Warm, Spicy Herbs that Release the Exterior
发散风寒药
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Chinese: Bai Zhi (白芷 )
English: Dahurican Angelica Root
Latin: Radix Angelicae Dahuricae
pungent, warm
Channels:lung, spleen, stomach
Dosage:3-9g/day
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1.Dispels Wind & Damp, stops pain: for external Wind-Cold,
sinus congestion, sinus or tooth or supra-orbital pain, leukorrhagia,
skin itch due to Wind & Damp
2.Reduces Pus and Swelling: for early stages of surface level sores.
This herb can reduce swelling and/or help to discharge pus.
The people with Heat and Yin deficition should avoid it.
For instance, a person with high blood pressure should not take it.
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Chinese: Cang Er Zi(苍耳子)
English: Siberian Cocklebur
Latin: Xanthium sibiricum Patr. et Widd.
sweet, bitter, warm, toxic
Channels:lung, liver
Dosage:3-9g/day
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Dispels Wind & Damp, stops pain: for sinus congestion, chronic nasal discharge,
respiratory allergies, and loss of smell; for pain due to rheumatoid arthritis;
for eczema and rubella.
Overdose can result in vomiting, abdominal
pain, and diarrhea. Using Gan Cao(¸Ê²Ý,Licorice Root) detoxify.
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Chinese: Cong Bai(葱白)
English: Green Onion or Scallion
Latin Name: Alliiium Fistulosum L.
spicy, warm
Channels: Lung, Stomach
Dosage:9-15g/day
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Releases Wind and Cold and Induces Sweating.
Used in the very early stages of Wind-Cold invasion.
Invigorates the Yang Qi and detoxify.
For cold and fullness in the abdomen or nasal congestion from cold.
Applied topically as poultice for abscesses and sores.
Do not use it when people sweat.
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Chinese: E Bu Shi Cao(¶ì²»Ê³²Ý)
English: Centipeda Herb
Latin: Centipedae Minima
Spicy, Warm
Channels: Lung, Liver
Dosage: 3-9g/day
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Dispels Cold & relive sinus congestion;
Arrest cough & remove phlegm ;
Stop arthritis pain
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Chinese: Fang Feng (·À·ç)
English: Ledebouriella Root
Latin: Radix Ledebouriellae Divaricatae
pungent, sweet, slightly Warm
Channels: bladder, liver, spleen
Dosage: 3-9g/day
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1.Releases the Exterior and stops Wind
for headache, vertigo, skin rash and itch, and migraine headaches.
2.Dispels Wind, and Damp Conditions
for arthiritis, body aches, and stiff neck.
3.Stops Spasms Associated with Wind
for tetanus spasms.
4. Harmonies Liver and Spleen and suppresses wind due to hyperactive liver
for recurrent diarrhea with blood in the stool.
Caution in patients with Yin and blood Deficiency and head not due to Wind.
Traditionally not used with Rhizoma Zingiberis Officinalis (gan jiang),
Rhizoma et Radix Veratri (li lu), and Rhizoma Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae (bei xie).
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Chinese: Gao Ben (Þ»±¾)
English: Straw Weed, Chinese Lovage Root
Latin:Rhizoma Ligustici
pungent, Warm
Channels: bladder
Dosage: 3-9g/day
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1.Expels Wind-Cold and Stops Headache
2. Expels Wind and Damp to stop pain
for joint pain, arthritic pain, and abdominal pain due to wind and cold.
Caution in patients of headache due to blood Deficiency.
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Chinese:Gui Zhi (¹ðÖ¦)
English:Cinnamon Twig, Cassia Twig
Latin: Ramulus Cinnamomi
pungent, Warm, sweet
Channels: Bladder, Heart, Lung
Dosage: 1.5-6 g/day
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1. Promote sweat for expelling pathogenic factors from muscles
2. Warms the Channels for increasing the Yang
Caution in patients with Heat, Yin Deficiency, and Yang High
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Chinese:Jing Jie (¾£½æ)
English:Schizonepeta Bud or Stem
Latin: Herba Schizonepeta
pungent, slightly Warm
Channels: Liver, Lung
Dosage: 5-9 g/day
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1. Dispel pathogenic wind from muscles for relieving exterior syndrome
for common cold with headache from Wind-Cold or Wind-Heat.
2. Alleviate itching and rashes for skin eruptions, measles, and urticaria.
3. Cure boils when they first erupt, especially if accompanied by chills and fever.
4. Stop bleeding, using the ash of the toasted herb
Do not used it for patients without pathogenic wind invaded.
Do not used it for patients who are sweating due to Flu or Cold.
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Chinese: Ma Huang
English: Ephedra Stem
Latin: Herba Ephedrae
Pungent, Slightly Bitter, Warm
Channels: Lung, Bladder
Dosage: 3g-9g/Day
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1.Induces Sweating to Release the Exterior:
It cures people with wind-cold excess patterns, which causes fever, chills, headache, or lack of sweating.
2.Stops Wheezing and Asthma:
It cures obstruction of Lung Qi due to exterior Wind-Cold or wheezing from an internal condition.
3.Reduces Edema and Promotes Urination:
It is especially useful for curing edema with obstruction from external Wind-Cold pathogen.
4. Disperses Wind-Cold: It cures arthritis and Rubella.
Avoid to use it for a person who is weak, spontaneously sweat dut to yin deficient, or has asthma due to kidney qi
not securing.
Long-term or overuse causes heavy sweating and weakens the body. May also raise blood pressure.
Do not use if a patient has insomnia, high blood pressure, or cardiac arrhythmias.
Usually the row herb is used for induceing sweating to release the Exterior;
the roasted one is used for stoping Wheezing and asthma.
After it is toasted with honey, dispersing nature of the herb became less strong, but it is good for nurishing the Lung.
Herb-Drug Interactions
Ma Huang contains ephedrine and pseudoephedrine which interferes with Sympathomimic (anti-seizure) and Cariovascular drugs.
Ma Huang (Ephedra) and MAOI can cause dangerously high blood pressure.
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Sheng Jiang /Fresh Ginger Rhizome
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Xi Xin /Chinese Wild Ginger, Asarum
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Xiang Ru /Aromatic Madder, Elsholtzia
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Xin Yi Hua /Magnolia Flower
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Zi Su Geng
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Zi Su Ye /Perilla Leaf
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