Prescriptions for Promoting Blood Circulation to Remove Blood Stasis
Huoxue Zhitong San: Classic TCM Formula
Name
The Prescription of Huoxue Zhitong San
Source
Chinese Pharmacopoeia
Ingredients
Dang Gui 400 g,San Qi 80 g,Ru Xiang 80 g,Bing Pian 20 g,Tu Bie Chong 200 g,Zi Ran Tong 120 g.Explanation
Dang Gui: Tonifying blood and activating blood to alleviate pain.
Ru Xiang: Activating blood, Promoting the flow of qi to alleviate pain, resolving swelling and promoting tissue regeneration.
Bing Pian: Clearing heat and alleviating pain.
Zi Ran Tong: Dissolving stasis to alleviate pain, reunioning bones and curing trauma.
San Qi: Resolving blood stasis to stop bleeding, activating blood to alleviate pain.
Tu Bie Chong: Breaking blood and dispelling stasis, reunioning of fractured tendons and bones.
The Effect of Huoxue Zhitong San
Effect
Activating blood and dissipate stasis, resolve swelling and alleviate pain.
Indications
Traumatic injury, swelling and pain due to blood stasis.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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