HERB FORMULAS

GU AN FANG - 骨安方 - BONE PEACE FORMULA

English: Bone Peace Formula
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Eupolyphaga/Steleophaga Tu Bie Chong 10g Breaks up and drives out Blood Stasis, invigorates Blood circulation and knits together sinews and joins bones.
Sanguis Draconis Xue Jie 6g Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis and alleviates pain.
Pyritum Zi Ran Tong 10g Dispels Blood Stasis, relieves pain and promotes healing of bones and sinews.
Rz. Drynariae Gu Sui Bu 10g Tonifies Kidney Yang, strengthens and promotes the mending of the sinews and bones and helps regain strength after injuries.
With Xu Duan, for injury to the muscles, sinews and bones by trauma
Rx. Dipsaci Xu Duan 10g Tonifies the Liver and Kidneys, strengthens and reconnects the sinews and bones, promotes the movement of Blood, alleviates pain and generates flesh.
With Tu Bie Chong, Zi Ran Tong and Gu Sui Bu, for fractures or severe sprains.
Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi 10g Clears Heat, cools and harmonizes the Blood, invigorates the Blood and dispels Blood Stasis.
Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen 15g Invigorates the Blood and dispels Blood Stasis.
With Ru Xiang, for Blood Stasis causing swelling and pain.
Flos Carthami Hong Hua 6g Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, opens the channels and alleviates pain.
Olibanum Ru Xiang 6g Invigorates the Blood, promotes the movement of Qi, alleviates pain, reduces swelling and generates flesh.
Concha Arcae Wa Leng Zi 5g Invigorates the Blood, dissolves Phlegm, resolves Stagnation, softens hardness and dissipates nodules.
Sm. Vaccariae Wang Bu Liu Xing 5g Promotes the movement of Blood, invigorates the channels and promotes the healing of incised wounds.
Rx. Notoginseng San Qi 10g Stops bleeding, invigorates the Blood, transforms Blood Stasis, reduces swelling, alleviates pain and removes extravasated Blood.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Benefits the bones
  • Consolidates the bones
  • Invigorates the Blood
  • Eliminates Blood Stasis

SYNDROMES

  • Kidney Jing Deficiency
  • Trauma

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Weak low back and knees
  • Repeated relapsing of bone fractures
  • Bone pain
  • Lumbago
  • Stabbing pain
  • Fatigue
  • Dizziness
  • Tinnitus
  • Purplish color of the muscles
  • Swelling around the wound
  • Pain worse at night
  • Limitation of movement
  • T: Purple
  • C: Thin and White
  • P: Wiry

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated when there is no Blood Stagnation.
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For bleeding after trauma: For pus formation after long-term Blood Stagnation:
+ Chinese Patent Medicine:
Yun Nan Bai Yao
+ 15g Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua
+ 10g Rz. Bletillae Bai Ji + 15g Hb. Taraxaci Pu Gong Ying
For post-traumatic pain: For fatigue:
+ 10g Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae Bai Zhi + 10g Placenta Hominis Zi He Che
+ 15g Rz. Dioscoreae Shan Yao
+ 5g Lignum Santali Albi Tan Xiang For weak low back and knees:
    + 10g Rx. Cyathulae Chuan Niu Xi
    + 10g Cx. Eucommiae Du Zhong