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ACU F 19
Intro to HERBS Lect 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the causes of disease | Six Evils External, Seven Emotional Internal, eating habits, lifestyle, overexertion/overwork, trauma/injury |
| Six Evils | External, Wind, Cold, Heat, Damp, Dry, Fire/toxin |
| Seven Emotions | Joy, Anger, Worry, Contemplation, Sorrow, Fear, Shock |
| how can eating habits cause disease | irregular or improper |
| what lifestyle imbalances can cause disease | sleep, sex, exercise |
| Eight Treatment Methods | Sweat, Clear heat, induce bowel movement, harmonize, warm tonight eliminate, induce vomit |
| Sweat | move out external pathogen that is invading the body |
| heat | clear heat, rid heat from the interior of the body, hear causes dryness, need to lubricate |
| induce | induce bowel movement, alleviate constipation to sedate excess heat, attack cold accumulation, lubricate the intestines |
| harmonize | striking a balance or negotiating a settlement between two ZangFu, meridians, or Qi & Blood |
| warming | treats interior coldness |
| tonify | enrich Qi, Blood, Yang, Yin |
| eliminate | rid of accumulation (stones, ulcers, parasites) |
| induce vomit | prevent poisoning or toxicity |
| Herbal Properties | Temperature(energy), Taste(flavor), movement(direction), Channel related |
| What is temperature used to do | Treat or balance Yin and Yang |
| Paradoxical treatment | hot herbs treat cold syndromes/cold herbs treat Hot syndromes |
| Four temperatures | Hot, Warm, Cool, Cold |
| Neutral | neither hot or cold |
| Five taste of herbs | Pungent, sweet, bitter,sour, salty |
| 3 additional tastes of herbs | bland, astringent, aromatice |
| pungent | disperses and moves |
| sweet | tonifies and harmonizes |
| bitter | drains and dries |
| sour | constricts and binds |
| salty | purges and softens |
| bland | promotes urination |
| astringent | consolidates |
| aromatic | opens to the orifices |
| Yang energy tastes | Pungent and sweet |
| Yin energy tastes | sour, salty, bitter |
| Cautions of tastes | pungent effects Qi, salty effects blood, bitter effects bones, sweet effects flesh, sour effects sinews |
| what does pungent effect | Qi |
| what does salty effect | blood |
| what does bitter effect | bones |
| what does sweet effect | flesh |
| what does sour effect | sinews |
| movement direction of herbs | upward=elevate, downward=suppress, outward=float, inward=sink |
| Direct effect | herbs travel internally to the ZangFu |
| Indirect effect | herbs travel internally in the channel to assist in function |
| example of direct effect | LU to treat cough or UB to treat urine retention |
| Example of Indirect effect | KD to treat bones or LV to treat sinews |
| how were chinese herbs named | by the description of the herb |
| Descriptions used to name herbs | shape, color, smell/taste, location, function |
| Bai | white |
| chi | bright red |
| hei | black |
| hong | red |
| huang | yellow |
| jin | gold |
| Lu | green |
| Qing | blue-green |
| Yin | silver |
| Zhu | Dull Red |
| Zi | Purple |
| Cao | whole plant |
| dou | Bean |
| Gen | Root |
| Geng | Stem |
| Gua | Fruit(melon) |
| Hua | Flower |
| Mu | Wood |
| Pi | peel |
| Ren | seed(large) |
| Teng | Vine |
| Ye | Leaf |
| Zhi | Twig |
| Zi | Seeds |
| Gan | Liver |
| Xin | heart |
| Pi | Spleen |
| Fei | Lung |
| Shen | Kidney |
| Xin Bao | pericardium |
| dan | gall bladder |
| wei | stomach |
| jiao | gelatin |
| ke | shell |
| Shi | stone |
| dan | bland |
| gan | sweet |
| ku | bitter |
| suan | sour |
| Xian | salty |
| Xiang | aromatic |
| Xin | acrid |
| Bei | North |
| Nan | South |
| Dong | East |
| Xi | West |
| Xu Wei | Five Tastes |
| Acrid Xin | Yang in Nature, Spicy substances can scatter, disperse and move, diaphoretic, treats cold, nourishing invigorates blood and moves blood stagnation |
| Sweet Gan | Yang in nature, sweet substances can scatter, tonify, harmonize, and sometimes thought to moisten, alleviate pain and spasms, nourish and tonify the Middle jiao, changes the taste of herbal formula |
| Bitter Ku | Yin in nature, bitter substances can drain, clear heat, dry dampness, and descend fire, asthma, constipation, retention of dampness due to heat or cold |
| Sour Suan | Yin in nature, sour substances can drain, estranges, improve digestion, soften the arteries and prevent or reverse the abnormal leakage of energy and fluids, diarrhea, excess perspiration, softens arteries |
| Salty Xian | Yin in nature, salty substances can drain, purge, and soften masses, softens and dissolves lumps and masses, constipation, reduce phlegm |
| Bland Dan | Yang in nature, substances that seep and drain, leech out dampness and promote urination, edema, dysuria |
| Astringent Se | Yin in Nature, diarrhea, bleeding, spermatorrhea, frequent urination |
| Describe Temperature of Herb | Energy, sensation in the mouth |
| example of a cool herb | peppermint |
| example of a warm herb | cinnamon |
| define paradoxal treatment | treating opposite, heat treat with cool |
| What herb can be used with Wind Cold and why | Cinnamon tea because it is warm |
| Describe Taste of Herbs | Flavors, Wu Wei-5 ingredients, functions depending on taste, pungent, sweet, bitter, sour, salty |
| Describe movement of herbs | direction herb travels |
| Example of using herb for direction purpose | Have a HTN headache, treat with herb that will bring down HTN |
| describe Channels and herbs | every herb enters certain channels |
| What type of herbal property balances Yin and Yang | Temperature treats if excess hot and cold |
| which herbal property is a paradoxical treatment | Temperature treat opposite if hot or cold |
| how many Hot herbs | only 3 |
| what temperature are most herbs | warm |
| what are 4 temperatures of herbs | cool, cold, warm, hot |
| which taste has a lot of herbs associated with it | pungent/akrid |
| what taste are onions and garlic | pungent/akrid |
| what taste is white rice | sweet |
| what taste are lemons, tart peaches | sour |
| what are additional tastes | bland, astringent, aromatic |
| which taste is a subcategory of sweet | bland |
| which taste are mushrooms and what do they do | bland, promote urination |
| which herbs are considered diuretics | bland promote urination |
| which taste is a subcategory of sour | astringent, milder than sour |
| which taste is celery juice | astringent |
| which taste is associated with smell | aromatic |
| cautions of taste | if you have too much |
| 4 types of movement of herbs | elevate up, suppress down, outward floating, inward sinking |
| which herb movement is used for depression | elevating |
| describe outward floating direction | 3 dimensional, all directions outward |
| which organ correlates with outward floating direction of herbs | Liver |
| which direction would you use Tangerine Peel | outward floating |
| which herb would decoction is used before you get sick and why | genseng/marmalade,genseng/citrus, strengthen and disperse |
| what are patterns of inward sinking | frequent urination, diarrhea |
| 2 ways to get herb to medians/channels | direct and indirect |
| by which means would you treat colitis | direct, bring herb directly to colon |
| by which means would you treat to aid SP transportation | indirect, send herbs to KD to treat bones, send herbs to LV to treat sinews |
| pinyin lesser | Shao |
| pinyin small | Xiao |
| pinyin envelope | Bao |
| pinyin purple or seed | Zi |
| pinyin sesame seed | Hai Ma Zi |
| pinyin purple leaf | Zi Su Ye |
| what is Zi Su Ye used to treat | food poisoning, restless fetus |
| how many principles | 8 |
| how many treatment methods | 8 |
| how many evils | 6 |
| how many emotions | 7 |
| pinyin salty | xian |
| pinyin spicy/acrid | Xin |
| pinyin astringent | se |
| which hers taste used for constipation | bitter, salty |
| how many causes of disease | 4, eating, lifestyle , overwork, trauma |
| which herb taste used to improve digestion and diarrhea | sour |
| which herb taste reduces phlegm | salty |
| which herb taste treats edema and dysuria | bland |
| how many ways do herbs travel | 2, direct and indirect |
| pinyin Liver | Gan |
| Pinyin Heart | Xin |
| pinyin aromatic | Xiang |
| pinyin north | bei |
| pinyin west | xi |
| pinyin seed | ren |
| pinyin leaf | ye |
| pinyin twig | zhi |
| which temperature and flavor used for Cold | spicy hot, heat up body,moves blood |
| which taste stops sweat | sour |
| which taste is ginger | pungent, spicy, akrid |
| which taste is gecko | salty |
| which taste is Mong Beans | sweet |
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