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

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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