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What is the average dose of raw herbs?
4-12 grams herbs is right, 6 grams is right
Who was known as the god (Devil) of farming and taught the importance of raising
crops, animals, and using herbs and studying their properties?
Shennong
What book is known as the first authoritative documentation of Chinese Herbal
Medicine? Book focused on individual herbs
Shen nong Ben Can
Who wrote the Nei Jing?
Huang Di
Who wrote the Shang Han Lun?
Zhang Zhong Jing
The Shang Han Lun focused on the treatment of externally contracted diseases caused
by?
Cold
2 functions of cold or cool herbs
-decrease inflammation/swelling-cool heat conditions-descend, consolidating,
astringing, preventing leakage, clearing heat
2 functions of hot or warm herbs
-increase blood/qi flow to the local area-increase mobility/lessen stiffness -ascend,
tonifying, dispersing, dispelling pathogens, drawing dampness
What are the 4 formula hierarches?
chief/king, deputies, assistants, envoys
What is the mutual accentuation?
Combining 2 substances with similar functions to accentuate their therapeutic actions
The temperature of lamb is
hot
what are the four levels
Wei, Qi, Ying, Blood
What is GMP?
Good Manufacturing Process/practice; Is a set of regulations that specify the minimum
standard required to manufacture pharmaceutical products in the US.
Appropriate conditions for storing plant materials
cool, dry, dark
8 Therapeutic Methods
Promote sweating
Induce vomiting
Purging
Harmonize
Warm
Clear
, Tonify
Reduce
What is the temperature of alcohol?
cooling at the first step then leads to hot/warm
what is the temperature of mint
cool
what is the temperature of a mojito (mint + alcohol)
cooling at first, then turns hot after too many drinks
1 pound of raw herbs = how many grams?
454g
1 pound of powder herb = how many grams
100 g
ratio of raw herb to powdered herb
5:1
Standard dose of tea pills
8 pills 3x a day
raw herbs and granules are better than capsules because....
you can modify the formula
what is the best product for burns?
Ching Wan Hung
what product stops xs bleeding and hemorrhaging? Can also regenerate tissue
Yunnan Bai Yao Yiaonang
What product is used for all sorts of external conditions, traditionally a vaginal wash for
UTIs, yeast infections, any sort of external heat conditions?
Yin Care
roughly translates to trauma liniment. used for any sort of trauma, bruising,
inflammation, surface type trauma
Yan Die Da Jiao
For broken bone or bone bruising the best product is
Zheng Gu Shui; broken bone liniment
Which of the following is not one of the 8 methods of treatment? A) warming b) tonifying
C) filling D) clearing
C) Filling
an herb with which direction would be appropriate with diarrhea due to deficiency?
Ascending
If a patient has a cough which direction would be most appropriate?
descending
Sweet
Spleen
Salty
Kidneys
Bitter
Heart
Sour
Liver
Acrid/Pungent