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Warm Acrid
Question | Answer |
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Name at least 3 Warm Acrid herbs that are good for nasal congestion? | Xin Yi Hua,Cang Er Zi, E Bu Shi Cao, Bai Zhi, Gao Ben, Cong Bai |
Which herb promotes urination and reduces edema? | Má Huáng Herba Ephedrae |
What does honey frying Ma Huang do to its strong action of diaphoresis? | Zhi Ma Huang is less drying and has a longer duration of action |
What are Ma Huang's nature, flavor, and channel entry? | acrid slightly bitter warm Lung Bladder |
How would Gui Zhi be useful in dispelling damp? | Warms and frees the channels & collaterals to dispel wind-cold-damp painful obstruction in joints and limbs (esp. shoulders & arms) |
Zǐ Sū Yè, Folium Perillae is known to be helpful with... | Alleviating seafood poisoning, calming the fetus |
Your patient presents with a mild exterior pattern including a cough, he has also been feeling nauseous as though he is going to vomit any moment. Which herb do you choose? | Shēng Jiāng, Rhizoma Zingiberis recens |
This herb promotes sweating & resolves the exterior; transforms dampness & harmonizes the center; Disinhibits water & disperses swelling...but is is not Ma Huang. Which herb is this? | Xiāng Rú, Herba Moslae |
Jīng Jiè, Herba seu Flos Schizonepetae has four functions, what are they? | 1.Dispels wind & resolves exterior 2.Outthrusts papules & relieves itching 3.Disperses sores 4.Stanches bleeding |
In addition for being the main herb to dispel wind while resolving the exterior, name 1 additional function and indication for Fáng Fēng, Radix Saposhnikoviae. | Overcome dampness and relieve pain; for wind damp painful obstruction |
Qiāng Huó, Rhizoma seu Radix Notopterygii is great for wind-cold-damp impediment in the upper limbs and back. It also disperses wind cold for which type of headache? | Tai Yang Headache |
What are the channels entered by Qiāng Huó? | UB, KD, DU |
Why is Qiāng Huó contraindicated in blood vacuity? | It is very warm and drying |
What are Fáng Fēng's nature, flavor, and channel entry? | Acrid, Sweet, Slightly warm, Bladder, Liver, Spleen |
Baí Zhǐ,Radix Angelicae dahuricae specializes in expelling pus anywhere in the body, drying dampness in the lower jiao, and what type of headache? | Yang Ming |
What are Baí Zhǐ's nature, flavor, and channel entry? | Acrid, Aromatic, Warm, Lung, Stomach |
Your patient has a vertex headache with pain in their teeth and jaw, which herb do you recommend? | Gǎo Běn, Rhizoma Ligustici |
This mild herb is good to take in soup in the early stages of wind cold invasion. It is also useful to resolve toxicity and kill parasites. | Cōng Bái,Bulbus Allii Fistulosi |
Expels wind-cold & unblocks nasal passages...all nose all the time :) | Xīn Yí Huā, Flos Magnoliae |
Why is Xīn Yí Huā to be used with caution during pregnancy? | It has a strong vasoconstrictive action and may stimulate the uterus |
Often used with Xīn Yí Huā to free the nasal orifices, dispels wind-damp & relieves pain, and dispels exterior wind. | Cāng Er Zǐ, Fructus Xanthii |
If there is cold, this herb will find it... | Xì Xīn, Herba cum Radice Asari |
This common kitchen herb opens the stomach & disperses food. | Hú Suī, Herba Coriandri |
E Bu Shi Cao, Herba Centipedae, though not commonly used is good to treat... | Nasal, swelling, pain and toxicity |