Herbs 2B Final - Regulate Qi

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Regulate Qi characteristics

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– pungent, warm, drying, aromatic; careful w/ Qi & Yin defic

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affects middle and upper jiao(St/LU), dispels damp – but not as much as ban xia, sends down rebellious qi, affects sp, st, lu, medium strength qi mover

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Chen Pi (tangerine or orange peel)

Hint 2

Regulate Qi

Front 3

strong qi mover, affects chest, breast and hypochondriac (chest & breast distention!!), good for lqs, dries damp and stops pain

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Qing Pi (unripe peel of immature mandarin orange)

Hint 3

Regulate Qi

Front 4

strong qi mover, food stasis, middle and lower jiao, strong to dispel damp stasis, descending – moves stasis out through li

Back 4

Da Fu Pi

Hint 4

Regulate Qi

Front 5

strong qi mover, qi stasis w/ heat, moves stool, middle and upper jiao

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Zhi Shi (immature bitter orange)

Hint 5

Regulate Qi

Front 6

– liv qi stagnation leading to blood stasis, menstrual problems, enters all 12 channels, moves all 6 excesses, one of most commonly used qi movers

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Xiang Fu

Hint 6

Regulate Qi

Front 7

moves qi, tx digestive problems from lqs, affects st, li and liv, prevents qi stasis from tonics, #1 for tenesmus

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Mu Xiang

Hint 7

Regulate Qi

Front 8

lower jiao stasis due to cold – better than chen xiang, mild to warm kid, dispels cold, used more than chen xiang

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Wu Yao –

Hint 8

Regulate Qi

Front 9

lower jiao qi stasis due to cold, sends down lu and st qi

Back 9

Chen Xiang

Hint 9

Regulate Qi

Front 10

dispel stasis due to cold in MJ & UJ

Back 10

Tan Xiang

Hint 10

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Front 11

promote flow of Yang Qi in chest

Back 11

Xie Bai

Hint 11

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Front 12

mild qi mover, liv and sp disharmony, prevents stasis from tonic herbs, tx xu patients

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Fo Shou

Hint 12

Regulate Qi

Front 13

mild; LV/ST disharmony

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Mei Gui Hua

Hint 13

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Front 14

– liv and gb stasis esp w/ heat or fire, flank or lower abdomen, mild to dispel parasites, sends down rebellious qi, use instead of chai hu for lqs w/ yin xu (not as drying)

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Chuan Lian Zi (melia / chinaberry)

Hint 14

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Front 15

#1 for hiccups

Back 15

Shi Di

Hint 15

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Front 16

LV channel Qi stasis w/cold – guide to testes, ovaries, & groin

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Ju He

Hint 16

regulate qi

Front 17

mild qi mover, milder & less dispersing than zhi shi, moves liv qi w/ heat, good for xu patients, but stronger than Fo Shou, Mei Gui Hua, Lu E Mei(super xu ps) -> the other 3 good for xu patients

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Zhi Ke

Hint 17

regulate qi