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| medical theory, acupuncture & moxibustion |
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| eight trigrams of Taoist cosmology |
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| Farming (vs. foraging) of grains; herbology + reported to have seen through stomach to view the effects of the herbs on the viscera |
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| Lists 365 medicinals, describes 5 flavors, 4 natures & methods of classification. |
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| Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Pieces of Gold |
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| Ben Cao Gang Mu (Great Outline of the Materia Medica) |
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| Herbal Qualities - Flavors |
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| Bitter - Sweet - Acrid - Salty - Sour - Bland - Aromatic |
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| Herbal Qualities - Natures |
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| Hot - Warm - Neutral - Cool - Cold |
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| Herbal Qualities - Directions |
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| Up - Down - Inward - Outward |
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| Harvest timing - Drying technique - Cutting, cooking, soaking, techniques - Raw or processed |
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| Upper burner disease - After a meal, Middle & Lower burner - before the meal, In the Limbs - on an empty stomach in the morning, In the bones/marrow - on a full stomach in the evening |
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| Methods of Classification (Ben Cao Jing) |
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Superior - Corresponds to Heaven/Bestowing Longevity/no toxicity (119),
Medium - Humankind/human nature/personality & temperment (120),
Inferior - Earth/cure disease/some toxicity (122) |
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| What do preparations & processing do for herb quality? |
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| Enhance or alter theraputic action, minimize loss of active components, maximize extraction, reduce side effects or toxicity, increase surface area & facilitate extraction, prevent spoilage |
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| stabilizing, astringing, usually cooling, Yin |
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| draining, cooling, drying, descending, Yin |
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| tonifying, nourishing, harmonizing, moderating, Yang |
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| dispersing, activating, Yang, acts on Qi & Blood, Yang |
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| softening, dissolving, moistening, cooling, descending, Yin |
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| activates, disperses, remove Damp, Strengthen SP/ST, muscle pain |
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| Pills, Tablets, Tinctures, Decoctions, Concentrated Decoctions |
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| Acute v. Chronic - Root v. Branch |
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