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[SCU - MM3] Final Review (Functions & Indications)

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Fu Ling • Promote urination & leach out dampness • Strengthen SP, harmonize MJ, transform phlegm • Calm Shen
Yi Yi Ren • Promote urination & leach out dampness • Strengthen SP & stop diarrhea • Clear heat & expel pus • Expel Damp-heat • Treatment of plantar warts
Ze Xie • Promote urination & leach out dampness • Drain KD fire
Che Qian Zi • Promote urination & clear heat • Solidify stools • Clear eyes • Expel phlegm & stop cough
Mu Tong • Promote urination & drain heat from HT via SI • Promote lactation and unblock blood vessels
Tong Cao • Promote urination & clear heat • Promote lactation
Yin Chen Hao • Clear damp-heat from LV & GB (principle herb for jaundice) • Clear heat & release exterior
Qu Mai • Clear damp-heat, promote urination, & unblock painful urinary dysfunction • Breaks up blood stasis • Unblocks bowels
Bian Xu • Clear damp-heat, promote urination, & unblock painful urinary dysfunction • Expels parasites & stops itching
Shi Wei • Clear damp-heat, promote urination, & unblock painful urinary dysfunction • Clear heat & stop bleeding • Clear LU, expel phlegm & stops cough
Bei Xie • Separates pure from turbid (resolves turbid dampness in LJ manifesting as cloudy urine or vaginal discharge) • Expel wind-damp, relax sinews & unblocks channels • Clear damp-heat from the skin
Jin Qian Cao • Clear damp-heat, unblock painful urinary dysfunction, expel stones • Clear damp-heat in LV & GB • Reduces toxicity & swelling
Long Gu • For emotional disorder, restlessness, mania, insomnia, palp., anxiety & seizures. • Calm LV & anchor floating Yang. • Prevent leakage of fluid due to def (spermatorrhea, night sweat, vag discharge, uterine bleeding. • Topical for chronic sores/ulcers
Mu Li • Heavily settle/calm spirit • Benefit Yin U& calm LV Yang • Prevent leakage of fluids • Soften hardness & dissipate nodules • Absorb acidity & stop pain (stomach)
Dai Zhe Shi • Calm LV Yang & clear LV fire • Direct rebel Qi downward • Cool blood & stop bleeding
Suan Zao Ren • Nourish HT yin/LV blood and calm spirit • Prevent abnormal sweating • Raw form: stronger calming effect for restlessness due to def. fire • Dry-fried: ST/SP def. or exc. sweating
Bai Zi Ren • Nourish HT & calm spirit • Moisten intestine & unblock bowls • Night sweat due to yin def.
Yuan Zhi • Nourish HT & calm spirit • Expel phlegm from LU & clear orifices • Reduce abscesses & dissipate swelling
Ban Xia 1) Dry Dampness, transform phlegm (also due to dampness of SP) & descend rebellious Qi: cough w/ copious sputum (phlegm-cold in LU). 2) Harmonize ST & stop vomiting 3) Dissipate nodules & reduce distention for goiter/scrofula, phlegm obstruction in body
Tian Nan Xing 1) Dry Dampness, expel phlegm 2) Disperse wind-phlegm in channels, stop spasms 3) Reduce swelling, alleviate pain
Xuan Fu Hua 1) redirect qi downward, expel phlegm: for congested fluid w/ wheezing & copious sputum 2) descend rebellious ST Qi & stop vomiting (due to SP/ST cold or Damp SP)
Bai Qian 1) Redirect qi downward & expel phlegm: important herb for LU Qi blockage/stagnation, copious sputum (diff. to expectorate) and wheezing
Bai Jie Zi 1) Warm LU, regulate Qi & expel phlegm 2) Dissipate nodule, reduce swelling & stop pain: for cold-phlegm accumulating in channels (joint paint, body ache, yin-type boils, bedsores)
Jie Geng 1) open up & diffuse LU Qi & expel phlegm (cough in both wind-cold & wind-heat) 2) promote discharge of pus 3) benefit the throat
Bai Fu Zi 1) dry dampness, transform phlegm, expel wind & stop spasm: for wind-phlegm affecting head resulting in wind-stroke, facial paralysis, hemiplegia or migraine 2) expel wind-cold-damp & alleviate pain 3) relieve toxicity & dissipate nodules
Qian Hu 1) descend qi downward & expel phlegm 2) release exterior wind
Chuan Bei Mu 1) clear heat & transform phlegm for cough: cough w/ yin def. fire, cough w/ difficult to expectorate sputum 2) dissipate nodules
Zhe Bei Mu 1) clear heat & transform phlegm-heat for acute LU heat pattern w/ productive cough 2) dissipate nodules
Gua Lou 1) clear heat & transform phlegm-heat: heat induced coughs w/ sputum that is thick and difficult to expectorate 2) expand chest & dissipate nodules
Gua Lou Pi 1) clear LU, transform phlegm, regulate qi, expand chest: for dry cough & wind-heat dry throat
Gua Lou Ren 1) clear heat & transform phlegm-heat 2) expand chest 3) moisten intestines 4) promote healing of sores
Zhu Ru 1) clear & transform phlegm-heat 2) clear ST heat & stop vomiting
Ge Qiao 1) clear heat, redirect LU qi downward, transform phlegm 2) softens hardness & dissipates nodules 3) promote urination
Xing Ren 1) relieve cough & stop wheezing 2) moisten intestine
Su Zi 1) stop coughing & wheezing, descend LU Qi & dissolve phlegm 2) moisten intestine
Bai Bu 1) moisten LU & stop coughing 2) expel internal parasites & kill external lice
Zi Wan 1) relieve cough & expel phlegm: important herb for cough -> used for chronic cough, cold-induced cough w/ copious sputum that is difficult to expectorate, or coughing of blood-streaked sputum
Kuan Dong Hua 1) descend LU Qi and stop coughing
Sang Bai Pi 1) stop coughing & wheezing: drain LU heat 2) promote urination & reduce edema 3) recently used for hypertension
Tian Li Zi 1) Drain LU, reduce phlegm, & stop wheezing: excess-type wheezing or coughing w/ copious sputum 2) Move water & reduce edema: facial edema of fluid accumulation in chest/abdomen with difficulty urinating due to excess-type obstruction of LU/UB Qi
Ling Yang Jiao 1) Extinguish wind & alleviate spasm/convulsion 2) Calm LV & anchor yang 3) Calm LV & improve vision 4) Drain Heat & relive fire toxicity 5) Clear damp-heat: for wind-damp-heat Bi
Gou Teng 1) Extinguish wind & alleviate spasm: for tremor, seizure, & eclampsia due to LV wind from LV heat 2) Drain LV heat "& pacify LV yang: for HA, irritability, red eyes, dizziness 3) release exterior
Tian Ma 1) calm LV, extinguish wind & alleviate spasm/tremor: importan herb for internal LV wind caused by heat or cold (HA, dizziness, epilepsy, tetany, childhood convulsions, wind-stroke) 2) extinguish wind & alleviate pain 3) disperse painful obstruction
Bai Ji Li 1) calm LV & anchor yang 2) disperse wind-heat & brighten eyes 3) soothe LV qi 4) dispel wind and stop itching
Shi Jue Ming 1) drain LV fire & descend yang 2) improve eyes & cause superficial visual obstruction to recede
Di Long 1) drain heat & stop spasm/convulsion 2) calm wheezing 3) clear heat & unblock channels/collaterals 4) clear heat & promote urination 5) recently used for hypertension (LV yang rising)
Quan Xie 1) extinguish wind & alleviate tremor/convulsion: LV wind phlegm 2) RELIEVE FIRE TOXIN & DISSIPATE NODULE: TOPICALLY FOR TOXIC SORES, SWELLING, SCROFULA 3) unblock the collaterals and stop pain: stubborn HA/migraines & painful obstruction
Wu Gong 1) EXTINGUISH WIND & ALLEVIATE TREMOR/CONVULSION: LV WIND PHLEGM 2) relieve fire toxin & dissipate nodule: topically for toxic sores, swelling, scrofula 3) unblock the collaterals and stop pain: stubborn HA/migraines & painful obstruction
Jian Can 1) extinguish wind & alleviate tremor/convulsion 2) expel wind & stop pain 3) TRANSFORM PHLEGM & DISSIPATE NODULE/HEAT 4) expel wind and stop itching
Shi Chang Pu 1) open orifices, clear phlegm, quiet spirit: phlegm blocking sensory orifices (deafness, dizziness, forgetfulness, seizures) 2) harmonize MJ and transform TURBID DAMPNESS 3) used both internal/topically for wind-cold-damp Bi, trauma & sores
Shan Zha 1) reduce food stagnation: MEAT/GREASY FOOD 2) transform blood stasis: post partum abdominal pain/clumps 3) stop diarrhea
Mai Ya 1) reduce food stagnation: COLD STARCHY FOODS 2) strengthen ST: adults/infatns w/ SP deficiency 3) INHIBIT LACTATION 4) sooth LV Qi: stifling sensation & distention in epigastrium or ribs, belching, loss of appetite
Gu Ya 1) reduce food stagnation: HOT STARCHY FOOD 2) strengthen SP/ST 3) raw form: digestive; dry-fried: strengthen SP
Shen Qu 1) reduce food stagnation & harmonize ST: ST COLD W/ FOOD STAGNATION 2) added to pills containing minerals to aid in digestion/absorption
Ji Nei Jin 1) strongly reduce food stagnation & improve SP transportaion: VARIOUS TYPES OF FOOD 2) secure essence & stop enuresis 3) transform hardness & dissolve stones: in urinary/biliary tract
Lai Fu Zi 1) reduce food stagnation: full/distention w/ food stagnation 2) transform acumulation 3) descend Qi & transform phlegm
Shi Jun Zi 1) Kill Parasites: ROUNDWORMS 2) strengthen SP & dissolves accumulation: for childhood nutritional impairment and abdominal distention, poor appetite, weak constitution
Ku Lian Pi 1) Kills Parasites: ROUNDWORMS, HOOKWORM, PINWORMS, VAGINAL TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS 2) topically for tinea infections
Da Suan 1) Kill parasites: HOOKWORMS, PINWORMS, RINGWORM OF SCALP 2) relieve toxicity: diarrhea, dysentery, consumption, sudden coughing 3) used to prevent influenza & treating food poisoning for shellfish
Chang Shan 1) Kill parasites: PARASITIC PROTOZOAN WHICH CAUSE MALARIA; used to control outbreaks of malarial symptoms/fever 2) induce vomiting to expel phlegm
Bing Lang 1) KILL TAPEWORMS 2) PROMOTE MOVEMENT OF QI, reduce accumulation, lead stagnation out by mildly draining downward & unblocking bowel: for food acc. & stagnant qi w/ abdominal distention, constipation & tenesmus 3) promote urination 4) malarial disorders
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