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Ma Huang
麻黄Gui Zhi
桂枝Induce
sweating Strong Mild
Acrid Strong Mild
Both can release the exterior
Exterior cold without sweating Exterior cold with little sweating
Both can treat the Edema
Through promotes urination Warms the urine bladder’s Yang Qi
Main action-- Disseminates Lung Qi;
-- Promotes urination;
-- Assists the Yang;
-- Warms & unblocks the channel
Indications-- Asthma;
-- Edema;
-- Amenorrhea;
-- joints or limbs pain;
Different
Ma Huang
麻黄Xiang Ru
香薷
Induce sweating
Disseminates lung Qi & open the skin;
Disseminates the oppressed Yang Qi
Release the exterior cold Expel the summer-damp
Reduce edema
Wind edema; Damp edema;
Exterior cold Got exterior cold in winter; Got exterior cold in summer;
Indication -- asthma; -- dampness in the middle jiao
Different
Gao Ben
藁本Qiang Huo
羌活Bai Zhi
白芷
Expel Wind-dampness & relieve pain
Vertex headacheOccipital headache; Wind-
damp in upper body or limbs;
Frontal headache;
Main action -- disperse wind
-- Unblocks painful obstruction
-- alleviates discharges;
-- opens nose;
-- reduces swelling;
Indica-tions
-- Joints pain;
-- Back pain;-- Joints pain;
-- Vaginal discharge ;
-- Congested sinuses;
Clinic Exterior cold disease with severe headache or body ache;
Different
Sang Ye
桑叶Ju Hua
菊花
Always using together for wind-heat disease
Clear Lung Heat Stronger Mild
Clear Liver Heat Mild Stronger
Indications-- lung dryness: cough with no sputum
-- liver yang rebellion: dizziness, red eyes,
Different
Da Huang
大黄Mang Xiao
芒硝Lu Hui
芦荟
Purges accumulation : constipation
All types of constipation
Excess heat constipation
Chronic constipation
Clear Heat Clear heat in blood Clear excess heat Cool the liver
--Move blood stasis --Soften hardness --Kills parasites
Different
Du Huo
独活Qiang Huo
羌活
Expel wind-dampness
Shao yin meridian Tai Yang meridian
Pain obstruction in the lower body
Pain obstruction in the upper body
Headache Shao Yin headacheOccipital headache
Good at Pain obstructionGood at Inducing sweating, release
exterior disease
Always being used together to treat joints pain or whole body ache
Different
Wei Ling Xian
威灵仙Qin Jiao
秦艽Alleviate
Pain Stronger mild
Drains wind-dampness
Wind-dampness ( cold )Wind-dampness ( moisten)
( warm or all types )Good at pain or stiff joints , even
for paralysis patient. Good at dampness
Actions-- Focal distention & accumulation in middle jiao
-- soften fish bones
-- clears deficient fever;
-- Reduces jaundice;
-- moisten intestine;
Different
Gui Zhi
桂枝Sang Zhi
桑枝
unblocks the channels
and collaterals
Warm Yang to open the channesl
Expel wind-dampness to open the channels
Always being used together to treat upper limbs pain sym.
Better at wind-warm damp pain
Better at wind-cold damp pain
Actions
-- wildly used for warm up the yang qi in the meridian
-- also used for wind-damp itch skin
Both reduce edema
Different
Fu Ling
茯苓Yi Yi Ren
薏苡仁
Strengthen the Spleen & transform dampness
Clear Lung Heat Stronger Mild
Clear Liver Heat Mild Stronger
Indications-- lung dryness: cough with no sputum
-- liver yang rebellion: dizziness, red eyes,
Different
Huang Qin
黄芩Huang Lian
黄连Huang Bai
黄柏
Bitter & cold to clear the damp-heat
Good at clear lung heat
Good at clear heart fire and calm down the
irritability
Good at clear deficient kidney
fire
Actions Calm the restless
fetusClear Stomach heat &
stop vomitingClear damp-heat in
the lower burner
Different
Sha Ren
砂仁Bai Dou Kou
白豆蔻Cao Guo
草果Moving
Qi Strongest Strong Almost none
Dryness Mild Mild Strong
Main action
-- Promotes the flow of Qi;
-- warms the middle;
-- transform dampness;
-- improve appetite;
-- calms the fetus;
-- disseminates the lung Qi;
-- awakens the Spleen;
-- warms the middle;
-- transform dampness;
-- pierces through & disperse turbidity
-- treats constraint from cold-dampness in the middle burner;
-- checks malarial disorders;
Xuan Sheng Xuan Sheng 玄参玄参
Pharmaceutical Name Scrophulariae Radix
Actions
Clears heat & cools the blood
Nourish the Yin
Softens hardness & dissipates nodules
Indications
(Excess & Def.)
Warm-heat disease in blood level
Painful sores
Neck lumps
Constipation & irritability due to lack of fluid
Dosage 9 ~ 15 g
Cook
Toxicity
Xuan Shen Xuan Shen 玄参玄参 (cold) (cold)