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Regulate Qi characteristics
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– pungent, warm, drying, aromatic; careful w/ Qi & Yin defic
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affects middle and upper jiao(St/LU), dispels damp – but not as much as ban xia, sends down rebellious qi, affects sp, st, lu, medium strength qi mover
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Chen Pi (tangerine or orange peel)
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Regulate Qi
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strong qi mover, affects chest, breast and hypochondriac (chest & breast distention!!), good for lqs, dries damp and stops pain
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Qing Pi (unripe peel of immature mandarin orange)
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Regulate Qi
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strong qi mover, food stasis, middle and lower jiao, strong to dispel damp stasis, descending – moves stasis out through li
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Da Fu Pi
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Regulate Qi
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strong qi mover, qi stasis w/ heat, moves stool, middle and upper jiao
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Zhi Shi (immature bitter orange)
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Regulate Qi
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– liv qi stagnation leading to blood stasis, menstrual problems, enters all 12 channels, moves all 6 excesses, one of most commonly used qi movers
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Xiang Fu
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Regulate Qi
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moves qi, tx digestive problems from lqs, affects st, li and liv, prevents qi stasis from tonics, #1 for tenesmus
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Mu Xiang
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Regulate Qi
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lower jiao stasis due to cold – better than chen xiang, mild to warm kid, dispels cold, used more than chen xiang
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Wu Yao –
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Regulate Qi
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lower jiao qi stasis due to cold, sends down lu and st qi
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Chen Xiang
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Regulate Qi
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dispel stasis due to cold in MJ & UJ
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Tan Xiang
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Regulate Qi
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promote flow of Yang Qi in chest
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Xie Bai
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Regulate Qi
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mild qi mover, liv and sp disharmony, prevents stasis from tonic herbs, tx xu patients
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Fo Shou
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Regulate Qi
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mild; LV/ST disharmony
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Mei Gui Hua
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Regulate Qi
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– liv and gb stasis esp w/ heat or fire, flank or lower abdomen, mild to dispel parasites, sends down rebellious qi, use instead of chai hu for lqs w/ yin xu (not as drying)
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Chuan Lian Zi (melia / chinaberry)
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Regulate Qi
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#1 for hiccups
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Shi Di
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Regulate Qi
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LV channel Qi stasis w/cold – guide to testes, ovaries, & groin
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Ju He
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regulate qi
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mild qi mover, milder & less dispersing than zhi shi, moves liv qi w/ heat, good for xu patients, but stronger than Fo Shou, Mei Gui Hua, Lu E Mei(super xu ps) -> the other 3 good for xu patients
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Zhi Ke
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regulate qi
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