HERB FORMULAS

HUO XUE HUA YU SHU GAN LI DAN - 活血化瘀舒肝利胆丹 - PROMOTE BLOOD CIRCULATION AND REMOVE STASIS PELLET

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HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen 30g Invigorates, cools and nourishes the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, clears Heat and soothes irritability.
Rx. Curcumae Yu Jin 15g Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, regulates Qi flow, clears Heat, cools the Blood, clears the Heart and Pericardium, opens the Orifices and alleviates pain.
With Chai Hu, for Liver Qi and Blood Stagnation with flank pain and distention, dysmenorrhea, and irregular menstruation.
With Dan Shen, for heat with Blood Stasis causing chest Bi.
Fr. Crataegi Shan Zha 50g Reduces and guides out Food Stagnation, transforms accumulations and Blood Stasis, invigorates Blood circulation and treats hypertension, elevated serum cholesterol, and coronary artery disease.
With Dan Shen, for painful obstruction of the chest due to Blood Stasis in the Heart channel.
Rx, Bupleuri Chai Hu 20g Relieves the Shao Yang, spreads Liver Qi and relieves Stagnation.
Hb. Artemisiae Scopariae Yin Chen Hao 30g Clears Damp-Heat from the Liver and Gallbladder.
Fr. Aurantii Immaturus Zhi Shi 20g Breaks up Stagnant Qi, reduces accumulation, descends Qi, unblocks the bowels, removes Stagnant Food, transforms Phlegm and reduces distention.
With Da Huang, for constipation and abdominal swelling due to Food Stagnation and Qi Stagnation.
Rx. Chuanxiong Chuan Xiong 10g Invigorates the Blood and promotes the movement of Qi.
With Dang Gui, harmonizes, nourishes and invigorates the Blood and disperses Blood Stasis.
Sm. Coicis Yi Yi Ren 30g Strengthens the Spleen, resolves Dampness and clears Damp-Heat.
Rx. et Rz. Rhei Da Huang 6g Drains Heat, purges accumulations, invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis and drains Heat from the Blood.
With Dang Gui, for Blood Stasis
With Yin Chen Hao, for Early-Stage Damp-Heat Jaundice when Heat is stronger than Dampness. .
Rz. Dioscoreae Shan Yao 30g Tonifies the Spleen, nourishes Stomach, Kidney and Lung Yin and astringes Jing.
Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu 15g Tonifies the Spleen, augments Qi, dries Dampness and promotes water metabolism.
With Zhi Shi, for Spleen Deficiency with Qi Stagnation with anorexia, epigastric focal distention, and fullness.
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui 10g Tonifies, invigorates and harmonizes the Blood, disperses Cold, moistens the Intestines and unblocks the bowels.
Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia 10g Dries Dampness, transforms Phlegm and harmonizes the Stomach.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Invigorates, cools and nourishes the Blood
  • Dispels Blood Stasis
  • Clears Heat
  • Reduces and guides out Food Stagnation
  • Relieves the Shao Yang
  • Spreads Liver Qi and relieves Stagnation.
  • Dries Dampness
  • Transforms Phlegm
  • Tonifies the Spleen
  • Augments Qi

SYNDROMES

  • Blood Stagnation with Food Stagnation and Dampness Accumulation

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Alternating fever and chills
  • Fullness in the chest and hypochondrium (with or without pain)
  • Bitter taste in mouth
  • Nausea
  • Continuous vomiting
  • Hard focal distension in the epigastrium
  • Fullness and pain in the epigastrium
  • Burning diarrhea or no bowel movement
  • Despondency
  • Slight fidgeting
  • Slight irritability
  • Headache
  • Constipation or discharge of fluids rectally
  • Tinnitus
  • Diminished hearing
  • Diminished vision
  • Red eyes
  • Manic behavior
  • Asthma
  • Mental instability
  • T: Normal or red
  • C: Yellow or Thick and yellow
  • P: Wiry and forceful or Wiry tight and forceful

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For diarrhea: For abdominal pain and fullness:
- Rx. et Rz. Rhei Da Huang - Rx. et Rz. Rhei Da Huang
- Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui + 15g Sm. Arecae Bing Lang
For hypertension
+ 15g. Fr. Hordei Germinatus Mai Ya
+ Concha Ostreae Mu Li
+ Fossilia Ossis Mastodi Long Gu
For coronary Heart disease:
+ Spica Prunellae Xia Ku Cao + Lignum Santali Alba Tan Xiang
+ Concha Haliotidis Shi Jue Ming + Bul. Allii Xie Bai