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Cooling herbs
Tcm herbology wind-heat invasion
Question | Answer |
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Bo He | Hb > field mint, mentha |
Major cooling diaphoretic, lv Qi stagnation (depression) | Bo He |
Nui Bang Zi | Fr > great burdock fruit , arctium |
Throat disorders, mumps, strep throat | Nui bang zi |
Can tui | Periostracum > cicada molting |
Loss of voice, child spasm (tetanus) | Can tui |
Sang ye | Fol > white mulberry leaf |
Heat in the blood, liver heat, liver yang rising, high blood pressure | Sang ye |
Ju hua | Flos > chrysanthemum flower |
Lv/kid yin deficiency, liver yang rising, calms the liver | Ju hua |
Man jing zi | Fr > vitex fruit, chasteberry |
Bi syndrome, liver heat | Man jing zi |
Dan dou chi | Sm > prepared soybean |
Shen disorders, zang zao ( restless organ syndrome) hysteria Both heat and cold | Dan dou chi |
Fu ping | Hb > duckweed, spirodela |
Superficial edema (skin), strong diaphoretic | Fu ping |
Mu zei | Hb > scouring rush, shave grass, wood theif, horsetail |
Hemorrhoid | Mu zei |
Ge gen | Rx > kudzu root, pueraria |
Diarrhea, diabetes ( xiao-ke), HTN (hypertension), drunkenness, dry skin | Ge gen |
Chai hu | Rx > bupleurum, thorowax root, hare's ear root |
Shaoyang syndrome (alt. chills and fever), raises yang qi, clears yang Qi Liver and spleen disharmony ( liv overacting on spleen) | Chai hu |
Sheng ma | Rz > cimicifuga, bugbane or black cohosh rhizoma |
Raise yang qi, shaoyang headaches, collapse of yang | Sheng ma |