Blood stagnation

Question 1

What foods are helpful for Blood stasis?

Answer 1

Neutral to warming
Pungent (mildy spicy) and salty (for softening hardness or masses)

Question 2

What diet would you suggest for blood stagnation?

Answer 2

• Light and mildy spicy foods
• foods cooked by stir fry, poaching, steaming
• fibre through more vegetables, less carbs and meat
• keeping sugar and fruit away from main meals
• Avoiding dairy with meat
• Avoiding too many protein rich foods with easily digestible ones.

Question 3

What foods are beneficial for Qi stagnation?

Answer 3

Vegetables: shallot, leak, chives, garlic, eggplant, seaweed, fungi, onion and mustard greens
Fruit: peach
Legumes and nuts: adzuki bean, chestnut
Drinks, spices and condiments: turmeric, ginger, basil, cayenne, nutmeg, oregano, rosemary, thyme, white pepper, red wine, vinegar
Meat / seafood: crab, jellyfish, seaweeds, mussels, calm, abalone, hawthorn
Herbs: lotus root, cinnamon bark, rose bud, coix seeds, hawthorn fruit, chinese Angelica root

Question 4

What foods are non-beneficial to Blood stagnation?

Answer 4

Cold, raw foods, refrigerated food
Alcohol, excessive caffeine
Food colouring, preservatives, sugar
Cheese, eggs, ice cream, cream, red meats, margarine, nuts, pizza, hot chips
Spicy food

Question 5

What herbs are for Blood stagnation?

Answer 5

Chuan Xiong
Niu Xi

Question 6

What herbal formulas are for blood stagnation?

Answer 6

Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang
Wen Jing Tang
Huai Hua San

Question 7

What is Chuan Xiong?

Answer 7

LIGUSTICUM CHUANXIONG

Question 8

What is the collection and processing of Chuan Xiong?

Answer 8

Collected when node disc on rhizome protrudes and is purplish in summer.
Dried under the sun or baked, then cut into pieces.

Question 9

What are the actions and inactions of Chuan Xiong?

Answer 9

• Invigorates Blood and promotes Qi movement: any blood stasis pattern which as dysmenorrhoea, amenorrhoea, difficult labour, retained lochia or stagnation of Qi and Blood. Pain and soreness of chest.
• Expels wind and alleviates pain: externally contracted Wind, headache, dizziness, skin conditions, painful obstruction.

Question 10

What are the classifications of Chuan Xiong?

Answer 10

Nature: Warm
Taste: Acrid
Direction of action: ascending
Site of action: Liver. GB, pericardium

Question 11

What is the dosage of Chuan Xiong?

Answer 11

3-9g

Question 12

What are the cautions / contraindications of Chuan Xiong?

Answer 12

Yin Xu
Ascendant Liver Yang, Heavy menses, blood thinners, caution in pregnancy

Question 13

What is Niu Xi?

Answer 13

ACHYRANTHES BIDENTATA (ROOT)

Question 14

What is the collection and processing of Niu Xi?

Answer 14

Collected when stem and leaf are withered in winter.

Question 15

What are the actions and indications of Niu Xi?

Answer 15

• Invigorates Blood & dispels stasis: dysmenorrhoea, amenorrhoea, retained lochia
• Tonifies Liver & Kidney, strengthens sinews & bones: treats lower back and knee pain due to Liver & Kidney Xu: pain and soreness affecting the lower back and knee
• Induces downward movement of Blood & Fire: treats chaotic movement of blood heat in the UJ or Yin Xu w/ ascendant fire or ascending Yang
• Clears damp heat in LJ: oedema, painful urinary dribbling with stones

Question 16

What are the classifications of Niu Xi?

Answer 16

Nature: neutral
Taste: bitter, sour
Direction of action: descending
Site of action: Liver, Kidney

Question 17

What is the dosage of Niu Xi?

Answer 17

6-15g

Question 18

What are the cautions and contraindications of Niu Xi?

Answer 18

Contraindicated in pregnancy, menorrhagia

Question 19

What is the formula Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang?

Answer 19

1. Dang Gui
2. Sheng Di Huang
3. Tao Ren
4. Hong Hua
5. Zhi Gan Cao
6. Zhi Qiao
7. Chi Shao Yao
8. Chai Hu
9. Chuan Xiong
10. Jie Geng
11. Chuan Niu Xi

Question 20

What are the actions of Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang?

Answer 20

Activate blood circulation and dispel blood stagnation
Activate Qi circulation and relives pain

Question 21

What are the indications, symptoms and patterns of Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang?

Answer 21

• Blood stagnation in the chest and diaphragmatic region
• Stabbing pain in the chest, head or hypochondriac region. Hiccups, dry heaves, vomiting, palpitation.
• Tongue: purplish, purple sots or distended, dark sublingual vessels
• Choppy and wiry pulse

Question 22

What are the cautions and contraindications of Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang?

Answer 22

Contraindicated in pregnancy
Caution with heavy, long periods

Question 23

What is the dosage of Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang?

Answer 23

Prepared as a decoction

Question 24

What is Wen Jing Tang?

Answer 24

1. Wu Zhu Yu
2. Dang Gui
3. Bai Shao
4. Chuan Xiong
5. Ren Shen
6. Gui Zhi
7. Er Jiao
8. Mu Dan Pi
9. Sheng Jian
10. Gan Cao
11. Zhi Ban Xia
12. Mai Dong

Question 25

What is the function of Wen Jing Tang?

Answer 25

Warms channels to dispel cold, remove blood stasis and nourishes blood

Question 26

What are the patterns and symptoms indicated for Wen Jing Tang?

Answer 26

- Deficient cold and blood stasis in Chong and Ren meridians - Vaginal spotting with dull blood clot, irregular menstruation with preceded or delayed menstrual cycle, painful menstruation - Infertility due to cold in the uterus, abdominal pain, distension - Dull red or dark red tongue. Thin and Choppy pulse

Question 27

What are the cautions and contraindications for Wen Jing Tang?

Answer 27

Heat patterns or irregular menstruation due to deficiency without blood stasis

Question 28

What is the dosage of Wen Jing Tang?

Answer 28

Prepared as a decoction

Question 29

What is the function Huai Hua San?

Answer 29

Clears intestinal heat and stanch bleeding, scatters wind and rectifies Qi.

Question 30

What is Huai Hua San?

Answer 30

1. Chao Huai Hua 2. Ce bai ye 3. Jing Jie 4. Chao Zhi Ke

Question 31

What are the associated patterns and symptoms indicated for Huai Hua San?

Answer 31

- Bloody stool due to wind-heat-damp toxin obstructing the intestines - Manifests as bleeding before or after defaecation, blood-stained stool with bright-red or dusky muddy blood. - Red tongue with yellow and greasy coat - Rapid or slippery pulse

Question 32

What are the cautions / contraindications for Huai Hua San?

Answer 32

Contraindicated for clients with chronic bloody stool or Qi Xu. This formula is not suitable for long-term oral use.

Question 33

What is the dosage for Huai Hua San?

Answer 33

Prepared as a decoction