Herbs that release the exteriorHerbs that release the exteriorCool, SpicyCool, Spicy herbs: herbs:

Sang YeSang Ye Ju HuaJu Hua Mu ZeiMu Zei Chan TuiChan Tui Bo HeBo He

Chai HuChai Hu Man Jin ZiMan Jin Zi Niu Pang Niu Pang ZiZi Dan Dou ChiDan Dou Chi Ge GenGe Gen

Sheng MaSheng Ma Fu PingFu Ping

Wind-Heat ( Superficial)

Fever, chills, body aches, sneezing and a dislike of windFever, chills, body aches, sneezing and a dislike of wind

Enter Lung & Liver channel

Man Jing Zi; Sang Ye; Bo He; Mu Zei; Ju Hua; Man Jing Zi; Sang Ye; Bo He; Mu Zei; Ju Hua; Chai Hu; Chan TuiChai Hu; Chan Tui

Enter St. & Sp. Channel Niu Pang Zi; Dan Dou Chi; Ge Gen; Sheng MaNiu Pang Zi; Dan Dou Chi; Ge Gen; Sheng Ma

Edema Fu PingFu Ping

Part OnePart One

Agents which enter the Lung & Liver channels to Agents which enter the Lung & Liver channels to disperse winddisperse wind

Sang Ye Sang Ye 桑葉桑葉 Bo He Bo He 薄荷薄荷 Mu Zei Mu Zei 木賊木賊Ju Hua Ju Hua 菊花菊花Chai Hu Chai Hu 柴胡柴胡Chan Tui Chan Tui 蟬蛻蟬蛻Man Jing Zi Man Jing Zi 曼荊子曼荊子

Sang Ye Sang Ye 桑葉桑葉

Green leaf with brown veinsGreen leaf with brown veins

Distinct lookDistinct look

Pharmaceutical Name Mori Folium

Actions

Expel wind, Clear Lung heat

Calms the liver & Clear Liver heat

Clears the Lungs & moistens dryness

Cool blood & stop bleeding

Indications

( Excess or Def. )

Wind heat exterior disease

Red & painful eyes

Lung dryness with cough

night sweats

Dosage 4.5 ~ 9 g

Cook

Toxic Sym.

Sang Ye Sang Ye (Cold)(Cold) 桑葉桑葉

Contraindications None noted

Combinations

Indications Formular

Ju Hua 菊花 Wind-heat or dizziness, headache & red eyes due to liver fire

Sang Ju Yin 桑菊飲

Di Gu Pi 地骨皮Gan Cao 甘草 Coughing due to lung heat

Sang Bai Pi Tang

桑白皮湯Ju Hua 菊花

Jue Ming Zi 決明子 Red & painful eyes

Xing Ren 杏仁Sha Shen 沙參 Cough due to lung dryness

Sang Xing Tang

桑杏湯

Gou Qi Zi 枸杞子Jue Ming Zi 決明子 Dizziness ( liver wind )

Da Fu Pi 大腹皮Chen Pi 陳皮 Edema with difficult urination

Sang Ye Sang Ye (Cold)(Cold) 桑葉桑葉

Bo He Bo He 薄荷薄荷

Mint leaves & stemMint leaves & stemDistinct smellDistinct smellCompare with Chan Xin Lian (tastes bitter )Compare with Chan Xin Lian (tastes bitter ) Xi Xian Cao ( no mint smell )Xi Xian Cao ( no mint smell )

Pharmaceutical Name Menthae haplocalycis Herba

Actions

Expel wind heat

Clears head & eyes

Vents rashes

Allows constrained liver qi to flow freely

Expel turbid filth

Indications

(Excess)

Fever, headache, cough

Aids throat, sore throat, red eyes, headache

Rashes at early stage

Diarrhea & vomiting in summer

Emotional, gynaecological disorders, chest fullness or rib area distenstion

Dosage 3 ~ 6 g

Cook Add later

Toxic Sym.

Bo HeBo He (Cool) (Cool) 薄荷薄荷

ContraindicationsSweating due to lung Qi def.

Nursing women

Combinations

Indications Formular

Jing Jie 荊芥Liao Qiao 連翹 wind-heat sym. Yin Qiao San 銀翹散

Sang Ye 桑葉Ju Hua 菊花 Headache & red eyes Sang Ju Yin 桑菊飲

Jie Geng 桔梗 Jiang Can 僵蠶 Throat itching & ache

Bai Shao 白芍Chai Hu 柴胡 Liver Qi Stag.

Xia Ku Cao 夏枯草 Red eyes due to Liver Fire.

Sang Bai Pi 桑白皮 Lung heat couging

Bo HeBo He (Cool) (Cool) 薄荷薄荷

Mu Zei Mu Zei 木賊木賊

Pale green-yellowPale green-yellowHollow reed-like grassHollow reed-like grassDistinct lookDistinct look

Pharmaceutical Name Equiseti hiemalis herba

Actions

Disperse wind-heat

Clear heat

Stop Bleeding

Indications

(Excess)

Wind-heat disease ( red eyes, blurred vision )

Liver fire disease

Blood in stool, haemorrhoids

Dosage 3 ~ 9 g

Cook

Toxic Sym. None

Mu ZeiMu Zei (Neutral) (Neutral) 木賊 木賊 ( Dry )( Dry )

Contraindications

Urinary frequency

Pregnancy

Deficient fluids

Combinations

Indications Formular

Chan Tui 蟬蛻Huang Qin 黃芩 Red eyes with lots tear

Huang Qin 黃芩Di Yu 地榆

Blood in stools or due to haemorrhoids

Cang Zhu 蒼朮Xia Ku Cao 夏枯草 Blurring eyes with lots tears

Mu ZeiMu Zei (Neutral) (Neutral) 木賊 木賊 ( Dry )( Dry )

Ju Hua Ju Hua 菊花菊花

Crysanthemum FlowerCrysanthemum FlowerDistinct yellow lookDistinct yellow look

Pharmaceutical Name Chrysanthemum Flower

Actions

Disperse wind, clear heat

Clears liver heat

Clears heat toxic

Calms liver wind

Indications

(Excess)

Exterior wind heat

Red & painful eyes

High blood pressure

Dosage 9 ~ 15 g

Cook

Toxic Sym. None

Also used for angina, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, fever, cold, headache, dizziness, and swelling. Skin disease: furuncle, tumefaction

Ju Hua Ju Hua 菊花菊花(slightly Cold)(slightly Cold)

Contraindications Diarrhea Qi def. type stomachache

Combinations

Indications Formular

Chuan Xiong

川芎Headache due to wind-heat or blood

stasisSang Yu Yin

桑菊飲

Gou Qi Zi 枸杞子 Dizziness due to Liver & kid. Def.Qi Ju Di Huang Wan

杞菊地黃丸

Tian Ma 天麻 Dizziness due to liver fire

Jing Yin Hua 金銀花 Skin disease due to heat toxic

Jiang Can 僵蠶 Rash itching

Xia Ku Cao 夏枯草 Red & pain eyes

Huang Qin 黃芩 Zhi Zi 梔子 Irritability due to heat

Ju Hua Ju Hua 菊花 菊花 (slightly Cold)(slightly Cold)

Bo He Expel wind-heatClear head & eyes

Strongly expel wind &promote sweating; smooth liver Qi

Ju HuaClear liver heat; calm liver wind; Little tonify liver function(sweet);

Chai Hu Chai Hu 柴胡柴胡

RootRoot

Distinct lookDistinct look

Pharmaceutical Name Bupleuri Radix

Actions

Clears Lesser Yang disorders & Reduces fever

Spreads liver Qi & relieves constraint

Rising up Yang Qi

Anti-infection & anti-virus

Indications

(Excess)

Shao Yang Disease: fever & chills, bitter taste

Wind-heat: high fever

Qi going down disease:

Chest & rib area pain

Dosage 3 ~ 9 g

Toxic Sym. Allergy reaction

Chai Hu (Cool)Chai Hu (Cool) 柴胡柴胡

Contraindications Yin def. type fever Liver Yang rising Up or liver fire

Combinations

Indications Formular

Huang Qin

黃芩 Shao Yang feverXiao Chai Hu Tang

小柴胡湯

Xiang Fu 香附Qin Pi 青皮

Rib area distention & pain

dysmenorrhea

Huang Qi 黃耆Zhi Ke 枳殼 Gastroptosis or rectocele

Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang 補中益氣湯

Bai Shao 白芍 Stomachache due to liver Qi attacking

Ge Geng 葛根 Fever due to exterior diseaseChai Ge Jie Ji Tang

柴葛解肌湯

Chai Hu (Cool) Chai Hu (Cool) 柴胡柴胡

Chan Tui Chan Tui 蟬蛻蟬蛻

Abandoned cicada skinAbandoned cicada skin

Distinct lookDistinct look

Pharmaceutical Name Cicadae Periostracum

Actions

Disperse wind & clear heat

Vents rashes

Clears the eyes & removes superficial visual obstruction

Stops spasms & extinguishes wind

Indications

(Excess)

Wind-heat especially with loss of voice and swollen sore throat

Early stage measles with an incomplete expression of the rash

Wind-heat eye problems

Childhood febrile disease: spasm, delirium, or night terrors.

Dosage 3 ~ 9 g

Cook

Toxic Sym. none

Chan Tui Chan Tui 蟬蛻蟬蛻(slightly cold )(slightly cold )

Contraindications Pregnant

Combinations

Indications Formular

Jing Jie 荊芥 Wind heat exterior

Lian Qiao 連翹 Sore swollen throatSang Ju Yin

桑菊飲

Niu Pang Zi 牛蒡子Jie Gen 桔梗

Wind heat: fever, sore throat, lose voice

Ge Geng 葛根Niu Pang Zi 牛蒡子 Measles in early stage

Bai Ji Li 白蒺藜Jing Jie 荊芥Bo He 薄荷

Itching due to rashesXiao Feng San

消風散

Ju Hua 菊花Mu Zei 木賊

Tearing, Red eyes, blurring vision

Chan Tui Chan Tui 蟬蛻 蟬蛻 (slightly cold )(slightly cold )

Man Jing Zi Man Jing Zi 曼荊子曼荊子

Round dark brown seedRound dark brown seed1/8 inch diameter1/8 inch diameterDistinct lookDistinct look

Pharmaceutical Name Viticis Fructus

Actions

Expel Wind-stop headache

Clear Heat

Wind-heat in Liver

Drains dampness, expel wind

Indications

(Excess)

Headache

Excessive tearing, red painful, or swollen eye disease

Stiff numb cramping heavy limbs

Dosage 6~ 12 g

Cook

Toxic dosage

Also used for Tinnitus, dizziness, deafness due to def.

Contraindications Heat due to Yin & blood Def.

Man Jing Zi (Cool) 曼荊子

Combinations

Indications

Lian Qiao 連翹 Headache with red eyes pain

Ju Hua 菊花 Headache & dizziness due to wind heat

Chuan Xiong 川芎 Headache

Fang Feng 防風 Headache due to exterior wind, body pain due to wind-damp

Xia Ku Cao 夏枯草Gou Teng 鉤藤 Headache & dizziness due to liver wind

Jing Jie 荊芥Bai Ji Li 白蒺藜 Chronic headache

Man Jing Zi (Cool) 曼荊子

Treat headache herbs

Man Jing Zi Wind-heat headache

Gao Ben Wind-cold headache

Bai Zi Wind-damp headache

Bai Ji Li Liver-wind up headache

Part twoPart two

Agents which enter the Lung & Middle Burner to Agents which enter the Lung & Middle Burner to disperse wind & clear heat from the middledisperse wind & clear heat from the middle

Niu Pang Zi Niu Pang Zi 牛蒡子牛蒡子Dan Dou Chi Dan Dou Chi 淡豆豉淡豆豉

Ge Gen Ge Gen 葛根葛根Sheng Ma Sheng Ma 升麻升麻

Niu Pang Zi Niu Pang Zi 牛蒡子牛蒡子

¼ inch long elongated, flat, grey-brown seeds¼ inch long elongated, flat, grey-brown seeds

Distinct lookDistinct look

Pharmaceutical Name Arctii Fructus

Actions

Disperses wind-heat & benefits the throat

Resolve toxicity & vents rashes

Moisten the intestines

Indications

(Excess)

Wind-heat: with sore, red swollen throat

Rashes or measles; boils & carbuncles

Constipation

Mumps

Dosage 6 ~ 12 g

Cook

Toxic Sym.Allergic reactions: discomfort in the chest, rapid breathing, sensation of obstruction in the throat, dizziness, flushing of the face, vomiting, papular rashes, intense itching, and low blood pressure

Also used forNiu Bang Zi/Burdock is used as a diuretic, "blood purifier", antimicrobial, antipyretic, and to treat anorexia nervosa, GI complaints, rheumatism, gout, cystitis, and chronic skin conditions including acne and psoriasis.

Niu Pang Zi Niu Pang Zi (Cold)(Cold) 牛蒡子牛蒡子

ContraindicationsQi def.

Diarrhea

Combinations

Indications Formular

Jing Jie 荊芥 Exterior wind heat

Lian Qiao 連翹 Swollen, sore, red throat

Fu Ping 浮萍 Itchy due to rashes

Jie Geng 桔梗 Cough due to wind heat

Sheng Ma 升麻 Mumps

Ju Hua 菊花 boils & carbunclesPu Ji Xiao Du Yin普濟消毒飲

Shan Yao 山藥 Chronic cough

Niu Pang Zi Niu Pang Zi (Cold)(Cold) 牛蒡子牛蒡子

Dan Dou Chi Dan Dou Chi 淡豆豉淡豆豉

Fermented soybeanFermented soybean

Distinct smellDistinct smell

Pharmaceutical Name Sajae Semen Preparatum

Actions

Release the exterior

Eliminates irritability

Indications

(Excess)

For both hot and cold exterior disorders

Irritability, restlessness, stifling sensation in the chest

Insomnia following a febrile disorder

Dosage 6 ~ 12 g

Cook

Toxicity None noted

Dan Dou Chi Dan Dou Chi ( cool ) ( cool ) 淡豆豉淡豆豉

Contraindications Nursing women

Combinations

Indications Formular

Cong Bai 蔥 白 Light Exterior disease Cong Chi Tang

蔥 豉 湯

Bo He 薄 荷 Niu Pang Zi 牛蒡

子Wind-heat disease

Yin Qiao San

銀 翹 散

Zhi Zi 梔子 Irritability, insomnia following a febrile disorder

Zhi Zi Chi Tang梔 子 豉 湯

Dan Dou Chi Dan Dou Chi (Cool) (Cool) 淡豆淡豆豉豉

Ge Gen Ge Gen 葛根葛根

White, fibrous root, displays fibers when brokenWhite, fibrous root, displays fibers when brokenDistinct lookDistinct look

Compare with Shan Yao ( has a powdery surface )Compare with Shan Yao ( has a powdery surface ) Fu Ling ( crumbly )Fu Ling ( crumbly ) Tian Hua Fen ( bitter taste )Tian Hua Fen ( bitter taste )

Pharmaceutical Name Puerarise Radix

Actions

Discharges exterior conditions & release the muscles

Relieves heat (fever)& generates fluids

Vents & discharges measles

Raise the (Sp.) yang & stops diarrhea

Treats symptoms of hypertension

Indications

(Excess)

Exterior disorder: stiff or tight upper back and neck

Thirsty due to stomach heat or excess heat

Incomplete expression of the rash

Dosage 9 ~ 12 g

Cook

Toxicity Large over dosage can cause arrhythmias

Ge Gen (Cool)Ge Gen (Cool) 葛根葛根

Contraindications None noted

Combinations

Indications Formular

Chai Hu 　柴胡 Exterior heat disease

Chai Ge Jie Ji Tang柴葛解肌湯

Sheng Ma 升麻Bo he 薄荷 Measles at early stage

Huang Lian 黃連Huang Qin 黃芩

Heat induced diarrhea & dysenteric disorders

due to damp-heat

Ge Gen Qin Lian Tang 葛根芩連湯

Bai Zhu 白朮 Chronic Diarrhea due to Sp. Def.

Qi Wei Bai Zhu San七味白朮飲

Mai Dong 麥冬， Sheng Di 生地Wu Mei 乌梅、 Tian Hua Feng天花粉、

Dang Shen 党参、 Huang Qi 黄芪Thirsty due to diabetes Yu Quan Wan 玉泉丸

Lu Gen 卢根、 Tian Hua Feng 天花粉、 Zhi Mu 知母

Thirsty due to Heat disease

Ge Gen (Cool) Ge Gen (Cool) 葛根葛根

Sheng MaSheng Ma 　升麻　升麻

Sliced rhizome with dark edges and wavy lattice-like interiorSliced rhizome with dark edges and wavy lattice-like interior

Distinct lookDistinct look

Pharmaceutical Name Cimicifugae Rhizoma

Actions

Discharges exterior conditions & vents measles

Clears heat & resolves toxicity

Raises the yang and lift what has sunken

Indications

(Excess)

Early stages of measles

Various manifestations of fire toxin in the upper or superficial aspects of the body

Prolapse

Dosage 3 ~ 9 g

Cook

ToxicityVomiting & gastroenteritis, headache, tremor, tetanic contractions of the limbs, lassitude, vertigo, and abnormal erections

Sheng Ma Sheng Ma ( slightly cold ) ( slightly cold ) 升麻升麻

Contraindications

Floating yang with yin def.

Erupted measles

Qi rebelling upward disease (Wheezing)

Combinations

Indications Formular

Bai Zhi 白芷 Headache ( Yang Ming )

Huang Lian 黃連 Swelling of the gums & toothache

Xuan Shen 玄參 Swollen & painful throat ( wind-heat)

Ge Geng 葛根Niu Pang Zi 牛蒡

子

Incomplete expression of fire toxin rashes; early stage measles

Sheng Ma Ge Geng Tang升麻

葛根湯

Chai Hu 柴胡 Prolapse Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang

補中益氣湯

Shi Gao 石膏 Clear heat from Yang Ming

Sheng Ma ( slightly cold ) Sheng Ma ( slightly cold ) 升麻升麻

Ge Gen

Raise up Yang Qi

Spleen Yang def. with diarrhea

Chai Hu Prolepses

Sheng Ma Clear fire toxin

Part threePart three

Fu Ping Fu Ping 浮萍浮萍

Fu Ping Fu Ping 浮萍浮萍

Green leaf with thin dark brown soft stringy stems, curly and softGreen leaf with thin dark brown soft stringy stems, curly and softDistinct lookDistinct look

Pharmaceutical Name Spirodelae Herb

Actions

Induces sweating & release the exterior

Vents rashes & stops itching

Promotes urination & reduces swelling

Indications

(Excess)

Exterior heat with head & body aches & absence of sweating

Rashes

Hot superficial edema ( upper body & difficulty of sweating )

Dosage 3 ~ 9 g

Cook

Toxicity None notes

Fu Ping (Cool)Fu Ping (Cool) 浮萍浮萍

ContraindicationsSpontaneous sweating

Without intense excess or heat disease

Combinations

Indications Formular

Jing Jie 荊芥Bo He 薄荷

Lian Qiao 連翹

Wind-heat with fever & lack of sweating

Bo He 薄荷Niu Pang Zi 牛蒡子

Chan Tui 蟬蛻Measles & wind rashes

Bai Mao Gen 白茅根Jin Yin Hua 金銀花Chi Xiao Dou 赤小豆

Sinuses headache

Ma Huang 麻黃 Exterior wind edema: face swollen & difficult urine

Fu Ping (Cold)Fu Ping (Cold) 浮萍浮萍