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Prescriptions for Promoting Blood Circulation to Remove Blood Stasis

Zhenggu Zijin Dan

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By the TCMHH editorial team Not medically reviewed How we work Updated 6 Oct 2026
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The Prescription of Zhenggu Zijin Dan

Source

The book Yi Xue Jin Jian

Ingredients

Ding Xiang 30 g,Mu Xiang 30 g,Xue Jie 30 g,Er Cha 30 g,Shu Da Huang 30 g,Hong Hua 30 g,Dang Gui 60 gLian Zi 60 g,Fu Ling 60 g,Bai Shao 60 g,Dan Pi 15 g,Raw Gan Cao 9 g.

Explanation

Raw Gan Cao: Clearing heat and removing toxicity, alleviating pain.

Fu Ling: Inducing tranquilization and promoting diuresis.

Mu Xiang: Soothing the liver and regulating qi, harmonizing the spleen and stomach to alleviate pain.

Ding Xiang: Warming the stomach, dispelling pathogenic cold, checking the upward adverse flow of Qi.

Dan Pi and Shao Yao: Removing blood stasis and clearing away heat.

Dang Gui and Hong Hua: Activating blood flow to remove blood stasis, subduing swelling and relieving pain.

Xue Jie: Dispelling stasis and alleviating pain, stopping bleeding and promoting tissue regeneration.

Er Cha: Activating blood and curing trauma, stopping bleeding, promoting regeneration and healing wound.

Shu Da Huang: Activating blood and dispelling blood stasis.

Lian Zi: Tonifying the spleen to check diarrhea, tonifying the kidney and securing essence, treating leukorrhagia, nourishing the heart and inducing tranquilization.

The Effect of Zhenggu Zijin Dan

Effect

Activate blood and promote the flow of qi, resolve swelling and alleviate pain.

Indications

Traumatic injury, blood stasis, all kinds of pain.

Administrations

All the drugs are ground into very fine powder. The powder is added on the affected part.

Contraindication

It is contraindicated to pregnant women.

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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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