Ch 10 Invigorate blood and regulate menses

Question 1

regulates menses,

• clears heat, soothes heart and calms spirit: restlessness irritability, anxiety, insomnia due to heat in ying level or heart and kidney disharmony
• cools blood; reduces swelling: carbuncles, boils
• eliminates blood stasis so new blood can be generated. Harmonizing blood= invigorating + tonifying

Answer 1

dan shen

Question 2

CC for pregnancy
3-9g- dont cook long!
1-2g nourish blood
3-5 harmonize blood
6-9 invigorate blood
10-15 breaks up blood stasis

unblocks menses, dispels stasis
- gyno pain, post partum pain, retention of lochia

• pain; trauma; chest bi
• modern for CAD; soes w/o pus, carbuncles, dark purplish erythema, incomplete expression of measles rash

often used with tao ren

Answer 2

Hong Hua

Question 3

breaks up blood stasis, invigorates blood, moistens the bowels

• lung, intestinal abscesses: add clear heat herbs
• constipation due to dryness

overdose: headache, dizziness, palpitations, potential death

often used with hong hua

Answer 3

tao ren

Question 4

gyno disorders: pms, post partum pain, infertility due to stasis

• promotes urination-; reduces edema
• modern use for glomerulo nephritis
• clears heat and relieves toxicity- boils, carbuncles, skin rashes (internal or external)

Answer 4

yi mu cao

Question 5

regulates menses: amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea or postpartum abdominal pain due to blood stasis

• promotes urination and reduces edema *modern use for ascites due to liver cirrhosis
• dispels stasis; reduces swelling- carbuncles, abscess, trauma; topical or internal use

Answer 5

ze lan

Question 6

this herb refers to two different botanicals which have four functions: invigorates blood, expels blood stasis; clears damp heat in lower jiao; tonifies liver and kidney; strengthens sinews and bones; induces downward movement of blood

Answer 6

Niu Xi
- Huai niu xi
-chuan niu xi
diarrhea due to Spleen deficiency 
weak Kidney qi with excessive menstruation, spermatorrhea 

(Chuan Niu Xi) Invigorates blood; expels blood stasis
dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, lochioschesis – due to blood stasis
lower back and knee pain due to blood stasis

Tonifies Liver and Kidney; strengthens sinews and bones
pain, soreness, and weakness of low back, knees

(Chuan Niu Xi) Clears damp-heat in low jiao
damp-heat knee pain or low back pain;
lin syndrome or edema; vaginal discharge

(Huai Niu Xi) Induces downward movement of blood
bleeding symptoms due to reckless movement of hot blood, Stomach fire, or Liver yang rising: dizziness, headache, blurred vision

Question 7

promotes movement of blood, nourishes blood, invigorates the channels, and relaxes sinews

• irregular menses, dys/amenorrhea
• modern use to build RBC and WBC particularly in conjunction with cancer txs
• bi syndrome due to blood stasis and/or deficiency; numbness of extremities; paralysis of limbs

Answer 7

ji xue teng

Question 8

promotes blood movement; invigorates channels; reduces swelling- poor lactation, painful swellings of breasts, breast abscess, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea due to blood stasis

• promotes urination; treats PUD: lin syndromes
• modern use for prostatitis and urinary stones

Answer 8

wang bu liu xing