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Drains heat and purges buildup.
Drains fire and resolves heat tox.
Has widest range of action of purgatives.
Clears excess heat from ST and intestines. Jaundice, constip, hot dysentery.
Resolves heat tox at blood level and invig blood if charred. |
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Moistens dryness, softens hardness (salty)
Used for hard dry stools in intestines. |
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Neutral.
Most widely used to promote urine.
Strengthens SP, calms HT.
Drains damp and strengthens SP -stronger than yi yi ren. |
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Neutral.
Most widely used to promote urine.
Doesn't tonify.
Just used to promote urination and expel damp. |
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Sweet, bland, cold.
Good for heat.
Fluid retention.
Acts on KD and UB. Drains damp and heat from LJ. |
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Sweet, bland, cold.
Good for heat.
Fluid retention.
Drains damp, strengthens SP- weaker than fu ling.
Clears heat, treats wind damp.
Used for bi and damp heat esp those with a weak SP. |
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Sweet, bland, cold.
Good for heat.
Fluid retention.
Painful urination.
Guides heat from HT and LU down thru SI and out thru urine. |
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Slippery, facilitates mvt thru orifices.
Sweet, bland, cold.
Summerheat, thirst, irritability.
Topical for eczema, sores. |
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Bitter, cold.
Damp Heat causing painful urinary dribbling.
For equally severe heat and damp.
Parasites. |
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Definition
Bitter, cold.
Damp Heat causing painful urinary dribbling.
Stops cough. |
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Definition
Bitter, cold
Drains heat out of HT, SI: UTIs
Helps lactation. |
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Bitter, cold.
Slippery, facilitates mvt thru the orifices.
Treats D-H causing painful urinary dribbling.
For heat predominating. |
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Bitter, sl. cold, very aromatic.
Very effective for clearing D H from LV and GB.
Reduces jaudice, dispersed turbid damp that accumulates in jaundice. |
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Acrid, bitter, cold.
Disperses wind that leads to itching. |
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Definition
Treats W-C-D.
Lower body pain.
For elderly, weak with longterm ailments.
Shaoyin HA and toothache. |
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| Wei Ling Xian: Dispel Wind Damp |
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Definition
Whole body pain.
Fish bones. |
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| Wu Jia Pi: Dispel Wind Damp |
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Definition
Treats W-C-D.
For pain, aches and W-D in sinews and bones.
For elderly, weak with longterm ailments.
Stronger for relieving damp, edema, less tonifying. |
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| Xi Xian Cao: Dispel Wind Damp |
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Definition
W-D-H.
For elderly, weak with longterm ailments. |
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| Sang Zhi: Dispel Wind Damp |
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Definition
Upper body pain.
Relatively mild.
Releases ext and clears heat. For ext and short duration diseases.
For kids painful obstruction. |
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Lower body pain.
Cramping pain.
Food stag. |
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| Qin Jiao: Dispel Wind Damp |
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Definition
For pain secondary to W-D, esp in lower extremities.
SL. cold- for warm bi.
Esp for damp. |
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