[data]Herbs for Relieving Superficial Syndrome

作者：神农氏 标签：欢迎板砖

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解表药

The herbs in this category release pathogenic diseases which are found in the superficial level of the body.　When Pathogenic factors attack the body they first attack the superficial area and exterior aspects of our bodies.　These herbs will expel or release the external pathogenic factors through sweating, when the disease is in the skin sweating will bring it out.　If the disease progresses past the skin and deeper into the body it enters the muscles.　

Section1 Herbs That Release the Exterior Wind Cold (Pungent & Warm)
发散风寒药（辛温解表）
Herbs that release exterior wind cold will generally have a warm and pungent property.　They will be used for such symptoms of severe chills with a mild fever, body aches, neck pain and no thirst.
　
Ma Huang Properties: PUNGENT, BITTER　- WARM 麻黄 Dosage: 3 – 9g
Ephedra (Stem)　　Meridian: LUNG, BLADDER
-release exterior, disperse cold – wind-cold, chills, fever, headache, no sweating
-helps move lung Qi – controls wheezing, cough
-promotes urination – reduce edema
Ma Huang (processed with honey) - moisten the lung and relieve cough.

Gui Zhi Properties: PUNGENT, SWEET　- WARM
桂枝 Dosage: 3- 9g.
Cinnamon Twig Meridian: HEART, LUNG, BLADDER
-pertains to Ying and Wei Qi levels – exterior cold with deficiency
-warms channels, disperse cold – wind-cold, painful joints, dysmenorrhea
-unblocks Yang Qi in chest – palpitations

Zi Su Ye Properties: PUNGENT, AROMATIC　- WARM
紫苏叶 Dosage: 3 – 9g.
Perilla Leaf Meridian: LUNG, SPLEEN
-release exterior, disperse cold – fever, chills, headache, congestion, cough
-promotes Qi movement – expands chest – nausea, vomit, poor appetite
-calming restless fetus – alleviates morning sickness
-used alone or in combination with other herbs for sea food poisoning
Jing Jie Properties: PUNGENT, AROMATIC　- WARM
荆芥 Dosage: 3 – 9g.
Schizonepeta　 Meridian: LUNG, LIVER
（Stem or Bud）
-release exterior, expel wind – wind cold or wind heat – chills fever, carbuncles or boils in initial stages of eruptions
-vents rashes and alleviate itching of measles and pruritis skin disease
-stops bleeding – blood in stool, uterine bleeding

Fang Feng Properties: PUNGENT, SWEET　- WARM 防风　　Dosage: 3 – 9g.
Ledebouriella Root Meridian: LIVER, SPLEEN
-release exterior, expel wind – headache, chills, body ache
-expel wind damp, alleviate pain – trembling hands and feet, painful diarrhea, blood in stool – imbalanced spleen and liver
-extinguish internal wind and stop tremors

Xi Xin Properties: PUNGENT　- WARM
细辛　Dosage: 1 - 3g
Chinese Wild Ginger Meridian: LUNG, KIDNEY
-release exterior, disperse damp and cold – headache, body ache
-warms lung, transforms phlegm – coughing, excessive watery sputum
-unblocks Qi for nasal congestion

Bai Zhi Properties: PUNGENT　- WARM 白芷　　Dosage: 3 – 9g.
Angelica Root Meridian: LUNG, STOMACH
-expel wind-cold, alleviate pain – supraorbital pain, congestion, toothache
-clears swelling, expel pus – early stage, carbuncles, sores, ulcer
-expel dampness – leucorrhea
-opens nasal passages for nasal congestion

Gao Ben Properties: PUNGENT　- WARM
藁本 Dosage:3 – 9g.
Chinese Lovage Root Meridian: BLADDER
(Ligusticum Root)
-release the exterior and dispel cold
-expel wind and cold, alleviate pain –headache at vertex, lower back pain

Sheng Jiang　Properties: PUNGENT　- WARM 生姜　　　　Dosage: 3 – 9g.
Fresh Ginger （Rhizome）Meridian: LUNG, SPLEEN, STOMACH
-release exterior, disperse cold in middle jiao – vomiting
-disperse cold phlegm in lung – chronic and acute cough
-reduce toxicity of other herbs or treating overdoses
-adjusts ying and wei Qi for sweating without improvement

Xin Yi Hua Properties: PUNGENT　- WARM 辛夷　　Dosage: 3 – 9g.
Magnolia Flower Meridian: LUNG, STOMACH
-expel wind-cold, unblocks nasal passages – nasal discharge/congestion, loss of smell, sinus headache

Cang Er Zi Properties: SWEET, BITTER　- WARM/TOXIC 苍耳子 Dosage: 3 – 9g.
Cocklebur Fruit Meridian: LUNG
(Xanthium)
-expel wind and damp – painful obstruction, skin disorders, itching, headache continuing down to back of neck and back
-dispel wind, open the sinuses and relieve pain- nasal passage obstruction – thick nasal discharge, sinus headache

Qiang Huo Properties: PUNGENT, BITTER, AROMATIC　- WARM 羌活　　 Dosage: 6 – 15g.
Notopterygium Root Meridian: BLADDER, KIDNEY
-release exterior, disperse cold - chills, fever, headache, damp body ache
-unblocks painful obstruction – wind-cold-damp pain
-guiding herb to governing vessel and greater yang channel

Xiang Ru　　Properties: PUNGENT, AROMATIC　- WARM 香薷　　Dosage: 3 – 9g
Aromatic Madder Meridian: LUNG, STOMACH
-release exterior, dispel wind-cold
-harmonize the middle Jiao and transform damp – chill, fever, no sweat, body ache, diarrhea (expel summer heat)
-promote urination and reduce edema and swellings



Herbs That Release the Exterior Wind Heat (Pungent & Cool)
发散风热药（辛凉解表）

The herbs in this category will have a cool and pungent property which will expel wind heat pathogens.　Wind heat will show itself in the superficial region as severe fevers with mild chills and a sore throat.

Bo He 　Properties: PUNGENT, AROMATIC　- COOL
薄荷　　　　Dosage: 1.5 – 6g.
Field Mint 　Meridian: LUNG, LIVER
(Mentha)
-expel wind-heat and ease the throat– fever, headache, cough
-clears head and eyes- aids throat, sore throat, red eyes, headache
-clears rashes – early stage to accelerates rash at early stage
-liver Qi stagnation – emotional, gynecological disorders

Niu Bang Zi Properties: PUNGENT, BITTER　- COLD 牛蒡子　　Dosage: 3 – 9g.
Great Burdock Fruit Meridian: LUNG, STOMACH
(Arctium)
-expel wind-heat, benefits throat – fever, cough, sore-red-swollen throat
-clear heat, relieve toxicity and reduce swelling – red swellings, carbuncles, mumps, rashes
-moisten intestines – constipation due to wind-heat

Sang Ye Properties: SWEET, BITTER　- COLD
桑叶 Dosage: 4.5 – 15g.
White Mulberry Leaf Meridian: LIVER, LUNG
-expel wind, clear lung heat – fever, headache, sore throat, cough, dry mouth, thick yellow sputum
-clear liver – red-sore-dry-painful eyes, floaters
-cool blood, stop bleeding – vomiting blood

Ju Hua Properties: SWEET, BITTER　 - COOL
菊花 Dosage:4.5 – 15g.
Chrysanthemum Flower Meridian: LIVER, LUNG
-disperse wind, clear heat – headache,　fever
-clears liver – red-painful-dry eyes, excessive tearing, floaters
-calms liver – dizziness, headache, deafness, blurred vision

Man Jing Zi Properties: BITTER, PUNGENT　- COOL 蔓荆子　　Dosage: 6 – 12g.
Vitex Fruit Meridian: BLADDER, LIVER, STOMACH
-dispel wind-heat and relieve pain– headache with eye pain
-wind-heat in liver channel– excessive tearing, red-painful-swollen eyes, floaters
-drains damp, expel wind – stiff-numb-cramping-heavy limbs (wind-damp obstruction)

Ge Gen Properties: SWEET, PUNGENT　- COOL
葛根 Dosage: 6 – 12g.
Kudzu Root Meridian: SPLEEN, STOMACH
(Pueraria)
-release muscle, clear heat – fever, headache, stiffness in back and neck
-nourish fluids – alleviate thirst with stomach heat
-vents measles – accelerates rash at early stage
-clear heat, helps spleen deficiency – diarrhea, dysentery
-hypertension – headache, dizziness, tinnitus

Chai Hu Properties: BITTER, PUNGENT　- COOL
柴胡 　　　　 Dosage: 3 – 12g.
Thorowax Root Meridian: GALLBLADDER, LIVER, PERICARDIUM, SAN JIAO
(Bupleurum)
release the exterior, harmonize the shao yang and clear heat- clears shao yang disorders – fever, chills, bitter taste, irritable, vomiting
spread liver Qi and relieve constraint- liver Qi stagnation – vertigo, menstrual disorder, chest pain, bloating
raise the yang and counters the prolapse- spleen and stomach deficiency – prolapsed organ, diarrhea, hemorrhoids


Sheng Ma Properties: PUNGENT, SWEET　- COOL
升麻　　Dosage: 1.5 – 9g.
Black Cohosh Rhizome Meridian: LARGE INTESTINE, LUNG, SPLEEN, STOMACH
(Bugbane Rhizome)　
-release exterior, vents measles – accelerates early stages of skin rash
-clear heat, relieve toxicity – toxins in upper or superficial areas, swelling-painful-sore gums/lips/throat
-raise Yang, spleen Qi sinking – short of breath, fatigue, prolapse
-guides other herbs upwards

Chan Tui Properties: SWEET, SALTY　- COOL
蝉蜕 Dosage: 3 – 9g.
Cicada Moulting Meridian: LUNG, LIVER
-disperse wind, clear heat – loss of voice, swollen throat
-vents rashes and relieve pruritus – accelerates early stage of rash
-clears the eyes and removes visual obstruction (clears liver) – red-painful-swollen eyes, blurry vision
-stops infantile wind – spasm, delirium, night terrors, convulsion or tetanus

Dan Dou Chi Properties: SWEET, BITTER　- COLD or WARM
淡豆豉 Dosage:6 – 15g.
Prepared Soybean Meridian: LUNG, STOMACH
-release both exterior hot or cold – yin deficient patters
-eliminates vexation, irritability, restlessness, insomnia