acrid, bitter (so NO PREGNANCY), warm. Enters LU and LIV. Also for Wind-Heat, vision. Smooths the flow of LIV Qi (for Liver Qi stagnation) | Bai Ji Li (Fructus Tribuli Terrestris aka Caltrop fruit) |
Drains cold and causes Yang to descend. Is salty & COLD. Enters KD and LIV meridians. (Calms Liver and anchors Liver Yang. Improves vision & superficial visual obstructions.) | Shi Jue Ming (Concha Haliotidis aka Abalone shell) |
Drain heat, control spams & convulsions. Is salty and cold. Enters UB, LU, SP, LIV. (Also calms wheezing. Clears LIV, unblocks & promotes Qi in the meridians. Drains heat. Promotes urination. TREAT HYPERTENSION?) | Di Long (Lumbricus) |
Extinguishes wind, controls tremors, spasms & convulsions. Is salty, acrid, neutral, TOXIC. Enters only LIVER. (Relieve fire toxin and dissipate nodules. Unblock collateral and stop pain.) | Quan Xie (Buthus Martensis aka OMG it's really a Scorpion!) |
Extinguishes wind, controls spasms & convulsions. Is acrid, warm, toxic. Enters only LIVER. (Relieve fire toxin and dissipate nodules. Unblock collateral and stop pain.) | Wu Gong (Scolopendra Subspinipes aka Centipede) |
Extinguishes wind, controls spasms & convulsions. Is salty, acrid, NEUTRAL. Enters LU and LIV. (Expel wind, stop pain. TRANSFORM PHLEGM and stop pain. Expel wind & stop itching.) | Jiang Can (Bombyx Batryticatus aka "stiff (or sick?) silkworm") |
Kill parasites. Sweet & warm. Enters SP & ST. | Shi Jun Zi (Fructus Quisqualis aka Rangoon Creeper Fruit) |
Kill parasites. Also treats tinea (topically). Is BITTER, COLD, TOXIC. Enters LIV SP, ST. | Ku Lian Gen Pi (Cortex Meliae Radicis aka China Root Tree Bark) |
Kill parasites. Promote movement of Qi. (Purge, unblock bowel, promote urination TREATS MALARIA!). Acrid, bitter, warm. Enters ST & LI. | Bing Lang (Semen Arecae Catechu aka Betel Nut) |
Kill parasites. Drains heat/relieves toxic heat. Bitter & cold. Enters LIV & SP. (Cools blood to stop bleeding. Also treats allopecia and head sores.) | Guan Zhong (Rhizoma Guanchong aka Dryopteris Root) |
Kill parasites & alleviate pain. Benefit post partum fluid. Sweet & NEUTRAL. Enters LI & ST. | Nan Gua Zi (Semen Cucurbitae Moschatae aka Pumpkin seed) |
Treat malaria. Induce vomiting ("emesis") to expel phlegm. Bitter, acrid, COLD, TOXIC. Enters HT, LIV, LU. | Chang Shan (Radix Dichroae Febrifugae aka Dichroa Root) |
Substances that Extinguish Wind & Stop Tremor all enter which meridian? | Liver |
Substances that Extinguish Wind & Stop Tremor all enter LIV and what OTHER meridian (except the 3 that enter only LIV and the Abalone Shell which enters LIV & KID; and the Silkworm which enters LIV & LU) | Liver & HEART!!! Except: 3 enter ONLY LIVER: Heavenly Hemp (Tian Ma aka rhizoma gastrodiae) Scorpion (Quan Xie aka Buthus martensis)) Centipede (Wu Gong aka Scolopendra subspinipes) And 2+1 are LIV-LU |
Which 2 are LIV-LU instead of HT-LIV? | Fructus tribuli & Bombyx batryticatus (silkworm) |
Which one goes to FOUR meridians: LIV-LU-UB-SP? | Di Long ("earth dragon") |