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Taste and Temperature
- Sour or astringent: restrains blood; these herbs are used symptomatically and in a first-aid
- Cold and bitter: cools heat, bitter taste decreases fire
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Di Yu Sanguisorbae radix
Cold tendency Bitter Sour Sinking
LR LI ST SOA: Skin LJ
- restrains blood
- stops bleeding
- drains damp heat
- cools blood, clears fire
- eczema burns & ulcers
- C: cold or bld xu, Suspected stasis, Obstruction
- P: allowed
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Xian He Cao Agrimoniae herba
agrimony
Cool Bitter Deep
LR LU SP SOA: deep, interior
- restrains blood
- stops bleeding
- cools blood
- disinfects & detoxifies
- C: nausea, vomit
- P: allowed
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San Qi Notoginseng radix
Warm Sweet Bitter Descending
LR ST SOA: Ch
- restrains blood
- stops bleeding
- injuries haematomas’ & wounds
- breaks blood stagnation/swelling
- relieves pain
- C:
- P: use with care
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Qian Cao Gen Rubiae radix
Cold Bitter Deep
LR HT SOA: deep, interior
- restrains blood
- cools blood
- stops bleeding
- breaks up blood stasis
- C: cold xu, absence, of heat of excess sign
- P: caution
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Pu Huang Typhae pollen
Cattail pollen bull rush 20min (muslin cloth)
Neutral Sweet Pungent Deep
LR PC HT SP SOA: deep, interior
- restrains blood
- stops bleeding
- cools blood
- moves blood
- C:
- P: FORBIDDEN
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Ai Ye Artemisiae argyi folium
Mugwort leaf 20min
Warm Bitter Pungent Deep
SP LR KI SOA: LJ Uterus
- warms channels
- stops bleeding
- dispels cold
- relieves pain
- drain damp restless fetus
- C: yin xu
- P: allowed
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