HERB FORMULAS

HUO XUE HUA YU TANG - 活血化瘀汤 - DECOTION TO INVIGORATE THE BLOOD AND BREAK UP STASIS

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

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Flos Carthami Hong Hua 3-9g Invigorates the Blood, regulates menstruation and dispels Blood Stasis.
Rz. Sparganii San Leng 3-9g Strongly dispels Blood Stasis, regulates Qi, alleviates pain and dissolves accumulations.
Rz. Curcumae Zedoariae E Zhu 3-9g Invigorates Blood circulation, dispels Blood Stasis, regulates Qi, alleviates pain and dissolves accumulations.
With San Leng, for hepatosplenomegaly with distention, pain, and immobile, palpable epigastric, sub-costal, and abdominal masses (only for strong patients).
Caul. Spatholobi Ji Xue Teng

9-15g Tonifies Blood, invigorates Blood, invigorates the channels and relaxes sinews.
Hb. Hedyotis Bai Hua She She Cao 15-60g Clears Heat and relieves Fire toxins.
Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi 9-15g Regulates Qi, tonifies the Spleen, adjusts the Middle, relieves the diaphragm, dries Dampness, transforms Phlegm and descends Qi.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Invigorates the Blood
  • Breaks up Stagnation

SYNDROMES

  • Blood Stagnation

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Small coin sized dark or hyper-pigmented lesions located on the scalp, body, extremities, and other areas
  • There is a thick hard, adherent covered scale
  • Removing the scale reveals a light pink shining membrane
  • Lichenification may occur
  • Longstanding lesions may overlap
  • Beneath the membrane are petechiae
  • Lesions may be painful or fissured
  • Chronic patients may see it in any season
  • The lesions heal without scarring
  • There may be nail involvement with stippling or pitting of the nail plate
  • T: Purple or with purple spots
  • C: Normal
  • P: Choppy or Thin and slow

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For late menstruation: For itching:
+ Rx. Angelica Sinensis Dang Gui + Sm. Vaccariae Wang Bu Liu Xing
+ Hb. Leonuri
+ Spina Gleditsiae
For dry mouth:
    
No water      
+ Fr. Crataegi
   
+ Raw Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang