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Release Exterior Herbs

There are 2 sub-categories that release exterior: Expel Wind Cold and Expel Wind Heat.

Release Exterior -> Expel Wind Cold
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	Bai Zhi	White Bird - bai=white, zhi sounds like bird
	Cang Er Zi	... evolved into Kangaroo during the ice age
	Cong Bai	Cong White - King Kong's Brother
	Fang Feng	The Werewolf
	Gao Ben	Batman and Gao Ben
	Gui Zhi	The Little Cinnamon Boy
	Jing Jie	Jing Jie the dancer is always itching
	Ma Huang	Ephedra for Mama Huang
	Qiang Huo	The King of Thailand
	Sheng Jiang	Fresh Ginger
	Xi Xin	The T-rex
	Xiang Ru	Little Johnny Ru
	Xin Yi Hua	Magnolia Flower
	Zi Su Ye	Perilla the mermaid: perilla leaf

Release Exterior -> Expel Wind Heat

	Bo He	Little Boy Heat
	Chai Hu	Chai Hu had a Chow Whoops!
	Chan Tui	The Cicada bug
	Dan Dou Chi	Danny Douchi Seed
	Ge Gen	General Ge Gen
	Ju Hua	The Chysanthemum Volcano
	Man Jing Zi	The storm giant
	Mu Zei	I Muze ...
	Niu Bang Zi	New Bangzi
	Sang Ye	The Smoking Boxing Worm
	Sheng Ma	Shen's G-Ma (Grandma)

Clear Heat

There are 6 sub-categories that Clear Heat: Drain Fire, Clear Heat and Cool Blood, Clear Heat and Dry Damp, Clear Heat and Relieve Toxicity, Clear Deficient Heat, Clear Summer Heat

Clear Heat -> Drain Fire

	Dan Zhu Ye	The Grouchy Orangutan
	Jue Ming Zi	The Tree Crusher
	Lu Gen	Loogie Generating Contest
	Qing Xiang Zi	King Jonesy
	Shi Gao	Four Great Gypsies (Gypsum)
	Tian Hua Fen	Tiana Flower
	Xia Cu Cao	Fruit Spike Flower
	Xiong Dan	Young Dan
	Zhi Mu	Bird Cow
	Zhi Zi	The Garden (gardenia seed)

Clear Heat -> Cool Blood

	Chi Shao	The Red Pony
	Mu Dan Pi	The Mu Cows who saw Dan pee on the forest fire
	Sheng di Huang	The shame of juan
	Xi Jiao	Rhino Horn
	Xuan Shen	The Swans Inn was a hot vibe...
	Zi Cao	The Zorro Cow

Clear Heat -> Dry Damp

	Huang Bai	Yellow and White
	Huang Lian	The Yellow Lion loves to eat snakes
	Huang Qin	The "Yellow Kin" - Natives of the toxic desert
	Ku Shen	Ku Shen was an itchy little Skin parasite..
	Long Dan Cao	Long Danny long legs
	Qin Pi	The chimpanzee got spit in his eyes...

Clear Heat -> Relieve Toxicity

	Bai Hua She She Cao	Tom went to Buy her she she cow
	Bai Jiang Cao	Buy Young Cow
	Bai Tou Weng	Buy Two Wings
	Bai Xian Pi	White Jumpy
	Ban Bian Lian	Bambi An Lion
	Ban Lan Gen	General Bad Land (BadMan)
	Ban Zhi Lian	Ban Bird Lion (zhi sounds like 'bird'...)
	Chuan Xin Lian	Juan the Zen Lion
	Da Qing Ye	The Duck King Yeah!
	Hong Teng	Red Vine
	Jin Yin Hua	Honeysuckle flowers - Bees suck HONEY
	Lian Qiao	Lion Chow
	Ma Bo	Ma Bo the boxer
	Pu Gong Ying	Pu Gong the warrior was stung by a toxic beetle in the jungle
	Qing Dai	King Die
	Shan Dou Gen	The smoking Indian
	She Gan	The Vegan
	Tu Fu Ling	Emperor
	Ya Dan Zi	Ya Dan Zi loved dancing so much she went to Africa...
	Ye Ju Hua	Similar to Ju Hua
	Yu Xing Cao	You King Cow?!?
	Zi Hua Di Ding	A purple flower

Clear Heat -> Clear Deficient Heat

	Bai Wei	White Way
	Di Gu Pi	Dygoopi the Dingo
	Hu Huang Lian	Who hung the Lion?
	Qing Hao	King How: how did he survive?
	Yin Chai Hu	Yin Chai Hu was a starving princess

Clear Heat -> Clear Summer Heat

	He Ye	Hell Yeah its hot!
	Lu Dou	Loves Lemonade
	Xi Gua	Watermelon for Coffee

Drain Downwards

There are 3 sub-categories that Drain Downward: Purgatives, Laxatives, and Harsh Expellants

Drain Downwards -> Purgatives

	Da Huang	Dr. Yellow was studying monkeys
	Fan Xie Ye	The Hotdog Eating Contest
	Mang Xiao	Mang Xiao

Drain Downwards -> Moist Laxatives

	Huo Ma Ren	Who's Marrying?
	Yu Li Ren	Usually rains...

Drain Downwards -> Harsh Expellants

	Ba Dou	The city of Barad Dour was attacked by cold elementals and water elementals
	Da Ji	Da Ji the DJ
	Gan Sui	The Sous Chef
	Yuan Hua	Primary Flower

Drain Dampness

There are 3 sub-categories that Drain Dampness: Promote Urination and Relieve Edema, Promote Urination and Relieve PUD, Drain Damp and Relieve Jaundice

Drain Dampness -> Promote Urination and Relieve Edema

	Chi Xiao Dou	The ADUKI BEAN
	Dong Gua Pi	Dong sailed the Guppy
	Fu Ling	The Foolish Fat Indian
	Yi Yi Ren	Jobs Tears
	Yu Mi Xu	Corn silk for You me and You
	Ze Xie	Ze Land is near captain!
	Zhu Ling	Zoo Linger story...

Drain Dampness -> Promote Urination and Relieve Painful Urination Disorder

	Bei Xie	Bay's Yay
	Bian Xu	Bian Xu House is a de-caf coffee...
	Che Qian Zi	Plantago Seed
	Deng Xin Cao	The Dang Zen Cow
	Di Fu Zi	Die Fuzzy!
	Dong Kui Zi	My pregnant wife is so Dang Queasy
	Hai Jin Sha	Hai jin Sha the (Japanese fern spores) Ninja...
	Hua Shi	Little Excess Flower
	Mu Tong	Mu Tong was the name of Farmer Jeb's pitch fork
	Qu Mai	Queen Mai
	Shi Wei	The Excess Way (Smoking, Drinking, Fighting)
	Tong Cao	Tongue Cow

Drain Dampness -> Promote Urination and Relieve Jaundice

	Hu Zhang	Who's hung, said the jaundiced criminal...
	Jin Qian Cao	Jin Can Sell...

Dispel Wind Dampness (Treat Arthritis)

There are 3 sub-categories that Dispel Wind Dampness: Those that relieve cold, those that relieve heat, and those that strengthen bones and tendons

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Expel Wind Damp -> Relieve Cold

	Bai Hua She	Buy her a sheep!
	Chuan Wu	Swan Wool is rare, since most Swans have feathers!
	Du Huo	Old Mr. Doubleteeth - Pubescent Angelica Root
	Hai Feng Teng	High Fang Thang
	Mu Gua	The Troll under the bridge
	Wei Ling Xian	Whale-ing's Yawn
	Wu Shao She	We shall see who wins the boxing match!

Dispel Wind Damp -> Relieve Heat

	Hai Tong Pi	High jumping can cure you!
	Han Fang Ji	Han Fang Ji was Han Solo's evil twin brother
	Qin Jiao	Kin-Jow the nomad
	Ren Dong Teng	The red nosed reindeer...
	Sang Zhi	Sang Zhi sounds like song bird...(sang zhirr)
	Si Gua Lou	The opera singer sang SI- GUA-LUO!!!
	Xi Xian Cao	The Zion Cow is coming!

Dispel Wind Damp -> Strengthen Bones and Tendons

	Gou Ji	Gouging
	Qian Nian Jian	The Capital City
	Sang Ji Sheng	Song of Shame
	Wu Jia Pi	Would ya pee?

Regulate Qi / Invigorate Qi

Herbs that Regulate Qi...

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Regulate Qi / Invigorate Qi

	Chen Pi	The Chimpanzee that couldn't exercise...
	Chen Xiang	Chen's Young: the baseball fan
	Chuan Lian Zi	"John" the lion seed
	Da Fu Pi	The Foopy Puppies
	Fo Shou	Fo Shou man - let order pizza!
	Mu Xiang	Mu Xiang 'moves ya along'
	Qing Pi	King pee wee
	Tan Xiang	Young Dr. Tan
	Wu Yao	Would you have lead an army to the crusades if you knew that god would warm your KD?
	Xiang Fu	Nutgrass Rhizome
	Xie Bai	J White the rapper
	Zhi Ke	Zhi Ke the Circus Clown
	Zhi Shi	Zirsha's Inertia

Regulate Blood (Stop Bleeding / Invigorate Blood)
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Regulate Blood -> Stop Bleeding and Astringe

	Bai Ji	White G Antibiotic Cream
	Xian He Cao	Young He Cow
	Xue Yu Tan	The "Way you tan"...

Regulate Blood -> Stop Bleeding and Cool Blood

	Bai Mao Gen	I can "buy my own gin!"
	Ce Bai Ye	The white Yeti
	Da Ji(2)	DaJi2 is R2D2's cousin
	Di Yu	Die you regenerating trolls!
	Huai Hua Mi	Cry for Me - and my bleeding hemorrhoids
	Xiao Ji	Zowji the nurse!

Regulate Blood -> Stop Bleeding and Remove Stasis

	Pu Huang	The yellow Pooh!
	Qian Cao Gen	One tough cop
	San Qi	Sanky the pirate ship was sunk!

Regulate Blood -> Stop Bleeding and Warm Meridians

	Ai Ye	The story of Wild Bill Hickok
	Pao Jiang	Pow Jang is a wicked new type of hard core dodgeball

Regulate Blood -> Invigorate Blood and Relieve Pain

	Chuan Xiong	Little Juan Young
	Jiang Huang	Young and Yellow...
	Mo Yao	More Yow! A letter to the mayor
	Ru Xiang	Roo's Young, the young Kangaroos
	Wu Ling Zhi	The flying squirrel ninja!
	Yan Hu Suo	Yan who sews
	Yu Jin	"Eugene!", Ernest, and the tumeric tuber...

Regulate Blood -> Invigorate Blood and Regulate Menses

	Dan Shen	Dan's Shen
	Hong Hua	Safflower whiskey
	Ji Xue Teng	xue means blood, teng means vine= BLOOD VINE
	Niu Xi	sounds like
	Tao Ren	Colonel Peach (Tao Ren is Peach Kernel)
	Wang Bu Liu Xing	Wang Booh Losing
	Yi Mu Cao	just shout 'YEEEEEEE MOO COW!'
	Ze Lan	Ze Land is near captain!

Regulate Blood -> Invigorate Blood and Treat Traumatic Injuries

	Gu Sui Bu	The Goose We Booh
	Su Mu	Su Mo wrestling...
	Xue Jie	The Dragons Blood...
	Zhe Chong	Zhe Chong almost replaced traffic lights... but it didn't work

Regulate Blood -> Invigorate Blood and Resolve Masses

	Chuan Shan Jia	Anteater Scales
	E Zhu	Let the E-Zoo games begin!
	San Leng	The Sand-lings of Dune

Warm Interior / Expel Cold

Warm Interior and Expel Cold

	Ding Xiang	Aunt Clove gave the baby cloves
	Fu Zi	A fuzzy blanket by the fire
	Gan Jiang	Gan Jiang is Fried Ginger
	Gao Liang Jiang	Gals Long Johns
	Hua Jiao	Flower Jelly Belly - the Bully
	Rou Gui	My Old Dog Cinnamon loves to Fetch Cinnamon Bark
	Wu Zhu Yu	The fire fighting fox
	Xiao Hui Xiang	Fennel seed is for pizza!

Resolve Phlegm

Resolve Phlegm -> Phlegm Cold

	Bai Fu Zi	The white fuzzy seed
	Bai Jie Zi	Buy the album
	Bai Qian	The white Coin
	Ban Xia	Ban Xia got banned from volleyball...
	Jie Geng	Jie Geng is just a fancy way of saying Jogging!
	Tian Nan Xing	Teeyon's Nanny Xing
	Xuan Fu Hua	Swan's Foo Flower

Resolve Phlegm -> Phlegm Heat

	Chuan Bei Mu	The swamp runners
	Gua Lou	The snakegourd brothers - Pi, Shi, and Ren
	Hai Fu Shi	High and full of sh*t!
	Hai Ge Ke	The High Gecko
	Hai Zao	High-Zow! - the salty swamp coffee!
	Kun Bu	Was a wooly mammoth who lived in the swamp
	Pang Da Hai	Pang Da Hai is some killer herb
	Qian Hu	Coin her!
	Wa Leng Zi	Whaleling Zzzzzz...
	Zhu Li	Zoo Lee: Bruce Lee's furry counterpart
	Zhu Ru	Zhu Ru used to be part of the Zulu tribe

Resolve Phlegm -> with Cough and Wheeze

	Bai Bu	The white-BOOH ghost
	Bai Guo	The messy White Goats...
	Pi Pa Ye	Yeah pi pa - I want some summer swamp candy!!!
	Sang Bai Pi	smoke pipe pee!
	Su Zi	Silly Suzy almost died in the swamp when she forgot her inhaler
	Ting Li Zi	Tingles Easy
	Xing Ren	King Ren
	Zi Wan	The One: Help me o Zi Wan Kenobe

Aromatic Herbs that Transform Damp

Aromatics that Transform Damp

	Bai Dou Kou	The White Dao Cow
	Cang Zhu	Kong Zoo
	Cao Dou Kou	The Cow Dao Cow
	Cao Guo	Cow Goat: The Cow got Malaria from the Goat
	Hou Po	The Po Ho
	Huo Xiang	Who's Young?
	Pei Lan	Pei Lan was Pele's brother...
	Sha Ren	Sharen the Barren

Herbs for Food Stagnation

Relieve Food Stagnation

	Gu Ya	Sprouted Rice is "Good Yeah!"
	Ji Nei Jin	Ji Nei Jin is chicken gizzard...
	Lai Fu Zi	Lie on the Fuzzy blanket after eating...
	Mai Ya	The Mayan Mother who couldn't lactate
	Shan Zha	The Hunter Guide
	Shen Qu	The gnomish mineral miner who ate too much cake

Calm Spirit

Herbs that Anchor and Calm Spirit
Calm Spirit -> Anchor Spirit

	Ci Shi	Magnetite and the magnet at the bottom of the sea
	Hu Po	Hu Po the Hippo
	Long Gu	Dragon Bone...
	Zhu Sha	The king sent his trusted advisor Zusha to find mercury...

Calm Spirit -> Nourish

	Bai Zi Ren	By the blood of the Wren
	He Huan Pi	High Jumping
	Ling Zhi	Remember that cranberries song "do you have to let it ling zhi?"
	Suan Zao Ren	The sour swan with a big heart...
	Ye Jiao Teng	The Genie in the Bottle
	Yuan Zhi	The primary bird

Subdue LV Yang and Extinguish LV Wind

Subdue Liver Yang

	Bai Ji Li	White jet Li?
	Dai Zhe Shi	Hematite sprang from the Volcano
	Mu Li	Oyster Shells
	Shi Jue Ming	Sea Chumming: The quest for Moby Dick
	Zhen Zhu Mu	The Zen Zoo is where bad angry cow go when they die

Extinguish Liver Wind

	Di Long	The earth worm is good for fishing
	Gou Teng	Gambir the magician
	Jiang Can	Young Chan and the stiff silkworm
	Ling Yang Jiao	Antelope Horn (Where the Antelope's Play)
	Niu Huang	New Yellow (curtains)
	Quan Xie	Scorpion King / The Mummy
	Tian Ma	Remember the massacre at Tian Ma square!!!
	Wu Gong	Dr Wu's Gong and the Centipede

Herbs that Tonify Qi

Tonify Qi

	Bai Bian Dou	The White Piano
	Bai Zhu	"Can I Buy Zhu Something Mother Earth??"
	Ci Wu Jia	See would ya, my magic apples!
	Da Zao	Da Zao is Jujube (Chinese Dates)
	Dang Shen	Where did Dr. Shen go?
	Gan Cao	Granny Cow
	Huang Qi	The Yellow Qi
	Ren Shen	Ginseng cured Ren's Shen
	Shan Yao	SHAM WOW!
	Tai Zi Shen	What happens when the Shen is tied in knots?
	Xi Yang Shen	American Ginseng
	Yi Tang	The newest flavor of Tang made with pure cane sugar!

Herbs that Tonify Blood

Tonify Blood

	Bai Shao	The White Pony
	Dang Gui	The Angel Lucifer tempted Eve
	E Jiao	Donkey hide gelatin
	He Shou Wu	"He Sure Would" get Malaria!
	Long Yan Rou	Long Run Yo...Marathon
	Shu Di Huang	The Shoe of Juan

Herbs that Tonify Yin

Tonify Yin

	Bai He	White Hay on the Moon
	Bie Jia	Be a Jap!!
	Gou Qi Zi	The wolf's eyes
	Gui Ban	Guiban the dread pirate
	Han Lian Cao	Hand = Lion Chow
	Hei Zhi Ma	Haze Your Maw...
	Huang Jing	Wong Jing / Yellow Jing
	Mai Men Dong	That's what SHE said!!!
	Nu Zhen Zi	News Endsy
	Sang Shen	Sanction (on peaches)
	Sha Shen	The last Sha of Iran had a lot of Shen
	Shi Hu	The She-Wolf
	Tian Men Dong	Teeyon's Dong
	Yu Zhu	The U-Zoo was closed for Quarantine!

Herbs that Tonify Yang

Tonify Yang

	Bu Gu Zhi	Boo Goozer
	Dong Chong Xia Cao	Dong Chong's Cow
	Du Zhong	That dude's ON!
	Ge Jie	The asthmatic Gecko
	Hai Ma	High Mountain
	Hu Tao Ren	Who told Ren?
	Jiu Zi	Juicy Black Beans
	Lu Jiao Jiao	Lou's Deer Horn Jelly
	Lu Rong	Deer Antler for the King's daughter
	Rou Cong Rong	Roll Call Wrong
	Sha Yuan Zi	"Shaya Wants A..."
	Suo Yang	I remember when I was So young!
	Tu Si Zi	Too Sleezy
	Xian Mao	Zion Meow - the Zion Cat!
	Xu Duan	"Xu Duan to suck my blooood??"
	Yang Qi Shi	Yang Easy
	Yi Zhi Ren	The Easy Wren
	Yin Yang Huo	its Horny Goat Weed
	Zi He Che	The Heche in Mexico sticker...

Herbs that Stabilize and Bind

Stabilize and Bind -> Stabilize the Exterior

	Fu Xiao Mai	Full Show-Me
	Ma Huang Gen	My, Yellow General
	Nuo Dao Gen Xu	No Dao General Xu

Stabilize and Bind -> Lung and Intestines

	Chi Shi Zhi	The magic red powder
	He Zi	He Sleeps after surgery
	Rou Dou Kou	Ronald McDonald
	Wu Bei Zi	The Wubby Zzzzzz is a stuffed animal
	Wu Mei	Wooh Me! The story of Rapunzel
	Wu Wei Zi	Too Lazy
	Ying Su Ke	Ying Suke took opium and relieved instability in the lower burner for a living....

Stabilize and Bind -> Kidney (urine, sperm, vaginal discharge)

	Fu Pen Zi	FooPenzi the puppy
	Hai Piao Xiao	The high pow wow
	Jin Ying Zi	Jin
	Lian Zi	Lion seed (Simba the Lion King)
	Qian Shi	Coin Shi = "Coin Excess" for cheese and wine
	Sang Piao Xiao	The song pow wow
	Shan Zhu Yu	Shan Zhu Yu the Witch

Open Orifices

Open Orifices

	Bing Pian	Bing's Piano
	She Xiang	The stillborn baby
	Shi Chang Pu	The homeless guy that smells like Pooh
	Su He Xiang	"Sue, he's young" - the aliens tried to sue young Johnny

Expel Parasites

Expel Parasites

	Bing Lang	Big Long of the fantastic four
	Da Suan	The dark Swan
	Fei Zi	Phasing
	Guan Zhong	Iguana's Dong
	Ku Lian Gen Pi	Cool Lion Jumping
	Nan Gua Zi	Nothin grows here - in the pumpkin patch
	Shi Jun Zi	Shit on it

External Application

External Application

	Chan Su	Chan sued when His wife Miscarried
	Liu Huang	The Yellow Luis
	Ming Fan	The mean Fan
	She Chuang Zi	She Change Seed
	Zhang Nao	The Song Now on the Jukebox...

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