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Herbal Comp Rel Ext
| Herb | Function |
|---|---|
| Ma Huang | Release ext & disperse cold, Open pores, Facilitate movement of LU qi & controls wheezing, Promote urination and reduce edema |
| Gui Zhi | Adjust nutritive & protective qi, Unblock yang, Warms cold, -used for deficiency, -sweating w/ no improvement in condition |
| Zi Su Ye | *seafood poisoning with Sheng Jiang, Release ext & disperse cold, Promote movement of qi, Pregnancy-calming restless fetus |
| Jing Jie | Slightly warm/neutral, Vents rashes & alleviate itching, Expel wind for wind-cold OR wind-heat, Charred: stop bleeding |
| Fang Feng | Neutral., Release ext. Expel wind-cold OR heat. Alleviate pain & expel dampness, Relieve itching, |
| Qiang Huo | Guides Qi to greater yang channel & governing vessel, Vs. Du Huo: du huo is for lower extremities; Qiang Huo for upper, Taiyang headache: occiput |
| Gao Ben | Vertex headache |
| Bai Zhi | Expel wind & alleviate pain, Warming, Wind H/A in YM area, Open nasal passages, Reduce swelling & expel pus, Alleviate dampness & expel discharge (vaginal) |
| Xi Xin | Acrid, warm-hot, Toxic to LV & KD (1-3 g/day…now: 1-1.5g/day), Release ext, Disperse cold. Alleviate pain, Unblock nasal orfices (congestion), Jue Yin (frontal/orbital/eye HA) |
| Sheng Jiang | warming / used for vomiting |
| Bo He | Acrid, aromatic, cooling, LU & LV, Disperse wind-heat, Benefit throat, Constraint LV qi to flow freely, Promotes measles to come to surface |
| Niu Bang Zi | Disperse wind-heat, Benefit throat, Helps vent rashes, Moisten intestines |
| Chang Tui | Disperse wind, Clear heat. *loss of voice, hoarseness, clears eyes, night terrors in children, *skin formulas to vent rash |
| Sang Ye | Expel wind, Clear LU heat, *LU dryness w/ cough, LV & LU, Clear LV & eyes (wind heat or yin def), *wind invasion with cough |
| Ju Hua | Clears eyes, Clears Heat in LV channel, Calms LV and extinguish wind, *yellow: clears heat, *white: LV yang, *wild: carbuncles, antibacterial, swelling |
| Man Jing Zi | Headache & eye pain, Disperse wind & clear heat, *Head and eyes |
| Dan Dou Chi (prepared soybean) | Release ext for hot & cold, Eliminate irritability/restlessness, *following febrile disorders |
| Ge Geng | Release muscles, clear heat for ext disorders, *tight upper back and neck, *direct herbs to Du Mai (as envoy), Alleviate thirst, Vent Measles, Raises SP yang, *used w/ Sheng Ma to raise SP yang, |
| Chai Hu | clear heat, course/spread LV qi, Shao Yang, Raises Yang Qi in SP def (hemorrhoids, prolapse, diarrhea) |
| Sheng Ma | Raise SP yang, Release ext & vents measles (w/ ge geng), Clear heat & Relieve toxicity |
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carneybrendan
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