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NCCAOM Single Herbs Prep: QUESTIONS AND GRADED A+ ANSWERS General Taste, Channels, Actions, Cautions of Release Exterior Herbs - ANSWER ¢Acrid, LU, UB ¢Release exterior syndrome Disperse LU Diuresis Vents rashes ¢Caution Stop when syndrome controlled Poor body constitution n...

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NCCAOM Single Herbs Prep:
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QUESTIONS AND GRADED
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A+ ANSWERS
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,General Taste, Channels, Actions, Cautions of Release Exterior Herbs - ANSWER
¢Acrid, LU, UB

¢Release exterior syndrome
Disperse LU
Diuresis
Vents rashes




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¢Caution




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Stop when syndrome controlled
Poor body constitution not suitable
Short time decoction




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Warm Acrid Herbs that Release the Exterior - ANSWER Taste: • acrid
Temperature: • warm
Channels: • LU
Cautions & Contraindications: • These herbs are warm, acrid, and dispersing • Use
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caution in patients with qi deficiency, yin deficiency, sweating, or with long term use
Main Action: • Promotes sweating to release the exterior
External Attack of Wind-Cold: • Fever and chills • Headache, nasal congestion • Stiff
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neck, muscle ache • Absence of thirst • Floating pulse
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Cool Acrid Herbs that Release the Exterior - ANSWER Taste: • acrid
Temperature: • cool
Channels: • LU, LV
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Cautions & Contraindications: • Use caution in patients with deficiency, sweating, or with
long term use Main Action: • Dispel wind-heat to release the exterior
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External Attack of Wind-Heat: • Fever and chills (fever more severe; mild chills) • Sore
throat • Cough with phlegm (thick, yellow, scanty) • Rash • Eye problems
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Herbs that Drain Fire - ANSWER Taste: • bitter • sometimes sweet (moistening)
Temperature: • cold
Channels: • LU, ST, HT, LV
Cautions & Contraindications: • These herbs are cold and bitter; they may damage the
Spleen
Main Action: • Clear heat and drain fire
Other • These herbs treat Qi level or Yangming level heat, characterized by the Four
Bigs
sx: High fever • Irritability • Thirst • Delirium • Eye problems

, Herbs that Cool the Blood - ANSWER Taste: • bitter and sweet • salty
Temperature: • cold
Channels: • LV, HT
Cautions & Contraindications: • These herbs are cold and bitter; they may damage the
Spleen
Main Action: • Clear heat from the Ying and Xue levels Other • Because heat at the
blood level can damage yin, some of these herbs are sweet and nourish fluids
SX: They clear heat from the ying (nutritive) level or xue (blood) level with symptoms




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such as: • Irritability, restlessness, insomnia, delirium • Bleeding (nosebleed, vomiting
blood, coughing blood, blood in the urine or stool) • Maculopapular rashes (flat red area




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with small bumps) • Scarlet tongue, possibly dry or with prickles

Herbs that Clear Heat and Dry Dampness - ANSWER Taste: • bitter




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Temperature: • cold
Channels: • ??
Cautions & Contraindications: • These herbs are cold and bitter; they may damage the
Spleen
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Main Action: • Clear heat and dry dampness (dysentery, urination problems, jaundice,
skin problems)
Other • These herbs are often combined with Herbs that Drain Fire or Herbs that
Resolve Toxicity
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Sx: Diarrhea, dysentery • Urination problems (difficult or painful urination) • Jaundice •
Skin problems (boils, furuncles, carbuncles, eczema) • Vaginal discharge
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Herbs that Clear Heat and Resolve Toxicity - ANSWER Taste: • bitter
Temperature: • cold
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Channels: • ???
Cautions & Contraindications: • These herbs are cold and bitter; they may damage the
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Spleen
Main Action: • Clear heat toxicity (skin infections with pus, dysentery, viral infections)
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Other • Some of these herbs also have anti-cancer properties
SX: Abscess - swollen area within body tissue, containing an accumulation of pus
• Boil - skin infection that starts in a hair follicle or oil gland, usually caused by
staphylococcal bacteria
• Furuncle - same thing as a boil
• Carbuncle - red, swollen, and painful cluster of boils that are connected to each other
under the skin
• Sty - a boil that forms in the eyelid

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