bubble_chart Efficacy

Nourishing blood, promoting blood circulation, and resolving stasis to alleviate pain.

bubble_chart Indications

Injury, tendon dislocation, static blood causing swelling and pain, or bleeding from knife wounds.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

This formula is commonly used for blood stasis and qi stagnation caused by traumatic injuries.

bubble_chart Pattern Identification

In the formula, Chinese Angelica nourishes blood, dredges collaterals, and relieves pain; Carthamus invigorates blood and resolves stasis, promoting circulation; Dragon's Blood Resin invigorates blood, resolves stasis, and alleviates pain; Black Catechu clears heat, stops bleeding, and promotes tissue regeneration; Rhubarb Rhizoma and Peony Bark clear heat, cool blood, invigorate blood, and resolve stasis; Clove warms the middle and relieves pain; Aucklandia Root moves qi, regulates the middle, and alleviates pain. Due to the overly potent nature of the blood-invigorating and stasis-removing herbs, which may harm the body's vital energy, Poria is used to strengthen the spleen; Lotus Seed thickens the intestines and stomach, benefiting the kidneys; Peony Root nourishes blood and astringes yin, and when used together with Liquorice Root, it can also relieve spasms and alleviate pain.

1. For severe hematoma pain: add frankincense, myrrh, sanchi.
2. Fracture: add fortune's drynaria rhizome, Dipsacus.
3. Injury to the lower limbs: add Achyranthes Root.
4. Injury to the upper limbs: add Cimicifuga Rhizome, Cinnamon Twig, Platycodon Root.

bubble_chart Modern Application

Sprain, strain, fracture, traumatic injury, tissue injury, static blood, swelling, and pain.