zhimu, gegen and banlangen

[Guest guest]

Hi Kath,

 

Kath Bartlett wrote:

> Jeffery Yuen ... talked about using zhimu, gegen and banlangen to

> generate fluids in order to flush out latent heat. he said the thin

> fluids do this. the thk fluids cause D which trap the heat. my question

> is whether in a patient with obvious sx of D (swollen T with thk C,

> obesity, edema, sinusitis c post nasal drip/yel ph, etc) would one

> still employ these herbs to generate the thin fluids to flush out the

> D, or with obvious presence of D would the use of this principal/herbs

> be C/I?

 

 

My notes (below) from WWW do not mention Banlangen to Engender

Fluids, but do mention Zhimu and Gegen to do that.

 

The main actions of those herbs are:

 

ZHIMU:

(1) Clear / Drain Fire / Heat*; Purge Fire*; Clear Qi Heat;

Antifever; Tone Yin; Tone LU Yin; Moisten Dryness; Clear LU Fire /

Heat; Ease Cough; Engender Fluids; Ease Thirst; Calm Restlessness;

(2) ENVOY~ KI in KI Fire (salt Prep Hb); Enrich Jing; Tone Yin; Tone

KI Yin; Moisten, esp LU-ST-KI; Clear Yinxu Fire; Clear SJL Heat;

(3) Also: Clear ST Fire / Heat; Antidiabetes, Hypoglycaemic; Clear

Heat in muscles; Antiplatelet-Aggregation; Antimicrobial;

Bacteriostat; fungistatic;

(4) Delay LV corticosteroid metabolism & Protect adrenal Cx from

inhibition of exogenous corticosteroid

 

GEGEN (healthful thickener in Japanese cuisine);

(1) Release Exterior~ Cool + Acrid; Release Exterior (Muscle)

(Jieji); Make Sweat; Dispel Wind Cold~ Exterior; Clear Heat / Ease

Fever (Tuire); Reduce vaccine-induced fever; Disperse Wind Heat;

Dispel EPFs from Muscle level; ENVOY~ shoulders / neck; Relax Muscle

(large dose); Analgesic~ Muscle, esp shoulders / neck~ upper;

Analgesic, esp sinusitis headache & neck pain; Ease pressure in

sinusitis; Ease Sinew Vessels; Spasmolytic*; Ease Spasm*, esp in Wind

Heat Attack + neck* / shoulder* / back* muscles~ tight / spastic /

painful;

(2) Engender Fluids; Sialagogue; Ease Thirst in fever, esp thirst dt

ST Heat / Fluid consumption & diabetes; Engender Fluids in Heat ~

Exterior + thirst, febrile consumption, SP Xu + thirst, for

hemicrania, stiff neck, Hypertension & HT~ CHD;

(3) Clear Heat + Toxin; Antifever; Erupt Papules / Rash / Measles;

Vent Rash (Touzhen);

(4) ENVOY~ LI-ST (Yangming); Digestive; Digestive / Aid ST; Harmonise

SJM; Ascend SJM Qi; Ascend Sinking SP Qi; Dumulcent; Clear Damp Heat;

Ease Diarrhoea (Zhixie) / Dysentery, esp in SP Xu;

(5) Vasodilator~ Peripheral; [daidzein is Vasodilator~ HT & cerebral

arteries]; HT Muscle~ Antiischaemia; HT~ Antiarrhythmia; Antiplatelet-

Aggregation; Tone Xue; Quicken Xue to brain & periphery; Antihypoxia

(Boost Hypoxic Tolerance); Hypotensor ~ mild; Aid LV; Protect LV;

Ease Spasm; Hypoglycaemic; Hypolipaemic; Ascend Yang (Shengyang);

Ascend Lucid Yang to Open Portals ~ Upper; Descend Turbid Yin; Aid

Ears; Ease Tinnitus; Aid LU; Antiallergic; Ease Alcohol Craving;

??Contraceptive; Gegen + Dangshen, Baizhu, etc for sudden deafness &

blindness (like central retinitis) in Lucid Yang not Ascending

 

BANLANGEN (See Daqingye)

(1) Clear Heat / Fire Toxin; Clear Heat + Toxin; Purge Fire (Xiehuo);

Allay Fever in Febrile Disease + Heat in Ying & Xue level; Dispel

Wind Damp (Qufeng Chushi); Antipharyngitic;

(2) Clear Heat Toxin from Skin (Jie Pifu Redu); Cool Xue;

(3) Immunostimulant; Antibacterial*; Antivirus*; Antiinflammation;

Analgesic; Lessen Swelling;

(4) Also: Haemostat; Disperse Xueyu; Antiplatelet-Aggregation; Ease

Emesis

 

DAQINGYE (See Banlangen)

(1) Clear Fire & Toxin*; Clear Heat + Toxin*; Clear Pestilence

(epidemic diseases, Clear EPFs, esp Fire / Heat Toxin; Antifever;

Antifever in fever~ vaccine-induced: Antipharyngitic; Prevent

encephalitis*~ chronic; Antibiotic~ broad-spectrum; Antibacterial*;

Antimicrobial; Antivirus*; AntiHIV / AIDS;

(2) Clear Xue Fire; Cool Xue*; Clear Ying Heat & Cool Xue in Febrile

Disease; Erupt Papules / Rash; Tx coma & Ease Emesis dt Fire / Heat /

Xue Heat;

(3) Antiinflammation; Antiarthritis dt Heat

 

Best regards,

 

[Guest guest]

this is interesting. thanks for sharing phil. i'm curious what

website/source this came from?

 

i didn't know that ge gen is applicable for clearing sinusitis: i'll start

using it for this.

 

regards,

 

k

 

On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 6:28 PM, < wrote:

 

> Hi Kath,

>

> Kath Bartlett wrote:

> > Jeffery Yuen ... talked about using zhimu, gegen and banlangen to

> > generate fluids in order to flush out latent heat. he said the thin

> > fluids do this. the thk fluids cause D which trap the heat. my question

> > is whether in a patient with obvious sx of D (swollen T with thk C,

> > obesity, edema, sinusitis c post nasal drip/yel ph, etc) would one

> > still employ these herbs to generate the thin fluids to flush out the

> > D, or with obvious presence of D would the use of this principal/herbs

> > be C/I?

>

> My notes (below) from WWW do not mention Banlangen to Engender

> Fluids, but do mention Zhimu and Gegen to do that.

>

> The main actions of those herbs are:

>

> ZHIMU:

> (1) Clear / Drain Fire / Heat*; Purge Fire*; Clear Qi Heat;

> Antifever; Tone Yin; Tone LU Yin; Moisten Dryness; Clear LU Fire /

> Heat; Ease Cough; Engender Fluids; Ease Thirst; Calm Restlessness;

> (2) ENVOY~ KI in KI Fire (salt Prep Hb); Enrich Jing; Tone Yin; Tone

> KI Yin; Moisten, esp LU-ST-KI; Clear Yinxu Fire; Clear SJL Heat;

> (3) Also: Clear ST Fire / Heat; Antidiabetes, Hypoglycaemic; Clear

> Heat in muscles; Antiplatelet-Aggregation; Antimicrobial;

> Bacteriostat; fungistatic;

> (4) Delay LV corticosteroid metabolism & Protect adrenal Cx from

> inhibition of exogenous corticosteroid

>

> GEGEN (healthful thickener in Japanese cuisine);

> (1) Release Exterior~ Cool + Acrid; Release Exterior (Muscle)

> (Jieji); Make Sweat; Dispel Wind Cold~ Exterior; Clear Heat / Ease

> Fever (Tuire); Reduce vaccine-induced fever; Disperse Wind Heat;

> Dispel EPFs from Muscle level; ENVOY~ shoulders / neck; Relax Muscle

> (large dose); Analgesic~ Muscle, esp shoulders / neck~ upper;

> Analgesic, esp sinusitis headache & neck pain; Ease pressure in

> sinusitis; Ease Sinew Vessels; Spasmolytic*; Ease Spasm*, esp in Wind

> Heat Attack + neck* / shoulder* / back* muscles~ tight / spastic /

> painful;

> (2) Engender Fluids; Sialagogue; Ease Thirst in fever, esp thirst dt

> ST Heat / Fluid consumption & diabetes; Engender Fluids in Heat ~

> Exterior + thirst, febrile consumption, SP Xu + thirst, for

> hemicrania, stiff neck, Hypertension & HT~ CHD;

> (3) Clear Heat + Toxin; Antifever; Erupt Papules / Rash / Measles;

> Vent Rash (Touzhen);

> (4) ENVOY~ LI-ST (Yangming); Digestive; Digestive / Aid ST; Harmonise

> SJM; Ascend SJM Qi; Ascend Sinking SP Qi; Dumulcent; Clear Damp Heat;

> Ease Diarrhoea (Zhixie) / Dysentery, esp in SP Xu;

> (5) Vasodilator~ Peripheral; [daidzein is Vasodilator~ HT & cerebral

> arteries]; HT Muscle~ Antiischaemia; HT~ Antiarrhythmia; Antiplatelet-

> Aggregation; Tone Xue; Quicken Xue to brain & periphery; Antihypoxia

> (Boost Hypoxic Tolerance); Hypotensor ~ mild; Aid LV; Protect LV;

> Ease Spasm; Hypoglycaemic; Hypolipaemic; Ascend Yang (Shengyang);

> Ascend Lucid Yang to Open Portals ~ Upper; Descend Turbid Yin; Aid

> Ears; Ease Tinnitus; Aid LU; Antiallergic; Ease Alcohol Craving;

> ??Contraceptive; Gegen + Dangshen, Baizhu, etc for sudden deafness &

> blindness (like central retinitis) in Lucid Yang not Ascending

>

> BANLANGEN (See Daqingye)

> (1) Clear Heat / Fire Toxin; Clear Heat + Toxin; Purge Fire (Xiehuo);

> Allay Fever in Febrile Disease + Heat in Ying & Xue level; Dispel

> Wind Damp (Qufeng Chushi); Antipharyngitic;

> (2) Clear Heat Toxin from Skin (Jie Pifu Redu); Cool Xue;

> (3) Immunostimulant; Antibacterial*; Antivirus*; Antiinflammation;

> Analgesic; Lessen Swelling;

> (4) Also: Haemostat; Disperse Xueyu; Antiplatelet-Aggregation; Ease

> Emesis

>

> DAQINGYE (See Banlangen)

> (1) Clear Fire & Toxin*; Clear Heat + Toxin*; Clear Pestilence

> (epidemic diseases, Clear EPFs, esp Fire / Heat Toxin; Antifever;

> Antifever in fever~ vaccine-induced: Antipharyngitic; Prevent

> encephalitis*~ chronic; Antibiotic~ broad-spectrum; Antibacterial*;

> Antimicrobial; Antivirus*; AntiHIV / AIDS;

> (2) Clear Xue Fire; Cool Xue*; Clear Ying Heat & Cool Xue in Febrile

> Disease; Erupt Papules / Rash; Tx coma & Ease Emesis dt Fire / Heat /

> Xue Heat;

> (3) Antiinflammation; Antiarthritis dt Heat

>

> Best regards,

>

>

>

 

 

 

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