Nature: bitter, slightly cold Enters: Heart, Lung, Liver, Gallbladder Actions: Disperses internal stagnant heat (from Qi stagnation); clears heat; eliminates toxicity; can separate a mixture of Yang pathogenic factors. Indications: • Wind-heat or early stage attack of warm-heat pathogen: fever, headache, thirst, sore throat, slight chills. • Heat and toxicity: various kinds of carbuncles, nodules, […]
Excerpted from LYME DISEASE: AN IN DEPTH INTERVIEW WITH HEINER FRUEHAUF (click for entire article) Fruehauf: “To treat Lyme-like diseases, the Gu classics therefore outline an approach that incorporates herbs with wind-dispelling effect—a relatively novel concept, since most of us have been conditioned to use winddispelling herbs only for acute disorders and for short periods […]
Nature: acrid, slighty bitter, slightly sweet, neutral (some say warm) Enters: Liver, San Jiao Actions: Frees the flow of liver Qi; regulates menstruation; relieves pain. Indications: • Liver Qi stagnation (including with liver/spleen disharmony): pain – costal, hypochondriac, breast, epigastric, abdominal. • Liver Qi stagnation: irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea. • Any “women’s” Qi stagnation problem. • […]