FORMULAS THAT TONIFY BLOOD Flashcards
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Deficiencies in of Qi or Yang
Decline in Physical Functions
Deficiencies of Blood or Yin
Shortages of Bodily Fluids
Si Wu Tang is for:
Blood deficiency
Tao Hong Si Wu Tang is for:
Blood stagnation with deficiency
Dang Gui Shao Yao San is for :
Blood deficiency with abnormal water circulation
Shan Yao Gan Cao Tang is for:
Blood and Yin Deficiency
What are 8 symptoms of blood deficiency ?
- Blurred Vision
- Dry/brittle nails, hair, skin, eyes
- Insomnia
- Dizziness
- Mental Fatigue
- Easily startled
- Amenorrhea/hx of heavy periods/scanty periods
- Not grounded !
Complexion, tongue, and pulse of someone with blood deficiency ?
Pale complexion
T: Pale, dry, thin
P: Weak, thin, thready, choppy
Dang Gui presentation:
- deficiency
- thin or emaciated
- dryness
- constipation
- P: thready/fine
Dang Gui head of herb:
Dang Gui tail of herb:
Tonifies blood
Moves blood
What is a Dang Gui belly ?
Tendency of abdominal pain (esp. in women), uterine diseases, constriction of uterine wall (delayed menses, dysmenorrhea)
What does Dang Gui skin look like?
Dry, desiccated or scaling skin (d/t blood def)
Dang Gui long-term is NOT for:
- overweight body type
- loose or sloppy stools
- pain d/t inflammation and heat in uterus
- lack of abdominal pain/fullness
Si Wu Tang includes which herbs?
- Shu Di Huang (foxglove root)
- Dang Gui (Angelica root)
- Bai Shao (White Peony)
- Chuan Xiong (Lovage Root)
What are 7 symptoms of blood stagnation?
- Pain: sharp, stabbing, fixed
- Cardiovascular: Chest pain, angina
- Lumps, tumors, cysts
4.Numbness or tingling in extremities
Injuries w/ swelling, bleeding or bruising - Menses: clotting, painful, amenorrhea, endometriosis
- Skin: purpura
- T: Purple/Dusky/Spots
Which herbs are in Tao Hong Si Wu Tang:
(1-4 = Si Wu Tang)
- Shu Di Huang (Foxglove root)
- Dang Gui (Angelica root)
- Bai Shao (White peony)
- Chuan Xiong (Lovage root)
- Tao Ren (Peach kernel)
- Hong Hua (Safflower)
What are the Tao Ren/Hong Hua (Blood Stasis) eyes?
Dark circles/bags underneath eyes
What are the Dang Gui Shao Yao San presentation?
- Sallow complexion w/ Melasma
- Facial edema w/ difficulty opening eyes
- Edema
- Pear-shaped body
- Diarrhea
- Can also include: palps, dizziness, and H/A
Do not use Dang Gui if you have ___.
Fibroids - can make worse
Dang Gui Shao Yao San is usually used in women aged:
35-50
Dang Gui Shao Yao San promotes ___ and helps ___.
Ovulation; Progesterone (luteal phase def)
Diseases of folks who may need Dang Gui Shao Yao San:
Infertility
Dysmenorrhea
Thyroid/Hashimotis (+ Xiao Chai Hu Tang = Chai Gui Tang)
Eye disease
Thick blood, clots (+ Huang Qi if there’s also heat)
Poor fetal development
Which herbs are in the Dang Gui Shao Yao San formula ?
- Take out Shu Di Huang b/c it’s sticky and because this is supposed to treat abnormal water circulation, you don’t want that herb.
For the blood = Si Wu Tang
- Dang Gui (Angelica Root)
- Bai Shao (White Peony)
- Chuan Xiong (Lovage Root)
For the water = Wu Ling San
- Bai Zhu (Atractylodes)
- Fu Ling (Poria)
- Ze Xie (Water Plantain)
What is the Gan Cao presentation?
- Thin/low body weight
- Small or hard/tight muscles
- Dry, scaly skin
- Patterns resulting from over-sweating & diarrhea
- Spasms, pain, tension, or muscle hypertonicity
- Upward counter flowing qi (cough, n/v, pales, restlessness, hard gastric glomus)
