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Blood-Activating and Menstruation-Regulating Herbs

Blood-Activating and Menstruation-Regulating Herbs: Chinese herbs in this class — their actions in TCM, typical uses, preparation and safety cautions.

Red clover: Preparation, Dosing and Timing in TCM crimson clover, how to take, tea, preparation Red clover comes in more forms than most people expect: raw, dried, powdered, extracted, steeped, simmered.
What Red clover Does in TCM, and How to Use It Well crimson clover, tcm, traditional chinese medicine, hong san ye cao Walk into any Chinese pharmacy and Red clover sits somewhere near the front counter.
Hu Ci: Chinese Herb Guide Indian damnacanthus herb, 虎刺 Hu Ci (Indian damnacanthus herb) Bitter, sweet, neutral. Actions Expel wind, eliminate dampness, activate blood and resolve swelling
Diao Gan Ma (Root of Angled Bittersweet) Root of Angled Bittersweet, 吊干麻 Diao Gan Ma: expel wind and eliminate dampness, activate blood, dredge meridians, remove toxicity and kill parasites.
Huang Hua Yuan Zhi: Chinese Herb Guide 黄花远志 Huang Hua Yuan Zhi: dispel wind and eliminate dampness, tonify deficiency and resolve swelling, regulate menstruation, activate blood.
Dan Shen (Danshen Root) in TCM Danshen Root, 丹参, Dan Can Dan Shen: activate blood and remove stasis, cool blood and remove abscess, relieve restlessness and induce tranquilization.
Hong Ze Lan: Chinese Herb Guide Japanese conehead herb, 红泽兰 Hong Ze Lan: activate blood, stimulate the menstrual flow, eliminate stasis and promote urination.
Mai Ping Cao: Chinese Herb Guide 麦瓶草, Conical silene herb, Herba Silenes Conoideae Mai Ping Cao: it is used to clear away heat, nourish yin, stop bleeding and regulate the menstruation; for the treatment of nosebleed, vomiting blood.
Mai Ping Cao (Conical silene herb) 麦瓶草,Conical silene herb,Mai Ping Cao Mai Ping Cao (Conical silene herb): it is used to clear away heat, nourish yin, stop bleeding and regulate the menstruation; for the treatment of nosebleed, vomiting blood, hematuria, cough with consumptive disease.
Chang Ye Dan Shen (Herba Salviae Ligulilobae) Herba Salviae Ligulilobae, 长叶丹参, Zhang Ye Dan Can Chang Ye Dan Shen: whole herb is used to activate the blood, remove blood stasis, activate the channels and collaterals, for the treatment of painful.
Mao Che Teng: Chinese Herb Guide 毛车藤 Name Mao Che Teng (Amalocalyx yunnanensis) Nature and action Nature Sweet, neutral.
Cong Zhi Liao: Chinese Herb Guide 丛枝蓼,Herba Polygoni Caespitosi,Clustered knotweed herb Cong Zhi Liao: clear heat and dry dampness, strengthen the spleen and treat infantile malnutrition, activate blood and regulate the menstruation, remove toxicity and relieve swelling.