HERB FORMULAS

HUO XUE WEN YANG TANG - 活血温阳汤 - INVIGORATE THE BLOOD AND WARM YANG DECOCTION

English: Invigorate the Blood and Warm Yang Decoction
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Astragali Huang Qi 20g Tonifies Qi and Blood and relieves numbness and pain.
With Dang Gui, for Qi and Blood Deficiency with chronic non-healing sores, numbness, painful obstruction and paresthesia.
With Gui Zhi, for Qi and Blood Deficiency and Ying and Wei Deficiency with numbness and painful obstruction of the musculature.
Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen 15g Invigorates the Blood and dispels Blood Stasis.
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui 15g Tonifies, invigorates and harmonizes the Blood, disperses Cold, reduces swelling and alleviates pain.
With Huang Qi, for many Blood Deficiency patterns.
With Tao Ren and Hong Hua, for pain, swelling and other symptoms associated with Blood Stasis.
Sm. Persicae Tao Ren 9g Breaks up Blood Stasis and invigorates Blood circulation.
Flos Carthami Hong Hua 9g Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, opens the channels and alleviates pain.
With Tao Ren, invigorates the Blood for all types of Blood Stagnation.
Pheretima Di Long 9g Clears Heat and unblocks and promotes movement in the channels and collaterals.
Ram. Cinnamomi Gui Zhi 9g Warms the channels and collaterals to relieve pain and warms and facilitates the flow of Qi through the channels and collaterals and Blood through the vessels
Rz. Zingiberis Gan Jiang 9g Warms the channels and unblocks the pulse.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Invigorates the Blood
  • Transforms Stasis
  • Warms Yang
  • Unblocks the channels

SYNDROMES

  • Blood Stagnation

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Continuously greenish purple or purplish red fingers and toes which emit coolness
  • Numbness
  • Tingling
  • Possible deformation of the nails
  • Distention and pain of the fingers and toes with exposure to warmth making the symptoms more pronounced
  • T: Purple dark and/or static maculae or spots
  • C: White
  • P: Deep and thready or Deep and choppy

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For swollen, painful joints: For severe Blood Stasis:
+ 9g Rx. Stephaniae Tetrandrae Han Fang Ji + 6g Hirudo Shui Zhi
For severe Cold:
+ 9g Rx. Clematidis Wei Ling Xian + 3g Hb. cum Rx. Asari Xi Xin
For constipation: For numbness:
+ 9g Sm. Pruni Yu Li Ren + 30g Caulis Spatholobi Ji Xue Teng
+ 9g. Sm. Trichosanthis Gua Lou Ren For severe pain:
For more marked trouble in the upper limbs: + 15g Rz. Corydalis Yan Hu Suo
+ 12g Ram. Mori Sang Zhi + 3g Scorpio Quan Xie
For more marked trouble in the lower limbs:    
+ 15g Hb. Lycopi Ze Lan