Angelica sinensis 15 gm, Salvia miltiorrhiza 15 gm, Raw frankincense 15 gm, Raw myrrh 15 gm

bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage

The above four ingredients are to be made into a soup for consumption. If ground into a powder form, one dose should be divided into four portions and taken with warm wine.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Invigorating blood and resolving stasis, dredging collaterals and relieving pain.

bubble_chart Indications

Blood stasis and stagnation, pain in the chest and abdomen, pain in the legs and arms, bruises and swelling from injuries, internal and external sores and ulcers, as well as abdominal masses. It is now used for conditions such as coronary heart disease with colicky pain, ectopic pregnancy, cerebral thrombosis, sciatica, and other conditions characterized by blood stasis and stagnation, and obstruction of the meridians.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

In the formula, Chinese Angelica invigorates blood and nourishes blood; Salvia assists Chinese Angelica in invigorating blood and resolving stasis, and can also nourish the blood aspect; frankincense and myrrh move qi to relieve pain, invigorate blood, and resolve stasis. Combined into a formula, it thus has the effects of invigorating blood and resolving stasis, dredging collaterals, and relieving pain.

bubble_chart Formula Modification

Leg pain, add Achyranthes Root; arm pain, add Forsythia; women's static blood abdominal pain, add raw Peach Kernel (with skin and tip, taken as powder, stir-fried), raw Trogopterus Dung; sore and ulcer with redness and swelling belonging to yang syndrome, add Lonicera, Anemarrhena, Forsythia; white and hard belonging to yin, add Cassia Bark, Cervi Deer-Horn Glue (if worried about its authenticity, can substitute with degelatined deer-horn); slow muscle regeneration after ulcer rupture, add raw Astragalus Root, Anemarrhena (but adding Astragalus Root alone may cause excessive heat), Liquorice Root; zang-fu organs internal abscess, add Sanqi (finely ground, take infused), Great Burdock Achene.