Invigorate Blood- Herbs

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Chinese herbal pharmacopeia II

Herbs that invigorate the blood Instructor: Jiling Hu, OMD, L. Ac

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INVIGORATE THE BLOOD

Chuan Xiong (A) Rx Ligustici Chuanxiong 599

Dan Shen (A) Rx Salviae Miltiorrhizae 602

Ji Xue Teng (C) Rx Caulis Jixueteng 604

Yan Hu Suo (B) Rh. Cordalis Yanhusuo 606

Yu Jin (B) Tuber Curcumae 609Jiang Huang (B) Rz. Curcumae Longae 612

Yi Mu Cao (A) Hb. Leonuri Heterophylli 614

Chong Wei zi(B) Hb. Leonuri 616

Ze Lan (B) Hb. Lycpi Lucidi 617

Yue Ji Hua (C) Flos Fructus Rosae Chinensis 619

Hu Zhang (C) Rz. Polygoni Cuspidati 620

Chi Shao (A) Rx Paeoniae Rubrae 622

Tao Ren (A) Semen Persicae 624

Hong Hua (A) Flos Carthami Tinctorii 627

Fan Hong Hua(c) Fl.Croci 627

E Zhu (B) Rz. Curcumae Ezhu 630

San Leng (B) Rz. Sparganii Stoloniferi 632

Ru Xiang (A) Gummi Olibanum 634

Mo Yao (A) Commiphora Myrrha 636

Niu Xi(Huai) (B) Rx Achyranthis Bibentatae 638

Chuan Niu Xi (A) Rx Cyathulae Officinalis 641

Wang Bu Liu Xing (B) Semen Vaccariae Segtalis 642

Lu Lu Tong(B) Fr. Liquidamabris 644

Liu Ji Nu (C) Hb. Artemisiae Anomalae 647

Zi Ran Tong (C) Pyritum 647

Xue Jie(C) Draconis Sanguis 648

Su Mu (C) Lignum Sappan 650

Wu Ling Zhi* Excrem Trogopteri seu Pteromi 651

Jiang Xiang (C) Lignum Dalbergiae Odoriferae 653

Wa Leng Zi (C) Concha Arcae 654

Shui Zhi (C) Hirudo seu Whitmania 656

Tu Bie Chong (C) Eupolyphaga/Steleophaga 657

Meng Chong(C) Tabanus 659

Gan Qi (C) Lacca Sinica 661

Ling Xiao Hua(C) Fl. Campsis 663

Mao Dong Qing(C) Rx. Ilicis Pubescentis 664

Ma Bain Cao(C) Hb. Verbenae 665





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Review and questions:

1. The classifications of invigorating blood herbs?

• Invigorate the blood and stop pain: chuan xiong, yan hu suo, yu jin, jinag huang, ru xiang, mo yao

• Invigorate blood and regulate the menses: dan shen, tao ren, hong hua, yi mu cao, ze lan, niu xi,

wang bu liu xing, ji xue teng, yue ju hua

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Invigorate blood and relieve traumatic injuries: tu bie chong, su mu, zi ran tong, xue jie

• Break up blood and expel blood stasis: san leng, e zhu, chuan shan jia, shui zhi, mang chong

2. The cautions and contraindications of invigorating blood herbs?

3. The indications of invigorating blood herbs?

4. The herbal combination of applying invigorating blood herbs?

5. The herbal pairs: tao ren and hong hua; ru xiang and mo yao; dan shen and yi mu

cao; san len and e zhu;





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Chuan Xiong (Rx. Ligustici Chuanxiong)- A

Properties: acrid, warm

Channels entered: LIV, GB, PC

English Name: Sichuan lovage root, enidium

Actions & Indications:

1. Invigorates the blood and promotes the movement of Qi

Irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, difficult labor, lochioschesis, chest or

hypochondriac pain due to qi and blood stagnation, injuries

2. Expels wind and alleviates pain

Headaches due to wind, heat, cold, or blood deficiency combining with other herbs, wind-cold

damp Bi pain

Applications:

Dosage and administration:

Caution and contraindication:

Others:





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Dan Shen (Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae)- A

Properties: bitter, sl. cold

Channels entered: HT, PC, LIV

English name: salvia root


1. Invigorates blood and breaks up blood stasis

Various blood stasis disorders, such as dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, postpartum abdominal pain;

chest or epigastric pain; palpable masses; traumatic injuries; red and swollen joints

2. Cools blood, reduces swelling

Warm febrile diseases with heat in the ying and blood level; early stage of sores and carbuncles,

breast abscess

3. Nourished blood and calms shenPalpitation, insomnia, and irritability due to heat in the ying and blood, or due to heart blood

deficiency

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Others:





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Ji Xue Teng (Rx. Et Caulis Jixueteng)- C

Properties: bitter, sl. sweet, warm

Channel entered: HT, LIV, SP

English name: spatholobus, milletiae root or vine


1. Invigorates and tonifies blood: Irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea

2. Invigorates the channels, relaxes the tendons

Wind-damp Bi pain with blood deficiency or stasis manifested as numbness of the extremities,

lower back pain, knee pain

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Others:





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Yan Hu Suo (Rz. Corydalis Yanhusuo)- B

Properties: acrid, bitter, warm

Channels entered: HT, LIV, ST

English Name: corydalis rhizome

Alternate name: Xuan Hu (Suo), Yuan Hu (Suo)

Actions & Indications:1. Invigorates the blood, promotes the movement of Qi, alleviates pain

Dysmenorrhea; chest, epigastric, or abdominal pain due to blood stasis; hernia pain; traumatic

injury

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Others:





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Yu Jin (Tuber Curcumae)

Properties: acrid, bitter, cold

Channels entered: HT, LU, LIV

English Name: turmeric tuber, curcuma


1. Invigorates the blood and stops pain

Hypochondriac pain, dysmenorrheal, irregular, menstruation, abdominal mass

2. Promotes the movement of qi and relieves stagnation

Chest, abdominal, menstrual pain due to LIV qi stagnation, especially for LIV qi stagnation with

heat signs

3. Clear heat and cool the blood

Bleeding disorder due to heat in the blood

4. Clear the heart and open the orifices

Anxiety, agitation, seizures, or mental derangement due to phlegm heat obstructing the heart

5. Reduces jaundice: due to damp-heat

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Others:





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Jiang Huang (Rz. Curcumae Longae)- C


Channels entered: SP, ST, LIV

English name: turmeric rhizome


1. Invigorates the blood, promotes the movement of qi, unblocks menstruation

Amenorrhea, dysmenorrheal, or chest and abdominal pain due to LIV qi and blood stagnation

2. Expels wind and promotes the movement of blood

Wind-damp Bi pain with blood stasis, especially in the shoulders

Applications:



Others:





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E Zhu (Rz. Curcumae Ezhu)- B


Channels entered: LIV, SP

English name:


1. Breaks up blood stasis, promotes the movement of Qi, alleviates painAbdominal pain, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, abdominal masses due to qi and blood stasis

2. Dissolves accumulations and alleviates pain

Distention, fullness and pain in the chest and abdomen due to food stagnation

Applications:



Others:





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San Leng (Rz. Sparganii Stoloniferi)-B

Properties: acrid, bitter, neutral


English name: burr-reed rhizome


1. Forcefully breaks up blood stasis, promotes the movement of qi, alleviates pain

Abdominal pain, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, abdominal masses due to qi and blood stasis

2. Dissolves accumulation

Distention, fullness, and pain in the chest and abdomen due to food stagnation

Applications:



Others:





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Ru Xiang (Cummi Olibanum)- A


Channels entered: HT, LIV, SP

English name: frankincense, mastic


1. Invigorates the blood and stops painDysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, chest, epigastric, or abdominal pain due to blood stasis, wind-damp

Bi pain, traumatic injury, intestinal abscess

2. Reduces swelling and generates

Applied topically to promote healing in sores, carbuncles

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Others:





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Mo Yao (Myrrha)- A

Properties: bitter, neutral

Channels entered: HT, LIV, SP

English name: myrrh


1. Invigorates the blood and stops pain

Dysmenorrhea; amenorrhea; chest, epigastric, or abdominal pain due to blood stasis; wind-damp

Bi pain traumatic injury; intestinal abscess

2. Reduces swelling and generates flesh

Applied topically to promote healing in sores, carbuncles

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Others:





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Hu Zhang (Rx. Et Rz. Polygoni Cuspidati)- C

Properties: bitter, cold

Channels entered: LIV, GB, LU

English name: bushy knotweed


1. Invigorates the blood, dispels stasis, stops pain

Amenorrhea, wind-damp Bi pain, traumatic injury

2. Clears heat and resolves dampness: Damp-heat jaundice, vaginal discharge

3. Relieves toxicity: Burns, carbuncles, other skin infections, and snakebite

4. Transforms phlegm and stops cough: Cough due to lung heat

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Others:





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Yi Mu Cao (Hb. Leonuri Heterophylli)- A

Properties: acrid, bitter, sl. cold

Channels entered: HT, LIV, UB

English name: Chinese motherwort, leonurus

Alternate name: Kun Cao, Chong Wei


1. Invigorates the blood and regulates menses disorders

Commonly used for gynecological disorders such as irregular menstruation, amenorrhea,

dysmenorrhea, postpartum abdominal pain

2. Promotes urination and reduces edema: Difficult urination, edema

Applications:



Others: Chong Wei Zi (Semen Leonuri Heterophylli): Sweet, sl. Cold, goes Liver and spleen,

1. Invigorates the blood and regulates menses

2. Clears heat and clears the eyes





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Ze Lan (Hb. Lycopi Lucidi)- B

Properties: acrid, bitter, sl. warm


English name: bugleweed

Alternate name: Ze Lan Ye


1. Invigorates the blood and dispels blood stasis

Irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, postpartum abdominal pain; traumatic injury

or abscess

2. Promotes urination and reduces edema: Difficult urination, edema

Applications:



Others:





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Tao Ren (Semen Persicae)- A

Properties: bitter, sweet, neutral

Channels entered: HT, LI, LIV, LU

English name: peach kernel, persica



An important herb used in resolving many kinds of problems associated with blood stasis:dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, postpartum abdominal pain, abdominal masses, traumatic injury,

lung and intestinal abscess

2. Moistens the intestine and unblocks the bowels

Constipation due to intestinal dryness

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Others:





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Wu Ling Zhi (Excrementrum Trogopteriseu Pteromi)- C

Properties: bitter, sweet, warm

Channel entered: LIV

English name: flying squirrel feces, pteropus


1. Invigorates the blood and alleviates pain

Amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, post partum abdominal pain, and epigastric pain

2. Dispels stasis and stops bleeding: Uterine bleeding due to blood stasis

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Others:





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Niu Xi (Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae)- A

Properties: bitter, sour, neutral

Channels entered: LIV, KID

English name: achyranthes root

Alternate name: Chuan Niu Xi, Huai Niu Xi



Irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, postpartum abdominal pain, traumatic injury

2. Tonifies LIV/KID, strengthens tendons and bones

Pain and soreness in the lower back and knees due to deficiency

3. Promotes urination to treat Lin syndromes

Blood in the urine due to damp-heat with blood stagnation

4. Induces downward movement of blood and fire

Bleeding disorders due to hot blood in the upper jiao, yin deficiency with ascending fire

Applications:



Others:





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Chuan Shan Jia (Squama Manitis Pentadactylae)- C

Properties: salty, sl. cold

Channels entered: LIV, ST

English name: pangolin scales, anteater scales


1. Disperses blood stasis, unblocks menstruation, and promotes lactationAmenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, abdominal masses, insufficient lactation due to blood stasis

2. Reduces swelling and promotes discharge of pus

Abscesses and boils with unformed pus, nodules in the neck

3. Expels wind-dampness from channels

Wind-damp Bi with stiffness or spasm in the limbs

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Others:





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Yue Ji Hua (Fl. Et Fr. Rosae Chinensis)- C

Properties: sweet, warm

Channel entered: LIV

English name: partially opened flower of Chinese tea rose


Invigorates blood and regulates menses

Reduces swellings

Applications:



Others:





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Zi Ran Tong (Pyritum)- C

Properties: acrid, neutral

Channel entered: LIV, KID

English name: pyrite


Dispels blood stasis and promotes the healing of bones and tendons

Applications:



Others:





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Su Mu (Lignum Sappan)- C

Properties: sweet, salty, sl. acrid, neutral

Channel entered: HT, LIV, SP

English name: sappan wood


Invigorates blood, unblocks menses, alleviates pain

Applications:



Others:





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Fan Hong Hua (Croci Stigma) – C

Properties: sweet, warm

Channels entered: HT, LIV

English name: saffron


1. Invigorates the blood, dispels stasis, and unblocks the menses

2. Cools the blood and resolves toxicity

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Jiang Xiang (Dalbergiae Odoriferae Lignum) – C

Properties: acrid, warm

Channels entered: LIV, SP, ST

English name: dalbergia heartwood, scented rosewood


1. Disperses blood stasis and stops bleeding

2. Invigorates the blood, promotes movement of qi, and alleviates pain

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Xue Jie (Daemonoropis Resina) – C

Properties: sweet, salty, neutral

Channels entered: HT, LIV

English name: dragon’s blood (resinous secretion)


1. Dispels blood stasis and alleviates pain

2. Stops bleeding

3. Protects the surface of ulcer, prevents decay, and generates flesh

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