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Ma Huang

Category?
Energy?
Taste?
Meridians?
Functions? (4)
Mr. ?
Pungent and warm for dispersing
Energy: Warm
Taste: Pungent; slightly bitter
Meridians: LU & UB
Functions:
1. dispel cold release exterior
2. promote the dispersing function of lungs and sooth asthma
3. promote diuresis, relive asthma
4. Stop cold pain
***MR LUNG***
Gui Zhi

Category?
Energy?
Taste?
Meridians?
Functions? (4)
Pungent and warm for dispersing
Energy: Warm
Taste: Pungent; sweet
Meridians: Heart; Lung; liver
Functions: 1. Dispel cold & release exterior
2. Stop cold pain
3. Invigorate Blood circulation, promote menstruation
4. Warm Yang Qi, promote water metabolism
Jing Jie

Category?
Energy?
Taste?
Meridians?
Functions? (4)
Pungent and warm for dispersing
Energy: Warm
Taste: Pungent
Meridians: Lung; liver
Functions: 1. Dispel cold and release exterior
2. Dispel wind & stop convulsions
3. Detoxify & promote expression of skin eruptions
4. remove stasis, stop bleeding
(Jing Jie sounds like bells ringing. when I hear bells ringing I get all warm and fuzzy inside)
(a Loud bell sound can be startling, like a pungent food)
(when a bell constantly rings and never stops I get irritable- liver, I then feel like yelling -lung)
( ringing a bell for a baby who is shaking and convulsing with a tantrum can distract them and calm them down
(don't you wish you could just ring a bell and stop bleeding or get rid of a bruise)
Fang Feng

Category?
Energy?
Taste?
Meridians?
Functions? (3)
Pungent and warm for dispersing
Energy: Warm
Taste: Pungent
Meridians: Bladder; Liver Functions: 1. dispel cold, release exterior
2. Remove Dampness, stop pain
3. Dispel wind and stop convulsions
(Fang - Vampires have fangs and only drinks warm blood to warm themselves because they are dead and cold)
(Vampires never need to go pee even with all that blood they drink - Bladder; And they are always angry- liver)
in your body by drinking your blood, body fluids get absorbed into blood stream to replenish the blood the vampire is drinking, it dries out your bodies dampness)
(Vampire removes the dampness
(Vampire drinks so much of your blood you are yin & blood deficient and get convulsions)
Caution: yin xu with fire excess and spasms due to blood xu
Zi Su Ye

Category?
Energy?
Taste?
Meridians?
Functions? (4)
Pungent and warm for dispersing
Energy: Warm
Taste: Pungent
Meridians: Lung; Spleen
Functions: 1. Dispel cold release exterior
2. regulate flow of Qi
3. Warm stomach stop vomiting (morning sickness)
4. Relieve toxin from fish and shellfish poisoning
(when vomiting with morning sickness or poisoned by fish you want to stay warm)
(You yell (lungs) at the person that you will Sue them for poisoning your spleen (spleen) with bad fish.
(I want to "Sue you" Su Ye, for poisoning me with the fish you served at the restaurant and making me sick in the morning. If I sue you, my Qi will flow correctly and ill stop vomiting)
Qiang Huo

Category?
Energy?
Taste?
Meridians?
Functions? (2)
#1 choice for?
Pungent and warm for dispersing
Energy: Warm
Taste: Pungent
Meridians: Bladder; liver; Kidney
Functions: 1. Dispel cold, release exterior
2. Remove Dampness, stop pain
#1 choice for back of the head pain
(pain in the upper part of body or back of head makes one anger (liver), and glad you don't have kidney or bladder pain too)
(upper body pain)
Xi Xin

Category?
Energy?
Taste?
Meridians?
Functions?
Pungent and warm for dispersing
Energy: Warm
Taste: Pungent
Meridians: Heart; Lung; Kidney
Functions:
1. Dispel cold, release exterior
2. Dispel wind, stop pain
3. Warm lung, resolve phlegm
(spent its life in the cold wild, but keeps itself warm)
(spent all its life in the "wild" where its windy and no longer had tolerance for wind)
Gao Ben

Category?
Energy?
Taste?
Meridians?
Functions? (3)
Pungent and warm for dispersing
Energy: Warm
Taste: Pungent
Meridians: Bladder
Functions: 1. Dispel cold, release exterior
2. Remove dampness, stop pain
3. Dispel wind, stop itching
(you have to pay to go pee cuz your in the UK)
(Damp, cold, windy day in Uk looking at Big Ben you want something to warm you, dry you and shelter you from wind)
Bai Zhi

Category?
Energy?
Taste?
Meridians?
Functions? (4)
Pungent and warm for dispersing
Energy: Warm
Taste: Pungent
Meridians: Lung; Large Intestine; Stomach
Functions: 1. Dispel Cold, Release exterior
2. Dispel wind, stop pain
3. Dry Dampness, stop leukorrhea
4. Detoxify, cure boils and carbuncles, and snakebites
*** Front of Head Headache, migraine, Sinusitis***
Sheng Jiang

Category?
Energy?
Taste?
Meridians?
Functions? (3)
Pungent and warm for dispersing
Energy: Warm
Taste: Pungent
Meridians: Lung; Stomach
Functions:
1. Dispel Cold, release exterior
2. Warm Stomach, Stop Vomiting
3. Resolve fluid, stop cough
Xin Yi Hua

Category?
Energy?
Taste?
Meridians?
Functions? (2)
Best for...?
Pungent and warm for dispersing
Energy: Warm
Taste: Pungent
Meridians: Lung; Stomach
Functions:
1. Dispel cold, release exterior
2. Promote lungs in dispersing and relieving the obstruction of nose
**Best for Congestion**
Dr Yi's xin will help get rid of the flower obstructing your nose
Xiang Ru

Category?
Energy?
Taste?
Meridians?
Functions? (2)
Pungent and warm for dispersing
Energy: Warm
Taste: Pungent
Meridians: Lung; stomach
Functions:
1. Dispel cold, release exterior
2. Resolve cold Dampness, tonify stomach.
**Abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea from cold foods; summer heat**
Cong Bai

Category?
Energy?
Taste?
Meridians?
Functions? (3)
Pungent and warm for dispersing
Energy: Warm
Taste: Pungent
Meridians: Lung; Stomach
Functions:
1. Dispel cold, release exterior
2. promote blood circulation
3. Invigorate Yang Qi; kill parasites, eliminate pain
Cang Er Zi

Category?
Energy?
Taste?
Meridians?
Functions? (3)
Pungent and warm for dispersing
Energy: Warm
Taste: Pungent
Meridians: Lung
Functions:
1. Dispel Damp, Stop pain,
2. Vent lung, relieve nasal congestion
3. Dispel wind , stop itching
#1 for Nasal Obstruction
Bo He

Category?
Energy?
Taste?
Meridians?
Functions? (4)
Pungent and cold for dispersing
Energy: Cool
Taste: Pungent
Meridians: Lung; liver
Functions:
1. Dispel Heat - relieve exterior
2. Dispel Wind - stop pain
3. Dispel Toxins - vent rashes
4. Sooth liver Qi - Shu Xie
Sang Ye

Category?
Energy?
Taste?
Meridians?
Functions? (3)
Pungent and cold for dispersing
Energy: Cold
Taste: Sweet
Meridians: Lung; Liver
Functions:
1. Dispel Heat release exterior
2. Dispel Heat from liver, brighten eyes
3. Dispel Heat from lung, stop cough
Ju Hua

Category?
Energy?
Taste?
Meridians?
Functions? (3)
Pungent and cold for dispersing
Energy: Cool
Taste: Pungent
Meridians: Lung; Liver
Functions:
1. Dispel Heat, release exterior
2. Clear heat from Liver, brighten vision
3. Detoxify and cure boils
**Anti aging - cook with honey and take everyday**
Chan Tui

Category?
Energy?
Taste?
Meridians?
Functions? (5)
**Best choice for...?
Pungent and cold for dispersing
Energy: cold
Taste: Sweet
Meridians: Lung; Liver
Functions:
1. Dispel Heat, Release exterior
2. dispel toxins, vent rashes
3. Dispel wind, stop convulsions
4. Clear liver Heat, remove superficial visual obstruction
5. Vent Lung, sooth voice
**Best choice for Itchy Eyes**
Niu Bang Zi

Category?
Energy?
Taste?
Meridians?
Functions? (4)
Pungent and cold for dispersing
Energy: Cold
Taste: Pungent; Bitter
Meridians: Lung; Stomach
Functions:
1. Dispel Heat, Relieve exterior
2. Dispel toxins, vent rashes
3. Sooth throat, stop pain
4. remove phlegm, relieve asthma
Man Jing Zi

Category?
Energy?
Taste?
Meridians?
Functions? (2)
Pungent and cold for dispersing
Energy: Slightly cold
Taste: Pungent
Meridians: Liver; Stomach; Bladder
Functions:
1. Dispel wind, stop pain
2. Clear Heat from Liver, Brighten Vision
**Headache, Red eyes
Dan Dou Chi

Category?
Energy?
Taste?
Meridians?
Functions?
Pungent and cold for dispersing
Energy: Cold
Taste: Pungent
Meridians: lung; Stomach
Functions:
1. Dispel Heat, relieve Exterior
2. Harmonize upper jiao, remove irritability
**When fermented with ma Huang Zi Su Ye it is best for wind cold EPI
Ge Gen

Category?
Energy?
Taste?
Meridians?
Functions?
Pungent and cold for dispersing
Energy: Cool
Taste: Sweet
Meridians: Spleen; Stomach
Functions:
1. Dispel Heat, release exterior
2. Dispel Toxins, vent rashes;
*3 Promote body fluid, relive thirst
4. Nourish tendons, relieve convulsion
*5. Ascend yang, stop diarrhea
**Raw - clears heat, generates fluids; cooked - ascends yang, stops diarrhea
**Diabetics with bleeding in ocularfundis, use this herb.
Chai Hu

Category?
Energy?
Taste?
Meridians?
Functions?
Pungent and cold for dispersing
Energy: Cool
Taste: Bitter
Meridians: Liver; Gall Bladder
Functions:
1. Dispel heat, release exterior
2. Sooth liver, stop pain; Stagnation
3. Clear Gallbladder, prevent malaria
4. Raise Yang Qi, lift prolapse
**Shao Yang Syndrome
** Patients that have become immune to antibiotics use Chai Hu & Ge Gen for their fevers.
Sheng Ma

Category?
Energy?
Taste?
Meridians?
Functions?
Pungent and cold for dispersing
Energy: Cool
Taste: Sweet
Meridians: Lung; Spleen; Stomach
Functions:
1. Dispel Toxins, vent rashes
2. Raise Yang Qi
List as many warm and pungent to release exterior herbs as you can.
Ma Huang, Gui Zhi, Jing Jie, Fang Feng, Zi Su Ye, Qiang Huo, Xi Xin, Gao Ben, Bai Chi, Sheng Jiang, Xin Yi Hua, Xiang Ru, Cong Bai, Cang Er Zi, Cheng Liu, Hu Sui, Lan Siang Cao
E Bu Shi Cao, Huang Jing Ye,
List as many cold and pungent to release exterior herbs as you can.
Bo He, Sang Ye, Ju Hua, Chan Tui, Niu Bang Zi, Man Jing Zi, Dan Dou Chi, Ge Gen, Chai Hu, Sheng Ma, Fu Ping
Precautions 1. How long should one tell patients to take herbs that are pungent and release exterior?
Stop when exterior syndrome is released. No long term use
Which patients should use pungent release exterior herbs with caution?
Patients with spontaneous sweating (wei qi is exhausted), profuse urination (kidney & bladder Qi may be exhausted), blood deficiency, and Yin deficiency.
What is the cooking time for herbs that are pungent and release exterior?
Short cooking time for herbs that are pungent and release exterior. Many aromatic oils will be destroyed if cooked too long. 10-15 min on high heat until smells pungent
How should one tell patients to take the herbs that are pungent and release exterior?
Drink warm or hot to help promote sweating.