MM - Warm the Interior and Expel Cold

What are the indications for Wu Zhu Yu?

-Both LR and ST channel dz's d/t congealing cold or phlegm causing HA, epi pn w/nausea, drooling, reduced taste sensation, pale tongue, wiry or weak pulse. -bulging dz's in the area traversed by the LR ch and dysmenorrhea. -Acid regurg w/vomiting; used for both cold or hot dz's. -diarrhea d/t cold from xu of SP and KDs, and cold-damp leg qi -sores of the mouth & tongue; Use it ground into a powder, mixed w/vinegar and placed on the center of the soles of the feet -Pulls floating fire downward

What are the indications for Zhi Fu Zi?

-Devastated yang causing diarrhea w/undigested food, chills, cold extremities, faint or imperceptible pulse; often after severe vomiting diarrhea or sweating -Assists the HT yang to unblock the vessels improving circulation -Tonifies the KD yang to augment fire and avoid loss of primal yang -Deficiency of the HT, SP or KD yang. Widely used, esp. for interior cold w/yang xu. -WCD bi, esp when cold predominates. -Cold blocking the organs, channels, sinews, bones or blood vessels -Yin flat abscesses

What are the Indications for Rou Gui?

-SP/KD Yang xu, KD Yang xu & gate of vitality issues; aversion to cold, cold limbs, weak back, impotence, urinary freq, abd pn & cold, reduced app., diarrhea. -Wheezing d/t failure of KD to grasp qi -HT yang xu causing chest painful obstruction. -Deep cold causing qi stag or xue stasis; amen or dymen from cold xue, CD bi, yin-type boils (chronic sores, usually concave or ooze a clear fluid), & sores or abscesses that do not heal. -Enters xue aspect; used in small amounts to encourage xue mvmt. -Principal herb for upward-floating of deficient yang w/flushed face, wheezing, severe oily sweating, weak and cold lower extremities, deficient and rootless pulse -Upper body is hot sx's; dry mouth, ST, toothache that's worse at night w/lower body cold sx's; LBP, cold extremities, diarrhea, weakness in the chi position of pulse. -With Qi and Xue tonics as an aux. herb for chronic qi and xue xu

What are the Indications for Gan Jiang

-Warms SP & ST from XS cold (EPI cold) and xu cold (Yang qi xu) -Dispels wind and dampness that seep into the Lower Jiao -Devastated yang w/sx's like very weak pulse and cold limbs -LU cold w/expectoration of thin, watery, or white sputum. -Cold from xu that may present w/hemorrhage of various types, esp. uterine bleeding -Only tx's bleeding if it is chronic and pale/light pink in color and accompanied by cold limbs, ashen white face, and a soggy, thin pulse, small amount. For bleeding, pao jiang is used (prepared gan jiang)

What two herbs can be put into a powder for toothache?

Bi Ba + Hu Jiao

What are the Actions for Rou Gui?

1. Fortifies SP and KD Yang, Warms the HT Yang and Fortifies Yang 2. Disperses Deep Cold, Warms the Channels, Unblocks the Channels and Vessels and Alleviates Pain 3. Leads fire back to its source 4. Encourages the generates qi and xue

What are the actions for Zhi Fu Zi?

1. Revives the yang and rescues from rebellion 2. Warms the fire and assists the yang 3. Disperses cold, warms the channels and alleviates pain

What are the Actions for Gan Jiang?

1. Warms the middle and expels cold 2. Rescues devastated yang and expels interior cold 3. Warms the LU and transforms thin mucus 4. Warms the channels and stops bleeding.

What are the Actions for Wu Zhu Yu?

1. Warms the middle, disperses cold, promotes the movement of qi and alleviates pain 2. Redirects rebellious qi downward and stops vomit 3. Warms the Spleen, expels cold-dampness and stops diarrhea 4. Directs fire downward

Xiao Hui Xiang + Sheng Jiang + Mu Xiang

All warming; regulate the flow of qi in the intestines; all three together warm and help the flow of the digestive tract.

What does Gan Jiang + Huang Lian treat?

Cold leading to an accumulation of dampness, which is then creating heat accumulation in the ST

Wu Zhu Yu + Huang Liang

Cold leads to stasis --> sour fluids, etc... Both heat and cold are present

What does Gan Jiang + Zhi Ban Xia treat?

Drains damp and phlegm and treats rebellious qi dynamic from phlegm/damp accumulation

"The waxy Fennel is shouting way wrong directions at the Liver who is Stealing the Kidney Spots because they warm and move the lower jiao, so the Liver throws a cold bulge of abdominal pain back at the fennel and vomits on him."

Pinyin: Xiao Hui Huang (shouting way wrong) Channels: LR, ST, KD, SP Indic: warms and encourages movement in the LR channel or lower jiao; cold bulging disorders or any kind of lower abd pn d/t cold; ST cold w/abdominal pain, indigestion, reduced appetite and vomiting

"Bebop and Rock Steady were alone, but together when the the Large Strain from their waxy digestive tracts needed warming, so they made a congealing powder for their toothaches and regurgitated some belches, nausea and vomit to get rid of the abdominal pain."

Pinyin: Be Ba (bebop) English: Long pepper fruit Indications: "Abd pn and issues d/t cold + toothache"; Stand alone or paired to warm up the digestive tract; cold congealing and leading to qi stag in the epi and abdomen w/nausea, vomit, belch, acid regurgitation, loss of appetite, and abd pain; Applied as a powder for toothache, often w/hu jiao

"Two beaching cheeds were lying at the Epiabd beach, vomiting and belching earwax to make each other laugh, when jewine hiccuped and accidentally spilled turbid urine from her cold BL and lower jiao."

Pinyin: Bi Cheng Qie Indic: Dispels cold qi from the BL, Warms the middle and stops pain; epigastric and abdominal cold and pain, vomiting, belching or hiccough; Urinary dysfx d/t cold xu of the Lower Jiao, esp. turbid urine.

"Adding sheets on the bed and eating waxy cloves won't help KILEEN's STOMACH and spleen because it's a vomiting rebel whose so cold that it shoots diarrhea between the impotence and weak legs and eats the KD's clear vaginal discharge."

Pinyin: Ding Xiang (adding sheets on) English: Clove Channels: KD, SP, ST Indic: ST cold or SP/ST cold w/vomit, hiccough, abd pn, and diarrhea, lack of appetite, impotence; clear vaginal discharge d/t KD yang xu, which is regarded as Womb cold from xu and may be accompanied by weakness in the legs

"AH HA! The baked wax made of ganja's on the HARD STUNG TEEN, whose trying to create internal heat to rescue the chronically pale, bleeding pregers lady, so he must join her cold interior and devastate the mucus in the Lung so that the middle channels don't cause excess in the lower jiao."

Pinyin: Gan Jiang English: Prepared/Dried Ginger Rhizome Props: Acrid, Hot (AH HA) Channels: HT, ST, LU, SP C.I.: Yin xu with internal heat, heat in the blood causing bleeding, pregers

"A growling jinxed onyx lived in Stomach Splendor with Michael Jackson vomiting and hiccuping a cold song in his abdomen and epigastrium to stop his diarrhea."

Pinyin: Gao Liang Jiang (growling jinxed onyx) Channels: ST, SP A/I: 1. Warms the middle and alleviates pain; *Epigastric and abdominal pain, vomiting, hiccough, or diarrhea d/t cold in the MJ

"The pepper wanted to take a big waxed hootch out because he had a big crush on her Large Stain, but her Stomach was too cold for his warm middle, so instead, he painfully vomited and shat all over her. "

Pinyin: Hu Jiao (hootch out) English: Pepper Channels: LI, ST A/I: Warms the middle and disperses cold; *ST cold w/vomiting, diarrhea, abd pn; hotter than hua jiao

"The wax won't wash out because that pepper is SLIGHTLY TOXIC, which is why the Spleen is Stuck in a cold abdomen that hurts from roundworms until someone vomits or poops it out!"

Pinyin: Hua Jiao (wash out); English: Sichuan Pepper Channels/Props: ST, KD, SP; Slightly Toxic Indic: SP or ST cold from xu, cold and pain in the abdomen w/vomiting and diarrhea, aux herb for abd pain from roundworms.

"The chow moose ate a toxic drum and had to lie flat to play the COLD Spleen Beat on his edema, which made him wheeze but it squished his watery swellings and increased his metabolism."

Pinyin: Jiao Mu (chow moose); Props: Cold A/I: 1. Promotes water metabolism, reduces swellings and calms wheezing; Edema, fullness, drum-like distention; water and thin mucous assailing the LU, leading to wheezing that prevents the patient from lying flat

When the bark takes Rogue's way, near the end of 1.5 - 4.5 ASH-covered, blazing trails, HIS SPLEEN is LICKED from the internal pregers heat, but 1 - 2 pp of yin boils float a bee's waxy yang above his vessels, fortifying his wheeze until it generates a qi and xue tonic.

Pinyin: Rou Gui (rogue's way) English: Cinnamon Bark Channels: HT, SP, LR, KD Props: (ASH) Acrid, Sweet, Hot Dosage: 1.5 - 4.5 g, add near the end of the decoction to add to the aromatic quality; or 1 - 2 g in pills and powders

"What would you do if 1.5 - 4.5 Lions Stowed on a Spit ACTUALLY HAD BIG SLACKS that could redirect your cold-dampness so that your HA bulges dysfunctionally, causing a tasty acidic drool on your mouth sores and expelling a leg qi to the soles of your hot and cold feet?"

Pinyin: Wu Zhu You (would you do?) English: Evodia Fruit Props: Acrid, Hot, Bitter, Slightly Toxic Channels: LR, ST, SP Dosage: 1.5 - 4.5 g C/C.I: Extremely drying, can consume qi and preturb fire; avoid longterm consumption; Yin xu w/heat

"Yer sow would KINDLY SPLAT the LIVE squirrel with a highly toxic processed wax or wine to end its renal failure from the wind's damp dysentery which accumulates on top of his scrofular ulcerations at the hemiplegia bee."

Pinyin: Zhi Cao Wu (Your sow would) Highly Toxic, esp. w/alcohol, must be processed, renal failure Indic: Almost exclusively used topically; Bi syn from wind, dampness, and cold; hemiplegia from wind-stroke; HA; cold pain in the abd.; gathered accumulations of phlegm and qi; cold dysenteric dz; scrofula and ulcerations

"The search one would start for the highly toxic winter axe who SPOILED 1.5 - 4.5 LIMBS before soaking them in a vinegar wash for 30 - 60 minutes should top any hard attempts to soften a non-healing swollen ulcer."

Pinyin: Zhi Chuan Wu (search one would) English: Processed Sichuan Aconite Main Root Highly Toxic; 1.5 - 4.5 g; boil for 30 - 60 minutes before adding herbs

"The TAH-tahs saw the hottest, and most truly exuberant pregers lady and said, 'Your foots...uh... got a HEART SPIKE in it,' to which she replied, '15 Cold Fires rescue the yin flat channels from the wax of an introverted cold bee which caused my pain in 30 - 60 minutes.'"

Pinyin: Zhi Fu Zi (your foots... uh...) English: Processed Aconite Accessory Root Props: Acrid, Hot, Toxic Channels: HT, SP, KD Prep: 3 - 15 g; Boil for 30 - 60 minutes before adding other herbs C.I.: Yin xu and abundant yang, True heat and false cold, pregers

Gao Liang Jiang + Xiang Fu Gao Liang Jiang + Zhi Ban Xia

Qi Stasis Damp Phlegm, Rebellious ST qi

Rou Gui + Gui Zhi

Rou Gui tonifies deeply and the gui zhi distributes it throughout the channels (superficially).

Wu Zhu Yu + Zhi Ban Xia + Sheng Jiang

Warms LR, ST, clears phlegm and clears ST and gets qi to circulate

What are the A herbs for this week?

Zhi Fu Zi Gan Jiang Rou Gui Wu Zhu Yu

Indications for Zhi Chuan Wu

Zhi Fu Zi is used more for tonification, this is more moving. Indic: WCD bi, esp. causing HA and abd pain; can be applied topically; yin flat abscess, hard abscesses that won't soften and ulcerate or ulcers that do not lead to healing.