formula name | Collaterals-Activating Efficacious Pill |
source | Yixue Zhongzhong Canxilu |
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bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage Salvia (Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae)
15gm (5 qián) Myrrh (Myrrha)
15gm (5 qián) Take the four herbs as a decoction. If in powder form, divide one dose into four portions and take with warm wine.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Invigorating blood and resolving stasis, dredging collaterals and relieving pain.
bubble_chart Indications
Stagnation of qi and blood, abdominal mass, pain in the chest and abdomen, sore legs and back, internal and external sores and ulcers, all zang-fu organs abdominal mass.
bubble_chart Formula Modification
- Leg pain plus Achyranthes Root.
- Arm pain plus Forsythia.
- Women with static blood and abdominal pain, add raw Peach Kernel(with skin and tip, used as powder or fried), raw Trogopterus Dung.
- For red and swollen sores of yang nature, add Lonicera, Anemarrhena, Forsythia.
- For white and hard sores of yin nature, add Cassia Bark, Cervi Deer-Horn Glue(if worried about counterfeit, can substitute with degelatined deer-horn).
- For slow muscle regeneration after sores rupture, add raw Astragalus Root, Anemarrhena(both added with Astragalus Root to avoid overheating), Liquorice Root.
- zang-fu organs internal abscess, add Sanqi(finely ground, take infused), Great Burdock Achene.
bubble_chart Modern Application
Modern medicine believes that this prescription can dilate blood vessels, anticoagulate, promote microcirculation, relieve pain, and reduce inflammation. It is mainly used for: coronary heart disease with colicky pain, ectopic pregnancy, cerebral thrombosis, thromboangiitis obliterans, sciatica, chronic pelvic inflammation, scapulohumeral periarthritis, and wind-dampness arthritis, presenting with pain in the chest and abdomen, or pain in the lower back, legs, and arms with a fixed location, dark red tongue texture, and wiry and choppy pulse.
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