Book Meme
From Mimi91chan, Willeke4439, and others I forgot:
Book Meme:
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4 sentences on your LJ along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.
The other deputies, Radix Ginseng (ren shen) and Radix Sinensis (dang gui), protect the normal qi. The former tonifies the source qi white the latter tonifies the blood.
The assistant ingredient, Radix Platycodi Grandiflori (jie geng), unblocks the flow of qi in the Lungs, and thus the Large Intestine (paired organs). In addition, this herb possesses an ascending action which helps to counteract the downward-draining action of the chief ingredients.
I did not even think about chosing the best books. My nearest book happens to be my Chinese herbal formulas textbook, so I apologize if the content seems strange or doesn't make sense.
Oriental medicine is mostly about qi, blood, yin and yang, and balance, and acupuncture and herbs are used for treatment. Herbs and their formulas are grouped into categories, such as downward-draining (purgatives) and tonifying. Some categories have subcategories. For example, the tonifying catergory is divided into the following subcategories: tonify the qi, tonify the blood, tonify the yang, and tonify the yin. Herbal formulas have a hierarchy of ingredients: chief, deputy, assitant, and envoy.