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AboutHerbsCaution/Notes
| Health Benefits |
| For: Liver cancer • Liver cirrhosis • Liver fibrosis • Chronic Hepatitis • Alcoholic liver disease • Uterine fibroid |
| Attributes: |
| Categories (Click on ⌕ for other formulas in the category) |
| Category: Regulate the Blood ⌕ Subcategory: Invigorate Blood and Dissolve Blood Stasis ⌕ Family: Da Huang Lei Fang ⌕ Source: Jin Gui Yao Lue ⌕ Related Formula: |
| Actions |
| Dissolve blood stasis • Create new blood |
| Indications and Contraindications |
| Appearance: Tongue - Pulse - Face/other - Dark eye circles • Dry skin • Scaly skin |
| Patterns: Acute deficiency • Blood stasis • Five strains (Wu Lao) |
| Indications: Poor appetite • Emaciation • Abdominal distention • Dark eye circles • Dry skin • Low energy • Malnourished |
| Contraindications: Diarrhea • Amenorrhea from blood deficiency • Pregnancy |
| Properties |
| Data adapted from product found online. Categories 4% or less not shown. |
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| Herbs |
Cat/Dose |
Actions |
Properties |
| Da Huang • Rhubarb • 大黄 ♠ |
Downward Draining
9g |
Drain downward • Promote menstruation • Reduce accumulation • Drain fire • Cools blood • Clear heat • Dry dampness • Resolve blood stasis (add near end of decoction) |
Anti-inflammatory • Antibiotic • Antipyretic • Choleretic • Cholagogic • Hemostatic • Immunity booster • Laxative • Nephroprotective |
| Zhe Chong ♠ |
Regulate Blood Invigorate Blood
9g |
Renew sinews • Join bones • Break up stasis • Remove stasisNot commonly used except for topically used for bruises |
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| Tao Ren ♥ |
9g |
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| Gan Qi ♥ |
9g |
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| Qi Cao ♥ |
3g |
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| Shui Zhi ♥ |
3g |
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| Meng Chong ♥ |
6g |
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| Huang Qin • Baical Skullcap • 黄芩 ♥ |
Clear Heat Dry Dampness
3g |
Clear heat • Dry dampness • Stop bleeding • Calm fetus • Calm liver yang rising • Clear damp heat |
Antibiotic • Anti-inflammatory • Antioxidative • Antipyretic • Cholagogic • Hepatoprotective • Hypoglycemic • Hypotensive • Neuroprotective • Sedative |
| Xing Ren ♣ |
9g |
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| Sheng Di Huang • Rehmannia • 生地黄 ♣ |
Clear Heat Cool Blood
9g |
Clear heat • Cools hot blood (nosebleeds, bloody vomit, bloody urine, bloody stool) • Nourish Yin • Cool heart fire • Generate fluids |
Immune system booster • coagulant • antidiabetic • hepatoprotective • hypotensive • anti-aging • antioxidant • antihistamine • emmenagogue |
| Bai Shao • White Root Peony • 白芍 ♣ |
Tonify Blood
9g |
Nourish blood • Regulate menses • Soothes liver • Relieve pain • Preserve yin • Reduce spasms • Harmonize Ying and Wei QiSheng - calm Liver, preserve yin • Chao - nourish blood, regulate menses |
analgesic • antibacterial • anti-inflammatory • hepatoprotective • immune system boost • sedative |
| Gan Cao • Licorice Root • 甘草 ♦ |
Tonify Qi
9g |
Tonify Spleen Qi • Tonify Heart qi • Clear heat • Resolve toxicity • Stop cough • Dispel phlegm • Lubricate lungs • Stop wheezing • Reduce spasm • Relieve pain • Harmonize other herb effectsEnters all 12 channels, often serve as envoy in a formula. |
Hypoglycemic • Antiarrhythmic • Expectorant • Antidiarrheal • Antiulcer • Hepatoprotective • Antiulcer • Immunostimulant • Antitussive • Antiviral • Detox • Demulcent • Anti-inflammatory • Laxative • Emmenagogue • Antimicrobial • Spasmolytic |
| ♠ King/Chief ♥ Minister/Deputy ♣ Assistant ♦ Envoy |
| Directions: Grind herbs into powder and combine with honey to make pills. 3 gram per dose with warm water.22, 25 |
| Modifications |
For |
| + Chai Hu |
Liver cirrhosis 25 |
| + Xiang Sha Liu Jun Zhi Tang |
Spleen deficiency 25 |
| + Ba Zhen Tang |
Acute qi and blood deficiency 25 |
| + Shi Quan Da Bu Tang |
Acute qi and blood deficiency 25 |
| + Gui Pi Tang |
Acute qi and blood deficiency 25 |
| + Shao Fu Zhu Yu Tang |
Uterine fibroids with lower burner cold 25 |
| + Wen Jing Tang |
Uterine fibroids with lower burner cold 25 |
| + Xiao Yao San |
Chest and fank distention , swelling and lumps 25 |
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| Caution |
| SIDE EFFECTS: may include mild diarrhea, nose bleed, or gum bleed.
ALERT: Contraindications of each herb - use with caution under these conditions:
Da Huang: Pregnancy • Nursing • Menstruation • Qi deficiency • Blood deficiency • Stomach deficiency cold • Spleen deficiency cold • Normal or loose stool • Normal blood flow • Postpartum
Sheng Di Huang: Yang deficiency • Blood deficiency • Spleen deficiency • Stomach deficiency • Can be sticky and cloying, careful with digestive disorders
Bai Shao: Deficiency cold • Breast feeding • Pregnancy • Bleeding Disorder • Scheduled Surgery
Gan Cao: High blood pressure • Low potassium • Pork • Seaweed • Chinese cabbage • Anti-diabetic drugs • Diuretic drugs |
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