Cold, Acrid Herbs The Release the Exterior

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+ - Bo He
- + - Name
  - mentha
  - field mint
- + - Useful Part
  - leaf and stem
- + - Taste
  - aromatic
- + - Property
  - cooling
- + - Property Degree
  - Light
- + - Leads To
  - stomach
- + - Direction
  - up
  - middle
  - opening
- + - Channels Entered
  - Lung
  - Liver
- + - Actions
  - Disperse wind-heat
  - + - clears heat and the eyes and eases the throat
    - red eyes; wind heat or liver fire
    - H/A, swollen and painful throat or/with lymph node swelling caused by wind-heat
    - sore mouth or sore throat with foul smell due to wind-heat
  - promotes the eruption of measles and vents rashes
  - disperse the liver qi, relieves liver qi stagnation
  - + - clear turbidity qi
    - especially in the summer damp heat
- + - Function Degree
  - light
- + - Notes
  - - in decoction, add in the last 5 minutes
    - the herbal body is light, opening and spreading, opening the stagnation, spreading the qi
- + - Dosage
  - 1.5 - 6 g
- + - Cautions
  - not reccomended for diabetes
+ - Niu Bang Zi
- + - Name
  - Great Burdock Fruit
- + - Useful part
  - seed
- + - Taste
  - acrid
  - bitter
- + - Property
  - cold
- + - Property Degree
  - light
- + - Leads To
  - Large Intestines
- + - Channels Entered
  - Lung
  - Stomach
- + - Actions
  - Disperses wind-heat and eases the throat
  - reduces the swellings and toxins
  - promotes the eruption of measles and rashes, alleviates itching
  - moistens the large intestines, promotes bowel movement
- + - Notes
  - + - going to the upper body and ventilate the heat, going to the lower body can drop down the hyper yang
    - kidney yang uprising
    - liver yang uprising
    - "foot" yang uprising - you want to see the toes so you can know the brain
    to treat bell's palsy
    herb is cold, slippery and smooth properties; can rise up , go down, ventilate, purging, regulates and spreading
- + - Dosage
  - 3-9 g
- Cautions
+ - Chan Tui
- + - Names
  - Cicada Moulting
- + - Useful part
  - moulting
- + - Taste
  - sweet
  - salty
- + - Property
  - slightly cold
- + - Property Degree
  - light
- + - Leads To
  - exterior area
- + - Direction
  - opening
  - up
- + - Channels Entered
  - lung
  - liver
- + - Actions
  - + - disperse wind-heat
    - wind heat syndrome
    - early stage febrile disease
  - Promotes the eruption of measles or rashes, reduces itching
  - Clears the eyes and removes film
  - + - expels wind and relieves spasm, pacifies infants
    - pacify the infant is support the yang
  - + - moistens the throat and opens the voice
    - sore swollen throat
    - hoarseness
- + - Notes
  - has moisture properties
- + - Function Degree
  - light
- + - Dosage
  - 3-9 grams
- Cautions
+ - Sang Ye
- + - Names
  - Mullberry Leaf
- + - Useful part
  - leaf
- + - Taste
  - sweet
  - bitter
- + - Property
  - cold
- + - Property Degree
  - light
- + - Leads To
  - blood
- + - Direction
  - up
  - opening
  - closing
- + - Channels Entered
  - liver
  - lung
- + - Actions
  - + - Expel wind-heat, disperse the lung qi and relieves coughing
    - wind heat syndrome
    - cough and wheezing due to wind heat or heat obstructing the lungs
  - Drains the liver fier to treat eye disease
  - cools the blood and stops bleeding
  - relievs night sweating: 6-9 g powder taken with rice congee
- + - Notes
  - sany ye combines with mai dong can treat yin defiency dry fire causing consumptive heat
  - sang ye has a treating dry heat function
  - sang ye has a treat wind and dry function
  - sang ye has a nourish yin and moisture dryness, nourish blood, and generate head hair function
  - sang ye has a lead the qi down function, treats hyper liver yang condition
  - Lowers blood pressure and diuretic
- + - Function Degree
  - light
- + - Dosage
  - 4.5 - 15g
- Cautions
+ - Man Jing Zi
- + - Names
  - Vitex Fruit
- + - Useful Part
  - Fruit
- + - Taste
  - acrid
  - bitter
- + - Property
  - cold
- + - Property Degree
  - light
- + - Leads To
  - upper body
- + - Direction
  - Up
  - Opening
  - Transfer
- + - Channels
  - Bladder
  - Liver
  - Stomach
- + - Action
  - + - Disperses wind-heat
    - exterior wind-heat
    - h/a, migraine h/a, yang rising pattern
    - abnormal yang rising h/a, a yin deficiency hyperactive yang rising
  - clears heat and benefits the head and eyes
  - drains dampness
- + - Dosage
  - 6-12 g
- + - Notes
  - all fruit or seeds have a function tendancy to go down except this one
  - has a blood cooling function
  - has a clear wind/stop pain function
  - the qi is purified, the tastes is acrid, the weight is light, the tendancy is floating and spreading
  - clears the liver wind heat (clears both interior and exterior wind heat)
  - Functions to spread pathogens in the head and face area
  - Functions to benefit the head orifice area
+ - Ju Hua
- + - Names
  - Chrysanthemum Flower
- + - Useful part
  - flower
- + - Taste
  - sweet
  - bitter
- + - Property
  - slightly cold
- + - Property Degree
  - light
- + - Leads To
  - liver
  - blood
- + - Direction
  - up
  - opening
  - close
- + - Channels Entered
  - liver
  - lung
- + - Actions
  - + - expels wind and clears heat
    - exterior wind-heat syndrome
    - + - early stage febrile disease with exterior syndromes
      - if this is a contagious disease, this function may be too light, you may want to use something stronger
  - + - Drains liver fire and benefits the eyes
    - Drains liver fire syndrome with red, swelling, and painful eyes
    - abnormal heat causes abnormal light which can cause blurriness
  - + - Anchors the liver yang and extinguishes wind
    - liver yang rising, h/a, dizziness, deafness
    - hypertension with/or artherosclerosis
  - + - clear fire toxin
    - carbuncles or furuncles skin sore
    - this is excess heat, both internal and external excess heat
- + - Notes
  - can clear lung and liver heat, nourish the lung and liver yang
  - if this flower is picked up when it is too damp, it can be mouldy, the mold can cause cancer.
- + - Function degree
  - light
- + - Dosage
  - 4.5 - 15 g
- Cautions
+ - Dan Dou Chi
- + - Name
  - Prepared soybean
- + - Useful part
  - Seed
- + - Taste
  - sweet
  - slightly bitter
- + - Property
  - warm or cold
    - warm if prepared with ma huang and zi su ye
    - cool if prepared with sang ye and qing hao
- + - Property Degree
  - light
- + - Leads To
  - stomach
- + - Direction
  - opening
  - transfer
  - rising
  - spreading
- + - Channels Entered
  - Lung
  - Stomach
- + - Actions
  - Relieves the exterior for wind-heat or wind-cold
  - + - Releases irritability
    - post-exterior heat - bad mood after exterior heat
    - like pneumonia that is almost gone
    - exterior syndromes with yin deficiency
- + - Notes
  - PMS - related to heat in the blood or uterus
    herb property is very neurtal (easy going) with green onion can cause sweat, with salt can cause vomit, with wine can treat wind, with garlic can stop bleeding, stir fry and stop sweat
    sweating function/power is weeak, it's not a strong sweat function
    assists the stomach and digestion
    also "soga"
    has opening, ventilate stagnation heat function. It is thi sfunction that can treat the irritability problem
- + - Dosage
  - 6-15 g
- + - Function Degree
  - light
- + - Cautions
  - nursing mothers - restrains lactation
+ - Ge Gen
- + - Name
  - Kudzu Root
- + - Useful Part
  - root
- + - Taste
  - sweet
  - acrid
- + - Property
  - cool
- + - Property Degree
  - light
- + - Leads To
  - body fluids
  - yin
- + - Direction
  - up
  - transfer
  - opening
  - going down
- + - Channels Entered
  - spleen
  - stomach
  - (Bladder? Gall bladder?
- + - Actions
  - + - Release wind-heat from the exterior and muscles
    - exterior wind-heat symptoms with stiffness and pain of the upper back and neck
    - irritability or restlessness
  - + - generates fluids and allays thirst
    - thirst from external heat or stomach heat
    - diabetes internal heat w/ exhaustion
  - + - promotes the eruption of measles or rashes
    - early stage measles
    - skin rashes
  - + - lifts the "lucid yang" (yin perhaps??) to ease the upper orifices and arrests diarrhea
    - sudden deafness and blindness (such as central retinitis) due to disorder of cleaning yang
    - diarrhea or dysenterial disorders due to heat or damp heat
  - + - lowers blood pressure
    - hypertension with H/Am, dizziness, tinnitus, or paraesthesias
- + - Notes
  - rising purified yang (yin- body fluids)
    this herb can release neck spasms - clams the liver, release spasm, stops pain function
    Gen Hua (Kudzu flower) can be used for clearingheat in the stomach and relieves alcoholic intoxication
- + - Function Degree
  - Light
- Dosage
  - 6-12 g
- Cautions
+ - Chai Hu
- + - Englush Names
  - Bupleurum
  - Thorowax Root
- + - Useful part
  - root or entire plant
- + - Taste
  - bitter
  - acrid
- + - Property
  - cool
- + - Property Degree
  - mild
- + - Leads To
  - gall bladderr
- + - Direction
  - up
  - transfer
- + - Channels Entered
  - Gall bladder
  - Liver
  - Pericardium
  - Triple Warmer
- + - Actions
  - + - Releases the Shao Yang and Clears heat
    - shao yang stage disorder; alternating chills and fever w/ hypochondrium pain and irritability
    - malaria disorder
  - + - Disperse the Liver Qi and removes the Liver Qi stagnation
    - liver qi stagnation syndrome, costal pain, mental disorders, irregular menstruation
      disharmony between the liver and spleen, distending pain over the epigastric and flank, abdominal bloating
  - + - Lifts the yang and relieves diarrhea
    - chronic diarrhea due to yang qi sinking
    - prolpse of the organs, gatrum, kidney, rectum, uterus, etc...
- + - Notes
  - if there is any deficiency condition, use carefully
  - if you want to use long term, do it carefully
  - use carefully with hypertension
  - if you have hepatitis, use carefully ( not for chronic hepatitis)
  - If you have cirrhosis of the liver, use carefully
  - carefully with cornea condition
  - use carefully with virus condition (most viruses are dry (toxic) heat)
  - Has soothe the liver, regulate qi function
  - will raise the liver yang qi
- + - Function Degree
  - medium
- + - Dosage
  - 3-12g
- + - Cautions
  - overdose may cause H/A dizziness, vomiting , tremors, etc...
+ - Sheng Ma
- + - English Names
  - Bugbane
  - Black Cohosh
  - Cimicifuga
- + - Useful part
  - Root
- + - Taste
  - Sweet
  - Acrid
- + - Property
  - Cool
- + - Property Degree
  - light
- + - Leads To
  - upper body
- + - Direction
  - up
  - transfer
- + - Channels Entered
  - large intestines
  - lung
  - spleen
  - stomach
- + - Actions
  - + - relieves the exterior wind-heat and promotes the eruption of measles
    - wind-heat syndrome
    - early stage measles
  - + - elevates the yang qi and lifts the sunken (elevating yin?)
    - chronic diarrhea dn chronic bleeding due to kidney yang sinking
    - prolapse of the organs, gastrum, kidney, rectum, uterus, etc...
  - + - clears heat and eliminates fire-toxin
    - stomatitis, toothache, swollen painful or ulcerated gum
    - canker sores, painful and swollen throat, lips
- + - Notes
  - use carefully w/ asthma
  - use carefully w/ hypertension
  - use carefully w/ dizziness
  - use carefully w/ upper body bleeding conditions
  - has clear heat and detoxify function
  - rising yin, not rising yang?
- + - Dosage
  - 1.5 - 9 g
- Cautions