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67 Cards in this Set
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Which herb may be used for LU yin deficiency with fire blazing, manifesting as wheezing, coughing, blood streaked sputum, loss of voice?
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xi yang shen (American ginseng)
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Which herb may be used for lung qi and yin deficiency with symptoms such as shortness of breath, dry cough, or wheezing due to lung deficiency?
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shan yao ( Chinese yam)
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Which herb may be used in cases of qi, fluid and blood deficiency, manifesting as pale complexion, dizziness, palpitation due to qi and blood deficiency?
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dang shen (codonopsis root)
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Which herb shares with ren shen the indication of strengthening the anti-pathogenic qi to expel pathogens, in cases such as exterior syndromes or qi deficiency constipation?
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dang shen (codonopsis root)
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Which herb is best for dry mouth?
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tai zi shen (pseudostellaria)
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Which herb generates fluids and moistens dryness, and can therefore be used for unrelenting fever or summer heat in children?
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tai zi shen (pseudostellaria)
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Which herb moves blood by tonifying the qi, for paralysis or painful bi syndrome?
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huang qi (astragulus)
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Which herb generates flesh and may be used for purulent sores from deficiency that are not healing?
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huang qi (astragulus)
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Which herb is best for prolapse of anus, ST or uterus?
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huang qi (astragulus)
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Which herb can be used in combination with other herbs to treat prolapse?
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ren shen (ginseng)
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Which herb stabilizes the exterior for cough, asthma or spontaneous sweating?
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huang qi (astragulus)
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Which herbs stabilize the exterior to stop spontaneous sweating?
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huang qi (astragulus) and bai zhu (white atractylodes)
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Which herb is strongest to treat bleeding from qi deficiency failure to hold blood or postpartum fever from qi and blood loss?
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huang qi (astragulus)
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Which herb dries dampness to treat edema, phlegm fluids, and painful obstruction?
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bai zhu (white atractylodes)
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Which herb has the function of calming the fetus for restless fetus due to spleen deficiency?
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bai zhu (white atractylodes)
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Which herb tonifies the sp qi and yin for manifestations such as fatigue, spontaneous sweating, and lack of appetite?
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shan yao (chinese yam)
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Which herb tonifies the KI and stabilizes essence to treat symptoms such as spermatorrhea, frequent urination, vaginal discharge?
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shan yao (chinese yam)
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Which herb is best for clearing summer damp with nausea and vomiting?
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bai bian dou (hyacinth bean)
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Which herb can moderate spasm and alleviate pain, for painful spasm of the abdomen or legs?
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gan cao (licorice root)
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Which herb tonifies the spleen qi, moderates spasms and alleviates pain for shortness of breath, reduced appetite and abdominal pain better with warmth and pressure?
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yi tang ( barley malt sugar)
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Which herbs can harmonize the properties of other herbs?
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da zao (Chinese date) and gan cao (licorice root)
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Which herb has the ability to mitigate the toxicity of other herbs?
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gan cao (licorice root)
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Which herb dispels phlegm and stops cough from heat or cold in the lung?
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gan cao (licorice root)
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Which herb tonifies the spleen and heart qi for irregular and intermittent pulse and/or palpitations?
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gan cao (licorice root)
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Which herb nourishes blood to calm the spirit for irritability, crying for no reason, hysteria ( restless organ syndrome)?
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da zao (Chinese date)
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Which herb benefits the ht qi to calm the spirit for palpitations with anxiety, insomnia, forgetfulness, restlessness due to qi, blood or yin deficiency?
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ren shen ( ginseng)
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Which herb tonifies the yuan qi to treat qi collapse manifesting as shortness of breath, shallow respiration, cold limbs, profuse sweating, minute pulse, etc. ?
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ren shen ( ginseng)
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Which herb raises the yang qi of the middle jiao for blood loss recovery, failure of sp to hold blood, prolapse?
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huang qi (astragulus)
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which herb is best for tonifying the qi and yin of the lung and kidney?
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xi yang shen
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which gentle qi tonic is often chosen to treat patients too weak to take other, stronger herbs?
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tai zi shen
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which herb both tonifies and invigorates blood?
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dang gui
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Which tonify blood herb expels pus and generates flesh and may be used with Huang Qi for conditions such as chronic sores and abcesses?
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dang gui
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Which tonify blood herbs moisten the intestines and unblock the bowels?
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dang gui, he shou wu
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Which blood tonic nourishes yin and essence for symptoms of kidney yin deficincy?
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shu di huang
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which blood tonic harmonizes ying and wei and may be used when there is exterior wind cold invasion?
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bai shao
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Which blood tonic is best to regulate menses when there is concurrent blood or yin deficiency and heat?
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bai shao
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Which blood tonic is best to regulate menses when there is deficiency with cold?
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dang gui
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Which blood tonic calms the liver to alleviate pain and spasms?
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bai shao
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Which blood tonic is known for making the hair black?
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he shou wu
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Which blood tonic may be used externally for fire toxicity, as with carbuncles, sores, etc.
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he shou wu
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Which blood tonic treats malarial disorder?
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he shou wu
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Which blood tonic must be disolved in the strained decoction?
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e jiao
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Which blood tonic herb is best to nourish blood and stop bleeding, including excessive menses and threatened miscarriage?
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e jiao
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Which blood tonic nourishes yin and moistens dryness for yin deficiency causing insomnia or irritability after febrile disease?
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e jiao
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Which blood tonic tonifies the heart and spleen and calms the spirit, for excessive pensiveness and overthinking?
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long yan rou
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Which blood nourishing herb is best when the lung is attacked by dryness?
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e jiao
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Which blood tonics nourish yin or essence and may therefore be considered more cloying?
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shu di, e jiao, he shou wu
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Which yang tonic promotes pus discharge and generates flesh for chronic ulcerations and yin type boils?
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lu rong
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Which yang tonic is useful in treating physical and mental childhood developmental delay?
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lu rong
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which yang tonic regulates the chong and ren channels and stabilizes the dai channel for infirtility from cold womb?
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lu rong
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Which yang tonics calm the fetus and prevent miscarriage?
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du zhong, xu duan, tu si zi
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which yang tonics improve vision?
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tu si zi and sha yuan zi
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Which yang tonic nourishes essence and blood and also unblocks the bowels, especially for constipation in the debilitated or elderly?
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rou cong rong
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Which three yang tonics moisten the intestines?
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rou cong rong, suo yang, hu tao ren
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Which animal-derived yang tonic nourishes essence and blood and stops bleeding?
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lu jiao jiao
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Which yang tonic herb is most commonly used in a powder form with a dosage of .3-1 gm?
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lu rong
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Which three yang herbs expel wind-damp-cold, treating either deficiency or excess damp-cold-bi pain
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ba ji tian, yin yang huo, xian mao
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Which yang tonic is used in modern times for menopause hypertension from KD yin and yang deficiency with LV yang rising?
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yin yang huo
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Which yang tonic may be used to treat infertility, but is hot and toxic and therefore carries a pregnancy caution?
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xian mao
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Which yang tonic is best for asthma from KD qi deficiency, and may also be topically for skin disorders?
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bu gu zhi
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Which yang tonic commonly used in cooking warms the KD and SP, stabilizes essence and stops diarrhea?
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yi zhi ren
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Which yang tonic may be used to treat cold abdominal pain and excess salivation?
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yi zhi ren
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Which yang tonic invigorates blood to promote the mending of sinews and bones, but still may be used during pregnancy as it calms the fetus?
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xu duan
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Which yang tonic invigorates blood but should not be used during pregnancy?
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hai ma
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Which yang tonic improves vision and also calms the fetus?
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tu si zi
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Which yang tonics of animal origin may be used for impotence as well as asthma?
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ge jie, dong chong xia cao
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Which yang tonic is of huma origin and may be consumed postpartum to tonify KD yang, nourish blood, and augment essence and qi?
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ze he che
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