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Spicy Warm
Release the Exterior for Wind Cold
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bai Zhi (Angelica Root) | Warm, Acrid, LU, ST, best for pain in forehead, eyebrows, teeth, gums; also for swelling, pus, vaginal discharge. |
| Cong Bai (Spring Onion) | Warm, Acrid, LU, ST, releases the exterior in the very early stages of wind-cold, may be used topically for abscesses and sores. |
| Fang Feng (Ledebouriella Root) | Warm, Sweet, LV, SP, UB, eases exterior, useful for bi-syndromes, particularly wind-type. |
| Gao Ben (Chinese Lovage Root) | Warm, Acrid, UB, expels wind-cold, headaches, particularly vertex. |
| Gui Zhi (Cinnamon Twig) | Warm, Acrid, Sweet, HT, LU, UB, releases muscle layer of exterior, useful for wind/cold/damp bi-syndromes in the joints, limbs, and shoulders. |
| Jing Jie (Schizonepeta Stem) | Warm, Acrid, Aromatic, LV, LU, releases exterior, useful for carbuncles or boils in initial stages, stops bleeding. |
| Ma Huang (Ephedra) | Warm, Acrid, Bitter, LU, UB, releases exterior, induces sweating, disperse lung qi, promotes urination. |
| Qiang Huo (Notopterygium Root) | Warm, Acrid, Aromatic, Bitter, KID, UB, releases exterior, best with damp related body/joint pain and/or occipital headache, guiding herb for the governing vessel. |
| Sheng Jiang (Fresh Ginger Rhizome) | Warm, Acrid, LU, SP, ST, release exterior, disperses cold, warms middle jiao, warms lung, reduces toxicity of other herbs. |
| Xi Xin (Chinese Wild Ginger) | Warm, Acrid, KID, LU, releases exterior, used most often with head and body aches in wind-cold, particularly with dampness or underlying KD Yang Deficiency, warms lung, unblocks nasal congestion. |
| Xiang Ru (Aromatic Madder) | Warm, Acrid, Aromatic, LU, ST, release exterior, clears summerheat, transforms dampness, promotes urination, reduces swelling. |
| Xin Yi Hua (Magnolia Flower) | Warm, Acrid, LU, ST, most often used with wind-cold, but always useful for any nasal/sinus conditions within appropriate combinations |
| Zi Su Ye (Perilla Leaf) | Warm, Acrid, Aromatic, LU, SP, releases exterior, wind-cold with fever, calms restless fetus, alleviates morning sickness, may be used alone or in a formula for seafood poisoning. |
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