Summary Single Herbs

Summary of Warm Herbs Release to Exterior
Strongly Release Wind Cold	Mutual Accentuation - Ma Huang and Gui Zhi Combo = very strong to release to exterior, promote sweating, and release WC
	Ma Huang	WC - Asthma - Sweating	Contra- CHF - Heat - <10gr. Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang
	Gui Zhi	Enter Heart - Uterine Fibroids	Gui Zhi Tang - Wei Qi Xu Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan - Fibroids
	Xi Xin	Stop Pain d/t Heat - WC < 3 grams	Ma Huang Fu Zi Xi Xin Tang - WC Xiao Qing Long Tang
Mildly Release Wind Cold Often Combined	Jing Jie	WC- Stop bleeding - Rashes	Bleeding - use with Fang Feng Jing Fang Bai Du San- WCD w/o Qi Xu Ren Shen Bai Du San - WCD w- Qi Xu
Mildly Release Wind Cold Often Combined	Fang Feng	Strongly Expels Wind - Itching	Internal Wind Muscle Spasms - Childhood Convulsions
Release Wind Cold and Harmonize Stomach	Sheng Jiang	Harmonize MJ - Reduce Toxicity Yang Xu	Stom. & Spleen Cold = Nausea and Vomit Xiao Ban Xia Tang - Morning Sickness
Release Wind Cold and Harmonize Stomach	Zi Su Ye	Vomit/Nausea d/t Seafood Calms fetus Morning Sickness	Morning Sickness
Release Wind Cold Damp Plus Headache	Bai Zhi	WCD - Yangming H/A - Expel Pus	Siniusitis - Rhinitis - Carbuncles - Furuncles Toothache
	Qiang Huo	Taiyang H/A - WCD w- Heavy Sensation Upper Body Bi	Qiang Huo Shen Shi Tang - Upper Bi Jiu Wei Qiang Huo Tang - Taiyang H/A
	Gao Ben	WCD - Jueyin and Vertex Headache Migraine H/A	LV - UB - DU = all meet Du20
Release Wind Cold & Nasal Problems	Xin Yi Hua	Wind Cold and Nasal Problems Simular to Du23 - LI20	These two are often used together for nasal problems
Release Wind Cold & Nasal Problems	Cang Er Zi	Wind Cold and Nasal Problems Simular to Du23 - LI20	Cang Er Zi - Long term side effects - nausea -vomit and abdominal pain
Wind Cold in Summer	Xiang Ru	WC in Summer - WCD and Nausea and Cold in Summer - Harmonize MJ	Summer Ma Huang
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Cool Pungent/Acrid Herbs Release to Exterior
Mildly Release Wind Heat	Sang Ye	WH - Moisten Lung - Clear Liver - Benefit Eyes	Dry Cough - Autumn - Sang Xing Tang Mild Wind Heat - Sang Ju Yin Severe - Yin Qiao San
	Ju Hua	WH - Pacify Liver Fire - Liver Yang Rising - Stronger to Clear Liver	Red eyes and heat d/t Liver Yang Rising HBP
	Mutual Accentuation - used together mild wind heat
Release Wind Heat Raise Yang Qi	Sheng Ma	WH - Vent Rash - Raise Yang for Prolapse	Tonify Qi - Raise Prolapse - Reduce Low Grade Fever
Release Wind Heat Raise Yang Qi	Chai Hu	WH - Sooth Liver - Raise Yang	Si Ni San = Liver Qi Stag. with Cold Ext. Shao Chai Hu Tang = Shaoyang Synd. Xiao Yao Wan = Liver Qi Stag. w- Blood and Spleen Xu
Release Wind Heat Treat Rash and Throat	Ge Gen	Stiff Neck - Generate Fluids - Raise Yang	Ge Gen Huang Qin Huang Lian Tang Raise Qi Simular to Sheng Ma and Chai Hu - Good for Hypertention
	Bo He	WH - Soothe Liver Qi	Liver Qi Stag. Xiao Yao San Red Eyes and Sore Throat Add end of decoction
	Niu Bang Zi	Sore Throat= Strongest - Vent Rash (mumps)	Yin Qiao San - Sore Throat
	Chan Tui (Yi)	Vent Rash - Stop Itching - Strong Muscle Spasms and Convulsions	Treat Internal and External Wind
Release Wind Heat Focus on Head and Eyes	Man Jing Zi	WH - Focus on Head = h/a - red eyes - dizzy	All seeds descend, but Man Jing Zi guides up to head
	Mi Meng Hua	WH - Focus on eyes = red itchy painful	Clear Liver Yang Raising
	Mu Zei	WH - Focus on eyes = red itchy painful	Any eye problem d/t liver problem
Release Both Wind Heat / Wind Cold	Dan Dou Chi	Wind Cold and Wind Heat Eliminate Irritability	Zhi Zi Dou Chi Tang Clears heat, alleviates irritability and restlessness
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Herbs Clear Heat and Drain Fire
Clear Yangming Channel Heat or Qi Level Heat	Shi Gao	Clear Qi Level - Yangming Heat Clear Lung Heat Clear Stomach Fire Topically Non-Healing Sores - Duan Shi Gao	4 Bigs - Bai Hu Tang Stomach Fire= Toothache - H/A - Bleeding Gums Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang - Lung Heat
	Zhi Mu	Clear Qi Level - Yangming Heat Xu Heat - Moisten and enrich yin Excess and Xu Heat	4 Bigs Yin Xu - Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan {Xiao Ke}
	Lu Gen	Generate Body Fluids = Xiao Ke Clear Lung and Stomach Heat Lin Syndrome	Thrist - Nausea/Vomit Wei Jing Tang -Lung Abscess / Lung Heat
	Tian Hua Fen	Generate Body Fluids = Xiao Ke Dispel Pus = Dry Phlegm Pus - Abscesses and Mastitis	Same Gua Lou - Incompatible Wu Tou
	Mutual Accentuation - Shi Gao and Zhi Mu = especially in Bai Hu Tang
Drain Liver Fire	Xia Ku Cao	Drain Liver Fire - HTN - Dissipate Nodules - Soften Hardness	Goiter - HTN
	Jue Ming Zi	Clear Liver Fire - Benefit Eyes Reduce High Cholesterol	HTN - High Cholesterol
	Mi Meng Hua	Clear Liver Fire Brighten Eyes - red painful itchy - hay fever- cataracts
	Qing Xiang Zi
	Gu Jing Zi
Clear Heart Heat	Dan Zhu Yu	Clear Heart Fire and Stomach Heat Lin Syndrome - Ht to SI (Zhu Ru - Bamboo Shavings) (Zhu Li - Bamboo Sap)	Heart Heat - irritable - insomnia - palpitations - Lin Syndrome - Heart Fire > SI Dao Chi San
Clear San Jiao Heat	Zhi Zi	Clear 3 Jiao Heat - Best for Irritability and restlessness Clear Damp Heat - Jaundice Cools Blood- Stops Bleeding	Zhi Zi Dao Chi Tang -restless / Irritability Huang Lian Jie Du Tang - Excess Heat Yin Chen Hao Tang - Yang Jaundice
Clear Lung Heat	Sang Bai Pi	Clear Lung Heat and Moisten Lung Descend Lung Qi	Xie Bai San - Clear Lung heat/ Moist Lung Wu Pi Yin - Edema-LJ -Kidney
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Herbs Clear Heat and Dry Dampness
Clear Heat and Dry Dampness	Huang Qin	Damp Heat Upper Jiao Clear Damp Heat Liver/GB Calm Fetus - Bleeding d/t Heat	Tai Shan Pan Shi Yin - Spotting in Preg. Long Dan Cao and Huang Qin - Yang Jaundice Long Dan Shi Gan Tang - Damp Heat
	Huang Lian	Damp Heat MJ - Heart Fire Clear Stom. and LI Dampheat	Huang Lian E Jiao Tang - HT/KD Ge Gen Huang Lian Huang Qin Tang Huang Lian Jie Du Tang - Sores
	Huang Bai	Damp Heat LJ - Clear Xu Heat Drain Kidney Fire with Yin Xu	Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan - Xu Heat
	Long Dan Cao	Damp Heat in Liver/GB	Long Dan Cao and Huang Qin Combo Long Dan Cao and Yin Chen Hao Compare Long Dan Xie Gan Wan with Zuo Jin Wan
	Ku Shen	Dry Damp - Stop Itch - Skin Problems= Good External Use Kill Parasites	Oozing Eczema
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Herbs Cool Blood and Clear Heat
Clear Heat Cool Blood	Sheng Di Huang	Clear Heat and Cool Blood Stop Bleeding d/t Blood Heat	Difference of Shu Di
	Xuan Shen	Benefit Throat and Nourish Yin Soften Nodules	Si Miao Yang An Tang - soft tissue infect. Xuan Mai Gan Jie Tang - Sore throat d/t Yin Xu Sore Throat - Nui Bang Zi - Ge Gen - Gan Cao
	Mu Dan Pi	Invigorate Blood = Uterine Fibroids	Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan - Fibroids
	Chi Shao Yao	Invigorates Blood, especially gynecology	Shao Yao Gan Cao Tang - Muscle spasms d/t Yin Xu
	Xi Jiao (Shui Niu Jiao)	Not Often Used Expensive But the Substitute is used for Clearing Heat and Arresting Tremors
	Mu Dan Pi and Chi Shao are often used together. And Bai Shao Yao is a blood tonic
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Herbs Clear Heat and Release Toxicity
Seasonal Warm Febrile Disorders (Especially Early Spring or Winter)	Jin Yin Hua	WH - Benefit Throat d/t toxic heat Clear Toxic Heat Sores	Commonly used with LIan Qiao in Yin Qiao San Treat Wei Level Exterior Wind Heat
	Lian Qiao	Saint Herb Sores -	Commonly used with Jin Yin Hua in Yin Qiao San Treat Wei Level Exterior Wind HeaT
	Guan Zheng	WH - Benefit Throat Kills Flu Virus Stops Bleeding

Focus Abscesses - Sores - Ulcers	Pu Gong Ying
	Tu Fu Ling
	Bai Xian Pi
	Ye Ju Hua
	Zi Hua Di Ding
	Ya Dan Zi
Intestinal Abscesses / Appendicitis	Hong Teng
	Bai Jiang Cao


Severe Sore Throat	She Gan
	Ma Bo
	Ban Lan Gen
	Shan Dou Gen
Dysentery and Intestinal Damp Heat	Bai Tou Weng
	Qin Pi

	Ma Chi Xian
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Warm Acrid Herbs Release to Exterior	Cool Acrid Herbs Release to Exterior	Clear Heat Drain Fire	Clear Heat Dry Dampness
Herbs Cool Blood and Clear Heat	Herbs Clear Heat and Detoxify	Downward Draining Herbs	Herbs Drain Dampness Promote Urination and Clear Heat
Herbs Promote Urination Drain Dampness Reduce Swelling	Herbs Clear Summer Heat	Herbs Expel Wind Damp Cold	Herbs Expel Wind Damp Heat
Cool Herbs Transform Phlegm Heat