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Warming herbs
Tcm herbology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ma Huang | Hb > Ephedra steam |
| It is a Major warming diaphoretic, used for edema, lung qi | Ma Huang |
| Gui Zhi | Ramulus > Cinnamon twig/ casia twig |
| Used for bi syndrome (shoulder/upper limbs), ying wei level, and gyn disorders | Gui zhi |
| Zi Su Ye | Fol > perilla leaf |
| Used for morning sickness, seafood poisoning, digestion | Zi Su Ye |
| Fang Feng | Rx > ledebouriella root, siler |
| Used for liver and spleen disharmony, migraine, wind | Fang Feng |
| Jing Jie | Hb w/Flos > schizonepita stem or bud |
| Used for bleeding and both wind-cold and wind- heat | Jing Jie |
| Two herbs used for external wind | Fang Feng and Jing Jie |
| Qiang Huo | Rz & x > notopterygium root |
| Used for tai yang headaches (occiptial), and bi syndrome (upper limbs) | Qiang Huo |
| Gao Ben | Rz & x > lingusticum root, chinese lovage root |
| Used for jue yin headaches (vertex) | Gao Ben |
| Bai Zhi | Rx > angelica root |
| Used for yang ming headaches (frontal) | Bai zhi |
| Xi Xin | Hb w/radix > chinese wild ginger |
| Used for shao yin headaches (supra orbital) | Xi Xin |
| What herbs do you use for headaches and migraines | Fang feng (migraine), qiang Huo (tai yang), gao ben (jue yin), bai zhi (yang ming), xi xin (shao yin) |
| Occipital headache is called | Taiyang |
| Vertex headache is called | Jueyin |
| Frontal headache is called | Yang ming |
| Supraorbital headache is called | Shaoyin |
| Temporal headache is called | Shaoyang |
| Sheng Jiang | Rz > fresh ginger |
| Used for digestion (cold invasion of stomach), seafood poisoning, nausea, vomiting, morning sickness | Sheng jiang |
| Cong bai | Bulbus > scallion, spring onion |
| Used for early stage of wind cold invasion | Cong bai |
| Herbs used for the Folk lore remedy for wind cold invasion | Sheng jiang & cong bai |
| Xiang Ru | Hb > aromatic madder(e. Splendens), elshiltzia |
| Used for summer heat | Xiang Ru |
| Xin Yi Hua | Flos > magnolia flower |
| Used for sinus, nasal disorder, loss of smell | Xin Yi Hua |
| Cang Er Zi | Fr > cocklebur fruit, deep green ear seeds |
| Used for sinus and wind damp (bi syndrome) | Cang Er Zi |
| E Bu Shi Cao | Hb > centipede minima |
| Herb not eaten by geese, used for sinus disorder | E Bu Shi Cao |
| Herbs used for sinus disorders | Xin Yi Hua, Cang Er Zi, E Bu Shi Cao |
| Herbs used for bi syndrome | Gui Zhi, Qiang Huo, and Cang Er Zi |
| Herbs used for seafood poisoning | Zi Su Ye, Sheng Jiang |