HERB FORMULAS

HUO XUE HUA YU FANG - 活血化瘀方 - FORMULA TO INVIGORATE THE BLOOD AND BREAK UP STASIS

English: Formula to Invigorate the Blood and Break up Stasis
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rz. Chuanxiong Chuan Xiong 3-10g Invigorates the Blood and promotes the movement of Qi.
Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen 3-15g Invigorates nourishes and cools the Blood and dispels Blood Stasis.
Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae Niu Xi 6-16g Invigorates the Blood and expels Blood Stasis.
Ram. Uncariae cum Uncis Gou Teng 6-16g Extinguishes Wind, alleviates spasms, drains Liver Heat, pacifies Liver Yang and releases the Exterior.
Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae Bai Zhi 3-10g Expels Wind, eliminates Dampness, dispels Cold and alleviates pain.
With Chuan Xiong, for headache.
With Jiang Can, for frontal headache.
Bombyx Batryticatus Jiang Can 3-10g Extinguishes Wind and stops spasms and convulsions.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Dispel Wind-Cold-Damp
  • Releases Exterior symptoms
  • Sedates pain
  • Relieves neck pain
  • Invigorates the Blood
  • Dispels blood Stasis

SYNDROMES

  • Blood Stagnation

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Aversion to Cold
  • Stuffy nose
  • Neck and back spasms
  • Joint pain
  • Headache
  • Anhidrosis
  • Muscular pain
  • Joint swelling
  • Slight fever
  • Slight expectoration of white Phlegm
  • Heaviness of the body and joints
  • Cold feeling in the joints
  • Cough
  • Heaviness of the head
  • Preference of the joints for warmth
  • Limited movement of the joints
  • T: Normal
  • C: Thin and white or Thin, white and greasy
  • P: Superficial and tight

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS