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Herbs 1 and 2 summaries: Acrid warm release ext
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Health Care
Graduate
07/30/2010

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Term
Ma Huang
Definition
Relatively strong at dispersing wind cold
Directly opens and disseminates LU qi, acts on wei level
Good with gui zhi to disperse cold in tai yang stage or ext excess cold (w-C excess)
Term
Gui Zhi
Definition
Relatively strong at dispersing wind cold
Unblocks yang qi, acts on nutritive qi and muscle layer
Good with ma huang to disperse tai yang stage or Ext cold excess (w-c excess)
Term
Xi Xin
Definition
Relatively strong at dispersing wind cold
Disperses cold in shaoyin stage. Used for ext. contracted W-C with fever and deep pulse
Enters on channels (or Lu, HT KD), is warming and piercing, for pain due to cold.
Term
Zi Su Ye
Definition
More moderate than ma huang, gui zhi.
Avg ext. W-C excess.
Good for turbidity.
Term
Jing Jie
Definition
More moderate than ma huang, gui zhi.
Avg ext. W-C excess.
Disperses wind.
Esp good for superficial problems.
Can be used for hot or cold.
Commonly used with Fang Feng for ext wind cause they expel wind that has penetrated to any depth.
Term
Fang Feng
Definition
More moderate than ma huang, gui zhi.
Avg ext W-C excess.
Similar to Jing Jie.
Slightly deeper.
For aches and pains of cold.
Commonly used with Jing Jie for ext wind cause they expel wind that has penetrated to any depth.
Term
Gao Ben
Definition
Warm, dry, ascending and dispersing.
Enters taiyang to treat vertex HA.
Releases ext, expels wind damp and alleviates pain.
Used for treating HA from ext contracted D/O.
For W-D bi pain, esp of upper body.
Term
Qiang Huo
Definition
Warm, dry, ascending, dispersing.
Enters Taiyang to treat occipital HA
Term
Bai Zhi
Definition
Enters yangming for frontal and orbital HA, toothache, nasal congestion.
Term
Sheng Jiang
Definition
For W-C esp with turbidity of ST.
Term
Xiang Ru
Definition
Effective against summertime colds with damp injuing it's called summertime ma huang
Term
Xin Yi Hua
Definition
Light, ascending- used exclusively for nasal problems.
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