Coursing Wind

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Hi Sean & All,

 

Sean Doherty wrote

> If an herb courses wind is it also promoting/causing wind? I am reading

> Western Herbs according to TCM where it is written that Lobelia

> extinguishes and alleviates spam. by causing and downbearing wind. I

> tried looking up definitions but haven't found a clarification.Sean

 

Banbianlian-Hb+Rx Lobeliae Radicantis usually is listed under Hbs to

Clear Heat + Toxin; few of my reference sources list it as an herb to

Course Wind, but it is used to treat infantile convulsions & spasms.

 

As a student (novice) in TCM theory, my understanding of the English

term " Course Wind " (Pinyin: Shufeng) is similar to that of the term

Shugan (Course Liver = Disperse LV Qizhi / Stag / Depression), i.e.

Shufeng = Disperse Wind, especially Internal Wind, as in LV Wind

Uprising.

 

Is my understanding correct?

 

The following terms are used in relation to treating various Wind

Patterns:

 

An1 Feng1 (Calm / Settle Wind)

Chu2 Feng1 (Eliminate Wind)

San4 Feng1 (Scatter / Disperse Wind)

Sou1 Feng1 (Search / Chase Wind)

Xiao1 Feng1 (Reduce / Lessen Wind)

Zhui1 Feng1 (Pursue Wind)

(a) Qu1 Feng1 (Dispel Wind)

(b) Qu1 Feng1 (Expel Wind)

(a) Shu1 Feng1 (Course Wind)

(b) Shu1 Feng1 (Course Wind)

 

The apparent duplicates, (a & b above), refer to two different Hanzi

terms each.

 

Would TCM experts care to discuss the niceties of each of those

expressions and explain the differences (if any) between them?

 

Best regards,

 

 

 

See detailed monograsph on a related species, Lobelia inflata at

http://tinyurl.com/6yqcj8

 

 

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< wrote:

> As a student (novice) in TCM theory, my understanding of the English

> term " Course Wind " (Pinyin: Shufeng) is similar to that of the term

> Shugan (Course Liver = Disperse LV Qizhi / Stag / Depression), i.e.

> Shufeng = Disperse Wind, especially Internal Wind, as in LV Wind

> Uprising.

>

> Is my understanding correct?

 

Phil, in Chinese shu feng (course wind) uses the same shu as in shu

gan (course the liver), although one should note that two different

characters describing a treatment action for the liver both share the

sound shu1 (one is translated as " course, " the other is translated as

" soothe " ).

 

However, for internal wind, I don't recall ever seeing the treatment

method " shu feng " appear. Usually the key word here is " xi feng "

(extinguish wind).

 

Eric

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Phil and all,

 

The Western species of Lobelia is very different from the Chinese species of

Lobelia. I must admit I did not compare them in the book, although in retrospect

I probably should have.

 

Thomas

 

 

 

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Author of Western Herbs According to Traditional : A

Practitioners Guide

 

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