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HERBS THAT DISPEL WIND / DAMP Pinyin Latin Key Things Angelicae Pubescentis Du Huo Lower Body Bi / WCD / Shao Yin Headache Radix...

HERBS THAT DISPEL WIND / DAMP Pinyin Latin Key Things Angelicae Pubescentis Du Huo Lower Body Bi / WCD / Shao Yin Headache Radix Clematidis Radix et Wei Ling Xian mobilizes all 12 channels / wind / fishbones Rhizoma Hai Tong Pi Erythrinae, Cortex Spasms in lower body, edema, skin lesions, toothache Can Sha Bombycis Faeces Damp itchy rashes, abdominal/calf pain/spasm damp bi in the extremities, Liver /Spleen disharmony Mu Gua Chaenomelis Fructus cramping in tummy legs restless fetus, nourishes yin and blood, atrophy, Sang Ji Sheng Taxilli, Herba numbness Wu Jia Pi Acanthopanacis, Cortex Wu = 5 - five delays, deficiency and WCD Gentianae Qin Jiao Yin Deficiency Heat, Jaundice, unblocks bowels Macrophyllae Radix Sang Zhi Mori, Ramulus Upper body Bi, sequelae to wind-stroke, edema Xi Xian Cao Siegesbeckiae Herba calms Liver Yang rising, spasm, numbness, lowers BP Bai Hua She* / sneaky snake attacks the wind - stubborn cases, also skin Agkistrodon / Bungarus Qi She* issues, tremors Hu Gu* Os Tigris Wei Syndrome - it’s “way” wrong to use tiger bone  WCD SUMMARY WCD - Du Huo, Wei Ling Xian, Wu Jia Pi, Mu Gua, Hu Gu WDH - Xi Xian Ciao Upper Body Bi - Qiang Huo (no pain in the top terry), Sang Zhi Lower Body - Du Huo, Mu Gua Both - Wei Ling Xian elderly / weaker patients - Wu Jia Pi, Xi Xian Cao, Du Huo  HERBS THAT TRANSFORM PHLEGM Substantial vs Insubstantial Can accumulate anywhere really Usually caused by one (or more) of the following mechanisms Spleen Deficiency Spleen Yang Deficiency Kidney Deficiency (esp Kid Yang) Liver Qi Stagnation / Constraint Cool / Transform Phlegm Heat Warm / Transform Phlegm Cold Cough and Wheeze  HERBS THAT COOL TRANSFORM PHLEGM-HEAT Pinyin Latin Key Points Qian Hu Peucedani Radix Wind Heat and turbid, thick phlegm Fritillariae Sweet, small, crush - nodules, moistens, Chuan Bei Mu Cirrhosae Bulbus chronic yin xu phlegm Fritillariae NOT sweet, cold and better at nodules, Zhe Bei Mu Thunbergii Bulbus swellings than Chuan Trichosanthis unbinds the chest - thick difficult to Gua Lou Fructus expectorate, safe for kids, also reduces abscess Trichosanthis better at phlegm than regular Gua Lou, mild Gua Lou Pi Pericarpium chest Qi regulator (expands the chest) slippery, moistening, especially Lungs and Trichosanthis Gua Lou Ren Intestines to treat constipation and dry Semen phlegmy cough (expands chest) Bambusae Caulis stomach and gallbladder heat and phlegm, Zhu Ru In Taeniam nausea, hiccup, and even precursor to CVA Kun Bu Eckloniae Thallus both are salty, and great at softening hardness - scrofula and thyroid tumors - Hai Zao is also Hai Zao Sargassum bitter so it clears heat better to txt Liver Channel Damp Heat (bulging do/leg qi)  COOL AND TRANSFORM PHLEGM HEAT SUMMARY Qian Hu disperses wind heat and redirects Qi downward Chuan Bei Mu vs Zhe Bei Mu - both transform phlegm and stop cough, Chuan is sweet and milder so safer for kids and moistening, Zhe is better at clearing heat (especially Wind Heat) and nodules Gua Lou is very similar to Gua Lou Ren but less effective at moistening the intestines and Gua Lou UNBINDS the chest while Gua Lou Ren and Gua Lou Pi merely open the chest Zhu Ru and Zhi Ban Xia are kind of similar in functions, but Zhu Ru is cooling and use for Phlegm Heat and is used to “calm the spirit” and irritability (Liver)  HERBS THAT WARM TRANSFORM PHLEGM-COLD Pinyin Latin Major Points Pinelliae Rhizoma phlegm damp and rebellious St Qi, must be Zhi Ban Xia Preparatum prepared, stubborn phlegm Arisaematis Zhi Tan Nan very drying, eliminates Wind Phlegm, spasms, Rhizoma Xing tetany, opisthotonos, cervical cancer Preparatum cooler and less drying, safer at Wind Phlegm in Dan Nan Xing Arisaema Cum Bile kids and geriatrics copious, thin sputum (chronic bronchitis) flat Bai Jie Zi Sinapis Semen abscesses and phlegm in the subcostal region - aromatic in nature Lung guiding herb (boat to cary heavy herbs), Jie Geng Platycodi Radix benefits the throat, and dispels phlegm, pushes out pus for lung abscess especially phlegm and fluid clogging the lungs - also heat Xuan Fu Hua Inulae Flos related nausea - bag it up! Cynanchi cough with copious sputum, gurgling in throat, Bai Qian Stauntonii Rhizoma caution for gastric and clotting disorders  WARM AND TRANSFORM PHLEGM COLD SUMMARY Zhi Tian Nan Xing and Zhi Ban Xia are both warming and treat cold phlegm, but Ban Xia is better at Phlegm Damp (esp Sp/St related) and Zhi Tian Nan Xing is better at Wind Damp Zhi Tian Nan Xing vs Dan Nan Xing - Dan is safer for kids even though both treat wind phlegm  HERBS THAT STOP COUGH AND WHEEZE Pinyin Latin Common / English especially good at external dry cough, moistens the LI Armeniacae Xing Ren - super oily - toxic stay within with 3-9 grams (