Herb Category: Diaphoretic Herbs
A diaphoretic is an herb that has the function of dispersing and expelling pathogens from the exterior by promoting sweat.
Nature: Pungent (Acrid)
Channel: Lung
Contraindications: Sweating due to Yang deficiency, night sweats, dehydration, and bleeding
So
What are the 2 Diaphoretic Categories?
1. Diaphoretic Warming
2. Diaphoretic Cooling
Diaphoretic Warming
Category: Warm, Acrid Herbs that Release the Exterior
Wind-Cold Excess
Nature: Pungent (Acrid) and Warm
Function: Dispel wind-cold from the exterior and promotes sweating
Symptoms of Wind-Cold Excess:
Chills, slight fever, body aches, headache, NO SWEATING (pores are restricted and they're closed), cough with white sputum, n
Ma Huang
Ephedra
Latin: Ephedrae Herba
Flavor + Temp: Pungent (spicy, acrid), Bitter, and Warm
Channels: Lung and Urinary Bladder
Functions:
1. Strongly promotes sweating to release exterior and dispel Wind-Cold.
2. Disperses the Lung Qi and calms asthma
3. Promot
Diaphoretic Warming
Category: Warm, Acrid Herbs that Release the Exterior
Wind-Cold Deficiency
Nature: Pungent (Acrid) and Warm
Function: Release the exterior, dispel Wind-Cold, and harmonize the Yin and Wei.
Symptoms of Wind-Cold Deficiency:
Chills, slight fever, body aches, headache, SWEATING, cough with white sputum, fatigue, nasal congestion, n
Gui Zhi
Cinnamon Branch
Latin: Cinnamomi Ramulus
Flavor + Temp: Pungent, Sweet, and Warm
Channels: Lung, Urinary Bladder and Heart
Functions:
1. Releases the exterior and dispels Wind-Cold for Wind-Cold deficiency.
2. Invigorates the flow of Yang Qi and warms the
Diaphoretic Cooling
Category: Cool, Acrid, Release the Exterior
Wind-Heat Excess
Nature: Pungent and Cool
Function: Dispels Wind-Heat from the exterior by sweating and cooling
Symptoms of Wind-Heat:
Fever, chills, headache, cough, sore throat, thirst, red eyes, excessive tearing, body aches
Tongue: Pink with thin Yellow Coat and Red T
Bo He
Mint
Latin: Menthae haplocalycis herba
Flavor + Temp: Pungent, spicy (aromatic), and Cool
Channels: Lung and Liver
Functions:
1. Releases the exterior to dispel Wind-Heat
2. Benefits the throat
3. Clears head and eyes
4. Regulates Liver (irritability, PMS
Herb Category: Heat Clearing Herbs
Nature: Bitter and Cold
Function: Clear heat and purge from the interior
Subcategories of Heat Clearing Herbs
1. Heat Clearing Fire Purging
2. Clear Heat Dry Damp
3. Clear Heat Cool Blood
4. Clear Deficient Heat
5. Heat Clearing AntiToxin
6. Clear Heat Br
Heat Clearing Herbs - Heat Clearing Fire Purging
Category: Clear Heat, Drain Fire
Nature: Bitter and Cold
Function: Clear Heat from Yang Ming Level (means that Heat is at Qi level)
Cautions: Bitter and Cold herbs can damage Spleen and Stomach. They should be used cautiously in patients who are deficient in Qi or Yin.
Symptoms of Interi
What are the 4 Bigs?
1. Big Fever
2. Big Sweat
3. Big Thirst
4. Big Pulse
Shi Gao
Stone paste
Latin: Gypsum Fibrosum
Flavor + Temp: Sweet, Pungent, and Very Cold
Channels: Lung and Stomach
Function:
1. Clears heat, purges fire, brings down Yang Ming fever
2. Clears Excess Lung Heat
3. Clears Raging Stomach Fire
4. Clears ALL Big 4
Typi
Heat Clearing Herbs - Clear Heat Dry Damp
Nature: Bitter and Cold
Function: Drain Damp-Heat from the body
(such as diarrhea, food poisoning, IBD, IBS, vaginal infections)
Symptoms of Damp Heat:
Diarrhea, acne, psoriasis, eczema, gyno issues
Tongue: Red with Yellow Greasy Coat
Pulse: Slippery and
Huang Lian
Coptis, Goldthread, Yellowroot
Latin: Coptis Rhizoma
Flavor + Temp: Bitter and Cold
Channels: Large Intestine, Liver, Stomach, and Heart
Function:
1. Drains Damp-Heat
2. Clears fire toxin and stops bleeding (also clears skin conditions, like shingles)
3.
Heat Clearing Herbs - Clear Heat, Cool Blood
Nature: Cold
Function: Clear Heat from the Blood level
Symptoms of Heat in the Blood:
Night fever, irritability, insomnia, dry mouth, slight thirst, no thirst, hemorrhage, mania, delirium
Tongue: Crimson and Dry
Pulse: Deep Thready and Rapid
Sheng Di Huang
Chinese foxglove root, Rehmannia
Latin: Rehmanniae Radix
Flavor + Temp: Sweet Bitter and Cold
Channels: Heart, Liver, Kidney
Function:
1. Clears Heat and Cools Blood
2. Nourishes Yin, generates fluids
3. Cools the upward blazing of the heart fire - clears