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Du Huo
W-D-C |
1. Dispel W-D; alleviated pain
(shaoyin; lower extremity) 2. Disperses W-D-C; releases exterior |
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Wei Ling Xian
W-D-C |
1. Dispels W-D; alleviated pain; unblocks channels; general bi
2. Softens & transforms fish bones |
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Mu Gua
W-D-C |
1. Relaxes sinews; unblocks channels; damp; bi
2. Harmonizes ST; transforms damp; stops N/V/D 3. Reduces food stagnation |
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Chuan Wu
W-D-C |
1. Expels w-d-c; alleviates pain; cold bi
2. Reduces swelling; breaks up hardness (topical) |
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Bai Hua She
W-D-C |
1. Powerfully unblocks channels; dispels wind; skin itching/problems
2. Extinguishes wind; stops tremors; seizures; stroke sequelae |
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Wu Shao She
W-D-C |
1. Unblocks channels; dispels wind
2. Extinguishes wind; stops tremors |
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Hai Feng Teng
W-D-C |
1. Dispels w-d; unblocks channels
more useful than snake |
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Qin Jiao
W-D-H |
1. Dispels w-d; alleviated pain; wind herb that doesn't dry
2. Clears deficient heat (doesn't drain fire) 3. Clears heat; relieves (infantile) jaundice 4. (Mild effect on moistening intestines) |
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Han Fang Ji
W-D-H |
1. Expels w-d; alleviates pain
2. Promotes urination; reduces edema (lower part of body) |
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Sang Zhi
W-D-H |
1. Dispels wind; unblocks channels; benefits joints
2. Promotes urination (mild effect) 3. (Guiding herb to upper extremities) |
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Xi Xian Cao
W-D-H |
1. Dispels w-d; unblocks channels (stroke rehab)
2. Clears heat; relieves toxicity 3. Clears heat; pacifies LV (hypertension) |
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Si Gua Luo
W-D-H |
1. Expels wind; invigorates collaterals
2. Benefits breasts; relieves toxicity 3. Expels phlegm |
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Ren Dong Teng
W-D-H |
1. Expels w-d-h; heat bi; viral infections
2. Clears heat; relieves toxicity |
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Hai Tong Pi
W-D-H |
1. Dispels w-d; unblocks channels; alleviates pain
2. treats itching skin lesions Overdose - arrhythmia |
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Wu Jia Pi
W-D SBS |
1. Dispels w-d; strengthens sinews and bones; (chronic LV/KD def; elderly & children w/delay in motor dev)
2. Promotes urination; reduces edema (diuretic) |
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Sang Ji Sheng
W-D SBS |
1. Expels w-d; tonifies LV/KD (reproductive problems); strengthens bones & sinews
2. Nourishes blood; calms fetus 3. Treats hypertension |
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Gou Ji
W-D SBS |
1. Expels w-d; tonifies LV/KD; strengthens bones & sinews
2. Stabilizes kidney |
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Qian Nian Jian
W-D SBS |
1. Dispels w-d; strengthens sinews & bones
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Ban Xia
P-C |
1. Dries damp; transforms phlegm; (SP damp)
2. Redirects ST qi downward; stops vomit 3. Dissipates nodules; reduces distension (unsubstantial) 4. Reduces swelling; relieves pain (topical) |
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Tian Nan Xiang
P-C |
1. Dries damp; transforms (stubborn) phlegm
2. Expels w-p in channels; stops spasms 3. Clears toxicity; reduces swelling |
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Bai Fu Zi
P-C |
1. Dries damp; expels w-p; stops spasms (bells palsy; migraines)
2. Relieves toxicity; dissipates nodules |
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Bai Jie Zi
P-C |
1. Warms LU; expels phlegm
2. Regulates qi; dissipates clumps (yin type boils) |
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Xuan Fu Hua
P-C |
1. Descends LU qi; transforms phlegm
2. Redirects ST qi; stops vomit |
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Bai Qian
P-C |
1. Descends LU qi; expels phlegm
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Jie Geng
P-C |
1. Opens & disperses LU qi; expels phlegm
2. Benefits throat; (doesn't not clear heat) 3. Promotes discharge of pus 4. Guides other herbs to upper body |
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Qian Hu
P-H |
1. Descends LU qi; expels phlegm
2. Disperses exterior w-h (LU qi) |
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Chuan Bei Mu
P-H |
1. Clears heat & transforms phlegm; moistens LU & stops cough (chronic yin def)
2. Clears heat; dissipates nodules |
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Zhe Bei Mu
P-H |
1. Clears heat & transforms phlegm (acute)
2. Clears heat; dissipates nodules (stronger than CBM) |
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Gua Lou
P-H |
1. Clears (LU) heat; transforms phlegm (substantial)
2. Expands chest; relieves chest bi (turbid phlegm - Pi) 3. Moistens Intestines (Ren) 4. Treats abscess; reduces swellings; dissipates clumps (Pi or Fruit) |
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Zhu Ru
P-H |
1. Clears heat; transforms phlegm (stag GB - emotional disorders)
2. Clears heat; stops vomiting (due to ST heat - morning sickness, gastritis) |
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Zhu Li
P-H |
1. Clears heat; vaporizes phlegm
2. Opens orifices, sedates spasms |
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Hai Zao; Kun Bu (stronger)
P-H |
1. Dissolves phlegm; softens hardness
2. Promotes urination; reduces edema |
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Hai Ge Ke
P-H |
1. Clears heat; transforms phlegm
2. Softens hardness; dissipates nodules 3. Absorbs acid; alleviates pain |
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Wa Leng Zi
P-H |
1. Dissolves phlegm; dissipates nodules
2. Invigorated blood 3. Absorbs acid; alleviates pain |
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Hai Fu Shi
P-H |
1. Clears LU heat; transforms phlegm
2. Softens hardness; dissipates phlegm nodules 3. Promotes urination |
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Pang Da Hai
P-H |
1. Clears heat; disperses LU qi (voice hoarseness)
2. Moistens intestines; unblocks bowels |
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Xing Ren
Relieve Cough & Wheeze |
1. Stops cough; calms wheezing (acute, excess)
2. Moistens intestines; unblocks bowel |
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Zi Wan
Relieve Cough & Wheeze |
1. Moistens LU; relieves (productive) cough; excess or def, hot or cold
best for phlegm |
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Kuan Dong Hua
Relieve Cough & Wheeze |
1. Moistens LU; stops cough; resolves phlegm
better than Zi Wan for lingering dry cough |
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Su Zi
Relieve Cough & Wheeze |
1. Descends LU qi; transforms phlegm; stops cough & wheezing (excess asthma, phlegm - not good choice for nonproductive cough
2. Unblocks bowels; moistens intestines |
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Bai Bu
Relieve Cough & Wheeze |
1. Moistens LU; stops cough (all, but best for drier type)
2. Expels parasites; kills lice (topically) |
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Pi Pa Ye
Relieve Cough & Wheeze |
1. Clears LU heat; transforms phlegm; stops (LU heat) cough; (doesn't treat wheezing)
2. Harmonizes ST; redirects ST qi downward |
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Sang Bai Pi
Relieve Cough & Wheeze |
1. Drains heat from LU; stops cough & wheezing
2. Promotes urination; reduces edema (floating) |
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Ting Li Zi
Relieve Cough & Wheeze |
1. Drain LU heat; dissolves phlegm; calms wheezing
2. Promotes urination; reduces edema |
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Bai Guo
Relieve Cough & Wheeze |
1. Stabilize LU qi; stops cough & Wheezing
2. Stops discharge; stabilizes urine |
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Huo Xiang
Aromatic; transform damp |
1. Aromatically transforms damp
2. Stops vomit due to damp (cold) 3. Releases exterior (due to w-c; summer damp); transforms turbidity |
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Pei Lan
Aromatic; transform damp |
1. Aromatically transforms damp (damp h SP; ST heat)
2. Releases summer-damp |
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Cang Zhu
aromatic; transform phlegm |
1. Dries dampness; revives SP
2. Expels w-d 3. Clears dampness in LJ 4. Induces sweating; releases exterior 5. Improves vision |
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Hou Po
aromatic; transform phlegm |
1. Dries damp; promotes qi movement; resolves stagnation (food)
2. Transforms phlegm; descends LU qi (wheezing w/phlegm obstruction) |
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Sha Ren
aromatic; transform phlegm |
1. Transforms damp; promotes qi movement of MJ
2. Warms MJ; stops vomit & diarrhea 3. Calms fetus |
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Bai Dou Kou
aromatic; transform phlegm |
1. Transforms damp; promotes qi movement in MJ
2. Warms MJ; stops vomit |
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Cao Dou Kou
aromatic; transform phlegm |
1. Dries damp; warms & promotes qi movement of MJ
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Cao Guo
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1. Strongly dries damp; warms MJ; dissolves stagnation
2. Checks malarial disorder |
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Shan Zha
Relieve Food Stagnation |
1. Reduces & guides out food stagnation; stops diarrhea
2. Invigorates blood; transforms blood stasis 3. Treats high cholesterol |
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Shen Qu
Relieve Food Stagnation |
1. Reduces food stagnation; strengthens ST
2. Aids assimilation of minerals |
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Mai Ya
Relieve Food Stagnation |
1. Reduces food stagnation; strengthens ST
2. Inhibits lactation 3. Facilitates smooth flow of LV qi |
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Gu Ya
Relieve Food Stagnation |
1. Reduces food stagnation; strengthens ST
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Ji Nie Jin
Relieve Food Stagnation |
1. Strongly reduces food stagnation; strengthens ST
2. Transforms hardness; dissolves stones 3. Stabilizes essence; stops enuresis (bed wetting) |
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Lai Fu Zi
Relieve Food Stagnation |
1. Reduces food stagnation; relieves distension
2. Descends LU qi; reduces phlegm |
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Chen Pi
Regulate Qi |
1. Regulates SP/ST qi; supports SP
2. Dries damp; transforms phlegm (LU) (upper portion of body: UJ, MJ) SP, ST, LU |
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Qing Pi
Regulate Qi |
1. Spreads LV qi; breaks up stagnant qi (emotional aspect)
2. Dissipates clumps; reduces stagnation (lower portion of body: MJ, LJ) GB, LV, ST |
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Zhi Shi
Regulates Qi |
1. Breaks up stagnant qi; reduces accumulation
2. Transforms phlegm; expels focal distension (coronary artery dx) 3. Treats SP qi sinking SP, ST, LI |
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Zhi Ke
Regulates Qi |
1. Move qi; reduce distension & bloating
weak or deficient patient SP, ST, LI |
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Mu Xiang
Regulate Qi |
1. Promotes movement of qi; alleviates pain
2. Regulates qi of intestines 3. Regulates LV/GB qi SP, ST, LI, GB |
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Xiang Fu
Regulate Qi |
1. Spreads & regulates LV qi
2. Regulates menstruation; alleviates pain LV, SP, SJ |
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Chuan Lian Zi
Regulate Qi |
1. Promotes movement of qi; alleviates pain
2. Kills parasites; stops pain LV, UB, SI, ST |
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Wu Yao
Regulate QI |
1. Promotes movement of qi; alleviates pain
2. Warms Kidney KI, UB, LU, SP |
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Da Fu Pi
Regulate Qi |
1. Promotes downward movement of qi; reduce stagnation
2. Promotes urination; reduces edema (big belly-ascites) SP, ST, LI, SI |
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Chen Xiang
Regulate Qi |
1. Promotes movement of qi; alleviates pain
2. Warms the middle; stops vomiting 3. Aids KD to grasp qi; soothes asthma (KD def) SP, ST, KD |
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Fo Shou
Regulate Qi |
1. Spreads & regulate LV qi
2. Harmonizes ST; regulates middle 3. Dries dampness; transforms phlegm LV, SP, ST, LU |
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Xie Bai
Regulate Qi |
1. Unblocks yang qi; disperses cold phlegm (chest bi)
2. Promotes movement of qi; reduces stagnation LU, LI, ST |
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Tan Xiang
Regulate Qi |
1. Promotes movement of qi; disperses cold; alleviates pain
LU, SP, ST |
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Xian He Cao
Stop bleeding; astringe |
1. Restrains leakage of blood; stops bleeding
2. Alleviates diarrhea & dysentery 3. Treats blood deficiency (cancer pt, & anemia) 4. Kills parasites |
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Bai Ji
Stop bleeding; astringe |
1. Restrains leakage of blood; stops bleeding
2. Reduces swelling; generates flesh (non-healing ulcers) |
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Xue Yu Tan
Stop bleeding; astringe |
1. Restrains leakage of blood; stops bleeding; remove blood stasis
2. Promotes urination |
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Zong Lu Tan
Stop bleeding; astringe |
1. Restrains leakage of blood; stops bleeding
Strongest one in category |
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Da Ji
Stops bleeding; cool blood |
1. Cools blood; stops bleeding
2. Reduces swelling; relieves toxicity |
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Xiao Ji
Stop bleeding; cool blood |
1. Cools blood; stops bleeding
2. Reduces swellings; relieves toxicity 3. Promotes urination |
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Di Yu
Stop bleeding; cool blood |
1. Cools blood; stops bleeding (uterine)
2. Relieves toxicity; generates flesh (external ulcers) |
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Huai Hua Mi
Stop bleeding; cool blood |
1. Cools blood; stops bleeding (LI heat; D-H)
2. Clears LV Fire (hypertension) |
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Ce Bai Ye
Stop bleeding; cool blood |
1. Cools blood; stops bleeding (broad range)
2. Stops cough, expels phlegm 3. Treats burns and hair loss |
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Bai Mao Gen
Stop bleeding; cool blood |
1. Cools blood; stops bleeding
2. Clears heat, promotes urination (nephritis, hepatitis, jaundice) 3. Clears heat from ST & LU |
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San Qi
Stop bleeding; remove stasis |
1. Stop bleeding; transforms stasis
2. Reduces swelling; alleviates pain |
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Qian Cao Gen
Stop bleeding; remove stasis |
1. Cools blood; transforms stasis; stops bleeding
2. Invigorates blood to dispel stasis |
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Pu Huang
Stops bleeding; remove stasis |
1. Stops bleeding due to stasis
2. Invigorates blood; dispels blood stasis 3. Promotes urination; relieves PUD |
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Pao Jiang
Stops bleeding; warm meridians |
1. Warms meridians, stops bleeding
2. Warms MJ; relieves pain |
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Ai Ye
Stops bleeding; warm meridians |
1. Warms meridians, stops bleeding
2. Regulates menses; alleviates pain, pacifies fetus (miscarriage prevention) |
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Chuan Xiong
Invigorate blood; relieve pain |
1. Invigorate blood; promotes qi movement; relieves pain
2. Expels wind; moves qi upwards; alleviates pain |
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Yan Hu Suo
Invigorate blood; relieve pain |
1. Invigorates blood; promotes qi movement; alleviates pain
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Yu Jin
Invigorate blood, relieve pain |
1. Invigorates blood; promotes movement of qi; alleviates pain
2. Clears HT; cools blood; relieves LV constraint 3. Benefits GB; relieve jaundice |
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Jiang Huang
Invigorate blood; relieve pain |
1. Invigorates blood; promotes movement of qi; alleviates pain
2. Expels wind; benefits shoulders |
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Ru Xiang
Invigorate blood; relieve pain |
1. Invigorates blood; promotes movement of qi; relaxes sinews; alleviates pain
2. Reduces swelling; generates flesh |
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Mo Yao
Invigorate blood; relieve pain |
1. Invigorates blood, dispels stasis; alleviates pain
2. Reduces swelling; generates flesh |
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Wu Ling Zhi
Invigorate blood; relieve pain |
1. Invigorate blood; alleviate pain
2. Dispels blood stasis; stops bleeding |
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Dan Shen
Invigorate blood; regulate menses |
1. Invigorates blood; regulates menses
2. Clears heat; soothes HT; calms spirit 3. Cools blood; reduces swelling |
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Hong Hua
Invigorate blood; regulate menses |
1. Invigorates blood; unblocks menses
2. Dispels blood stasis; alleviates pain |
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Tao Ren
Invigorate blood; regulate menses |
1. Breaks up blood stasis
2. Invigorates blood; treats abscess 3. Moistens intestines; unblocks bowels |
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Yi Mu Cao
Invigorate blood; regulate menses |
1. Invigorates blood; regulates menses
2. Promotes urination; reduces edema 3. Clears heat; relieves toxicity |
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Ze Lan
Invigorate blood; regulate menses |
1. Invigorates blood; regulates menses
2. Dispels stasis; reduces swelling 3. Promotes urination; reduces edema |
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Nui Xi
Invigorate blood; regulate menses |
1. Invigorates blood; expels blood stasis
2. Tonifies LV/KD; strengthens sinews & bones 3. Clears d-h in LJ 4. Induces downward movement of blood (lower back/knee problems) |
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Ji Xue Teng
Invigorate blood; regulate menses |
1. Promotes movement of blood; tonifies blood
2. Invigorates channels; relaxes sinews |
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Wang Bu Liu Xing
Invigorate blood; regulate menses |
1. Promotes blood movement; invigorates channels; reduces swelling
2. Promotes urination; treats PUD |
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Zhe Chong
Invigorate blood; treat traumatic injuries |
1. Renews sinews; joins bones
2. Breaks up and drives out blood stasis |
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Su Mu
Invigorate blood; treat traumatic injuries |
1. Invigorates blood; reduces swelling; alleviates pain
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Gu Sui Bu
Invigorate blood; treat traumatic injuries |
1. Invigorates blood; Promotes mending bones & sinews
2. Tonifies KD yang (osteoporosis) 3. Stimulates growth of hair |
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Xue Jie
Invigorate blood; treat traumatic injuries |
1. Dispels blood stasis; alleviates pain
2. Stops bleeding; generates flesh |
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E Zhu
Invigorate blood; resolve masses |
1. Breaks up blood stasis; promotes qi movement; alleviates pain
2. Dissolves accumulations of food 3. Treats cancer |
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San Leng
Invigorate blood; resolve masses |
1. Breaks up blood stasis; promotes qi movement; alleviates pain
2. Dissolves accumulations of food 3. Treats cancer |
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Chuan Shan Jia
Invigorate blood; resolve masses |
1. Dispels blood stasis; unblocks menses
2. Promotes lactation 3. Reduces swelling; promotes discharge of pus |
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Fu Zi
Warm interior; expel cold |
1. Restores devastated yang
2. Warms fire; assists the yang 3. Disperse cold, warms channels; alleviates pain |
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Gan Jiang
Warm interior; expel cold |
1. Warms MJ; expels cold
2. Rescues devastated yang; expels cold 3. Warms LU; transforms phlegm |
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Rou Gui
Warm interior; expel cold |
1. Warms KD; assists yang; leads fire back to its source
2. Warms SP, expels cold; relieves pain 3. Warms & unblocks meridians; alleviates pain |
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Wu Zhu Yu
Warm interior; expel cold |
1. Warms LV channel; relieves constrained LV qi; alleviates pain
2. Redirects rebellious qi down; stops vomit 3. Warms SP; stops diarrhea 4. Leads fire down |
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Xiao Hui Xiang
Warm interior; expel cold |
1. Warms LV/KD; expels cold; alleviates pain
2. Regulates qi; harmonizes ST |
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Hua Jiao
Warm interior; expel cold |
1. Warms MJ; disperses cold; alleviates pain
2. Kills parasites; alleviates abdominal pain 3. Dry damp; relieves itch SP, ST |
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Gao Liang Xiang
Warm interior; expel cold |
1. Warms middle; alleviates pain
SP, ST |
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Ding Xiang
Warm interior; expel cold |
1. Warms middle; redirects qi downward; alleviates pain
2. Warms KD; assists yang |
