Herbal Formulas Quiz 2 Flashcards
Characteristics of blood stagnation
involves pain and palpable masses
Symptoms of blood stagnation
pain is sharp, not moving, not relieved by warmth or cold, worse from pressure and worse at night, cyanosis, deep or dark menstrual flow with clots, dry scaly skin, tumors, purplish dark tongue, rough wiry pulse, may temporarily be relived by warmth
heart blood stagnation symptoms
oppressive or suffocating feeling in the chest, angina pain, purplish lips
lung blood stagnation symptoms
hymoptysis, cough with dyspnea and hemoptysis, coughing blood with shortness of breath
intestines blood stagnation symptoms
hematemesis, blood in stool, abdominal masses
liver blood stagnation symptoms
hypochondriac pain, palpable abdominal masses
uterus blood stagnation symptoms
dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, irregular menstruation, dark red menstrual flow with clots
skin blood stagnation colors
purplish or green skin discoloration
what would you add with blood moving herbs
qi moving herbs and blood tonifying herbs
blood invigorating herbs tend to
disperse and consume blood and qi
cautions and contraindications of blood invigorating herbs
weak constitution, pregnant, women with excessive menstrual bleeding, blood thinning medicine, blood disorders, elderly and deficient
Tao He Cheng Qi Tang functions
Breaks up blood stagnation, clears heat
Tao He Cheng Qi Tang indications
Lower jiao blood stagnation with heat, heat and blood stagnation
Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang functions
invigorates the blood and qi, relieves pain
Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang indications
Blood stasis in the chest
Sheng Hua Tang functions
Invigorates the blood, warms the channels and relieves pain
Sheng Hua Tang indications
blood and cold stagnation causing postpartum local retention
Fu Yuan Huo Xue Tang functions
Invigorates the blood and relieves pain
Spreads liver qi
unblocks the channels
Fu Yuan Huo Xue Tang indications
Hypochondriac blood stagnation from traumatic injury causing pain
exogenous bleeding causes
6 pathogenic factors, overwork, traumatic injury, childbirth, over consumption of spicy foods or alcohol
endogenous bleeding causes
qi deficiency, qi stagnation, blood stagnation, emotional imbalance causing qi stagnation
most bleeding stems from
internal disharmonies
imbalanced emotions or an over abundance of spicy, rich foods or alcohol can give rise to
heat in the liver, lung, stomach, and large intestine
deficiency of spleen qi may cause
impaired function of keeping blood in the vessels