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Herbs 1-Week 8
Clear Toxic Heat (2nd Half)
Question | Answer |
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Clear Toxic Heat and... Damp-Heat Jaundice, cirrhosis/swelling ("Sing-song-bye") | Shi Shang Bai |
Is Bitter, Acrid, Cold but also Sweet and Neutral?? Goes only to LR. | Shi Shang Bai |
Used for liver things (cirrhosis, jaundice, swelling anywhere in body) but must be cooked for SIX HOURS! | Shi Shang Bai |
Too much of this "candiae" can cause watery diarrhea. | Rhizoma Belamcandae |
Clear Toxic Heat and... Drain Abscess/Promote Lactation (think L-> Lactacte; L-> Lu Lou) | Lu Lou |
Is bitter, SALTY (for abscessed), cold but "still has unblocking actions" | Lu Lou |
Clear Toxic Heat and... PHLEGM (and wheezing) (think of candy cough drop..) | Rhizoma Belamcandae (She Gan) |
Clear Toxic Heat and... swollen sore throat (also painful/swollen teeth and gums) Think sophomore tonsils... | Radix Sophorae Tonkinensis |
Clear Toxic Heat and... especially good for Upper Body heat (because it "floats" or explodes) | "horse inflation" aka Ma Bo (Lasiosphera seu Calvati) |
Wrap in cheesecloth before decocting | Ma Bo (Lasiosphera seu Calvati) |
Clear Toxic Heat and... mostly used for (LU and GI) cancer (Hing: Half Branch Lotus) | Ban Zhi Lian |
Clear Toxic Heat and... pee out the heat. (Kim book actually says vaginal/urinary bleeding). Also HUGE for dermatological complaints. | Tu Fu Ling |
Clear Toxic Heat and... ITCHING!!!! d/t Damp-Heat (It's the Fresh White Bark) | Bai Xian Pi |
Clear Toxic Heat and... "used almost exclusively for cancer." Also Liver ascites/UTI. Goes to LR/LU/ST | Half branch Lotus aka Ban Zhi Lian |
Clear Toxic Heat and... stasis/pain/appendicitis or intestinal abscess (think "red vine") | Hong Teng |
Fresh herb is TOXIC!! (But decocted herb worked wonders for the swelly diarrhea from Deannie's "white haired gentleman" story | Bai Tou Weng |
Clear Toxic Heat and... SOUR, slippery, cold (so cools while retaining body fluids) She says also for vaginal/urinary bleeding?? | Herba Portulacae |
Clear Toxic Heat and... AMOEBIC DYSTENTERY | white haired gentleman aka Bai Tou Weng |
Which herb is essential for treating amoebic dysentery? | Bai Tou Weng (Radix Pulsatillae) |
Which herb is one of the most commonly used medicinals for intestinal abscesses and can also dispel Blood Stasis for traumatic injuries? | Hong Teng (Caulis Sargentodoxae) |
Which herb can treat SYPHILIS, joint pain and Damp-Heat jaundice? | Tu Fu Ling |
Which herb needs to be wrapped in cheesecloth before cooking to avoid irritating the throat? | Ma Bo |
Which herb can be used for breast abscesses as well as in promoting lactation? | Lou Lu |
Which herb used for cough and wheezing has such a strong effect on Phlegm that it can be used with warming herbs for Cold Phlegm also? | She Gan (Rhizoma Belamcandae) |
Which herb treats various types of bleeding from the lower body including blood in the urine and profuse menstrual bleeding? | Ma Chi Xian (Herba Portulacae) |
Which herb is effective for various types of cancers including cancer of the lung, liver (!!??) and gastrointestinal system? | Ban Zhi Lian (Herba Scutellariae Barbatae) |