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21 Cards in this Set
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Bai Guo
Semen Ginkgonis Bilobae (Ginkgo Nut) Stabilizes & Binds |
Lung, Kidney
Slightly toxic Bitter, sweet, astringent Stops phlegmy wheezing in LU Helps leukorria (thick vaginal discharge) |
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Chuan Bei Mu
Cool Herbs that Transform Phlegm Heat Fritillaria family |
Heart, Lung
bitter (dries out phlegm) and slightly cold sweet (generates fluids) for scanty, yellow phlegm, difficult to expectorate use when damage to fluids yin deficiency in the lungs. Thin or dry tongue coat (not a lot of fluids) dissipate nodules |
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Dan Nan Xing (bile treated)
Jack-in-the-Pulpit Rhizome & Bile Herbs that Cool and Transform Phlegm-Heat |
Liver, Lung, Spleen
Bitter Cool Transforms Phlegm Heat, Extinguish Wind, Stops Convulsions *muscle spasms and cramps, infantile convulsions, seizures, facial paralysis, tetanus, and stroke due to wind and phlegm obstructing the channels |
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Fu Ling
Poria Herbs that Regulate Water and Drain Dampness |
Heart, Spleen, Lung
Sweet, Bland Neutral Drain Dampness Reduces Swellings Promotes Urination Tonifies Spleen Qi Transform Phlegm |
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Gua Lou Pi
Trichosanthes Peel, Snake Gourd Peel Herbs that Cool and Transform Phlegm-Heat |
Large Intestine, Lung, Stomach
Sweet Cold Transforms Phlegm Heat Regulates Qi Expands Chest |
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Gua Lou Ren
Trichosanthes Seeds Herbs that Cool and Transform Phlegm-Heat |
Large Intestine, Lung, Stomach
Sweet Cold Transforms Phlegm Moistens Lungs Expands Chest Moistens Intestines Promotes Healing of Sores Dissipates Nodules Eliminates Pus |
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Gua Lou
Trichosanthes Fruit Herbs that Cool and Transform Phlegm-Heat |
Large Intestine, Lung, Stomach
Sweet Cold Transforms Phlegm Heat Clears Lung Heat Unbinds Chest Dissipates Nodules Reduces Abscesses |
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Hai Zao
Seaweed Herbs that Cool and Transform Phlegm-Heat |
Kidney, Liver, Lung, Stomach
Bitter, Salty Cold Softens Hardness, Dissolves Phlegm Promotes Urination Reduces Edema and Swelling (edema due to Leg Qi) Regulates Waterways |
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Hou Po
Magnolia Bark Aromatic Herbs that Transform & Dissolve Dampness |
Large Intestine, Lung, Spleen, Stomach
Bitter, Spicy Warm, Aromatic Moves & regulates Qi Resolves Stagnation Warms & Dries Damp Descends Qi, Calms Wheezing, Dissolves Phlegm |
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Huang Qin
Scullcap Root Herbs that Clear Heat and Dry Dampness |
Gall Bladder, Large Intestine, Lung, Stomach
Bitter Cold Clears Heat, Fire, and Drains Dampness Clears Damp-Heat in the Stomach and Intestines Clears Heat and Stops Bleeding Clears Heat and Stops Bleeding Calms Liver Yang Rising |
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Kuan Dong Hau
Coltsfoot Flower Herbs that Relieve Coughing & Wheezing |
Lung
Acrid Warm Moistens Lungs Descends Qi Stops Cough Transforms Phlegm |
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Kun Bu
Ecklonia Kurome Herbs that Cool and Transform Phlegm-Heat |
Kidney, Liver, Stomach
Salty Cold Dissolves Phlegm Softens Hardness Promotes Urination Regulates Water Circulation Reduces Swelling |
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Tian Hua Fen / Trichosanthis Radix
Herbs That Cool and Transform Phlegm Heat |
Lung, Stomach
Bitter, Sweet Cold Clears and drains lung heat, transforms phlegm, moistens lung dryness. Drains heat, generates fluid (fluids injured) - thirst, irritability, wasting and thirsting disorder, cough, thick sputum. Relieves toxicity, expels pus - toxic hot carbuncles, breast abscess. |
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Zhe Bei Mu / Fritillariae Bulbus
Herbs That Cool and Transform Phlegm Heat |
Heart, Lung
Bitter, Cold Clears and transforms phlegm-heat - acute lung heat with productive cough. Clears heat, dissipates nodules (better than Chuan Bei Mu - for phlegm-fire congealing and causing neck swellings, lung and breast abscesses and swellings. |
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Hai Dai / Laminariae Thallus
Transform Phlegm to Relieve Cough and Dyspnoea Clear and Transform Phlegm-Heat |
Kidney, Liver, Stomach
Cold Salty |
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Zhu Ru / Bamboo Shavings
Herbs That Cool and Transform Phlegm Heat |
Gall Bladder, Lung, Stomach
Cold Sweet Clears and transforms phlegm-heat - thick sputum, stifling sensation in the chest, coughing up blood. Clears heat from the stomach, stops vomiting (good choice for different types including morning sickness), aversion to heat, bad breath, yellow greasy tongue. Cools the blood and stops bleeding - to stop nosebleed and vomiting of blood. |
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Zhu Li / Bamboo Juice
Removing heat-phlegm, arresting convulsion. |
Lung, Heart, Stomach
cold sweet treatment of cough due to phlegm-heat, yellow sputum and short breath, chest tightness treatment of infantile accumulation of phlegm-heat, pyrexia with acute infantile convulsion |
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Tian Zhu Huang / Siliceous Secretions of Bamboo
Herbs That Cool and Transform Phlegm Heat |
Gall Bladder, Heart, Liver
Cold Sweet Clears and transforms phlegm-heat - difficult to expectorate sputum. Clears heat and arrests convulsions - spasms, convulsions due to phlegm-heat, especially in children. |
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Zhi Shi / Immature Bitter Orange
Herbs That Regulate The Qi |
Large Intestine, Spleen, Stomach
Acrid, Bitter Cold Breaks up Qi stagnation, reduces accumulations, transforms phlegm - epigastric or abdominal pain and distention or indigestion w/focal distention or gas. Directs qi downward and unblocks bowels - frequently used for abdominal pain and constipation by accumulation and stagnant Qi. Transforms phlegm and expels focal. Used with Qi tonifying herbs for the prolapse of organs. Raises blood pressure. |
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Qing Ping / Green Tangerine Peel
Herbs That Regulate The Qi |
Gall Bladder, Liver, Stomach
Acrid, Bitter Warm Spreads liver Qi and breaks up stagnation - liver Qi stagnation symptoms such as distention and pain in the chest, breast, and/or hypochondriac regions; hernial pain. Reduces food stagnation - pain in the epigastrium. Dries dampness and transforms phlegm - malarial disorders w/phlegm, dampness, and breast abscesses. Raises blood pressure. |
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Wu Wei Zi / Schisandra
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Heart, Kidney, Lung
Sour Warm |
