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TCM Herbs 1
解表药----Herbs that Release the Exterior syndrome (Wind-Cold)
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Undergraduate 1
06/11/2013

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Term
麻黄 ma huang
Definition
Properties: Warm, pungent, slightly bitter.
Meridian:Lungs, Bladder
Actions: Calms dyspnea, diuretic, calms asthma, calms cough, promotes sweating.
Clinical: To disperse cold by perspiration, To relieve asthma by dispersing the lung, To promote urination to relieve edema
Term
桂枝 gui zhi
Definition
Properties: Pungent, sweet and warm
Meridians: Heart, Lungs, and Bladder
Actions: induces seating, release muscles, warm lungs, unblock meridians, reinforce Yang, promote Qi transformation, lower down reversed Qi flow.
Clinical:To disperse cold by perspiration, To warmly disperse cold in meridians, To warm and facilitate the flow of Yang qi
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紫苏叶 zi su ye
Definition
Properties: Pungent and warm
Meridians: Lung and Spleen
Actions: Dispel cold, release superficies, promote Qi flow, soothe the middle, remove toxin of fish and crab.
Clinical:To disperse cold by perspiration, To activate stomach qi, To relieve crab or other seafood allergy or poisoning
Term
生姜 sheng jiang
Definition
Properties: Pungent and warm
Meridians: Lungs, spleen and stomach
Actions: Dispel cold, release superficies, warm the middle, arrest vomiting, resolve phlegm and stop cough.
Clinical: To disperse cold by inducing perspiration, To warm the middle jiao and stop vomiting, To disperse cold and stop coughing, To reduce the toxicity of other herbs
Term
防风 fang feng
Definition
Properties: Pungent, sweet and slightly warm.
Meridians: Bladder, Liver, and Spleen
Actions: Release superficies, relieve wind, dispel dampness, stop pain, and stop spasm.
Clinical: To dispel exterior wind, b. To relieve painful diarrhea due to disharmony between the Liver and
Spleen
Term
羌活 qiang huo
Definition
Properties: Pungent, Bitter and warm
Meridians: Bladder and kidney
Actions: Dispel cold, release superficies, dispel wind-damp and stop pain.
Clinical: To disperse wind and cold
Term
白芷 bai zhi
Definition
Properties: Pungent and warm
Meridians: Lung, stomach and Large Intestine.
Actions: Dispel cold, release superficies, dispel wind, stop pain, open nose, dry dampness and stop leucorrhea, cure swelling and expel pus
Clinical: To dispel wind and cold, To unblock the facial orifices and relieve pain, To expel pus and improve healing (granulation, To expel dampness and alleviate discharge---profuse leukorrhea
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