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Materia Medica

Materia Medica is the Latin term for the Chaptericons1 collective knowledge of the therapeutic properties of any substance used to treat illness. This chapter focuses on the vital and biochemical potency of foods, herbs, and minerals and their use for the prevention and treatment of disease.

List of articles in category Materia Medica
Title
The Temeperature of Herbs, Foods, and Spices
The Taste of Herbs, Foods, and Spices
Color and Seasons
Herbs for Wind Cold - chills, runny nose, general muscle pain, small fever
Herbs for Wind Heat - fever, sore throat, stuffed nose with yellow mucus
Herbs That Treat Dampness – bloated abdomen, edema, loose stool, water retention
Herbs That Clear Heat and Dry Dampness - bacterial, viral, yeast infections
Herbs That Dispel Wind–Dampness – pain, numbness, and swelling in the joints and muscles
Herbs That Tonify Yang – cold hands and feet, fear of cold/ lack of sexual desire, sterility
Herbs That Tonify Qi – poor energy, poor appetite, lethargy, weakness of the limbs
Herbs That Regulate the Qi – hypochondriac/ abdominal distention or pain, stifling sensation in the chest
Herbs That Tonify Yin – dry skin, dry lips, dry throat, night sweats/ mental restlessness, irritability, insomnia and dream disturbed sleep
Herbs That Tonify Blood – pale face, pale lips, dry skin, dry hair, thin hair, dizziness
Herbs That Invigorate The Blood – sharp and stabbing pain, painful/irregular menstruation, hard palpable abdominal masses
Herbs That Cool The Blood - bleeding, rashes
Herbs That Stop Bleeding – nosebleed, vomiting blood, blood in stool, uterine bleeding, excessive menstrual bleeding, trauma
Herbs for Internal Fire - high fever, irritability, thirst, delirium
Herbs That Clear Heat Toxin – abscesses, sores, and carbuncles, accompanied with overall sickness
Herbs That Clear Summerheat – thirst, sweating, fever, and diarrhea during the summer season
Warming Herbs – cold hands and feet, fear of cold, pale complexion, desire for warm
Astringent Herbs – excessive sweating, excessive urination, diarrhea/prolapse
Downward Draining Herbs – constipation
Herbs That Relieve Food Stagnation – feeling of fullness in the abdomen, nausea, belching
Herbs that Relieve Coughing and Wheezing - all types of cough, wheezing
Herbs That Transform Cold-Phlegm and Hot-Phlegm – productive cough with phlegm, asthma/ goiter, scrofula
Substances That Stop Tremors – tremors, muscle twitches, hypertension, seizures
Herbs that Calm the Spirit - mental restlessness, anxiety, nervousness, agitation, impulsiveness