Warm Interior & Expel Cold

Used for treating interior cold - internally generated or acquired through invasion of cold into the organs from the exterior. The herbs will disperse the cold and enliven the yang. These herbs are best used in cases where the yang has receded and the yin is over abundant casuing the cold to stagnate, and therefore the qi to stagnate leading to abdominal pain, and SP qi deficiency symptoms.

Some warm interior herbs can rescue the yang from collapse, to warm the lungs, and to warm the liver. But the primary pattern is SP/ST cold (nausea, vomiting, belching, diarrhea, feelings of cold in abdomen and chest).

Related to herbs that tonify yang, herbs that warm the interior are more active , acrid, and drying. They can lead to fluid depletion if used without caution when yin deficiency, blood loss or heat already exist.

1. Fu Zi - HOT and TOXIC - Kidney, Spleen, Heart - aconite - hot only if combined w/ Gan Jiang

2. Gan Jiang - HOT and ACRID - Heart, Lung, Spleen, Stomach - dried ginger

3. Rou Gui - HOT and ACRID and SWEET - Heart, Kidney, Liver, Spleen - cinnamon bark

4. Wu Zhu Yu - HOT and ACRID and BITTER and TOXIC - Kidney, Liver, Spleen, Stomach

5. Chuan Hua Jiao - HOT and ACRID and TOXIC - Kidney, Spleen, Stomach - sichuan pepper

6. Bi Ba - HOT and ACRID - Large Intestine and Stomach (yangming) - long pepper

7. Ding Xiang - WARM and ACRID - Kidney, Spleen and Stomach - Cloves

8. Gao Liang Jiang - HOT and ACRID - Spleen and Stomach - galanga

9. Xiao Hui Xiang - WARM and ACRID - Liver, Kidney, Spleen and Stomach - Fennel Seed

10. Hu Jiao - HOT and ACRID - Large Intestine and Stomach - Pepper

Fennel and Cloves: only two warm herbs, the rest are hot.
Fu Zi, Wu Zhu Yu, Chuan Hua Jiao are all Toxic.

Go to Heart (3): Fu Zi, Gan Jiang, and Rou Gui

Go to Kidney (6): Fu Zi, Rou Gui, Wu Zhu Yu, Chuan Hua Jiao, Ding Xiang, Xiao Hui Xiang

Go to Large Intestine and Stomach: Bi Ba and Hu Jiao (the two peppers go to the yangming, and only two herbs that don't go to the spleen)

Go to Spleen and Stomach (both) (6): Gan Jiang - dried ginger, Wu Zhu Yu, Chuan Hua Jiao - sichuan pepper, Ding Xiang - cloves, Gao Liang Jiang - galanga, Xiao Hui Xiang - fennel seed

Go to Spleen only (2): Fu Zi - aconite, Rou Gui - cinnamon bark

Go to Liver (3): Rou Gui - cinnamon bark, Wu Zhu Yu, and Xiao Hui Xiang - fennel seed

Go to Lungs (1): Gan Jiang