Source: A+ Medical Encyclopedia
Category: Formulas that Regulate Blood
Pattern: Blood and Qi Stasis due to traumatic injury
Key Symptoms: Bruising, swelling and pain accompanying traumatic injuries
Ingredients
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Mo Yao
| 15g | |
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Pinyin: Mo Yao
Chinese: 沒藥
Pharmaceutical: Resina Commiphorae
Taxonomy: Commiphora mukul
English: Myrrh |
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Tastes: Pungent, Bitter, Neutral
Meridians Entered: Heart, Liver and Spleen |
Actions & Indications:
- Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, alleviates pain and reduces swelling
Blood Stasis with pain from trauma, sores, carbuncles, swellings, fixed abdominal masses, painful obstruction, chest pain, abdominal pain and amenorrhea
- Generates flesh and promotes healing
Chronic non-healing sores
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Standard Dosage: 3-10g in decocotion.
Cautions: Like Ru Xiang this herb is drastically pungent with strong stimulation to stomach and easily causes nausea and vomiting. It should not be taken by large dose or for a long time. Use with cautions for patients with weak stomach; prohibited for pregnant women. |
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Ji Zi
| 3pc | | (raw)
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Pinyin: Ji Zi
Chinese: 雞子
Pharmaceutical: Ova gallinarum
Taxonomy: Gallus gallus domesticus
English: Hen's Egg |
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Tastes: Sweet, neutral
Meridians Entered: Lung, Stomach and Spleen |
Actions & Indications:
- Nourishes Blood and Yin, moistens Dryness
Hot eyes
Sore throat, thirst after delivery, loss of voice
Dry cough
Restlessness
Fluid loss after dysentry
Scalds
- Prevents abotion
Threatened abortion
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Standard Dosage: Can be eaten raw, boiled in water, or made into pills.
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Jiu
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Pinyin: Jiu
Chinese: 酒
Pharmaceutical: Alcohol
English: Rice Wine |
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Tastes: Hot, pungent, sweet, bitter, toxic
Meridians Entered: Stomach, Heart, Lung and Liver, but reaches every part of the body |
Actions & Indications:
- Nourishes and moves Blood and Qi, opens the Meridians
Taken internally or applied topically as the medium for liniments in Blood stasis, especially from trauma or Bi syndromes in the elderly
- Warms Yang and Expels Cold
All Cold syndromes including Cold Bi, Interior Cold and Yang deficiency
Often serves as the basis for longevity "elixirs" by soaking Yang tonifying herbs
- Strengthens the Shen, dispels sorrow and promotes happiness
Temporary low mood, celebration
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Standard Dosage: 10-60ml, two to three times per day. Often combined with other herbs to bring out their Blood moving or warming aspects by washing them, or adding to a decoction, or soaking herbs in alcohol to make medicinal wines.
Cautions: Caution with Damp-Heat syndromes or long term consumption in the young and middle aged.
The Materia Dietetica (Shiwu Bencao 食物本草) by Lu He 卢和 from the Ming Dynasty says that excess drinking can hurt the spirit and consume blood, damage the stomach and deplete the body fluid, produce phlegm and induce fire. |
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Preparation: Macerate the myrrh and tincture in distilled white rice wine. Add the eggs and mix. Can be taken internally or applied externally.
Actions: Invigorates the Blood and dispels Stasis, reduces swelling and alleviates pain
Contraindications: Pregnancy due to the moving and expelling nature of the ingredients
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Reference Notes: (click to display)
Most formulas are found in Scheid, Bensky, Ellis & Barolet (2009): Chinese Herbal Medicine: Formulas & Strategies and Chen & Chen (2015) Chinese Herbal Formulas and Applications. Others are from translations of primary sources. It is recommended that the original material is cross-referenced for mistakes and additional information.
Substitutions have been taken from Ken Lloyd & Prof. Leung (2004): Mayway UK Substitution List or the above publications and are intended as suggestions to help navigate the tight restrictions in the UK quickly. More applicable substitutions may be appropriate in specific situations.
Individual herb information has initially been sourced from TCM Wiki and American Dragon for basic data and then updated manually with my own notes.
These pages are intended to assist clinicians and are not intended for self-diagnosis or treatment for which a qualified professional should be consulted.
