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Cooling herbs
Tcm herbology wind-heat invasion
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |