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Shi Gao sweet, acrid, very cold, LU & ST, clear Heat & Drain fire, High fever, 4-big, Clear LU heat & blazing ST fire, w/ Ma Huang to balance Ma Huang
Zhi Mu Clear 4-bigs, Clear Heat & Drain Fire, Enrich Yin & Moisten dry conditions, Generates fluids
Zhi Zi Clears heat, Eliminate irritability, Drain damp-heat (LV & GB—jaundice), Cool blood & stop bleeding, *can be used topically: swollen joints, muscles, trauma, *w/ yin chen hao, da huang : jaundice
Dan Zhu Ye Clears heat, Eliminates irritability, *heat in HT & ST channel: UTIs, Promotes urination
Xia Ku Cao Clears LV & Brightens eyes, Clears heat, Dissipates nodules: swollen glands…, Hypertension (recent)
Lu Gen Clears heat (esp LU & ST), Generates fluids, *acts like IV
Jue Ming Zi clears LV, benefits eyes, moisten intestines, *prevent artherosclerosis, lower serum cholesterol
Sheng Di Huang Sweet, bitter, cold, HT, KD, LV, Clear heat, cool blood, Nourish yin & generate fluids
Xuan Shen Clears heat, Cools blood, Nourish yin, *different from Sheng Di Huang b/c drains fire & relieves toxicity esp for swollen, red eyes, sore throat & dissipate nodules (throat).
Mu Dan Pi Clears heat, Cools blood, Clears deficiency fire, Invigorate blood & dispel blood stasis (amenorrhea, painful period), *XS & Deficiency
Zi Cao Clears heat & cools blood, Vents rashes (to surface), Topically: skin lesions, burns, vaginal, Moisten intestines, unblock bowels
Di Gu Pi Drains fire from yin deficiency, Clears heat & stop sweating, Clears heat, cools blood, Drain floating fire from KD channel, *toothaches from KD yin def., *w/ Mu Dan Pi often
Bai Wei Clear heat & cools blood, Yin deficiency, Postpartum fever, recovery from febrile, Promote urination, Relieve toxicity
Yin Chai Hu Clears heat, Reduces childhood nutritional impairment (accum of heat)
Huang Qin Clears heat, Drains fire, Esp. from upper burner, Dry dampness (ST & Int)
Huang Lian Clears heat, Drains damp, Clears HT fire (HT & KD lack of communication), Clears ST heat
Huang Bai Drain damp heat from LW, Drain KD fire, *leucorrhea
Long Dan Cao Drains damp- heat from LV & GB channel, *UTIs, Drains XS LV fire blazing upwards
Ku Shen Clears heat. Dries damp. Disperse wind. Kills parasites: scabies, lice, Stops itching, *skin, dysentery, jaundice, sores, *topically: genital itching, discharge
Hu Huang Lian Drain damp heat, Clears deficiency heat, *substitute for Huang Lian b/c Huang Lian expensive
Jin Yin Hua Clears heat, Relieve fire toxicity, Early stage warm febrile disease, Clear damp heat from LW, *stem: Ren Den Tan—hot swollen . . .
Lian Qiao Clear heat toxin, Dissipate nodules, Dispel externally contracted wind-heat, *Clear HT heat
Da Qing Ye Clears heat, Relieve toxicity, Cools blood, reduces blotches or skin eruptions, *mumps, measles, irritability, *w/ ban lan geng: to release ext wind-heat
Ban Lan Geng Drains heat, Relieve fire toxicity, Cools blood, Benefits throat, Reduce skin rash,. *Antimicrobial effect, *gan mao ling
Pu Gong Ying Clears heat, Relieve fire toxicity (esp LV meridian), Breast abscesses, Breast: promote lactation
Ye Ju Hua Drains fire, relieve toxicity, Carbuncles, swollen throats, sores
Bai Jing Cao Clears heat, relieve toxicity, expel pus, Intestinal abscess: appendicitis, etc., Cancer tx. To stop ovarian cancer cells
Yu Xing Cao Clears heat, toxins, LU abscesses, Drain damp-heat & promote urination: UTIs
Bai Tou Weng Clears heat, fire toxicity, Damp-heat in ST or intestines
Ya Dan Zi Warts: vaginal or plantar, Many side-effects, Used topically ok
Ma Chi Xian Relieve fire toxicity & cools blood, Bacterial dysenteric disorders, Clear damp-heat
Ma Bo fire toxins of throat: pain, loss of voice, w/ Shan Dou Geng for swollen, painful throat
She Gan Pain & swelling of throat due to fire XS, Tx. Phlegm, clear heat & toxicity
He Ye diarrhea due to summerheat. raise & clear Yang of SP, *obesity
Lu Dou Clear summerheat: thirst, *antidote to Fu Zi & fava beans
Xi Gua Clear summerheat, gen fluids, promote urination, expel jaundice., Clear ST channel heat
(Bai) Lian Dou Clear summerheat: diarrhea, vomiting, Strengthen SP
Created by: carneybrendan
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