Herbs That Invigorate Blood
Herbs That Invigorate Blood:
- For blood stasis - pain, abscesses and ulcers, abdominal masses.
Section Herbal Summary:
- Dan Shen, Yi Mu Cao, Ze Lan, Tao Ren, Hong Hua, Ji Xue Teng, Wang Bu Liu Xing, Niu Xi - invigorate blood, promote menses.
- Yu Jin, Jiang Huang, E Zhu - amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, breaks up stasis, dissolves immobile abdominal masses, moves qi.
- Yu Jin - cold, cools blood - stasis with heat in the blood.
- San Leng, E Zhu - similar.
- Yan Hu Suo, Wu Ling Zhi, Ru Xiang, Mo Yao - similar, usually prescribed together.
- Ru Xiang - invigorates channels.
- Mo Yao - more potent in breaking up and removing blood obstruction, stomatitis, gingivities, laryngitis.
- Alleviating pain, Yan Hu Suo strongest, then Wu Ling Zhi, Ru Xiang, Mo Yao.
- Chuan Shan Jia, Zao Jiao Ci - nonulcerated abscesses.
- Liu Ji Nu, Su Mu, Zi Ran Tong - reduce swelling and alleviate pain; trauma.
- Shui Zhi, Tu Bie Chong - most potent for breaking up blood stasis; for palpable immobile abdominal masses (commonly used together).
- Shui Zi - more moderate yet more sustained effect for driving out internal stasis.
- Tu Bie Chong - more intense but shorter effect; used for channel-level problems.