Prescriptions for Promoting Blood Circulation to Remove Blood Stasis
Zong Pu San
Name
The Prescription of Zong Pu San
Source
The book Chen Su An Fu Ke Bu Jie
Ingredients
Zong Lv TanPu Huang TanDang GuiBai ShaoChuan XiongSheng DiDan PiQin JiaoZe LanDu ZhongExplanation
Dang Gui, Chuan Xiong and Ze Lan: Activating blood and dissipating stasis.
Dan Pi, Sheng Di and Bai Shao: Cooling blood and harmonizing yin, clearing heat.
Qin Jiao: Dispelling wind-damp, unblocking collaterals to alleviate pain, reducing deficiency heat and clearing damp-heat.
Du Zhong: Tonifying the liver and kidney, strengthening tendons and bones.
Pu Huang Tan and Zong Lv Tan: Cooling blood to stop bleeding.
The Effect of Zong Pu San
Effect
Activate blood and dissipate blood stasis, cool blood to stop bleeding.
Indications
Abnormal menstruation.
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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