| Question |
Answer |
| What conditions attack the exterior? |
Wind heat, Wind Cold, Wind Dampness, Summerheat |
| Symptoms associated with the exterior |
Chills, Fever, Headache, Stiff Neck, General Muscle aches |
| Describe what sweating condition (or lack of) warrants using release the exterior herbs. |
Absence of sweating or sweating with not improvement in the patient's condition |
| Most exterior releasing herbs are ____. |
Diaphoretics. (Induce sweating to expel/release pathogen) |
| What is the next deepest level that disease attacks after the exterior? |
Muscle layer |
| Symptoms associated with muscle layer |
Fever, General body aches, Profuse Sweating |
| What is the best herb for releasing the muscle layer? |
Gui Zhi |
| What are possible other functions of some herbs that release the exterior? |
Stop cough, Stop wheeze, Controls pain/spasms, Vents rashes, Vents measles |
| How to treat rashes and measles |
Bring it to surface and vent it. |
| Rashes are a sign of ___. |
Heat |
| Can herbs vent rashes that have been there a long time? |
Yes. The rash has been trapped inside of the body. |
| What are the signs that exterior wind-cold is present? |
Mild fever, Severe chills, Headache, Body & neck pains, Absence of thirst |
| What are the signs that exterior wind heat is present? |
Severe fever, Mild Chills, Sore throat, |
| In addition to releasing the exterior, some cool acrid herbs also __ |
vent rashes & treat eye problems due to wind heat. |
| What are 8 symptoms of heat? |
1) Dry throat 2) Red face 3) Red eyes 4) Dry stools 5) Dark & scanty urine 6) Yellow tongue coat 7) Rapid pulse 8)Sensations of warmth in the five centers |
| Compare symptoms of interior heat with exterior heat. |
EXTERIOR - Fever & chills, Headache, THIRST, Moderate sweating, Superficial, rapid pulse INTERIOR - Fever (w/o chills), dry mouth, THIRST, Irritability, Scanty, dark urine, Yellow tongue coat, Constipation or diarrhea, Abdominal distention |
| Which 5 categories of herbs clear interior heat? |
1) Drain fire 2) Cool the Blood 3) Clear damp heat 4) Clear Toxic Heat 5)Clear deficiency heat |
| Which category of herbs contains the herbs that are the coldest in the Materia Medica? |
Drain Fire |
| Drain Fire herbs treat which symptoms? |
**High fever **Irritability **Thirst **Delirium associated with febrile disease **Eye problems due to wind heat **Heat in Liver, Lungs or Stomach |
| Drain Fire herbs treat which level of the Four Levels? Which Stage of the Six Stages? |
Qi Level; Yangming Stage |
| Typical properties of Cool the Blood herbs |
Cold, Bitter and Sweet or Salty |
| Two major functions of all Cool the Blood herbs |
Cool the Blood & Clear the Nutritive Level |
| Cool the Blood herbs are used for heat entering which level of the four levels? |
Nutritive level |
| Describe the symptoms of heat in the Nutritive Level |
**Scarlet tongue **Irritability **Restlessness **Changes in consciousness **Various forms of bleeding, including maculopapular rashes |
| Heat at the nutritive level injures the _1__ and exhausts _2__. |
1) Yin 2) Fluids |
| Cool the Blood herbs enrich __1__. They are also good for internally generated heat from ___2____. |
1) Yin 2) Yin deficiency |
| Herbs that Clear Damp Heat are primarily used for which 5 conditions? |
1) Dysenteric disorders 2) Urinary difficulty/pain 3) Jaundice 4)Furuncles 5) Eczema |
| Common properties of clear damp heat herbs |
Bitter and cold |
| Clear Damp Heat herbs are often combined with which other categories? |
Drain Fire & Clear Toxic Heat |
| Because of their cold nature, Clear Damp Heat herbs should not be used when? |
In cases of Spleen and Stomach deficiency |
| Toxin (in regards to toxic heat) = |
Fever & other adverse effects of infectious disease that make a patient clinically sick |
| Hot swelling= |
Hot, swollen & painful |
| Hot toxic swelling= |
Hot swelling + fever, lethargy & sickness |
| Toxicity is a result of ___ |
Accumulated pathogens |
| Give examples of heat or fire toxins |
**Purulent infections **Sores **Mastitis **Pulmonary & breast abscess **Appendicitis **Dysentery **Viral infections such as mumps or encephalitis |
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