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Accumulation of food stagnation is a disorder that is characterized by...
- Abdominal masses
- Distention
- Pain
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What are the characteristics of Hot food stagnation?
- Bad breath
- Tongue: yellow, greasy coating
- Pulse: strong slippery
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What are the characteristics of cold food stagnation?
- Nausea, vomiting, spitting out clear emesis
- Tongue: white, greasy coating
- Pulse: slippery
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What are the characteristics of Shan Zha? (4*)
- Sour, Sweet
- Slight warm
- LV, SP, ST
- BEST FOR --> stag due to overindulgence in MEAT
- Lowers cholesterol
- Associated w/blood (red in color)
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What are the characteristics of Shen Qu? (3*)
- Sweet, pungent
- Warm
- SP, ST
- Overindulgence in ALCOHOL & STARCHY FOOD
- Combo of multiple herbs
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What are the characteristics of Lai Fu Zi? (3*)
- Acrid, sweet
- Neutral
- LU, SP, ST
- GI dysfunction
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What are the characteristics of Mai Ya? (3*)
- Sweet
- Neutral
- LV, SP, ST
- Inhibits Lactation
- SP strengthening, cold food stag w/food absorption problem
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What are the characteristics of Gu Ya? (3*)
- Sweet
- Neutral
- SP, ST
- Doesn't injure ST Qi
- Hot food stag w/SP def
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What are the characteristics of Ji Nei Jin? (3*)
- Sweet
- Neutral
- UB, SI, SP, ST
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What are the actions & indications of Ji Nei Jin? (3*)
- STRONGLY REDUCE FOOD STAG & IMPROVE SP TRANSPORTIVE FUNCTION --> various food stag, used alone in mild case
- SECURE ESSENCE & STOP ENURESIS --> bedwetting, frequent urination & urination at night
- TRANSFORM HARDNESS & DISSOLVE STONE --> stones in GB or UB stone
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What are the actions & indications of Gu Ya? (3*)
REDUCE FOOD STAG & STRENGTHEN ST --> poor digestion due to stag & accumulation of undigested starchy food, weak digestion and loss of appetite associated w/ SP def
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What are the actions & indications of Mai Ya? (3*)
- REDUCE FOOD STAG & STRENGTHEN ST --> poor digestion due to stagnation & undigested starchy food, weak digestion and loss of appetite in SP def
- INHIBIT LACTATION --> stop nursing, distention & pain in breast
- FACILITATE SMOOTH FLOW OF LV QI --> contrained LV qi manifestation (stifling sensation, distention in epigastrium or rib, belching and loss of appetite)
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What are the actions & indications of Lai Fu Zi? (3*)
- REDUCE FOOD STAG & TRANSFORM ACCUMULATION --> food stag in MJ w/fullness & distention, belching rotten smell, acid regurg, abd pain w/difficult diarrhea
- CAUSE QI TO DESCEND & REDUCE PHLEGM (goes to LU)--> chronic productive cough or wheezing, mos effective in excess
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What are the actions & indications of Shen Qu? (3*)
- REDUCE FOOD STAG & HARMONIZE ST --> ST cold w/food stag or accumulation w/symptoms (epigastric and abd fullness or distention, lack of appetite, borborygmus, diarrhea)
- ADDED TO PILL THAT CONTAIN MINERAL TO AID IN THEIR DIGESTION & ABSORPTION
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What are the actions & indications of Shan Zha? (4*)
- REDUCE & GUIDE OUT FOOD STAG --> due to meat or greasy food w/abd distention, pain or diarrhea
- TRANSFORM BLOOD STASIS & DISSIPATE CLUMP --> post partum abd pain and clumps fue to blood stasis; also for hernia disorder
- STOP DIARRHEA --> partially charred herb used for diarrhea of chronic dysentery-like disorder
- HYPERTENSION, CAD, ELEVATED SERUM CHOLESTEROL
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What are the cautions and contraindications of Shan Zha? (4*)
CAUTION --> SP/ST def w/o food stag, acid regurg
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What are the cautions and contraindications of Shen Qu? (3*)
- CAUTION --> pregnancy
- CONTRA --> ST fire
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What are the cautions and contraindications of Lai Fu Zi? (3*)
CAUTION --> Qi def
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What are the cautions and contraindications of Mai Ya? (3*)
If taken long-term --> injure KD
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What are the cautions and contraindications of Gu Ya? (3*)
CONTRA --> nursing mothers
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What is the dosage for Ji Nei Jin? (3*)
- 3-9 g in decoction
- 1.5-3 g in powder
- Usually dry-fried, EXCEPT when used to tx stones
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What is the dosage for Gu Ya? (3*)
- 9-15 g
- Raw = aid digestion
- Dry-fried = strengthen MJ
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What is the dosage for Mai Ya? (3*)
- 6-15 g powder
- 12-30 g decoction
- Large dose (>60g) = inhibit lactation
- Raw = mostly reduce & guide out function
- Dry-fried = warm, more potent in strengthening SP, improve appetite and inhibiting lactation
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What is the dosage for Lai Fu Zi? (3*)
- 6-12 g
- Raw = food stag
- Dry-fried = productive cough
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What is the dosage for Shen Qu? (3*)
- 6-15 g
- Combination of Xing Ren, Cang Er Zi, Qing Hao
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What is the dosage for Shan Zha? (4*)
- 9-15 g
- Raw = blood stasis
- Dried-fried = food stag
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Gu Ya (rice sprout; hot food stag)
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Ji Nei Jin (chicken gizzard's internal lining; secure essence & stop enuresis; dissolve stone; goes to UB & SI as well)
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Lai Fu Zi (chronic productive cough; goes to LU as well)
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Mai Ya (barley sprout; inhibits lactation; goes to LV as well; cold food stag)
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Shan Zha (goes to LV as well; lowers cholesterol; stag due to meat & greasy foods; transform blood stasis; good for CAD)
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Shen Qu (stag due to alcohol & starchy foods; multiple herbs combined)
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