RELEASE EXTERIOR COLD

PROPERTIESWarm, acrid

CHANNELS:LU

ACTIONS/INDICATIONS: herbs release pathogen expel through sweating; Treats wind-cold w/chills, mild fever, body aches

BAI ZHI(Angelica root)

Warm, acrid, aromatic

LU, ST, SP ▪ Disperses Wind Cold: exterior wind cold invasion causing yangming HA**▪ Drains Damp, Opens Orifices: nasal congestion with yangming HA▪ Drain Damp, Stops Leukorrhea

CAN ER ZI(Xanthium fruit)

Warm, acrid, sweet, bitter

LU ▪ Dispels Wind-Damp, Opens Nasal Passages: sinusitis with thick viscous discharge▪ Dispels Wind-Damp: wind-damp bi or wind damp itching in skin**contraindicated in pork

CHONG BAI(Scallions)

Warm, acrid LU, ST ▪ Releases exterior, Promotes Sweating: esp. very early stage wind-cold disease▪ Dispels Cold, Unblocks Yang: abd. pain, distension, nasal congestion from cold block▪ Resolves Toxic Sores, Dispels Clumps: treat sores and abcesses

FANG FENG(Ledebouriella root)

Warm, acrid, sweet SP, LIV, UB ▪ Expels ALL Types Wind: exterior wind, wind bi, tremors hands and feet▪ Expels Intestinal Wind: abdominal pain, tenesmus, painful diarrhea with blood

GAO BEN(Chinese lovage root)

Warm, acrid, aromatic

UB, GV ▪ Dispels Wind-Cold in Greater Yang: treat vertex headaches (ascending nature)▪ Unblocks Painful Bi: wind-cold bi esp. in lower back

GUI ZHI(Cinnamon Twig)

Warm, acrid, sweet LU, HT, UB ▪ Releases Muscle Layer: harmonize Ying and Wei Qi to squeeze out cold pathogen▪ Warms Channels, Moves Blood: wind cold bi, cold amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea▪ Warms Yang, Transforms Water: edema or palpations from yang excess

JING JIE(Schizopeta bud)

Warm, acrid, aromatic

LU, LIV ▪ Releases Exterior, Dispels Wind: exterior pathogenic wind cold or wind heat ▪ Vents Rashes, Stops Itch: early stage measles or itchy skin lesions▪ Stops bleeding: charred form to stop bleeding

MA HUANG(Ephedra stem)

Warm, acrid, bitter LU, UB ▪ Induces Sweating, Releases Exterior: wind-cold pathogenic invasion▪ Disperses LU Qi, Calm Wheeze: cough, wheeze from wind cold pathogen▪ Promotes Urination, Reduces Edema

QIANG HUO(Notopterygium root)

Warm, acrid, bitter, aromatic

KID, UB ▪ Releases Exterior: externally contracted wind cold▪ Unblocks Painful Bi: treat damp-bi pain nape and upper limbs (lightweight)▪ Guides Qi to Greater Yang and Du Vessels: as envoy for other herbs

SHENG JIANG(Ginger rhizome)

Warm, acrid LU, SP, ST ▪ Releases Exterior Cold▪ Warms Lungs, Stops Cough: from wind-cold or chronic lung disorder with phlegm▪ Warm Middle, Stop Vomiting: esp. cold in stomach with vomiting ▪ Moderates toxicity of other herbs

XIANG RU(Aromatic madder)

Warm, acrid, aromatic

LU, ST ▪ Releases Exterior, Induces Sweat: esp. wind-cold during summer with damp▪ Promotes urination, Reduces Swelling: edema, dysuria asso. w/exterior pathogen

XIN YI HUA(Magnolia flower)

Warm, acrid LU, ST ▪ Dispels Wind-Cold, Opens Nasal Passages: nasal congestion, sinus headaches**

ZI SU YE(Perilla leaf)

Warm, acrid, aromatic

LU, SP ▪ Dispels Wind- Cold: exterior wind cold invasion▪ Regulates Qi, Harmonizes Middle: SP/ST Qi stagnation ▪ Calms Restless Fetus ▪ Resolves Seafood Poisioning

RELEASEEXTERIOR HEAT

PROPERTIESCool, acrid

ORGAN:LU

ACTION/INDICATIONS: herbs release pathogen expel through sweating; Treats wind-heat invasion, some vent rashes, treat eye problems

BO HE(Peppermint)

Cool, acid, aromatic

LU, LIV ▪ Disperses Wind-Heat in Head, Eye and Throat: fever, cough, sore throat, red eyes▪ Relieves LIV Qi stagnation: chest distension, irritable ▪ Expels turbid filth: summerheat gastric pain, vomiting, diarrhea w/greasy yellow coat▪ Vents rashes: makes early stage rashes come to surface to speed recovery

CHAI HU(Thorowax root)

Cool, acrid, bitter PC, SJ, LIV, GB ▪ Resolves Shaoyang (Lesser Yang): alternating chills and fever▪ Relieves LIV Qi stagnation▪ Raises Yang Qi: prolapse, hemorrhoids, discharge, bleeding

CHAN TUI(Cicadae Perostracum)

Cold, sweet, salty LU, LIV ▪ Dispels Wind, Clears Heat: wind-heat invasion with sore throat and loss of voice ▪ Clears Eyes, Removes Superficial Obstruction▪ Extinguish Wind, Stops Spasms: childhood convulsions and spasms, night terrrors

DAN DOU CHI(Soybeans)

Cool, sweet, bitter LU, ST ▪ Releases Exterior: best treat exterior disorders with underlying yin deficiency▪ Stops Irritability: following a febrile disease

FU PING (Duck weed)

Cold, acid LU, UB ▪ Release Exterior, Strong Diaphoretic: wind-heat without sweating▪ Promotes urination, Reduce Swelling: hot, superficial yang edema▪ Vents rashes and stops itching: has been used as a mosquito repellant

GE GEN(Kudzu root)

Cool, acid, sweet SP, ST ▪ Releases Muscle Layer: pathogen in muscle layer w/fever, headache, stiff neck▪ Generates fluids, Stop Thirst: thirst from exterior heat or wasting and thirsting▪ Raises Yang, Stops diarrhea: exterior disease causing dysentery or SP Qi deficiency

JU HUA(Chrysanthem flower)

Cold, bitter, sweet LU, LIV ▪ Dispels Wind-Heat: wind-heat invasion with Sang Ye▪ Calms LIV, Clears Eyes: treat red painful dry eyes from LIV yang rising**▪ Calms LIV, Stops Wind: dizziness, headache, deafness from LIV yang rising**drink as tea everyday to facilitate Qi/Bl, lighten body, prevent aging

MAN JING ZI(Vitex fruit)

Bitter, sweet, neutral

LU, LIV, ST ▪ Dispels Wind-Heat in Head and Eyes: wind-heat headache, red, swollen, tearing eyes▪ Drains Wind-Damp Bi: esp. in limbs used with other herbs

MU ZEI(Shave grass)

Bitter, sweet, neutral

LU, LIV, GB ▪ Disperses Wind-Heat from Eyes: red, painful swelling eyes from wind-heat▪ Clears Heat, Stops Bleeding: stop bleeding hemorrhoid with other herbs

NIU BANG ZI(Great bordock fruit)

Cool, acid, bitter LU, ST ▪ Benefits Throat: best treatment for sore throat**▪ Moistens intestines: constipation from heat dries stool▪ Works as Envoy for other herbs

SANG YE(White mulberry leaf)

Cold, bitter, sweet LU, LIV ▪ Disperses, Scatters Wind-Heat: wind-heat invasion▪ Clams LIV, Clears Eyes: LIV yang rising causing red, sore painful dry eyes, floaters▪ Moistens LU: dry cough or expectoration of thick yellow sputum▪ Cools Blood, Stops Bleeding: mild vomiting of blood

SHENG MA(Black cohosh)

Cold, acid, sweet LU, LI, SP, ST ▪ Release Exterior: headache from exterior wind▪ Raises Yang: sp qi deficiency causing SOB, fatigue, prolapse ▪ Clears Heat Toxins Upper Body: sore teeth, sore gums, canker sores

CLEAR HEAT,COOL BLOOD

PROPERTIES:Cold, bitter, sweet

ORGAN INDICATIONS/ACTIONS: treats heat injuring the nutritive level, function to nourish yin & blood, cools heat from deficiency & clears nutritive level

MU DAN PI (Peony Tree Cortex)

Cold, bitter, Acrid HT, LIV, KD ▪ Clears Ying Level Heat: high fever ,thirst, hemorrhages, frequent profuse menses▪ Clears Deficiency Heat: esp. steaming bone disorder following warm disease▪ Moves Blood, Dispels Stasis: amenorrhea, abdominal masses, lumps▪ Clears Ascending LIV Fire: headache, eye pain, flank pain, flushing▪ Drains Pus, Reduces swelling when used topically firm non-draining sores

SHENG DI HUANG(Chinese Foxglove)

Cold, bitter, sweet HT, LIV, KD ▪ Clears Ying Level Heat: high fever ,thirst, hemorrhages, scarlet tongue ▪ Nourish Yin, Generate Fluids: heat injures fluids causing dry mouth, constipation

SHUI NIU JIAO(Water Buffalo Horn)

cool, salty HT, LIV, ST ▪ Clears Ying Level Heat: high fever ,thirst, hemorrhages, scarlet tongue ▪ Stops Tremors: heat at ying level causing convulsions, seizures

XUAN SHEN(Ningpo Figwort)

Cold, bitter, salty, sweet

LU, ST, KD ▪ Clears Ying Level Heat: high fever ,thirst, hemorrhages, scarlet tongue ▪ Nourish Yin: sequelae of warm disease causing constipation, irritability ▪ Softens Hardness, Dispels Lumps: severe throat pain/swelling

ZI CAO(Groomswell Root)

Cold, sweet HT, LIV ▪ Vents Fire toxins in Skin: measles, chicken pox, very dark purple rashes▪ Clears Damp-Heat in Skin: damp sores or vaginal discharge▪ Promotes Urine, Unblocks Intestines (mild constipation from heat)

CLEARS HEAT,DRIES DAMP

PROPERTIES:cold, bitter

ORGAN ACTIONS/INDICATIONS: intestines: dysentery, tenesmus, burning diarrhea, UB: dysuria, hematauria, LIV: hepatitis, jaundice, CI SP/ST deficiency

HUANG BAI(Phelloderdri Cortex)

Cold, bitter KD, UB ▪ Drains Damp-Heat Lower Burners: thick yellow discharge, foul diarrhea, hot leg qi ▪ Drains KD fire from Deficiency: streaming bone, night sweats, spermatorrhea▪ Drains Fire Toxins: damp sores on skin **Often combined with Huang Qin and Huang Bai for Damp-Heat

HUANG LAIN(Coptidis Rhizoma)

Cold, bitter**very drying

HT, LIV, ST, LI ▪ Drains Damp-Heat Middle Burners: burning epi pain, bad breath, reflux, nausea▪ Clears Heat, Stops MJ Bleeding: vomiting blood, blood stool or urine▪ Drains HT/ST Fire Toxins: high fever, irritable, delirium, rapid full pulse

HUANG QI(Scuttelariae Radix) aka: Skullcap Root

Cold, bitter LU, ST, GB, LI ▪ Drains Damp-Heat Upper Burners: fever, thirst, cough with thick yellow sputum ▪ Clears Heat, Stops UJ Bleeding: vomiting blood, nosebleeds, coughing blood ▪ Calms restless fetus: restless, kicking fetus from heat▪ Calms LIV Yang Rising: headache, irritable, red eyes, flushed face, bitter taste

LONG DONG SHO Cold, bitter GB, LIV, ST ▪ Drains LIV/GB Damp-Heat: red swollen ears, deafness, jaundice, painful genitals▪ Drains, Pacifies LIV Fire: HA, red eyes (flaring up); spasms, convulsion (LIV wind)

KU SHEN(Sophorae Radix)Aka: Sophoria Root

Cold, bitter HT, LIV, ST, SI, LI, UB

▪ Best Damp-Heat in Lower Burners: jaundice, dysentery, vaginal dc, sores ▪ Kills Parasites, Stop Itch: damp sores with chronic itching or vaginal discharge ▪ Promotes Urination: damp-heat SI, UTI or hot edema

QIN PI(Fraxini Cortex)Aka: Korean Ash Bark

Cold, bitter, astringent

LIV, GB, ST, LI ▪ Clears Damp-Heat, Stops Diarrhea: esp. diarrhea w/blood (dysentery)▪ Drains LIV fire, Clears Eyes: red, painful swollen eyes, as eyedrop▪ Dispels Wind-Damp Bi: esp. hot type painful obstruction▪ Calms Wheeze, Cough from LU heat (relationship w/LI)

CLEARS FIRE PROPERTIES ORGAN INDICATIONS: interior heat- fever without chills, dry mouth, thirst, irritability ,scanty dark urine, yellow coat, constipation or diarrhea, abdominal distension

DAN ZHU YE (Bamboo Leaf)

Cold, bland, sweet ST, HT, SI ▪ Clears HT/ST Heat ,Stops Irritability: irritable, thirst, mouth ulcers, swollen gums▪ Promote Urination, Clears Damp-Heat: scanty painful urination; esp. if heat in SI

GU JING CAO (Eriosaculi Flos)

Neutral, sweet LV, ST ▪ Clears Wind-Heat from Eyes: red, swollen eyes, tearing, visual obstruction ▪ Clears Wind-Heat from Head: headache, toothache, sore throat

JUE MING ZI (Cassiae Semen)

Cold, biiter, sweet, salty

LIV, LI, KD ▪ Clears LIV Heat affecting Eyes: treats all eye problems caused by heat** ▪ Calms Liver, Anchors Yang: headaches, dizziness ▪ Moistens the Intestines: treat dry constipation

LIAN ZI XIN (Nelumbinis plumula)

Cold, bitter HT, PC ▪ Clears HT/PC fire: heat pathogen invading PC causing mental confusion, delirium ▪ Stops Bleeding, Binds the Essence: vomiting blood, spermatorrhea as powder

LU GEN (Reed Rhizome)

Cold, sweet LU, ST ▪ Clears LU/ST Heat, Generates Fluids: upward surge rebellious Qi causing thirst ▪ Promotes Urination: dark, scanty urine or bloody urine esp. with irritability and thirst ▪ Vents Rashes: encourages expression of rashes

MI MENG HUA (Buddlejae Flos)

Cold, sweet LV ▪ Clears LIV, Improves Vision: used LIV Yin/Blood deficiency injured by heat causing red, swollen painful eyes, blurry vision, obstruction, gradual loss of vision, floaters, tearing

QING XIANG ZI (Celosiae Semen)

Cold, sweet LV ▪ Clears Wind-Heat, Improve Vision: wind-heat invasion red, swollen eyes ▪ Drains LIV Fire, Improves Vision: painful, red, swollen eyes, blurry vision

SHI GAO (Gypsum Fibrosum)

Cold, acrid, sweet LU, ST ▪ Clears LU/ST Heat at the Qi level: treat Yang Ming stage febrile disease (4 Bigs) ▪ Clears Stomach Fire #1: big appetite, ulcers, bleeding gums and toothache ▪ Clears Lung Heat: cough, wheeze with thick viscous yellow sputum ▪ Burns, Abscesses, and Eczema, apply topically as a powder

XIA KU CAO (Purella Spika)

Cold, acrid, bitter LV, GB ▪ Clears LIV Fire, Brightens Eyes: red, painful eyes (LIV fire); eye pain at night (LIV yin def) ▪ Eliminates Nodules: when phlegm is thickened by heat causing scrofula, lipomas, goiter

YE MING SHA (Bat Feces)

Cold, acrid LV ▪ Clears LIV Heat, Improves Vision: night blindness, cataracts, visual obstructions ▪ Dispels Blood Stasis and Accumilations: trauma or childhood accumulation disorders

ZHI MU (Anemarrhena Rhizome)

Cold, bitter, sweet LU, ST, KID ▪ Clears LU/ST Heat: high fever, irritability, thirst, cough thick yellow sputum

▪ Nourishes Yin, Moistens Dryness: treat LU/KD Yin deficiency ▪ Generates Fluids: treat ST heat with oral ulcers, inflammation gums

ZHI ZI (Gardeniae fructus) aka Gardina fruit

Cold, bitter LU, ST, HT, LV, SJ

▪ Drains HT/LIV Fire, Stop Irritability: fever, irritable, restless, insomnia, delirium ▪ Drains Damp-Heat Toxins: in all burners; UJ: nose, eyes; MJ: jaundice; LJ: UTI ▪ Cools Blood, Stops Bleeding when charred, nosebleed, vomiting blood, blood stool or urine ▪ Reduces Swelling, Blood Stasis: esp. from trauma when applied topically

CLEAR HEAT, DRAIN TOXICITY

PROPERTIES:Cool, bitter

ORGAN ACTION/INDICATIONS : Toxin is infectious disease makes person sick, ex) sores, mastitis, appendicitis, dysentery, viral infections, encepalitis

BAI HUA SHE CAO(Heydytotis)

Cold, bitter, sweet LIV, ST, SI, LI ▪ Strongly Resolve Fire Toxins, Reduces Abscesses: intestinal abscesses, ulcers, sores▪ Clears Damp-Heat, Promotes Urination: hot painful urine, jaundice

BAI JIANG CAO(Patriniae Herba)

Cold, bitter, acrid LIV, ST, LI ▪ Clears Fire Toxins, Expels Pus: internal abscesses, external toxic sores ▪ Dispels Blood Stasis, Stops Pain: heat induced stasis, esp. abdomen, chest, post-partum

BAI TOU WENG(Pulsatilla)

Cold, bitter ST, LI ▪ Clear Damp-Heat Toxins in Stomach: primary as enema for dysentary

BAI XIAN PI(Dictamnus Root Bark)

Cold, bitter SP, ST ▪ Clears Damp-Heat Toxin, Stops Itching: vaginal itching and discharge▪ Expels Wind, Dries Damp: wind-heat or damp-heat sores, boils or rashes

BAN LAN GEN Cold, bitter LU, HT, ST ▪ Clears Heat Toxin, Benefits Throat: wind-heat or toxins causing swollen sore throat

BAN ZHI LIAN(Barbat Skullcap)

Cool, bitter, acrid LU, LIV, ST ▪ Clears Heat Toxins, Reduces Swelling: carbuncles, boils, sores, trauma▪ Promotes Urination, Reduce Edema: edema, ascites, cirrhosis▪ Dispel Blood Stasis, Stop Bleeding: trauma, vomiting blood, nosebleeds, bloody urine

CHUAN XIN LIAN(Andrographis)

Cold, bitter LU, ST, SI, LI ▪ Clears Heat Toxins: toxic heat LU, throat, urinary tract, skin sores and ulcers, snakebites▪ Dispels Damp, Stops Diarrhea: diarrhea, painful urinary dirbble from damp

DA QING YE(Indigo)

Cold, bitter, salty LU, HT, ST ▪ Resolve Heat Toxins: treat severe contagious diseases, esp. in the thorat▪ Cools Blood, Dissipates Macules: macules from heat in blood

JIN YIN HUA(Honeysuckle)

Cold, sweet LU, LI, ST ▪ Resolve Heat Toxin: hot painful sores and swellings, esp. breast, throat and eyes▪ Expel Exterior Wind-Heat: wind-heat invasion w/fever, chills, sore throat▪ Clear Lower Jaio Damp-Heat: dysentery, Lin Syndrome

LIAN QIAO(Forsythiae Fruit)

Cold, bitter, acrid LU, HT, GB ▪ Resolves Heat Toxins, Reduces Abscesses and Clumps: toxic sores and abscesses ▪ Expels Exterior Wind-Heat: fever, chills, sore throat,HA

LOU LU(Rhaponticum root)

Bitter, cold, salty ST, LI ▪ Clears Heat Toxins in Breast: sore, swollen tender breast▪ Descends Milk: encourages lactation when there is heat; NOT insuff. Lactation dt deficiency

MA BO(Puffball Fruiting body)

Cold, bitter LU ▪ Clears Heat Toxins from LU and Throat: toxic swelling (tonsillitis), loss of voice (laryngitis) ▪ Stops Bleeding: esp. from the mouth, lips or bleeding gums from frostbite

MA CHI XIAN(Purslane)

Cold, sour, slippery LIV, LI ▪ Resolves Fire Toxins, Cools Blood, Stops Bleeding: bloody hot diarrhea or urination ▪ Clears Damp-Heat Sores▪ Treats Snake bites, Wasp Stings

PU GONG YING(Dandilion)

Cold, bitter, sweet LIV, ST ▪ Reduces Abscesses, Dissipates Nodules: internally or externally esp. if hard and firm ▪ Calm LIV to Clear Eyes: red, swollen eyes▪ Clears LIV Damp-Heat: jaundice, painful urinary dribble

QING DAI(Indigo)

Cold, salty LU, LIV, ST ▪ Clears Heat Toxins, Reduces Maculae: heat in blood causing maculae, nosebleeds▪ Dispel Summerheat stirring LIV Wind: red eyes, sore throat, convulsions▪ Drains LIV Fire Attacking LU: cough, chest pain, red eyes

REN DONG TENG(HoneySuckle Vine)

Cold, sweet LU, LI, ST ▪ Resolves Heat Toxins: various sores▪ Dispels Wind-Damp from Sinews: wind-damp hot bi syndrome ▪ Cools Blood: used in combination for early menses and mastitis

SHAN DOU GEN(Bushy Sophora)

Cold, bitter LU, LI ▪ Clears Heat Toxins from Throat: swollen painful throat, as a gargle▪ Disperses Heat Toxic Swellings: lung abscesses, throat/lung cancer (hold in mouth, swallow juice)

SHE GAN(Belamcanda Rhizoma)

Cold, bitter LU ▪ Clears Fire Toxins from Throat: swollen, painful throat, obstructions▪ Transforms LU Phlegm Heat: treat cough and wheeze from phlegm obstruction, widely used

SHI SHANG BAI(Selaginella)

Bitter, cold, sweet, acrid, neural

LIV ▪ Clears Heat Toxins in LU and Throat: cough, sore swollen throat ▪ Clears LIV Damp-Heat: Jaundice, ascites caused cirrohsis

TU FU LNIG(Smooth Greenbrier)

Neutral, sweet, bland

LIV, ST ▪ Resolves Damp Toxins: joint pain, turbid urination, jaundice▪ Clears Damp-Heat from Skin: recurrent ulcers and hot skin lesions

TU NIU XI(Achyranthis Root)

Bitter, sour, neutral LIV, KD ▪ Drains Fire Toxins from Throat: sore, swollen throat, esp. diptheria▪ Clears Heat Toxins from Skin: abscess or sores▪ Invigorates Blood, Dispels Stasis: esp. GYN, dysmenorrheal, amenorrhea ▪ Treats Painful Urinary Dribble (enters KD)

YA DAN ZI(Brucea fruit)

Cold, bitter, toxic LIV, LI ▪ Treats Dysentery: esp. chronic cold stagnation that wax and wanes▪ Treats Intermitted Fever and Chills: malaria ▪ Topically for Corns and warts topically, Recently for Colon and Breast CA

YE JU HUA Cold, bitter,acrid LU, LIV ▪ Clears Fire Toxins in Skin: carbuncles, furuncles, sores, sore tho

(Wils Chrysanthem) ▪ Treats Wind Fire (excessive wind heat) causing red eyes and sore throatYU XING CAO(Houttuynia)

Cool, acrid LU, LI ▪ Clears Heat Toxins, Reduces Abscesses: LU abcesses w/ cough, yellow, thick green sputum▪ Drains Damp-Heat, Promotes Urination: damp-heat diarrhea or urination

ZI HUA DI DING(Violet)

Cold, bitter, acrid LU, LIV ▪ Clears Heat Toxins: esp. red swollen eyes, throat, mumps, snake bites ▪ Treats Hot Sores, especially on head and back

CLEAR SUMMERHEAT

PROPERIES ORGAN ACTION/INDICATIONS : clear summerheat –severe heat and damp

HE YE(Lotus Leaf)

Bitter, sweet, neutral

HT, SP, LIV ▪ Clears Summerheat: fever, irrtabillty, excess sweating, scanty urine, diarrhea▪ Raises SP Clear Yang, Stop Diarrhea: summerheat invasion causing SP Qi Deficiency

LU DOU Aka: Mung Bean

Cold, sweet HT, ST ▪ Clears Summerheat: esp. with thirst (made into tea to prevent summerheat in summer)▪ Clears Heat Toxins: sores and swellings (made into powder and drank as a tea)▪ Antidote for Aconite Poisoning

CLEARDEFICIENCY HEAT

PROPERTIES ORGAN ACTION/INDICATIONS: enter the yin to treat KID/LIV Yin deficiency leading to deficiency heat with s/s: streaming bone, tidal fever, 5 palm heat, night sweats

BAI WEI(Cynanchi Root)

Cold, bitter, salty LU, ST, KID ▪ Clear Ying or Xue Heat: summertime fever, post-partum fever, lingering fever after disease▪ Cools Blood, Promotes urination: hot bloody painful urine esp. before or after giving birth

DI GU PI(Wolfberry)

Cold, sweet, bland LU, LIV, KID ▪ Clear KID Fire, Reduces Steaming Bone: heat in bones, night sweats, low fever▪ Clears LU Heat: cough, wheeze

HU HUANG LIAN(Picrorhiza rhizome)

Cold, bitter ST, LIV, LI ▪ Clears Yin Deficiency Heat▪ Drains Damp-Heat: dysentery disorders and damp sores▪ Reduced Childhood Nutritional Impairment: esp. with distension, fevers and dysentary

QING HAO(Wormswood)

Cold, bitter LIV, GB, KID ▪ Clears Summerheat: esp. low fever, headache, dizziness, chest oppression▪ Clears Deficiency Fever: esp. steaming bone disorders w/out sweating▪ Cools Blood, Stops bleeding: purpura, epistaxis from heat in blood▪ Malarial disorders: alternating fever and chills

YIN CHAI HU(Stellaria root)

Slightly cold, sweet ST, LIV ▪ Recedes Yin Deficiency Fever: any yin deficiency fever, streaming bone▪ Reduces Childhood Nutritional Impairment: fever, thirst, irritability dt heat accumilation

CALM THE SPIRIT PROPERTIES ORGANHT-houses shenLIV-houses hun

ACTION/INDICATIONS: enter the HT and/or LIV to treat irritability, insomnia, anxiety, insanity by anchoring the spirit or nourishing the heart▪ anchoring herbs are heavy and cold so should combo with herbs nourish SP/ST

SUBSTANCE ANCHOR, SETTLE AND CALM SPIRIT▪ Minerals and shells with a function related to weight and density to calm spirit descend yang, decend rebellious LU Qi and ST Qi▪ Caution: minerals can injure ST Qi causing indigestion and loss of appetite Combine w/herb tonify SP/ST, only take for short time

HU PO(Amber)

Neutral, sweet HT, LIV, UB ▪ Stops Tremors and Palpitations: palpitations, childhood seizures, easily frightened▪ Invigorates Blood, Dispels Stasis, Unblocks Menses: amenorrhea w/palpable masses▪ Promotes Urination, Unblocks Painful Urine: urine retention or dribble w/blood▪ Promotes healing, Reduces swellings (topically)

ZHEN ZHU(Pearl)

Cold, sweet, salty HT, LIV ▪ Settle Tremors and Palpitations: ▪ Eliminate Superficial Visual Obstructions: blurry vision from pterygium▪ Promotes Healing, Generates Flesh (topically)▪ Clears Dark discolorations of Skin, commonly used in skin creams

LONG GU(Dragon bone)

Neutral, sweet, astringent

HT, LIV, KID ▪ Settle Anxiety: restless, insomnia, palpitations, anxiety, seziures▪ Anchors Floating Yang: irritability, dizziness, blurry vision, easily angered▪ Prevents Leakage of Fluids: spermatorrhea, sweats, vaginal dc, uterine bleeding

MU LI(Oyster shell)**don’t need for Melinda’s test

Cool, salty, astringent LIV, KID ▪ Heavily Calms Spirit: palpitations, anxiety, restlessness, insomnia ▪ Anchors Floating Yang: irritability, dizziness, blurry vision, easily angered▪ Prevents Leakage of Fluids: spermatorrhea, sweats, vaginal dc, uterine bleeding▪ Soften Hardness and Dissipates Nodules: all types lumps, esp. lumps in neck▪ Absorbs Acidity, Stops Pain: stomach pain with sour taste

ZHEN ZHU(Pearl)

Cold, sweet, salty HT, LIV ▪ Settle Tremors and Palpitations: ▪ Eliminate Superficial Visual Obstructions: blurry vision from pterygium▪ Promotes Healing, Generates Flesh (topically)▪ Clears Dark Discolorations of Skin, commonly used in skin creams

NOURISH HEART, CALMS SPIRIT ▪ Plants with sweet, moist properties that Nourish HT, LIV, Tonify Blood and Yin to calm the spirit treat general malaise, palpitations, irrit., insomnia▪ Sour –contracts to treat expansion of spirit with s/s excessive laughter, hyperactivity, mania▪ Acrid –spreads to treat contraction of spirit with s/s constraint, depression

SUAN ZAO REN(Sour Jujube seed)

Neutral, sweet, sour HT, SP, LIV, GB ▪ Nourishes HT Yin, LIV Blood: irritability, insomnia, palpitations with anxiety▪ Prevents Abnormal Sweating: spontaneous sweating, night sweats**Widely used in formulas to treat shen disorder from HT/LIV blood deficiency

YUAN ZHI(Polygala root)

Warm, acrid, bitter LU, HT ▪ Quiets Heart: insomina, palp. w/anxiety, restless, pent-up emotions ▪ Establish HT/KID Disharmony▪ Expels HT Phlegm: angina, mania, seizures▪ Expels LU Phlegm: copious sputum difficult to expectorate ▪ Reduces Abscesses, Dissipates Swellings: boils, sores, breast abscesses

BAI ZI REN(Biota seed)

Neutral, sweet HT, KID, LI ▪ Nourishes HT: irritability, insomnia, forgetful, palpitations w/anxiety (HT Yin/Bld def)▪ Moistens Intestines: constipation in elderly and post-partum from blood def.▪ Treats Night Sweats: from yin deficiency

HE HUAN PI(Silktree bark)

Neutral, sweet HT, LIV ▪ Relieves Constraint: bad temper, depression, insomnia, irritability, poor memory ▪ Harmonizes Blood, Stops Pain, Reconnects Sinews/Bones: pain, swelling trauma▪ Reduces Abscesses, Dispel Swelling: external, internal pain and swellings

OPEN ORFICES PROPERTIES:aromatic

ORGAN ACTIONS/INDICATIONS: strongly dispersing pathogens causing phlegm to envelop the heart or close the orifices causing hot or cold closed dos

BING PIAN(Borneol-menthol)

Cold, acrid, bitter LU, HT, SP ▪ Opens Orifices, Clears Mind: PC heat w/LOC, fainting, stroke, closed dos▪ Clears Toxic Heat: topically for sore throat, mouth sores, skin sores, boils, sore eyes▪ Stops Pain and Itching: toxic itchy swelling and accumulations

SHE XIANG(Deer musk secretions)

Warm, acrid,aromatic**very intensely piercing aromatic prop.

HT, LIV, SP**all 12 channels

▪ Strongly Opens ALL orifices: PC heat w/LOC, delirium, irrational speech, closed dos▪ Moves Blood, Dispel Clumps: boils, masses, traumatic injury causing blocked meridian▪ Stops Pain: chest bi pain, pain from trauma (topically over UB15 for angina)▪ Dispels Dead Fetus: facilitates downward passage of dead fetus or placenta**chief herb for LOC, wind-stroke, phlegm collapse and high fever, trauma medicine, etc.

SHI CHANG PU Warm-gently, acrid, bitter, aromatic

HT, ST ▪ Opens Orifices, Calms Mind: coma, seizures= cold closed dos, autism ▪ Expels Phlegm Blocking Ascent Clear Yang: dizziness, deaf, poor memory, dull senses

(Sweet Flag Rhizome) ▪ Harmonize SP: distension, abdominal pain from retained damp in middle▪ Expel Wind, Cold, Damp: cold wind damp bi, joint pain, arthritis ▪ Reduces Swellings: scabies, boils, eczema

SU HE XIANG(Styrax-Liquid Amber)

Warm, acrid, sweet, aromatic

HT, SPCOMBO: She Xiang

▪ Opens Orifices, Expels Phlegm: cold closed dos, wind stroke, heart attack w/phlegm▪ Stops Pain and Constraint: abdominal or chest pain (angina)

DOWN DRAINING,PURGATIVES

PROPERTIES:Cold, bitter

ORGAN:ST, LI

ACTIONS/INDICATIONS: These herbs have strong heat clearing properties, best to treats interior heat causing constipation; CI: pregnancy, SP/ST deficiency

DA HUANG(Rhubarb root)

Cold, bitter ST, LI, HT, LIV ▪ Drains Heat, Purges Accumulations: constipation from heat▪ Drains Fire: high fever, sore throat, red swollen eyes asso. with constipation ▪ Clears Damp-Heat, Promotes Urination: edema, jaundice, painful urine/diarrhea▪ Dispel Blood Stasis: amenorrhea, fixed abdominal masses, trauma

FAN XIE YE (Senna) Cold, bitter, sweet LI ▪ Drains Down, Guides out Stagnation: acute or chonic constipation dt heat

LU HUI(Aloe leaf juice)

Cold, bitter ST, LI, LIV ▪ Drains Fire, Purges Accumulations: constipation from heat with LIV/HT Fire▪ Cools Liver: irritability, dizziness, headache, tinnitus with constipation▪ Kills parasites, Strengthen ST: childhood impairment esp. with roundworms

MANG XIAO(Glauber’s Salt)

Very cold, bitter, acrid, salt

ST, LI ▪ Moistens Dryness, Purges Accumulations: constipation from heat ▪ Clears Heat, Reduces Swelling: red, swollen eyes, ulcers mouth, throat, mastitis

DOWN DRAINING,MOIST LAXATIVE

PROPERTIES:neutral, sweet

ORGANSP, LI

ACTIONS/INDICATIONS: nuts or seeds that lubricate intestines, best for debilitated and elderly patients constipation; CI: pregnancy, SP/ST deficiency

HUO MA REN(Cannabis/Hemp seed)

Neutral, sweet SP, ST, LI ▪ Moistens intestines, Nourish Yin: constipation from blood/yin def.

YU LI REN(Bush Cherry Pit)

Neutral, sweet, acid, bitter

SP, SI, LI ▪ Moistens intestine: constipation from Qi stagnation in intestines ▪ Promotes Urine, Reduce Edema: leg qi or edema with dysuria and constipation

DOWN DRAINING,HARSH EXPELLANTS

PROPERTIES:**very harsh

ORGAN ACTIONS/INDICATIONS: strong, harsh drive out excess water to treats severe constipation dt stagnated fluids, Caution: causes explosive diarrhea, pregnancy

BA DOU(Croton Seed)

Hot, acrid, toxic LU, ST, LI ▪ Drives Out Water: esp. ascites from late stage schistosomiatisis▪ Expel Phlegm in the Throat: dypena, wheeze, chest distension ▪ Healing of Abscesses and Ulcers

GAN SUI(Kansui Root)

Cold, bitter, sweet, toxic

LU, LI, KID ▪ Drains and Expels Water: fluid chest and abdomen, general edema▪ Drives Out Phlegm: wind-phlegm seziures or withdraw mania

JING DA JI (Da Ji)(Japanese Thistle)

Cold, bitter, acrid, toxic

SP, LI, KID ▪ Drains and Expels Water: : fluid chest and abdomen, general edema▪ Reduces Swelling and Nodules: red, swollen painful sores topicall

YUAN HUA(Genkwa flower)

Warm, bitter, acrid, toxic

LU, LI, KID ▪ Drains and Expels Water: : fluid chest and abdomen, general edema▪ Dispels Phlegm, Stop Cough: chronic bronchitis taken alone with sugar▪ Kills parasites

TRANSFORMS DAMPNESS

PROPERTIES:warm, acrid, aromatic

CHANNEL(SP/ST)

ACTION/INDICATIONS: transform damp, resolves qi and strengthen SP/ST to treat distention, nausea, reflux, loose stool, anorexia, lassitude**Caution: very drying, can easily exhaust Qi and injure the yin

BAI DOU KOU(Round Cardamom)

Warm, acrid, aromatic

SP, ST, LU ▪ Moves Qi, Transforms Damp: chest, epigastric or abdomen distention▪ Warms and Strengthen ST to Descend Rebellion: all types vomiting from cold

CANG ZHU(Black Rhizome)

Warm, acrid, bitter,aromatic

SP, ST ▪ Strongly Dries Damp, Strengthens Spleen: damp obstructing t/t of spleen▪ Dispels Exterior Wind-Damp: fever, chills, headache, nasal congestion▪ Clears Lower Jaio Damp: damp heat pouring down leg qi, vaginal discharge▪ Improves Vision: night blindness, decrease vision with rough sensation in eyes

CAO DOU KOU(Katsumada Seed)

Warm, acrid, aromatic

SP, ST ▪ Warms Middle, Dries Damp: SP/ST cold damp with diarrhea, vomiting▪ Warms Middle, Stops Vomiting

CAO GUO(Tasaoko Fruit)

Warm, acrid, aromatic

SP, ST ▪ Warms Middle, Strongly Dries Damp: SP/ST cold damp with diarrhea, vomiiting▪ Dissolves Stagnation: indigestion from meat stagnation, local distension▪ Treats Malaria: alternating fevers and chills esp. dt cold-damp

HOU PO(Magnolia Bark)

Warm, bitter, spicy,aromatic

SP, ST ▪ Moves Qi, Transforms Damp: best herb for distention dt Qi stagnation**▪ Dries SP Damp, Transforms Phlegm: distention, fullness, nausea, diarrhea▪ Descends LU Qi, Transforms Phlegm: cough, wheeze dt phlegm clogging lungs

HUO XIANG(Patchouli)

Warm, spicy SP, ST, LU ▪ Transform Damp, Dispels Summerheat: middle damp or summerheat damp▪ Harmonize Middle, Stop Vomiting: n/v dt damp obstructing middle▪ Treat Dermatosis: affecting hands and feet

PEI LIAN Neutral, spicy SP, ST ▪ Transform Damp, Dispels Summerheat: middle damp or summerheat damp

(Eupatorium) ▪ Awaken SP, Regulates Middle: damp obstructing middle▪ Dispels Turbid Filth, Unbinds ST: damp increasingly thickens to binding ST Qi

SHA REN(Cardamom)

Warm, acrid, aromatic

SP, ST ▪ Moves Qi, Transforms Damp: distention in epigastric and abdomen▪ Warms Middle, Stops Diarrhea: diarrhea dt cold ▪ Calms fetus

DRAINS DAMPNESS

PROPERTIESneutral, swt, bland

ORGANSI, UB

ACTION/INDICATIONS: All herbs drain damp to treats edema below waist by promoting water metabolism by increasing urination (diuretics).Caution: yin deficiency or lack fluids

1) Drain Damp, Reduce Edema, (neutral, sweet, bland) used for difficult urination, diarrhea, phlegm retention and fluid retention

CHI XIAO DOU(Adzuki Beans)

Neutral, sour, sweet

HT, SI ▪ Drains Damp, Promotes Urination: ascites, leg qi edema (can be eaten as food)▪ Resolves Damp-Heat Jaundice: for mild cases▪ Resolves Fire Toxins and Swelling in Skin: sores, carbuncles and furuncles (boils)

DONG GUA PI(Winter Melon Rind)

Slightly cold, bland, sweet

LU, SI ▪ Drains Damp, Promotes Urination: esp. for edema from damp-heat

DONG GUA ZI/REN(Winter Melon Seed)

Cold, sweet LU, ST, SI, LI ▪ Drains Damp, Promotes Urination: diarrhea, vaginal discharge, edema▪ Clears LU Heat, Expels Phlegm: expectoration thick yellow sputum

FU LING(Psoria)

Neutral, bland, sweet

LU, HT, SP, KID ▪ Drains Damp, Promotes Urination: dysuria, scanty urine, diarrhea, edema ▪ Strengthens SP, Harmonizes Middle: SP Qi deficiency with damp▪ Quiets HT, Calms Mind: palpitations, insomnia, forgetfulness

YI YI REN(Job’s Tears)

Slightly cold, bland, sweet

LU, SP, ST ▪ Drains Damp, Promotes Urination: dysuria, scanty urine, diarrhea, edema▪ Clears ALL Damp-Heat: damp-heat at any level with greasy tongue and diarrhea** ▪ Strengthen SP, Stop Diarrhea: damp diarrhea from Sp Qi deficiency▪ Expels Damp Painful Bi: esp. for increasing joint mobility and reducing spasms· Clears Heat, Expels Pus: soft, pus-filled boils, lung and intestinal abscesses

ZE XIE(Water Plantain)

Cool, bland, sweet

KID, UB ▪ Drains Damp, Promote Urination: dysuria, scanty urine, diarrhea, edema▪ Drains Lower Jaio Damp-Heat: treat spermatorrhea disturbing KID Ministerial Fire

ZHU LING(Polyporus)

Slight cool, bland, sweet

SP, KID, UB ▪ Drains Damp, Promotes Urination: dysuria, scanty urine, diarrhea, edema**can be used alone for painful urinary dribble during pregnancy

2) Promote Urination, Remove Strangury (Painful Urinary Dribble/Lin Syndrome) black urine, stranguary from heat, stone with blood, turbity

(CHUAN) MU TONG(Akebiae Caulis)

Cold, bitter, bland HT, SI, UB ▪ Clears Damp-Heat, Promotes Urination: painful urinary dribble ▪ Drains HT Heat via SI: irritable, scanty urine, sores mouth and tongue▪ Promotes Lactation

BI XIE(Tokoro)

Neutral, bitter ST, LIV, UB ▪ Separate Pure from Turbid, Promotes Urination: cloudy painful urinary dribble▪ Expels Wind-Damp, Relax Sinews: wind-damp or damp-heat bi

BIAN XU(Knotgrass or Knotweed)

Cold, bitter UB ▪ Clear Damp-Heat, Promotes Urination: painful urinary dribble ▪ Kills parasites, Stops itching: tinea, intestinal parasites, tapeworms, hookworms

CHE QIAN ZI(Plantago seeds)

Cold, sweet LU, LIV, KID, UB ▪ Clears Damp-Heat, Promotes Urination: painful urinary dribble, edema▪ Stops Diarrhea: damp-heat or summerheat diarrhea▪ Clears Eyes: eye disorders dt LIV/KID deficiency or heat LIV channels▪ Expels Phlegm, Stops Cough: cough with yellow copious sputum

DI FI ZI(Kochia Fruit)

Cold, bitter, sweet KID, UB ▪ Clear Damp-Heat, Promotes Urination: painful urinary dribble▪ Expels Damp, Stops Itch: topically damp skin sores with intense itching

DONG KUI GUO(Mallow Fruit)

Cold, sweet SI, LI, UB ▪ Clears Damp-Heat, Promotes Urination: hot, bloody or stone urinary dribble▪ Moistens intestines: adjunctive herb constipation from fluid deficiency▪ Promote Lactation

HAI JIN SHA(Lygodium Spore)

Cold, bland, sweet SI, UB ▪ Clear Damp-Heat, Promotes Urination: painful urinary dribble, esp. with stones▪ Reduces Edema, Decrease Jaundice: spleen damp edema or damp-heat jaundice

HUA SHI(Talcum)

Cold, bland, sweet ST, UB ▪ Clears Damp-Heat, Promote Urination: any do with painful urinary dribble**▪ Dispels Summerheat: summertime fever, heaviness, irrritabilty, thirst▪ Resolves Damp Sores: eczema, damp sores

QU MAI(Dianthus Herba)

Cold, bitter HT, SI, UB ▪ Clears Damp-Heat, Promotes Urination: painful urinary dribble, esp. with blood▪ Breaks Blood Stasis: axillary herb for amenorrhea

SHI WEI(Pyrrosia Leaf)

Cold, bitter, sweet LU, UB ▪ Clear Damp-Heat, Promotes Urination: bloody or stone painful urinary dribble▪ Clears LU, Stop Cough: cough and wheeze from lung heat▪ Cools Blood, Stops Bleeding: esp. bloody urine, cough blood dt chaotic hot blood

TONG CAO(Rice Paper Plant Pith)

Slightly cold, bland, sweet

LU, ST ▪ Clear Damp-Heat, Promotes Urination: painful urinary dribble▪ Promotes Lactation

3) Drain Damp, Eliminate Jaundice (bitter and cold, enters spleen, stomach, liver, gallbladder) jaundice, eczema, sores and carbuncles

JIN QIAN CAO(Lysimachia Herb)

Slightly cold, salty, sweet

LIV, GB, KID, UB ▪ Clears LIV/GB Damp-Heat: jaundice, red swollen eyes, gallstones▪ Expels Urinary or Gallstones, used alone in large doses as a tea▪ Reduces Toxic Swellings: snakebites, abscesses, trauma

YIN CHEN(Wormwood)

Slightly cold, bitter SP, ST, LIV, GB ▪ Clears LIV/GB Damp-Heat or Cold-Heat: best herb to treat jaundice***▪ Resolves Damp Sores: esp. lower body as a wash

DISPEL WIND-DAMP PROPERTIES:Aromatic, Warm

ORGAN ACTIONS/INDICATIONS: drying herbs dispel wind-damp from muscles, sinews, joints and bones to treats bi syndrome and unblocks the channels.Caution: very drying nature can injure yin and blood, becareful Yin/Blood Deficiency

CAN SHA(Silkworm Feces)

Warm, acrid, sweet SP, ST, LIV ▪ Expels Wind-Damp: wind-damp bi, wind-damp itchy rashes▪ Transforms Turbid Damp in ST: vomiting, diarrhea, cramps, spasms calf

CHOU WU TONG (Clerodendron Leaf)

Cool, bitter, acrid, sweet

LIV ▪ Expel Wind-Damp: wind-damp bi esp. trunk or extremities, hemiplegia▪ Calms LIV Yang: headache, dizziness, HTN dt ascending LIV Yang

CHUAN SHAN LONG(Japanese Dioscoria)

Neutral, bitter, toxic LU, LIV ▪ Dispel Wind-Damp: esp. hot bi w/skin numbness and lack flexion and extension ▪ Moves Blood, Unblocks Collaterals: treat blood stasis from trauma▪ Transforms Phlegm, Stop Cough

DU HUO(Angelica Root)

Warm , bitter, acrid KID, UB ▪ Expel Wind-Damp, Stops Pain: wind-cold damp bi, esp. lower back and legs▪ Releases Exterior Wind-Cold Damp: lesser yinstage headache

HAN FANG JI (Stephania Root)

Acrid, bitter, cold UB, SP, KID, LU ▪ Expel Wind-Damp, Stops Pain: wind-damp heat in collateral w/fever, hot joints▪ Promote Urination, Reduces Edema: esp. lower leg edema, damp leg qi, ascites

HAI FENG TENG Warm, bitter, acid LIV ▪ Expels Wind-Damp, Unblocks Collaterals: wind-cold damp bi

HAI TONG PI(Erythrina Bark)

Neutral, bitter, acrid SP, LIV, KID ▪ Expel Wind-Damp, Unblocks Collaterals: wind- damp bi, esp. lower back ▪ Promotes Urination, Reduces Edema: damp superficial edema▪ Gargle for toothache and dental caries

KUAN JIN TENG (Chinese Tinospora Stem)

Cold, bitter LIV ▪ Dispels Wind-Damp, Relaxes Sinews: hot bi with cramping and stiffness▪ Unblocks Channels, Relaxes sinews: swelling, heat and pain from trauma

LAO GUAN CAO(Crane’s Bill)

Neutral, bitter, acrid SP, LIV, KID ▪ Dispel Wind-Damp by Dredging, Unblocking Collaterals: severe bi pain**▪ Resolves Heat Toxins, Generates Flesh: sore, abscesses, burns, eczema

LIANG MIAN ZHEN Warm, bit, acrid, toxic ST, LIV ▪ Dispels Wind-Damp, Stops Pain, used alone for generalized pain

LUO SHI TENG(Star Jasmine Stem)

Cold, bitter LIV ▪ Dispels Wind-Damp, Unblocks Collaterals: hot wind-damp with spasms▪ Cools Blood, Reduces Swellings: treat hot painful sores, painful throat obs.

MU GUA(Papaya or Quince fruit)

Warm, sour**no in book

SP, LIV ▪ Relaxes Tendons, Unblocks Collaterals▪ Dispels Damp, Harmonizes ST

QI SHE(Agkistrodon)

Warm, salty, sweet, toxic

LIV ▪ Powerfully Dispels Wind-Damp, Unblocks Channel: esp. for stubborn bi cases ▪ Dispels Wind in Sinews, Settles Jitteriness: ANY kind spasms, tremors, seizures ▪ Dispels Wind in Skin: dermatosis, skin numbness, any kind of rash

QIAN NIAN JIAN(Homalomena Rhizome)

Warm, bitter, acid LIV, KID ▪ Expel Wind-Damp: pain, spasms and numb superficially (sinews) or deep (bones)▪ Tonify LIV/KID, Strengthen Sinews/Bones: weak softened bones in elderly

QIN JIAO(Gentiana Macrophylla)

Slightly cold, bitter, acrid

ST, LIV, GB ▪ Expels Wind-Damp, Relaxes Sinews: hot wind-damp bi with cramping▪ Clears Deficiency Heat: afternoon fever, steaming bone▪ Resolves Jaundice: esp. acute cases in infants▪ Moistens Intestines: dry constipation (used counteract dryness other herb)

QING FENG TENG Neutral, bitter, acrid SP, LIV ▪ Dispels Wind-Damp, Stop Pain, used alone

SANG JI SHENG(Mistletoe)

Neutral, bitter, sweet LIV, KID ▪ Expels Wind-Damp: wind-damp bi▪ Tonify LIV/KID, Strengthen Sinews/Bones: sore LB/knees dt Yin deficiency▪ Nourish Blood, Benefits Skin: dry, scaly skin dt blood deficiency▪ Calm Restless Fetus

SANG ZHI(Mulberry Twig)

Neutral, bitter LIV ▪ Expel Wind-Damp, Benefits Joints: wind-damp bi with spasms esp. upper extrem.▪ Reduces Edema: esp. good for edema with joint pain

SHE TUI(Snake Skin Slough)

neutral, salty, sweet LIV ▪ Dispels Wind-Damp, Stops Spasms: wind skin lesion and childhood seizures▪ Removes Visual Obstructions: pterygium or cornea disorders

SHEN JIN CAO(Ground Pine)

Warm, bitter, acrid SP, LIV, KID ▪ Expel Wind-Damp: esp. problems flexing and extending▪ Relaxes Sinews, Invigorates Channel: swellings, pain dt trauma, blood stasis

SONG JIE Warm, bitter LIV ▪ Dispels Wind-Damp, Stops Pain: esp. when damp and/or cold predominates

WE LING XIAN (Clematis Root)

Warm, salty, acrid UB ▪ Expels Wind-Damp, Moves Qi, Stops Pain: esp. wind bi▪ Softens Fish Bones: treat fish bones stuck in throat

WU JIA PI(Eleutherococcus Root)

Warm, bitter, acrid KID, LIV ▪ Expels Wind-Damp: chronic wind-damp bi elderly▪ Tonify LIV/KID, Strengthen Sinews/Bones: chronic def. leads soft/weak bones

XI XIAN CAO Cold, bitter LIV, KID ▪ Expel Wind-Damp, Unblocks Collaterals: wind-damp bi joints with spasms▪ Calms LIV Yang: headache, dizziness, HTN dt ascending LIV Yang

(Siegesbeckia)XIANG JIA PI(Chinese Silk Vine Bark)

Warm, bitter, acrid, toxic

HT, LIV, KID ▪ Dispels Wind-Damp, Strengthen Sinews/Bone: bi with joint spasms and pain▪ Promotes Urination, Reduce Edema

XU CHANG QING (Paniculate Swallow-Wort

Warm ,acrid ST, LIV ▪ Dispels Wind-Damp, Moves Blood, Stops Pain: wind-damp bi and trauma▪ Resolves Toxicity, Stops Itching, used alone itching of skin

Warm Herbs that Transform Cold Phlegm- ▪ Action warming lung, expel cold, dry damp, transforms phlegm, reduce swelling and alleviate pain used to treat cold or damp phlegmBAI FU ZI Warm, acrid,

Sweet, toxicSP, ST, LIV ▪ Expel wind-phlegm, relieves spasms and stops pain

▪ Detoxify and dispels massBAI JIE ZI Warm, acrid LU ▪ Warm lung and resolve phlegm

▪ Promote Qi movement▪ Subsides swellings and disperse masses

BAI QIAN Slightly warm, acrid, bitter

LU ▪ Expels phlegm and descends lung Qi

CHUAN BEI MU Slightly cold, bitter, sweet

LU, HT ▪ Transform phlegm, Clear heat▪ Moisten lung, Stop cough –good chronic cough with scanty blood streak sp.▪ Dissipates nodules, Relieves toxins –treat phlegm fire nodules, abscesses

DAN NAN XING*powder tian nan xing

Cold, liver HT, LIV ▪ Clears heat resolves phlegm▪ Expels wind, relieves spasms

JIE GENG Neutral, acrid, bitter LU ▪ Resolves phlegm▪ Disperse lung Qi, Benefits the throat ▪ Relieves abscesses, Promoting discharge of pus**serves as an envoy to guide other herb to throat

TIAN NAN XING Warm, acrid, bitter, toxic**

LU, LIV, SP ▪ Dry dampness and transforms phlegm▪ Expel wind and relieves spasms▪ Subsides masses and reduces swelling

XUAN FU HUA Slight warm, acrid, bitter, salty

LU, SP, ST, LIV ▪ Descends Qi and stops vomiting▪ Transforms phlegm and stops cough

Cool Herbs that Transform Heat Phlegm -cold or cool, clear heat and transform phlegm; some are moist; some salty to soften hardnessheat phlegm, dry phlegm with cough, wheeze and sticky yellow sputum, CI: cold and damp phlegm syndromesBAN XIA MU Warm, acrid,

toxicLU, SP, ST ▪ Dry damp, Resolves phlegm

▪ Descends rebellious Qi, to stop vomiting· Dispels nodules, Reduces distension

CHUAN BEI MU Slightly cold, bitter, sweet

LU, HT ▪ Clears heat and transforms phlegm▪ Moistens lung and stops chronic cough▪ Dissipated masses and reduces swellings

GUA LOU Cold, sweet LU, ST, LI ▪ Moistens lungs, Clear lung phlegm heat▪ Moistens dryness to smooth large intestines▪ Reduces swellings

HAI GE KE(clam shell)

Cold, salty, bitter LU, ST ▪ Clear lung and transforms phlegm▪ Softens hardness and reduces masses

HAI ZAO(seaweed)

Cold, bitter, salty LIV, KID, LU, SP ▪ Resolves phlegm and softens hard masses▪ Drain water and reduces edema

KUN BU Cold, salty LIV, KID, ST ▪ Resolves phlegm, softens hard masses▪ Reduces swellings (scrofula, goiter)

PANG DA HAI Cold, sweet**know properties

LU, LI ▪ Clears lung heat· Moisten Lungs, Benefits the throat –loss of voice is from phlegm heat in LU▪ Moisten large intestines to promote defecation

QIAN HU Slightly cold, bitter, acrid

LU ▪ Descends qi and transforms phlegm▪ Expels wind heat

ZHE BEI MU Cold, bitter LU, HT ▪ Clear heat and transform phlegm▪ Dissipates masses and reduces abscesses

ZHU LI(juice of bamboo)

Cold, sweet LU, ST, HT ▪ Clears heat, Breaks phlegm▪ Stops cough

ZHU RU(bamboo)

Slightly cold, sweet LU, ST, GB ▪ Clear heat and transform phlegm▪ Reduce vexation and stop vomiting

RELEIVE FOOD STAGNATION

PROPERTIES:warm, neutral, sw

ORGAN:SP, ST

ACTIONS/INDICATIONS: Relieves food stagnation, Stimulates appetite, Harmonizes middle jaio

GU YA(Grain/rice sprouts)

Neutral, sweet SP, ST ▪ Reduces food stagnation from too much STARCHY food***▪ Tonify SP Qi to stimulate appetite (treat dyspepsia w/SP Qi deficiency)

JI NEI JIN(Gizzard lining)

Neutral, sweet SP, ST, SI, UB ▪ Strongly reduces food stagnation***▪ Tonify SP/ST in food retention and childhood malnutrition w/ protruding abd▪ Stabilizes essence to relieve enuresis from KID yang deficiency▪ Dissolves UB/GB stones

LAI FU ZI(Radish seed)

Neutral, acrid, harsh, sweet

SP, ST, LU ▪ Reduces food stagnation causing bloating abdomen from ANY food***▪ Unblocks and regulates Qi to relieve Qi stagnation▪ Relieves cough and dissolves phlegm (treat thin phlegm in lungs)

MAI YA(Barley sprouts)

Neutral, sweet SP, ST, LIV ▪ Reduces food stagnation from too much STARCHY food***▪ Stops lactation▪ Sooths liver, Regulates Qi (treat LIV Qi stagnation, LIV invading SP/ST)

SHAN ZHA(Hawthorn fruit)

Sl.warm, sour, sweet SP, ST, LIV ▪ Reduces food stagnation from too much MEAT***▪ Invigorates blood, dissolves blood stasis

SHEN QU(Medicated leaven)

Warm, acrid, sweet SP, ST ▪ Reduces food stagnation from too much ANY food***▪ Relieves side effects from minerals, i.e. Fe2O3 (ferrous oxide) causing mania

REGULATE QI PROPERTIES ORGAN ACTIONS/INDICATIONS:

CHEN PI/JU PI(Ages Tangerine Peel)

Warm, acrid, bitter, aromatic

LU, SP, ST ▪ Regulates SP/ST Qi, Harmonizes middle jiao▪ Relieves diaphragm due to SP/ST Qi stag/rebellion (distension, bloat, n/v, belching)▪ Dry damp, transforms cold-damp or damp-phlegm in lungs (cough w/viscous sputum)

CHEN XIANG(Eaglewood)

Warm, acrid, bitter SP, ST, KID ▪ Regulates Qi, directs cold SP/ST downward (n/v, hiccups, vomiting)▪ Relieves pain from cold stagnated in lower jaio▪ Tonify KID, aids KID grasping LU Qi (retained phlegm causing asthma)

CHUAN LIAN ZI(China Berry Fruit)

Cold, bitter,Sl. toxic

ST, SI, LIV, UB ▪ Regulates Qi, Stops paim▪ Clears heat from LIV Qi stagnation LIV fire invading SP/ST or GB damp-heat▪ Kills parasites

FO SHOU(Buddha’s Hand)

Warm, acrid,bitter, mild

LU, SP, ST, LIV ▪ Sooths and regulates LIV Qi ▪ Harmonizes middle jaio, dries damp SP/ST▪ Dissolves accumulation LU phlegm (copious phlegm w/chronic cough)

MU XIANG(Costa Root)

Warm, acrid, bitter

SP, ST, GB, LI ▪ Regulates SP/ST Qi, Harmonizes middle jaio· Stops pain from LIV invading SP▪ Treats damp stagnation in LI (tenesmus, pain, diarrhea)▪ Promotes movement LIV/GB Qi from stagnation (hypochondriac, flank pain)

QING PI(Green Tangerine Peel)

Warm, acrid, bitter, Harsh

ST, LIV, GB ▪ Sooths LIV Qi, Breaks stagnation such as cold hernias▪ Dissolves food stagnation

SHI DI(Persimmon)

Neutral, acrid,Bitter

ST ▪ Directs rebellious ST Qi downward ▪ Stops hiccups, vomiting, belching from heat or cold patterns

TAN XIANG(Fragrant Sandlewood)

Warm, acrid, Aromatic

LU, SP, ST ▪ Moves Qi to relieve stagnated Qi/Bd from def. cold (chest bi= angina, CAD)▪ Moves and regulates Qi, relieves pain ▪ Harmonizes cold stagnation in middle jaio (pain, vomiting watery fluid)

WU YAO(Lindera Root)

Warm, acrid LU, SP, KID, UB ▪ Promotes Qi movement▪ Relieves pain from cold in abdomen and liver channel▪ Warms KID, dispels cold treat KID yang def, UB deficiency (prolaspe, bedwetting)

XIANG FU(Rhizoma Cyprus)

Neutral, acrid, sl. bitter, sl. sweet

LIV, SJ ▪ Releases constraint of LIV Qi, Disperses Qi stagnation▪ Harmonizes LIV/SP Disharmony (chronic gastritis, ulcers, hepatitis, cholecystitis, stones)▪ Regulates menses, dissolves breast fibroids

XIE BAI Warm, acrid, LU, ST, LI ▪ Unblocks chest bi pain from blood obstructing HT channel

(Chinese chives) Bitter ▪Unblocks ST/LU yang Qi to promote Qi flow▪ Disperses cold LU phlegm from retained cold-phlegm (wheezing, dyspena)▪ Directs Qi downward, reducing damp-heat stagnated in LI (dysentery, bloat, diarrhea)

ZHI SHI(Immature Bitter Orange)

Sl. cold, acrid,Bitter

SP, ST, LI ▪ Unblocks SP/ST Qi stagnation▪ Relieves food retention▪ Unblocks bowels to release excess damp heat causing constipation▪ Dissolves retained phlegm in lung and chest, relieving chest bi pain

STOPS BLEEDING PROPERTIES: ORGAN: ACTIONS/INDICATIONS:

AI YE(Mugwort/Moxa)

Warm, acrid,bitter

SP, LIV, KID(3 yin channels)

▪ Stops bleeding: chronic menstrual bleeding from cold, infertility d/t cold in womb

▪ Warms womb, Quiets fetus: restless fetus, LAP, vaginal bleeding threating abortion

▪ Dispels cold, Alleviates pain: esp. cold menstrual pain, profuse dilute leukorrhea

▪ Eliminates damp, Stops itching: eczema, recently calm wheeze and cough**excellent GYN herbs for lower burner yang cold and warm channel, move qi/blood

BAI JI(Bletilla Rhizome)

Sl. cold, acrid,bitter, sweet

LU, LIV, ST ▪ Stops LU/ST bleeding ***strongest to stop bleeding▪ Stops bleeding from trauma▪ Promotes healing of sores, esp. none healing sores, chapped, dry skin

BAI MAO GEN(Wooly Grass)

Cold, sweet LU, ST, SI, UB ▪ Cools blood and stops bleeding▪ Clears heat and promotes urination: treats painful heamturia (UTI)**▪ Clears LU/ST heat: nausea, thirst (ST heat), wheezing (LU heat)

CE BAI YE(Biota Tress)

Sl. cold, acrid, bitter

LIV, LU, HT, LI ▪ Cools blood to strongly stop bleeding▪ Stops cough: yellow phlegm heat/blood streaked sputum (bronchitis)**▪ Stops itching: used topically for alopecia or dandruff▪ Heals burns, as a powder

DA JI(Big Japanese Thistle)

Cool, sl. bitter, sweet

LIV, HT, SP ▪ Cools blood to stops bleeding: best treat hemataemesis, hemoptysis▪ Promotes healing, reduces swellings: treat carbuncles and furuncles (boils)▪ Benefits the gallbladder: jaundice, hepatitis, hypertension

DI YU(Bloodwort Root)

Sl. cold, bitter, sour

LIV, ST, LI ▪ Cools blood and stop bleeding: best lower jaio damp heat▪ Promotes healing, reduces swellings: sores, ulcers, burns, eczema, burns, boils

HUAI HUA MI(Pagoda Flower Bud)

Sl. cold, bitter LIV, LI ▪ Cools blood to stops bleeding: best LI damp heat, esp. hemmroids▪ Clears liver heat, Brightens eyes: treat red eyes, dizzy, bleeding gums, HTN

PU HUANG(Cattail Pollen)

Neutral, acrid,pungent, sweet**astringent

PC, LIV (LIV, HT, SP)

▪ Stops bleeding: external from trauma or internal nose, mouth, intestines or uterus

▪ Invigorates blood, dispels stasis: chest pain (PC), menstrual pain (LIV), trauma

▪ Promote urination: hot, painful, bloody urination

QIAN CAO GEN(Madder Root)

Cold, bitter**astringent

HT, LIV ▪ Cools blood, stops bleeding: any bleeding chaotic movement hot blood, hematuria

▪ Invigorates blood, Dispels stasis: chest/flank pain, trauma

SAN QI(Pseudo Ginseng Root)

Warm, sl. bitter,sweet

ST, LIV, LI ▪ Stops bleeding w/out causing stasis: internal or external bleeding**very powerful

▪ Invigorates blood, Dispels stasis: chest pain angina

▪ Reduce swelling, alleviate pain: trauma, boils

XIAN HE CAO(Immortal Crane Herb)

Neutral, acrid, bitter

LIV, LU, SP ▪ Strongly stops bleeding: used any type of bleeding (cold/heat/excess/deficiency)▪ Stops chronic diarrhea: to relieves dysentery ▪ Kills parasites: expels tapeworms or trichomonas (yellow foamy foul leukorrhea)

XIAO JI(Little Japanese Thistle)

Cool, sweet LIV, HT, SP ▪ Cools blood to stops bleeding: best treats hematauria **function weaker than Da Ji

XUE YU TAN(Charred Human Hair)

Neutral, acrid, bitter

HT, ST, LIV, KID ▪ Stops bleeding w/clots: esp. uterine bleeding w/ clots or nosebleeds

▪ Promotes urination: painful urine, esp. with blood in urine from KID yin deficiency

▪ Generates flesh, Resolves sores: ulcered sores, or slow healing sores

ZONG LU TAN/PI(Windmill Palm Tree)

Neutral, acrid, bitter

LU, SP, LIV, LI ▪ Stops bleeding w/out clots: hemoptysis, hematachezia, excess menses w/out clots

INVIGORATEBLOOD

PROPERTIES:warm, acrid, bitter

ORGAN:LIV

ACTIONS/INDICATIONS: pain, numbness, mass/lumps, trauma masses,

Dark purple bleeding with clots, dark purple spots skin, mucus membranes, tongue

CHUAN SHAN JIA(Cyanthula root)

Neutral, bitter, sweet KID, LIV ▪ Invigorates blood, Unblocks menses▪ Expels wind, Drains damp: lower back wind damp bi, atrophy spasm LE, urine dribble

CHUAN XIONG(Lovage Root)

warm, acrid PC, LIV, GB ▪ Invigorates blood, Promotes movement of Qi: esp. GYN disorders ▪ Expels wind and stops pain: chest, flank, hypochrondria, pelvis, wind-cold HA

DAN SHEN(Salvia Root)

sl. cold, bitter HT, PC, LIV ▪ Invigorates blood, Dispels blood stasis: treat blood stasis anywhere body**esp. GYN▪ Nourish HT, Clears heat, Sooths irritability: esp. restless, irritable, palpitation, insomnia ▪ Cools blood to reduce abscesses: adj. treat sores or early breast abscesses

E ZHU(Curcuma Rhizome)

warm, acrid, bitter LIV, SP ▪ Breaks blood stasis, Promotes movement of Qi: abd/epigastric masses▪ Dissolves accumulation, Alleviates pain: pain distension, fullness d/t food stagnation

FAN HONG HUA(Saffron)

Cold, sweet HT, LIV ▪ Invigorates blood, Dispels stasis, Unblocks menses▪ Cools blood to resolves toxicity: maculopapular rash with high fevers

HONG HUA Warm, acrid HT, LIV ▪ Invigorates blood, Dispels stasis, Unblocks menses

JI XUE TENG(Spatholobus Root)

warm, bitter, sweet HT, LIV, SP ▪ Promotes movement and tonify blood: blood def. patterns with abd. pain▪ Relaxes sinews: back or knee pain, paralysis or numbness d/t blood def. in elderly

JIANG HUANG(Turmeric)

warm, acrid, bitter LIV, SP, ST ▪ Invigorates blood, Unblocks menses: chest or abd pain from cold▪ Promotes movement of Qi, Stops pain: epigastric or abd pain from stagnated qi▪ Expels wind, Promote movement of blood: wind damp bi, esp. in shoulders

LIU JI NU(Anomalous)

Warm, bitter HT, SP ▪ Dispels blood stasis, Alleviates pain: stasis dt falls, fractures, contusions, strains▪ Reduces food stagnation

MO YAO(Myrrh)

neutral, bitter HT, LIV, SP ▪ Invigorates blood, Dispels blood stasis: pain, swelling, inflammation d/t trauma▪ Reduces swellings to stop pain, Promotes healing: chronic non-healing sores

NIU XI(Acryranthis Root)

Neutral, bitter, sour KID, LIV ▪ Invigorates blood, Dispels stasis▪ Tonify LIV/KID to strengthen sinews/bones: LBP, knee pain dt LIV/KID def.▪ Induces downward move blood and fire: chaotic movement blood UJ or LIV yang rising▪ Clears damp-heat lower jaio: damp bi knees/back, urine dribble w/stones and LPB

RU XIANG(Frankincense)

warm, acrid, bitter HT, LIV, SP ▪ Invigorates blood, Promotes movement Qi: chest, epigastric, abd pain▪ Reduces swellings to stop pain, generates flesh: traumatic painful injuries, boils, ulcers ▪ Relaxes sinews: wind-damp bi with rigidity and spasms

SAN LENG(Burr Reed Rhizome)

neutral, acrid, bitter LIV, SP ▪ Forcefully breaks blood stasis, Promotes movement Qi: amenorrhea d/t stasis▪ Dissolves accumulation, Alleviates pain: severe abd pain/distension d/t food stag.

SHUI ZHI(Leech)

Neutral, bitter,Salty, toxic

UB, LIV ▪ Breaks up and drives out blood stasis: amenorrhea w/masses ▪ Reduces fixed masses: abdominal or uterine masses

SU MU(Sappan Wood)

Neutral, acrid, Salty, sweet

HT, SP, LIV ▪ Invigorates blood, Alleviates pain and swelling: pain, swelling from trauma▪ Stops bleeding: excess post-partum bleeding w/dizziness, vertigo, SOB

TAO REN(Peach Kernal)

Neutral, bitter, sweet LU, HT, LI, LIV ▪ Breaks blood stasis: lung/abdominal abscess with fixed abdominal mass▪ Moistens Intestines to unblock bowels: constipation

WANG BU XING(Vaccaria Seeds)

Neutral, bitter ST, LIV ▪ Promotes movement of blood, Invigorates Channel: promotes lactation▪ Reduces swelling: painful swollen breast or testes

XUE JIE(Dragons Blood)

Neutral, salty,Sweet

HT, LIV ▪ Dispel blood stasis, Alleviate pain: stasis dt falls, fractures, contusions, sprains ▪ Stop bleeding: external bleeding injuries, internal upper GI bleeding

YAN HU SUO(Corydalis)

warm, acrid, bitter HT, LIV, ST ▪ Invigorates blood, Promotes movement Qi: used all types pain (aspirin herb**)▪ Alleviates pain: esp. epigastric pain, dysmenorrhea; **main herb treat any type of pain

YI MU CAO(Chinese Motherwort)

sl. cold, acrid, bitter HT, LIV, UB ▪ Invigorates blood, Dispels stasis: all types of OB/GYN disorders▪ Promotes urination, Reduces swelling: acute edema, esp. if also have blood in urine

YU JIN(Curcuma Tuber)

cold, acrid, bitter HT, LIV, LU ▪ Invigorates blood, Promotes movement Qi: chronic sores, traumatic injuries▪ Stops pain, Resolves constraints: esp. LIV Qi stagnation with heat s/s▪ Clears heat, Cools blood: reckless bleeding, nosebleed with onset on menses▪ Clears heart, Opens Orifices: hot phlegm obstructing HT w/anxiety, agitation, delirium▪ Sooths LIV/GB: treat jaundice

ZE LAN(Bugleweed)

Warm, acrid, bitter SP, LIV ▪ Invigorates blood, Dispels stasis▪ Promotes urination: post-partum edema, urine dribble, facial edema

WARM AND EXPEL COLD

PROPERTIES:Acrid, bitter, warm

ORGAN:SP, ST

ACTION/INDICATIONS: disperse interior cold and stimulate yang qi **caution: injure fluids, in cases heat, blood loss, yin deficiency, weak patients

DING XIANG(Clove)

Warm, acrid SP, ST, KID ▪ Warms middle, Directs rebellious Qi downward: abd. pain, vomiting, hiccups▪ Warms KID Yang: impotence, clear vaginal d/c with weak legs (womb cold)

FU ZI(Aconite)

hot, acrid, toxic(pure yang)

HT, SP, KID(3 burners)

▪ Revives yang, Rescues rebellion: following severe vomiting, diarrhea, sweating ▪ Warm fire , Assists yang: HT, SP or KID Yang def. **esp. with interior cold▪ Warm the channel, Disperse cold to stop pain: wind-cold bi, cold blocking organs**greats anytime yang need to be activated or mobilized

GAN JIANG(Ginger)

hot, acrid LU, HT, SP, ST ▪ Rescues yang, Expels interior cold▪ Warms middle, Expels cold: excess cold SP/ST or yang qi deficiency▪ Warm lung, Transforms thin mucosa: lung cold with thin, watery white sputum▪ Warms channel, Stops bleeding: pale, chronic bleeding, esp. uterine

GAO LIANG JIANG(Galanga)

Hot, acrid SP, ST ▪ Warms middle, Stops pain: abd pain, vomiting, hiccups, diarrhea

HUA JIAO(Sichuan Pepper)

Hoy, acrid, toxic SP, ST, KID ▪ Warms middle, Disperses cold, Stops pain: abd pain, vomiting, diarrhea▪ Kills parasites causing abdominal pain

ROU GUI(Cinnamon)

hot, acrid, sweet HT, LIV, SP, KID ▪ Warms KID Yang: cold, weak back/knees, impotence, polyuria, nocturia▪ Warms SP Yang: loss appetite, diarrhea w/undigested food

▪ Warms HT Yang: chest pain with slow pulse▪ Disperses deep cold, Warms and unblocks channels, Stops pain:cold in LIV channel causing dys/amenorrhea, cold damp bi, yin sores w clear fluid▪ Leads fire back to source: flushed face, wheeze, severe sweat, cold limbs▪ Encourages generation of Qi/Blood: treat chronic qi/bld deficiency

WU ZHU YU(Evodia Fruit)

hot, acrid, bitter, toxic

LIV, SP, ST ▪ Warm middle, Disperse cold, Promotes movement Qi, Stops Pain:LIV/ST cold HA, epigastric pain, nausea**, drooling, hernia, reduce taste▪ Redirects rebellion down, Stops vomiting▪ Warms SP, Stops diarrhea: cold diarrhea d/t SP def.▪ Expels cold damp: cold damp leg qi▪ Leads fire down: tongue ulcers, powder placed in middle sole of foot**best warming LIV/ST to stop nausea, vomiting and diarrhea

XIAO HUI XIANG(Fennel)

Warm, acrid LIV, SP, ST, LIV ▪ Disperse cold, Warms LIV/KID, Stops pain: lower burner cold, hernia**▪ Regulates Qi, Harmonizes ST: treat ST cold with pain, indigest, vomit, lack appetite

TONIFY QI PROPERTIES:sweet,

ORGAN:SP, LU

ACTIONS/INDICATIONS: SP/LU Qi deficiencies b/c they are involved in extraction of Qi from food and air and transforming qi in the body.

BAI ZHU(Atractylodes Rhizoma)

Warm, bitter, sweet SP, ST ▪ Strengthen SP/ST Qi, Dries Damp: treat Sp Qi deficiency with damp obstructing▪ Promotes water metabolism: treat edema, damp bi obstruction▪ Stabilzes exterior, Stops sweating: treat spontaneous sweating▪ Calms fetus

DA ZAO(Chinese Date)

Warm, sweet SP, ST ▪ Strengthen SP Qi: treat SP Qi deficiency▪ Nourishes blood, Calms spirit: treat irritability, emotionally labile d/t restless organ▪ Moderates toxicities of other herbs

DANG SHEN(Codonopsis Root)

Neutral, sweet LU, SP ▪ Strengthen SP Qi: treat SP Qi deficiency▪ Strengthen LU Qi: treat LU Qi deficiency with chronic cough or copious sputum

GAN CAO(Licorice Root)

Neutral, sweet LU, HT, SP, ST**all 12channel

▪ Stregnthens SP Qi: treat SP Qi deficiency with palpitations or irregular pulse▪ Moistens lungs, Stops cough: treat heat or cold causing unproductive cough▪ Moderates spasms, Stops pain: painful abdomen or leg spasms▪ Clears heat, Resolves fire toxins: treat boils, sore throat (unprepared form)▪ Moderates toxicities of other herbs

HUANG JING(Polygonatum Rhizoma)

Neutral, sweet LU, SP, KID ▪ Strengthens SP Qi and Yin: treat SP Qi/Yin deficiency▪ Enriches Yin, Moistens lungs: treat all types dry cough d/t qi and yin deficiency▪ Treats exhausted KID essence: LBP, weak knees, lightheaded, DM

HUANG QI(Astragalus Root)

Warm, sweet**strongly ascending

LU, SP ▪ Strengthei and Blood: treat post-partum fever, uterine bleeding▪ Strengthen SP Qi, Raises Yang: treat prolaspe, bearing down sensation▪ Stabilizes exterior, Stops sweating: treat def. w/spontaneous sweating▪ Promotes urination, Reduces edema▪ Promotes discharge of pus, Generates flesh: treat chronic ulcers and sores

REN SHEN(Ginseng)

Warm, bitter, sweet LU, SP ▪ Powerfully tonify primordial Qi of yin organs: collapse of qi w/minute pulse▪ Strengthen SP/ST Qi: treat SP/ST Qi deficiency▪ Strengthen LU Qi: treat LU Qi deficiency▪ Generates fluids, Stops thirst: treat DM, fever injuring fluids, profuse sweating▪ Benefits HT Qi, Calms spirit: palpitations w/anxiety, insomnia, restlessness

SHAN YAO(Chinese Yam)

Neutral, sweet LU, SP, KID ▪ Strengthen SP/ST Qi and Yin: treat SP Qi/Yin deficiency▪ Strengthen LU Qi and Yin: treat chronic cough or wheeze▪ Strengthen KID, Secures essence: treat DM, spermatorrhea, polyuria, vaginal d/c

TAI ZI SHEN(Pseudostellaria Root)

Neutral, bitter, sweet LU, SP ▪ Strengthen SP Qi: treat SP Qi deficiency▪ Generates fluids: treat thirst from severe febrile disease or summerheat

TONIFY BLOOD PROPERTIES:sweet

ORGAN:HT, SP, LIV

ACTIONS/INDICATIONS: treat blood def, often combined herbs tonify yin and/or qi. Herbs cloying so can cause indigestion combine with stomach strengthening herb

BAI SHAO(White Peony Root)

Cold, bitter, sour SP, LIV ▪ Nourish blood, Regulates menses: treat irregular menses▪ Calms LIV Yang rising, Stops pain: treat flank/chest/abd pain from stagnate LIV Qi▪ Preserves yin, Adjusts nutritive and protective levels

DANG GUI(Angelica Root)

warm, acrid, sweet HT, SP, LIV ▪ Tonify blood, Regulate menses: treat bld def w/irregular menses, dys/amenorrhea▪ Invigorates blood, Disperses cold: stop pain dt blood stasis from cold▪ Moistens intestines and unblocks bowels: treat constipation w/bld def.▪ Reduces swelling, Expels pus, Generates flesh, Stops pain: treat sores, abscesses▪ Treats cough, very weak in this function

E JAIO(Donkey Hide Gelatin)

Neutral, sweet LU, LIV, KID ▪ Tonify blood: treat bld def, used stand alone melted in white rice▪ Nourish blood, Stops bleeding: treat any bleeding esp. blood in stool, excessive menses▪ Nourish and moisten yin: treat yin def. in aftermath of fever

GOU QI ZI(Wolfberry)

Neutral, sweet LU, LIV, KID ▪ Tonify LIV/KID: treat LIV/KID yin and blood deficiency▪ Benefits essence, Brightens eyes: treat dizziness, blurry or decrease vision ▪ Nourishes yin, Moistens lungs: treat consumptive cough and DM

LONG YAN ROU Warm, sweet HT, SP ▪ Tonify HT/SP, Nourish blood, Calm spirit: treat HT/SP def. asso. pensive or overwor

SANG SHEN Cold, sweet HT, LIV, KID ▪ Tonify blood, Nourish yin: treat dizziness, tinnitus, insomnia, dry mouth, thirst

(mulberry Fruit) ▪ Moistens Intestines: treat constipation from blood def.

SHU DI HUANG(Chinese Foxglove)

Warm, sweet HT, LIV, KID ▪ Tonify blood: treat bld def. w/irregular menses and no signs of stasis ▪ Nourish yin: treat LIV/KID yin def. ▪ Nourish blood, Tonify essence: treat delayed growth, premature aging, graying hair▪ Treats diabetes: esp. lower burner wasting and thirsting

ZHI HE SHOU WU(Fleece Flower Root)

Warm, bitter, astringent, sweet

LIV, KID ▪ Tonify LIV/KID, Nourish blood, Augment essence: treat LIV/KID yin or blood deficiency▪ Expels wind in skin by nourishing blood: treat eczema from blood deficiency

TONIFY YANG PROPERTIES:Warm, salty, sweet

CHANNELSLIV, KID

ACTIONS/INDICATION: used KID, SP, HT yang def. but primarily KID,There herbs are warm, drying so can injure yin use caution in yin deficiency and fire

BA JI TIAN(Morinda Root)

warm, acrid, sweet**moist, soft nature

KID ▪ Tonify KID Yang, not overly drying▪ Strengthens sinews and bones, Expel wind cold damp

BU GU ZHI(Psoralea Fruit)

Very warm, acrid, bitter, **astringent

SP, KID ▪ Tonify KID Yang, Secures essence: ▪ Warms SP Yang, Stops diarrhea

DONG CHONG XIA (Cordyceps)

Warm, sweetre

LU, KID ▪ Tonify KID Yang▪ Tonify LU Yin, Stops bleeding: chronic def. cough, cough blood streaked sputum

DU ZHONG(Eucommia Bark)

Warm, acrid, sweet LIV, KID ▪Tonify LIV/KID Yang▪ Strengthen sinew and bones, aids flow qi/blood: treat weakness of tendons/bones▪ Calms fetus

GE JIE(Gecko)

Neutral, salty LU, KID ▪ Tonify KID Yang, Secures essence▪ Tonify LU Qi, **relieves wheeze/cough by increasing KID ability grasp Qi

GOU JI(Chain Fern)

Warm, bitter, sweet LIV, KID ▪ Tonify LIV/KID: treat wind cold damp with underlying LIV/KID deficiency ▪ Strengthen sinews and bone, Expel wind cold damp in LP and knees

GU SUI BU(Drynaria Rhizoma)

Warm, bitter LIV, KID ▪ Tonify KID Yang: best for tinnitus, deafness, teeth loss▪ Reconnects sinews and bone: treat ligment injuries or simple fractures▪ Stimulates growth hair

HAI LONG(Pipe-Fish)

Warm, salty, sweet KID ▪Tonify KID Yang: impotence and lack of energy in elderly▪ Reduce swelling, Dissipates nodules: treat scrofula

HAI MA(Sea Hoarse)

Warm, salty, sweet LIV, KID ▪ Tonify KID Yang: impotence and lack of energy in elderly▪ Invigorate blood, relieves stasis: bleeding and pain, delayed labor, boils, abd masses

HAI SHEN(Sea Cucumber/Slug)

Warm, salty HT, KID ▪ Tonify KID Yang, Secures essence: impotence, nocturnal emissions, urine frequency▪ Moistens Intestines

HU TAO REN(walnut)

Warm, sweet**oily, moist nature

LU, LI, KID ▪ Tonify KID Yang, Strengthen lower back and knees▪ Strengthen sinews and bones▪ Tonify LU Qi: chronic cough worse with exertion dt KID not grasping Qi▪ Moistens intestines

LU JIAO(Deer Antler Slices)

Warm, salty**cloying

LIV, KID ▪ Tonify KID Yang: **can substitute for Lu Rong▪ Invigorates blood, Reduces swellings: blood stasis in LB, breast abscess, toxic sores

LU JAIO JAIO Warm, sweet, salty LIV, KID ▪ Tonify KID Yang, Secures essence▪ Stops uterine bleeding: **stops all types bleeding

LU JIAO SHUANG(Deer Antler Gelatin)

Warm, salty**cloying

LIV, KID ▪ Tonify KID Yang, Secures essence▪ Tonify blood, Stops bleeding: treat essence deficiency w/uterine bleeding

LU RONG(Deer Antler Velvet)

Warm, salty, sweet**strongest lu tonic**cloying

LIV, KID ▪ Tonify KID Yang, Secures essence: esp. children physical/mental developmental do’s ▪ Strength sinews and bones: growth delays, skeletal deformities, non-healing fractures▪ Warms Du, Ren, Chong, Dai Mai, Augments Marrow: uterine bleed, infertility dt cold▪ Nourish Qi and Blood: chronic non-healing yin sores, non-healing fractures

ROU CONG RONG(Cistanche)

Warm, salty, sweet**moist, oily nature

LI, KID ▪ Tonify KID Yang, Secures essence: esp. infertility dt cold▪ Moisten Intestines

SHA YUAN ZI(Astragalus Seed)

Warm, sweet LIV, KID ▪ Tonify KID Yang, Secures essence, **better than Tu Si Zi▪ Nourish LIV, Improve vision

TU SI ZI(Chinese Dodder Seed)

Neutral, acrid, sweet**tonify yin and yang without being cloying

LIV, KID ▪Tonify KID Yang, Secures essence and urine▪ Nourish LIV/KID Yin, Improves vision,**better than Sha Yuan Zi▪ Benefits SP, Stops diarrhea▪ Calm fetus

XIAN MAO(Curculigo)

Hot, acrid, toxic(**harsh, drying)

KID ▪ Tonify KID Yang▪ Expels wind cold damp: esp. cold abdominal pain or low back pain

XU DUAN(Japanese Teasel Root)

Warm, acrid, bitter, sweet

LIV, KID ▪ Tonify LIV/KID Yang▪ Reconnects sinews and bones, moves blood, stops pain: LB/knee pain from trauma▪ Calm fetus, Stops leakage: restless fetus, uterine bleeding or leukorrhea

YANG QI SHI Warm, salty KID ▪ Tonify KID Yang

▪ Warms womb and lower burner: impotence, spermat., infertility, bleeding dt coldYI ZHI REN(Black Cardamon)

Warm, acrid,**astringent

SP, KID ▪ Tonify KID Yang, Secures essence and urine▪ Warms SP Yang, Stops diarrhea, Controls salivation

YIN YANG HUO(Epimedium)

Warm, acrid, sweet**very drying nature

LIV, KID ▪ Tonify KID Yang▪ Dispel wind cold damp: spasms, cramps, numbness or hemiplegia following windstroke

ZI HE CHE(Human Placenta)

Warm, salty, sweet LU, LIV, KID ▪ Tonify LIV/KID Yang, Augment essence, **very powerful tonify yin, yang, qi, blood▪ Tonify LU Qi: esp. wheezing used between attacks or chronic cough▪ Augments Qi and Blood: emaciation, pallor, streaming bone after fever or major illness

TONIFY YIN PROPERTIES:cold, sweet, moist

CHANNELS:LU, ST, LIV, KID

ACTIONS/INDICATION: Tonify yin, nourish, enrich and moisten the body.**don’t use with SP/ST deficiency, obstructive damp/phlegm, distension or diarrhea

BAI HE(Lily Bulb)

Cold, bitter, sweet LU, HT ▪ Nourish LU, Clears heat, Stops cough: esp. chronic cough▪ Clears HT, Calms spirit: low fever, insomnia, restless, irritable, palpitations

BIE JIA(Chinese Turtle)

Cold, salty**heavy

SP, LIV ▪ Strongly Nourish Yin: steaming bone, consumption with night sweats▪ Heavily Anchors Yang: vertigo, dizziness, tinnitus, face spasms, limb tremors▪ Invigorates blood, Promotes menses: blood stasis chest/flank with pain and amenorr.▪ Dissipates nodules: malaria with palpable masses▪ Unblocks and aids in function blood vessels: good in children w/issue of clumping

GUI BAN(Fresh Water Turtle)

Cold, salty, sweet**pure yin

HT, LIV, KID ▪ Strongly Nourish Yin: steaming bone, consumption w/night sweats▪ Anchors Yang: vertigo, dizziness, tinnitus, face spasms, limb tremors▪ Nourish KID Yin, Strengthens bones: failure fontanels to close, skeletal deformities▪ Stabilize Ren and Chong: red/white vaginal discharge , spermatorrhea▪ Cools blood, Stops uterine bleeding: excess menses from chaotic hot blood▪ Nourish HT Blood: anxiety, insomnia, forgetfulness▪ Treat non-healing sores and ulcers

HAN LIAN CAO(Eclipta)

Cold, sour, sweet(not in book)

LIV, KID ▪ Nourish LIV/KID Yin: dizziness, vertigo, blurry vision, grey hair, weak LB/legs▪ Cools blood, Stops bleeding: all types reckless bleeding from heat

LUO HAN GAO(Momordia Fruit)

Cool, sweet(not in book)

LU, SP, LI ▪ Nourish LU, Clears heat, Stops cough: dry cough w/blood streaked sputum▪ Generates fluids to stop thirst: from summerheat; eat often in summer time▪ Moistens intestines

MAI MEN DONG(Opiopogon Tuber)

cold, bitter, sweet LU, HT, ST ▪ Nourish LU Yin: hacking dry cough or cough w/thick sputum hard expectorate▪ Nourish ST Yin, Generates fluids: dry mouth▪ Clears HT, Eliminates irritability : irritability from yin deficiency ▪ Moistens Intestines: constipation, dry mouth, irritability

NU ZHEN ZI(Privet Fruit)

Cool, bitter, sweet LIV, KID ▪ Nourish LIV/KID Yin: dizziness, floaters, sore LB, premature graying, tinnitus▪ Clears heat from deficiency: internal heat from yin deficiency▪ Improves vision: decrease vision**best herb for LIV/KID Yin deficiency

SANG JI SHEN(Mulberry Mistletoe)

Neutral, bitter(not in book)

LIV, KID ▪ Tonify LIV/KID Yin▪ Nourish sinews and bone, Expel wind-damp: elderly with chronic LB/knee pain▪ Nourish blood: dry scaly skin▪ Calms fetus

SHA SHEN(Adenophorae Root)

cold, bitter, sweet**heavy, greasy

LU, ST ▪ Nourish LU Yin, Clears LU heat: dry mouth, thirst, dry cough▪ Nourish ST Yin, Generates fluids: dry mouth, thirst, irritability

SHI HU(Dendrobium)

cold, salty, bland,sweet

ST, KID ▪ Nourish KID Yin, Clears Def. heat: low grade fever, dry throat, red tongue no coat▪ Nourish ST Yin, Generates fluids: dry mouth, severe thirst, intractable fever ▪ Augments essence, Brightens vision: decrease vision, dizziness, weak LB/legs**best herb nourish ST yin, expel deficiency heat, treat injury to fluids after fever

TIAN MEN DONG(Asparagus Tuber)

very cold, bitter, sweet

LU, KID ▪ Nourish LU Yin, Clears LU heat: dry mouth, dry cough w/blood streaked sputum▪ Nourish KID Yin: wasting and thirsting in all 3 jaios, consumptive diease▪ Generates fluids: constipation from dryness

XI YANG SHEN(American Ginseng)

cold, bitter, sweet LU, HT, KID ▪ Nourish LU Qi/Yin, Clears LU fire: chronic wheeze, cough w/blood streamed fluids▪ Nourish Qi/Yin, Generates fluids: post-fever w/weakness, irritability, thirst

YU ZHU(Scented Solomon Root)

Cold, sweet LU, ST ▪ Nourish LU/ST Yin: cough, dry throat, irritable, thirst▪ Moistens dryness: steaming bone, wasting and thirst w/intense hunger and constip.▪ Extinguishes wind: dizziness d/t internal wind, external wind-heat▪ Moistens sinews: pain, spasms from insufficient fluids

STABLIZE & BIND:“keeps fluids in”

PROPERTIES:sour, astringent

CHANNELS ACTIONS/INDICATION: discharge of substances or prolapses caused by old age, chronic disease, weak primal qi or improper use purgative or dispersing herbs**only treat manifestions, must be combined to treat root of do (usually deficiency)**CI exterior disorder not resolved, dampness or heat

BAI GUO(Ginkgo Biloba)

neutral, sweet, bitter, astringent, TOXIC

LU, KID ▪ Stops wheeze: chronic cough with wheeze and copious sputum▪ Stops discharge and leakage, Dispels damp: vaginal discharge, turbid urination

CHI SHI ZHI(Hallosite)

warm, salty,sweet, astringent

SP, ST, LI ▪ Stops diarrhea: chronic diarrhea w/undigest food dt cold, dysentery w/bld and mucous▪ Stops bleeding: uterine bleeding, excess menses, bloody stool, trauma bleeding (topically)

▪ Heals wounds: topically for non-healing ulcers, weeping damp sores, prolaspe rectumFU PEN ZI(Chinese Raspberry)

neutral, sweet, astringent

LIV, KID ▪ Secures essence, Contains urine: frequency, enuresis, impotence, wet dreams▪ Improves vision: poor vision w/sore LB and knees dt LIV/KID deficiency

FU XIAO MAI cool, salty, sweet HT ▪ Stops sweating: night sweats, spontaneous sweating, sweaty palm (conserves the HT)

HAI PIAO XIAO(Cuttlefish Bone)

warm, salty, astringent

ST, LIV, KID ▪ Stops bleeding: all types of bleeding, esp. from deficiency ▪ Secures essence: nocturnal emissions, pre-ejaculation, esp. vaginal discharge***▪ Controls acidity, Stops pain: epigastric pain, acid regurg., diarrhea w/naval pain▪ Heals wounds, Dispels Damp: chronic non-healing skin ulcers, damp rashes

HE ZI(Myrobalan Fruit)

neutral, bitter, sour, astringent

LU, ST, LI ▪ Stops cough, Benefits throat: chronic cough/wheeze with aphasia▪ Stops diarrhea: chronic diarrhea, dysentery

JIN YING ZI(Cherokee Rosehips)

neutral, sour, astringent

KID, UB, LI ▪ Secures essence, Contains urine: spermatorrhea, vaginal discharge, incontinence▪ Stops diarrhea: chronic diarrhea, dysentary

LIAN XU(Lotus Stamen)

neutral, sweet,astringent

HT, LIV, KID ▪ Secures essence: wet dreams, spermatorrhea, premature ejacul. (thin watery semen)▪ Stops bleeding: very mild effect use with other herbs

LIAN ZI(Lotus Seed)

neutral, sweet,astringent

HT, SP, KID ▪ Tonify KID, Stabilizes essence: pre-mature ejaculation, spermatorrhea▪ Tonify SP, Stops diarrhea: chronic diarrhea, loose appetite dt SP deficiency ▪ Calm Spirit: palpitations, anxiety, irritability, imsomina dt HT/KID disharmony

MAN HUANG GEN neutral, sweet LU ▪ Stops sweating: night sweats, spontaneous sweats, post-partum sweating

QIAN SHI(Euryale Seeds)

neutral, sweet,astringent

SP, KID ▪ Tonify SP, Stops diarrhea: chronic diarrhea dt SP Qi deficiency –esp. in children▪ Secures essence: natural emissions, premature ejacul., spermatorrhea, incontinence ▪ Stops discharge, Dispels damp: vaginal discharge dt SP/KID deficiency or damp-heat

ROU DOU KOU(Nutmeg Seed)

warm, spicy/acrid SP, ST, LI ▪ Stops diarrhea: chronic diarrhea or daybreak diarrhea dt SP/KID disharmony▪ Warms middle, Moves Qi, Stop pain: abdominal pain and distension from SP/ST cold

SANG PIAN XIAO(Mantis Egg Case)

neutral, salty, sweet LIV, KID ▪ Tonify KID, Secures essence: nocturnal emissions w/out dreams, impotence▪ Contains urine: dribbling, frequency, esp. enuresis in children***

SHAN ZHU YU(Cherry Fruit)

Sl. warm, sour LIV, KID ▪ Tonify LIV/KID: lightheadness, dizziness, sore LB/knees, impotence▪ Secures essence: frequency, incontinence, spermatorrhea, excess sweating▪ Stops sweating, Treats Collapse: excess sweating esp. w/yang and qi collapse (shock)▪ Stops uterine bleeding

SHI LIU PI(Pomegranate Husk)

warm, sour, TOXIC, astringent

ST, LI ▪ Stops diarrhea: chronic diarrhea dt cold, dysentery, rectal prolapse▪ Kills parasites

WU BEI ZI(Gallnut)

cold, sour, salty LU, LI, KID ▪ Stops cough: chronic cough dt LU deficiency ▪ Stop diarrhea: chornic diarrhea, dysentery, blood in stool, rectal prolaspe ▪ Secures and Restrains: for any type of leakage******▪ Reduces swelling, Resolves toxicity: topically for damp sores, scar tissue

WU MEI(Mume Fruit)

Warm, sour,astringent

LU, SP, LIV, LI ▪ Stops cough: chronic cough dt LU Qi deficiency▪ Stops diarrhea: chronic diarrhea, dysentery or blood in the stool▪ Stops bleeding: used in charred form for anus, uterine or vaginal bleeding▪ Stops thirst, Generates fluids: thirst from yin deficiency or wasting and thirsting▪ Expels round worm, Stops pain: abdominal pain w/vomiting of roundworms

WU WEI ZI(Schisandra Fruit)

warm, sour, sweet LU, HT, KID ▪ Stops cough: chronic cough/wheeze dt LU Qi deficiency▪ Secures essence: nocturnal emissions, spermatorrhea, vaginal dc, frequency▪ Stops diarrhea: daybreak diarrhea from SP/KID deficiency▪ Stops sweating, Generates fluids: excess sweating w/thirst or dry throat▪ Calms spirit: irritability, palpitations, d-d sleep, insomnia dt HT/KID disharmony

YIN GOU YE Neutral, bitter, sweet, astringent

LU ▪ Stops wheeze▪ Relieves chest oppression and pain

YING SU KE(Opium Poppy Husk)

neutral, sour, astringent, TOXIC

LU, KID, LI ▪ Stops Cough: chronic cough dt LU Qi deficiency or KID not grasping the Qi▪ Stabilize lower burner: spermatorrhea, seminal emissions, vaginal discharge, polyuria▪ Stops pain: treat all types of pain***esp. abdominal, sinews and bones

YU YU LIANG(Limonite)

neutral, sweet,astringent, **heavy

ST, LI ▪ Stop diarrhea: esp. to point of incontinence ▪ Controls bleeding: chronic vaginal discharge or uterine bleeding

CALM THE SPIRIT PROPERTIES:Neutral, sweet

ORGANHT, LIV

ACTION/INDICATIONS: treat disturbed spirit with s/s: of irritability, insomnia, palpitations with anxiety, insanity caused by jing or overwork leads HT/LIV def. **these herbs treat symptoms, always combine with herb treat underlying cause (root)

SUBSTANCE ANCHOR, SETTLE AND CALM SPIRIT▪ Minerals and shells with a function related to weight and density to calm spirit, descend rising LV yang, descend rebellious LU Qi and ST Qi▪ Caution: minerals can injure ST Qi causing indigestion and loss of appetite Combine w/herb nourish SP/ST, only take for short time

HU PO(Amber)

Neutral, sweet HT, LIV, UB**enters blood level (drain)

▪ Stops palpitations: palpitations with anxiety, excess dreams, insomnia, forgetfulness· Stops tremors: seizures from disturbed spirit and childhood seizures▪ Dispels blood stasis, Unblocks menses: amenorrhea or pain w/palpable masses▪ Unblocks painful urinary dribble: urine retention or dribble esp. with blood▪ Promotes healing, Reduces swellings: topically for ulcers, swelling scrotum/vulva

LONG GU(Dragon bone)

Neutral, sweet, astringent

HT, LIV, KID ▪ Settle anxiety: restless, insomnia w/d-d sleep, palpitations, anxiety▪ Anchors floating yang: irritability, dizziness, blurry vision, bad temper, seizures ▪ Prevents leakage of fluids (Stabilize Dai Mai): sweat, discharges, uterine bleeding

NOURISH HEART, CALMS SPIRIT : **mild tonifying herbs with few side effect▪ Plants with sweet, moist properties that Nourish HT/LIV, Tonify Blood, Tonify Yin to calm the spirit with s/s of malaise, palp., irritability, insomnia ▪ Sour –contracts to treat expansion of spirit with s/s excessive laughter, hyperactivity, mania▪ Acrid –spreads and disperses to treat contraction of spirit with s/s constraint, depression

BAI ZI REN(Biota seed)

Neutral, sweet**very gentle, moist

HT, KID, LI ▪ Nourishes HT Yin/Blood: irritability, insomnia, forgetful, palpitations, night terrors▪ Moistens intestines: constipation in elderly and post-partum from yin/blood def.▪ Treats night sweats: from yin deficiency

HE HUAN PI(Silktree bark)

Neutral, sweet HT, LIV ▪ Relieves LIV Qi constraint: bad temper, depression, insomnia, irritability, poor mem.▪ Harm. blood, Stops pain, Reconnects sinews/bones: pain from trauma or fractures▪ Reduces abscesses, Dispel swelling: external, internal abscess, esp. LU abscesses

SUAN ZAO REN(Sour Jujube seed)

Neutral, sweet, sour HT, SP, LIV, GB ▪ Nourishes HT Yin/LIV Blood: irritability, insomnia, palpitations w/ anxiety▪ Prevents abnormal sweating: spontaneous sweat, night sweats▪ Generates fluids: thirst from yin deficiency (sour)

YUAN ZHI(Polygala root)

Warm, acrid, bitter**disseminates, drains, unblocks, thusts outward, assist free movement Qi

LU, HTCOMBO:

▪ Nourish HT Qi/Yang: insomnia, palp. w/anxiety, restless dt constrained emotions▪ Establish HT/KID Disharmony: frees HT Qi, guides KID Qi up to communicate w/HT▪ Expels HT phlegm, Clear orifices: shen disturbance, epilepsy, catatonia, stupor▪ Expels LU phlegm, Stop cough: copious sputum difficult to expectorate ▪ Reduces abscesses, Dispels swelling: boils, sores, swollen painful breast

OPEN ORFICES PROPERTIES:Aromatic, acrid

ORGAN ACTIONS/INDICATIONS: pathogenic influences causing phlegm to envelop the heart or close the orifices causes spirit to be locked up leads delirium, coma

▪ Closed disorders –pathogen invades orifices causing the spirit to be “locked-up” or “closed”1) Hot Closed do –warm pathogen enters nutritive level; s/s: delirium, irritability, convulsion, red face, heavy breathing (meningitis, infection)2) Cold Closed do –cold pathogen enters nutritive level; s/s: ashen, blue face, sudden collapse, foaming of mouth (strokes, poisonings)

▪ Caution: -aromatic herbs are scattering and can injures source Qi; use for short time, Treat manifestations not root of disease so combine -do not use aromatic herbs to treat abandoned patterns –LOC from deficiency, **always as a pill/powder except She Xiang Pu

BING PIAN(Borneol-menthol)

Cold, acrid, bitter LU, HT, SP ▪ Opens orifices, Restore LOC: PC heat invades PC w/LOC or summerheat stroke LOC▪ Clears toxic heat, Drains fire: topically for ulcers mouth, tongue, throat, deafness▪ Clears eyes, Removes superficial obstruction: red, swollen, tearing eyes (conjtivis)▪ Stops pain and itching: sores, boils, skin disease, sore throat, canker sores, toothache

SHE XIANG(Deer musk secretions)

Warm, acrid,aromatic**very intensely piercing aromatic prop

HT, LIV, SP ▪ Vigorously opens orifices, Restore LOC: heat invades PC w/delirium, epilepsy, LOC ▪ Moves blood, Dispel clumps: boils, hematomas, insect bites, fixed palpable masses ▪ Stops pain: pain from trauma, chest bi pain (topically over UB15 for angina)▪ Dispels dead fetus: facilitates downward passage of dead fetus or placenta

SHI CHANG PU(Sweet Flag Rhizome)

Warm-gently, acrid, bitter, aromatic

HT, ST

▪ Opens orifices, Expels phlegm: coma, seizures dt phlegm-damp obstructing HT▪ Expels phlegm blocking ascent yang: dizziness, deaf, poor memory, blunted affect▪ Harmonize SP, Promotes digestion: chest/abd distension, stomachache dt cold damp ▪ Expel wind cold damp: topically for cold wind damp bi, joint pain, arthritis

▪ Reduces swellings: topically for scabies

SU HE XIANG(Styrax-Liquid Amber)

Warm, acrid, sweet, aromatic

HT, SP ▪ Opens orifice, Expels turbid filth: wind stroke collapse, coma, seizures dt cold phlegm▪ Opens constraint, Stops pain: abdominal or chest bi pain from cold phlegm

STOPS WIND/STOP TREMORS

PROPERTIES:cold or warm, drying

ORGAN:LIV, KID

ACTIONS/INDICATION: interior wind from pathogenic changes of LIV or KID such as LIV/KID Yin deficiency, LIV yang rising, Blood deficiency, High fevers

BAI JIANG CAN(Silkworm)

Neutral, acrid, salty**drying nature to transform phlegm, damp

LU, LIV ▪ Stops Spasm, Convulsions: childhood convulsion, facial paralysis▪ Dispels Wind-Heat, Stop Pain: HA, toothache, red eyes, sore swollen throat**, aphasia▪ Stops Itch: itchy skin lesion dt wind-heat or LIV wind▪ Transforms Phlegm, Softens Hard Masses: scrofula and other phlegm-heat nodules**externally for mastitis, burn it hold fingers in smoke to thicken soft, brittle finger nails

BAI/CI JI LI (Caltrop Fruit)

Neutral, acrid, bitter**light weight

LIV ▪ Calms LIV, Anchors Yang: HA, vertigo, dizziness▪ Smooth LIV Qi, Dispels Clumps: flank distension, irregular menses, difficult lactation▪ Dispels Wind-Heat, Improves Vision: red, swollen painful eyes, excess tearing▪Dispels Wind, Stops Itch: any skin lesions with intense itching i.e. hives

DAI ZHE SHI(Hematite)

Cold, bitter**heavy

LIV, HT, PC ▪ Clears LIV fire, Subdues Yang: rising LIV fire/yang with dizziness, tinnitus, deafness▪ Strongly Descends Rebellious Qi: belching, vomiting, hiccups, wheeze (LIV fire attacking)▪ Cools blood, Stops bleeding: vomiting blood, nose bleeds

DI LONG(Earthworm)

Cold, salty**downward directing nature –move and perice

LIV, LU, SP, UB ▪ Stops Spasms, Convulsions: high fever causing delrium, incoherent speech, convulsions▪ Clear heat, Unblocks channels: cold or heat damp bi, hemiplegia, painful urination ▪ Stops wheeze: esp. lung heat

GOU TENG(Uncaria Vine)

Cold, sweet**light, clearing, draining nature good exterior wind

LIV, PC**PC governs fire

▪ Stops Spasms: liver heat stirring wind causing tremors, childhood seizures, eclampsia ▪ Drains LIV heat, Subdues Yang: rising LIV fire/yang with HA, red eyes, dizziness, HTN▪ Releases Exterior: wind-heat invasion w/ fever, child, red eyes, sore throat, HA

LING YANG JIAO(Antelope Horn)

Cold, salty LIV, HT ▪ Stops Spasms, Convulsions: childhood convulsions from high fevers▪ Anchors LIV Yang: dizziness, vertigo, irritability, splitting HA, HTN▪ Improves Vision: red, swollen eyes, photophobia▪ Drains heat, Resolves fire toxins: warm heat pathogens causing high fever, mania, LOC▪ Clears Damp-Heat: wind-damp heat bi

LOU BU MA(Dogbane Leaf)

Cool, bitter, sweet LIV ▪ Clear LIV heat, Subdues Yang: rising LIV fire/yang with HA, red eyes, dizziness, HTN▪ Nourish HT, Calm Spirit: insomnia, palpitation, generalizes nervousness▪ Promotes urination: edema, dysuria with heat**usually taken daily in tea to clear heat, prevent dizziness, lower BP, reduce edema

QUAN XIE(Scorpion)

Neutral, acrid,Salty, toxic**nature piercing, opens

LIVCOMBO: Gou Teng

▪ Stops Tremors, Convulsions: spasms hands and feet, twitching, tics, torticollis▪ Unblocks Collaterals, Stop Pain: stubborn HA and Bi syndrome▪ Resolves Fire Toxins, Dissipates Nodules: topically toxic sores, swelling ,scrofula

SHI JUE MING(Haliotidae)

Cold, salty LIV, KIDCOMBO: Jue Ming Zi

▪ Clear LIV heat, Subdues Yang: rising LIV fire/yang with HA, red eyes, dizziness, HTN▪ Improves Vision, Recedes Visual Obstructions, pterygium, red, swollen eyes▪ Increases Gastric Acidity and topically for bleeding**Also Nourishes LIV Yin to treat not only the branch but the root of LIV yang rising

TIAN MA(Gastrodia Rhizoma)

Neutral, sweet**moist

LIVCOMBO: Gou Teng

▪ Stops Spasms, Tremors: all types internal stirring LIV wind from hot or cold ▪ Stops Pain: headache, dizziness, migraines from wind-phlegm or wind-stroke▪ Disperses Painful Bi: wind-damp bi of LB or extremities

WU GONG(Centipede)

Warm, acrid, toxic**traveling, piercing

LIVCOMBO: Quan Xie, Bai Jiang

▪ Stops Spasms, Convulsions: childhood convulsions, ridgid spasms, lockjaw, seizures ▪ Unblocks Collaterals, Stops Pain: stubborn HA and Bi syndrome▪ Resolves Toxins, Dissipates Nodules: sores, carbuncles, scrofula, snake bites

ANCHOR AND CALM SPIRITMU LI (Oyster Shell)

Cool, salty,Astringent**heavy

LIV, KID ▪ Heavily Calms Spirit: palpitations, anxiety, restlessness, insomnia ▪ Benefits Yin, Anchors Yang: irritability, dizziness, tinnitus, blurry vision, red face▪ Prevents Leakage Fluids: all types sweating, discharges, uterine bleeding▪ Softens Hardness: scrofula, goiter▪ Absorbs Acidity, Stops Pain: severe stomach pain with sour taste mouth

ZHEN ZHU MU (Mother of Pearl)

Cold, salty, sweet**heavy

LIV, HT ▪ Drains LIV fire, Anchors Yang: HA, dizziness, tinnitus, insomnia▪ Improves Vision: red eyes, photophobia, superficial obstructions▪ Calms Spirit, Sedates Fright: palpitations, anxiety, insomnia▪ Stops Bleeding: esp. in upper jaio

ZI BEI CHI (Cowery Shell)

Neutral, salty LIV, SP ▪ Calms LIV Yang, Sedates Fright: dizziness, palpitations, insomnia, night terrors▪ Improves Vision, Brightens Eyes: red, swollen eyes with superficial obstructions

CLEARS HEAT FROM EXTERIORJUE MING ZI (Cassia Seeds)

Cold, bitter, salty, Sweet **moist. raise and directs down

LIV, LI, KID ▪ Improves Vision: red, painful eyes dt wind-heat, night blindness, gradual loss of vision▪ Calm LIV, Anchors Yang: HA, dizziness▪ Lowers blood pressure, Prevents arthrosclerosis