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Oriental Herbology I
Instructor: Lana Farson, M.S., L.Ac.
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Learning herbs – what’s important?
! Chinese Pin Yin ! Category ! Temperature (nature) ! +/- Latin ! Functions ! Taste ! Indications ! Channels (meridians, functional site) ! Contraindications ! dose
! Sinking ! Purging downward ! Moves toward the interior ! Tranquilizing or sedating
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Functional Orientation & Taste
! Ascending ! Floating
! Descending ! Sinking
Tend to be spicy Can be warm or cold Warm herbs are stronger in this regard Tend to be lighter in weight
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Tend to be sour, bitter or salty Tend to be cool or cold Tend to be heavy
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Effects of Processing ! Wine fried ! ascending
blood moving ! Ginger fried ! dispersing
aids digestion reduces toxicity
! Salt fried ! sinking brings herb to kidneys
! Honey fried ! tonifiying warming moistening
! Vinegar fried ! astringent dispersing
! Bran fried! reduce odor, bad taste make it more gentle enhance the effects
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The Purpose of Processing
! Reduce toxicity / potency / adverse effects
! Change the temperature
! Enhance therapeutic effects
! To improve taste and odor
! Facilitate storage
! Influence the orientation or channels
! Remove impurities / foreign matter
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Color of the herb ! Yellow “Huang” ! Earth
! Tend to enter SP, ST ! Act on digestive system
! White “Bai” ! Metal ! Tend to enter LU ! Act on the lung
! Black / Grey “Hei” or “Wu” ! Water ! Tend to enter KI ! Tonify yin or essence
! Green / Blue “Qing” ! Wood ! Tend to enter LV, GB ! Treat liver qi stag. (LQS) or Liver Fire
! Red “Hong” or “Chi” ! Fire ! Tend to enter HT, PC ! Treat Heart, blood, spirit or the mind ! Touch on the blood level
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Appearance ! Seeds or Fruits
! Influence middle or lower jiao ! Tend to enter kidney (tonify) or UB (regulate water) ! Descend & lubricate intestines (high lipid content) ! Collect fruit when mature, but not overripe ! Collect fruit when mature, on a clear day (no dew / rain)
! Flowers ! Ascend & affect upper body / head ! Affect the qi ! Collected when blooming, but not fully in bloom
! Stems, Twigs, Branches, Vines ! for extremities, channels, collaterals, tendons ! Collected when fully grown, but not withering
! Sap ! Collected during dry period
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Appearance, con’t ! Roots
! Influence interior of body (yin organs) ! Collected late fall or winter
! Peels / Barks “Pi” ! Affect body surface (skin or lungs) ! Promote urination & reduce dampness
! Insects ! Salty ! Stronger than plant components ! treat obstruction in channels (mobility problems)
! Minerals / Shells ! Descending action on mind or liver wind ! Tranquilizing ! Sedating
! Mix clay with enough water to make a thick paste. Apply directly to the area to be treated, pressing into the skin so that it adheres. Leave on until the clay dries and begins to pulls away from the skin.
Photo credit: The Herbal Medicine Cabinet, Debra St. Clare
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Poultice wrapped in gauze
! Add distilled water to the plant matter and mash. Place on gauze and apply to affected area. Wrap with additional roll gauze to hold in place.
Photo credit: The Herbal Medicine Cabinet, Debra St. Clare
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Lung Poultice
! Used for deep lung congestion or bronchial inflammation. Apply hot poultice, wrapped in gauze, and cover with towels to retain the heat. Prepare a 2nd hot poultice. When 1st poultice is cool, replace with 2nd.
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Poultice Placement Chart
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Measuring & Dosage for Decoction
! Measuring herbs ! 1 qian = 3 grams (actually 3.125 grams) (average dose of herb = 3-9gr)
! Dosage: usually to drink 2x/day ! Severe Case
! 1 bag per day ! Medium Case
! 1 bag per 2 days ! Mild Case
! 1-2 bags per week
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Decoction – cooking information
! Simple decoction ! Cooking herbs in cheesecloth
! Decoction with pre-cook ! Decoction with post-add
! Stir in (E Jiao = donkey glue) ! Add last 5-10 min (Bo He = mint)
Simple Decoction ! Wash off herbs in bowl & strain 2-3 times ! Soak 30 min. in enough water to cover herbs ! Press herbs down with wooden spoon (no metal) ! Bring herbs to a boil (strong fire) ! Keep lid on during cooking ! Cook 15-40 minutes (medium fire) ! Strain through cheesecloth into glass jar ! Return all herbs to pot ! Cook 15-30 minutes ! Strain ! Divide into 4 doses (2 doses per day) ! Drink warm – reheat in earthenware or glass ! Refrigerate unused portion
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Cooking Times for simple decoction ! Exterior releasing formulas
! Cook 15-20 minutes ! Tonifying formula
! 30-40 minutes ! Some require 1-3 hours
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Pre-Cook
! Used for heavy minerals / shells ! Cook heavy minerals / shells 15-20 minutes ahead of time,
while the rest of the herbs are soaking in water ! Strain the liquid into soaking herbs ! Pulverize or slice remaining “pre-cook” herbs ! Add “pre-cook” herbs to soaking herbs ! Begin cooking herbs according to regular instructions ! Examples:
! Mu Li / concha Ostrae ! Long Gu / Os Draconis ! Shi Jue Ming / Concha Haliotidis ! Gui Ban / Plastrum Testudinis ! Bie Jia / Carapax Amydae ! Shi Gao / Gypsum
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Post-add ! For aromatic herbs: to preserve the volatile aroma and
active ingredients in the decoction ! Add “post-add” herbs during the last 5-15 minutes of the
decoction ! Some herbs will be added loosely and other herbs will be
wrapped when added ! Wrapped
! contain minute hairs ! Powders ! Messy
! Variation of “post-add” ! For easy to dissolve, sticky or gluey herbs ! Stir in herbs at the end of cooking
! E Jiao / Equus asinus ! Mang Xiao / Mineral salt: sodium sulfate
! Steep in hot water ! Hu Po / Amber
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Preparation of Herbs
! Calcining (Duan) ! Quenching (Cui) ! Quick-Frying (Pao) ! Dry-curing or baking (Hong or Bei) ! Roasting in ashes (Wei) ! Steaming (Zheng) ! Boiling (Zhu) ! Simmering (Ao)
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Contraindications / Incompatibilities ! Inappropriate to casually purchase Chinese patent
medications ! Each herb category and each herb have
contraindications ! i.e. Xia Ku Cao / Spica Prunellae
! treats H/A due to wind-heat or LYR (HTN) ! Contra with H/A from dizziness & hypotension
! Incorrect herbal combos ! adverse/toxic reactions ! “The rhyme of 18 pairs of contraindications”
! Contra in pregnancy ! Can injure fetus ! miscarriage
! Herbs that move blood ! Herbs that move downward or purgatives (rhubarb) ! Herbs that open the orifices ! Very warming herbs (dried ginger and cinnamon)
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Method of Ingesting Decoction
! Take warm or hot for cold patterns ! Take hot to promote perspiration
! Take cold for hot patterns ! Take cold to avoid vomiting
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Time of ingestion ! Usual method
! take 1 hour before or after meal ! Tonifying formulas
! take 1 hour before meal ! Formulas to aid sleep
! Take before bed ! Purgative formulas
! take on empty stomach ! Formulas with irritating nature
! take 30 minutes after meal
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Important Ancient Texts on Herbs ! Huang Di Nei Jing
! 500 BC (Zhou Dynasty) ! 53 herbs
! Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing ! Written 206 BC–25 AD (Western Han Dynasty) ! 365 herbs (first herb text)
! Shang Han Lun ! 160-270AD ! 113 formulas – major text for teaching herbal formulas
! Tang Ben Cao ! 657-659 AD (Tang Dynasty) ! 1st gov’t approved text on herbal therapy ! 850 medicinal substances
! Ben Cao Gang Mu ! 1578 AD (Ming Dynasty) ! 1892 herb; 11,000 formulas ! By Li Shi-Zhen ! 52 volumes; translated into 30 languages