Herbs That Dispel Wind Dampness - Functional Grouping Relationships
Herbs That Dispel Wind Dampness - General Concepts
- For wind-dampness from the muscle, sinews, joints, and bones; bi-syndromes.
- Wind-Predominant bi (xing bi) - pain moves from joint to joint.
- Cold-Predominant bi (tong bi) - severe, fixed pain that is made worse by cold.
- Damp-Predominant bi (zhuo bi) - fixed pain with swelling and numbness.
- Hot-Painful bi (re bi) - heat signs; acute, painful, swelling present.
Herbs That Dispel Wind Dampness - Section Summary
- Wind-cold-damp: Du Huo, Wei Ling Xian, Qian Nian Jian, Wu Jia Pi, Mu Gua.
- Wind-heat-damp: Xi Xian Cao, Luo Shi Teng, Si Gua Luo.
- Pain in the upper body: Qiang Huo and Sang Zhi.
- Pain in the lower body: Du Huo, Mu Gua, Can Sha.
- Pain upper and/or lower: Luo Shi Teng, Hai Feng Teng, Wei Ling Xian.
- Sang Zhi, Si Gua Luo, Luo Shi Teng - mild, also release the exterior, clear heat - children and adolescents (strong constitution).
- Qian Nian Jian, Wu Jia Pi, Xi Xian Cao, Du Huo - for elderly or those with weak constitutions; have tonifying properties. Combine with herbs that tonify the liver and kidneys.
- Wei Ling Xian, Qin Jiao - pain secondary to wind damp, for lower extremities.
- Wei Ling Xian - cold bi with intense pain.
- Qin Jiao - warm painful obstruction.
- Hai Feng Teng, Luo Shi Teng - wind damp affecting the sinews and joints with pain, reduces range of motion (ROM), spasms.
- Hai Feng Teng - cold bi.
- Luo Shi Teng - hot bi.
The Herbs That Dispel Wind Dampness Grouping Has 15 Herbs In Our Database
Ba Qia
- Chinaroot Greenbier Rhizome
- Useful for arthritic conditions by expelling wind-damp and promoting urination.
- Induces sweat and relieves the exterior - diarrhea, dysentery.
- Can be used for hemorrhoids, skin infections, psoriasis, leukorrhea and STD's such as gonorrhea and syphilis via the function of eliminating toxic heat.
- Used with diabetes via the kidney and liver systems.
- Has anti-cancer properties - breast, stomach.
- Cautions
- Avoid in patients with yin deficiency.
Bai Hua She
- Agkistrodon, Bungarus Snake with Inner Organs Removed
- Powerfully unblocks the channels and dispels wind - chronic wind-damp with numbness and weakness of the limbs and cramping of the sinews, tinea, numbness of the skin, any type of rash, spasms, facial paralysis or hemiplegia due to wind-stroke.
Can Sha
- Silkworm Feces
- Expels wind-damp - bi syndromes, itchy rashes due to wind-damp.
- Harmonizes the stomach, transforms turbid dampness - vomiting, diarrhea, cramps, abdominal pain, borborygmus.
Cang Er Zi
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- Expels wind and damp - bi syndromes, skin disorders with itching.
- Nasal passage obstruction - thick nasal discharge, sinus headache; often combined with Xin Yi Hua and Bai Zhi.
Du Huo
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- Dispels wind-cold-damp - bi syndromes, especially lower back and legs (acute/chronic).
- Shao yin stage headache and toothache.
Hai Feng Teng
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- Dispels wind-cold-damp bi such as stiff joints, lower back pain, sore knees, cramping of muscles and sinews.
- Disperses cold and alleviates pain - epigastric and abdominal pain and diarrhea due to cold in the spleen and stomach.
Hai Tong Pi
- Coral Bean Bark
- Dispels wind-damp (hot or cold), unblocks the channels - bi syndromes, especially in the lower back and/or knees or spasms of the extremities.
- Promotes urination, reduces edema - superficial edema due to dampness.
- Itchy skin - lesions, scabies.
Luo Shi Teng
- Star Jasmine Stem
- Dispels wind-hot-damp bi and spasms of the sinews.
- Cools the blood and reduces swellings - toxic sores, sore throat.
Mu Gua
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- Relaxes the sinews and muscles - bi syndromes in the lower back and/or lower extremities, calf cramps.
- Harmonizes the stomach, transforms dampness, reduces food stagnation - abdominal pain and spasms.
Qin Jiao
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- Dispels wind-damp bi and cramping, especially in the extremities, for acute/chronic, cold/hot conditions.
- Clears deficient heat - fever, steaming bone disorder.
- Jaundice due to acute damp-heat.
- Counteracts drying action of other herbs that dispel wind-damp - moistens intestines for dry constipation.
Sang Zhi
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- Wind-damp bi especially in the upper extremities.
- Reduces edema.
Wei Ling Xian
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- Dispels wind-damp and unblocks the channels, relieves pain.
- Fish bone lodged in the throat.
- Focal distention and accumulation in the middle burner.
Wu Jia Pi
- Acanthopanax Root Bark
- Dispels wind-cold-damp, strengthens the sinews and bones, chronic bi due to liver and kidney deficiency generating weak sinews (motor function development delays in children, elderly).
- Transforms damp, reduces swelling - urinary difficulty, edema, damp-cold leg qi.
Wu Shao She
- Black Striped Snake
- Same as Bai Hua but less powerful, not toxic.
Xi Xian Cao
- Siegesbeckia Plant
- Dispels wind-heat-damp bi - facial paralysis, hemiplegia.
- Calms the spirit, pacifies the liver - irritability, insomnia, liver yang rising, headache, dizziness.
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