Invigorating The Blood

Herbs That Invigorate The Blood

Herbs for blood stasis will invigorate the blood to relieve the stagnation. The 3 most common syndromes or types of blood stasis are:

Pain, usually lower abdominal pain, chest pain or pain due to trauma and internal bleeding.

Abscesses and ulcers, usually have inflammation

Abdominal masses, hard palpable immobile abdominal masses and visible but mobile masses.

The main symptoms of blood stasis are: fixed, stabbing pain aggravated by pressure, abdominal mass’s, lumps and bruises, if bleeding blood will be deep/dark purple with clots, purple lips/complexion, uneven wiry tight pulse with purple spots on tongue.

Chuan Xiong Properties: PUNGENT - WARM Dosage: 3 – 6g.

Szechuan Meridian: LIVER, GALLBLADDER, PERICARDIUM

Lovage Root -invigorate blood, promote movement of Qi

-irregular menses, dysmenorrhia, lochioschesis (discharge post delivery)

-head ache

Ji Xue Teng Properties: BITTER, SWEET - WARM Dosage: 9 – 15g.

Millettia Vine Meridian: HEART, LIVER, SPLEEN

-promote movement of blood, tonify blood

-invigorate channels, relax sinews

Hong Hua Properties: PUNGENT - WARM Dosage: 3 – 9g.

Safflower Flower Meridian: HEART, LIVER

-invigorate blood, unblock menstruation

-dispel blood stasis, stop pain due to injury or abscess

Tao Ren Properties: BITTER, SWEET - NEUTRAL Dosage: 4.5 – 9g.

Peach Seed Meridian: HEART, LARGE INTESTINE, LIVER, LUNG

-invigorate blood, remove stasis

-abscess of large intestine & lung

-moisten intestines, unblock bowels

Dan Shen Properties: BITTER - COOL Dosage: 6 – 15g.

Salvia Root Meridian: HEART, PERICARDIUM, LIVER

-invigorate blood, break up blood stasis

-clear heat, soothe irritability

-stomach pain

Yu Mu Cao Properties: PUNGENT, BITTER - COOL Dosage: 9 – 60g.

Mother Wart Meridian: HEART, LIVER, BLADDER

Grass -invigorate blood, regulate menses Lochioschesis (discharge post delivery)

-induce urination, reduce swelling – xue lin syndrome

-edema

Yan Hu Suo Properties: PUNGENT, BITTER - WARM Dosage: 4.5 – 12g.

Corydalis Rhizome Meridian: HEART, LIVER, LUNG, STOMACH

-invigorate blood, promote movement of Qi

-alleviate pain

Yu Jin Properties: PUNGENT, BITTER - COOL Dosage: 4.5 – 9g.

Tumeric Rhizome Meridian: HEART, LUNG, LIVER

-invigorate blood, promote movement of Qi

-alleviate pain (liver Qi with Heat)

-clears heart , cools blood

-benefits gallbladder – jaundice

-stone lin syndrome

Ru Xiang Properties: PUNGENT, BITTER - WARM Dosage: 3 – 9g.

Frankincense Meridian: HEART, LIVER, SPLEEN

-invigorate blood, dispel blood stasis, alleviate pain

-relax sinews, promotes movement of Qi, Bi-syndrome

-reduce swellings, generates flesh (yin carbuncles)

Mo Yao Properties: BITTER - NEUTRAL Dosage: 3 – 12g.

Myrrh Meridian: HEART, LIVER, SPLEEN

-invigorate blood, dispel blood stasis, alleviate pain

-relax sinews, promotes movement of Qi, Bi-syndrome

-reduce swellings, generates flesh (yin carbuncles)

San Leng Properties: PUNGENT, BITTER - NEUTRAL Dosage: 3 – 9g.

Scirpus Rhizome Meridian: LIVER, SPLEEN

-breaks up blood stasis, promotes movement of Qi, alleviates pain

-dissolves food stag.(accumulations)

E Zhu Properties: BITTER, PUNGENT - WARM Dosage: 3 – 9g.

Zedoaria Rhizome Meridian: LIVER, SPLEEN

-breaks up blood stasis, promotes movement of Qi, alleviates pain

-dissolve food stagnation (accumulations)

Niu Xi Properties: BITTER, SOUR - NEUTRAL Dosage: 9 – 15g.

Achyranthes Root Meridian: LIVER, KIDNEY

-invigorates blood, expels blood stasis

-strengthen sinews/bones/joints

-clears damp heat in lower burner

-brings blood downward

Hong Hua Properties: PUNGENT - WARM Dosage: 3 – 9g.

Safflower Flower Meridian: HEART, LIVER

-invigorate blood – unblock menses, amenorrhea, abdominal pain, post partum vertigo and lochioschesis, abdominal masses

-dispel blood stasis – alleviate pain, sores, carbuncles, incomplete expression of rashes

Jiang Huang Properties: PUNGENT, BITTER - WARM Dosage: 3 – 9g.

Turmeric Rhizome Meridian: SPLEEN, STOMACH, LIVER

-invigorate blood, unblock menses – chest and abdominal pain, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea with cold deficiency, swelling pain

-expel wind, promote movement of blood – painful obstruction

Jiang Xiang Properties: PUNGENT - WARM Dosage: 6 – 9g..

Dalbergia Heartwood Meridian: LIVER, SPLEEN, STOMACH POWDER 1.5 – 3g.

-disperses blood stasis, stop bleeding – internal injures due to trauma

-invigorate blood, promote Qi movement – epigastric and abdominal pain

-spleen and stomach Qi stagnation – chest pain

Su Mu Properties: SWEET, SALTY - NEUTRAL Dosage: 3 – 9g.

Sappan Wood Meridian: HEART, LIVER, SPLEEN

-invigorate blood, reduce swelling – post partum abdominal pain, amenorrhea, pain due to trauma with blood stagnation

-stops bleeding – excessive bleeding with vertigo and short breath

Wu Ling Zhi Properties: BITTER, SWEET - WARM Dosage: 3 – 9g.

Flying Squirrel Feces Meridian: LIVER, SPLEEN

-disperse blood stasis, alleviate pain – amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, post partum abdominal pain, epigastric pain due to blood stasis

-transform stasis, stop bleeding – uterine bleeding, lochioschesis

-childhood nutritional impairment with focal distention

-use raw to invigorate blood and dry-fry to stop bleeding

Wang Bu Liu xing Properties: BITTER - NEUTRAL Dosage: 3 – 9g.

Vaccaria Seeds Meridian: LIVER, STOMACH

-invigorate blood in upper body channels – promote lactation, unblocks menses, amenorrhea

-swelling – breast or testicular swellings with pain

Zao Jiao Ci Properties: PUNGENT - WARM Dosage: 0.6 – 1.5g.

Chinese Honeylocust Meridian: LIVER, STOMACH

Fruit Spine -reduce swelling, discharge pus – reduce abscess, early stage of swollen sores, encourages suppuration and formed pustules to burst

-expels wind

-kills parasites

Liu Ji Nu Properties: BITTER - WARM Dosage: 3 – 9g.

Artemesia Meridian: HEART, SPLEEN

-dispel blood stasis, unblock menses – amenorrhea, post partum abdominal pain, pain due to trauma

-topically - burns, bleeding, contusions

Zhe Chong Properties: SALTY - COLD/TOXIC Dosage: 3 – 6g.

Tu Bie Chong Meridian: LIVER, HEART, SPLEEN

Wingless Cockroach -breaks up blood stasis – abdominal masses, amenorrhea, numb swollen tongue

-renews sinews and joins bones – lacerations, fractures

Shui Zhi Properties: SALTY, BITTER - NEUTRAL/TOXIC Dosage: 1.5 – 3g.

Leech Meridian: LIVER, BLADDER

-breaks up blood stasis, reduces immobile masses – amenorrhea, trauma

Meng Chong Properties: BITTER - COOL Dosage:

Female Tabanus body Meridian:

-moves stasis, unblocks menses – relieve pain, lochioschesis

-abdominal masses

E Zhu Properties: BITTER, PUNGENT - WARM Dosage: 3 – 9g.

Zedoary Rhizome Meridian: LIVER, SPLEEN

-breaks up blood stasis, promote movement of Qi –abdominal pain, dysmenorrhoea, amenorrhea, abdominal masses

-dissolve accumulation – distention and fullness or constriction in the chest, food stagnation

-childhood nutritional impairment

San Leng Properties: BITTER, PUNGENT - NEUTRAL Dosage: 3 – 9g.

Bur-Reed Rhizome Meridian: LIVER, SPLEEN

-forcefully break up blood stasis, moves Qi - alleviate pain, amenorrhea, dysmenorea, post partum abdominal pain, abdominal masses

-dissolve accumulations – severe abdominal pain and distention with food stagnation

Invigorating The Blood

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Herbs That Invigorate The Blood

-alleviate pain (liver Qi with Heat)