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
bleeding from yin deficiency arises from
long term or febrile diseases the damages the fluids leading to insufficient nourishment of the blood vessels
stop bleeding formula cautions and contraindications
do not use for long term
discontinue as soon as the bleeding has stopped and go on to address the underlying condition
bitter and cold herbs are contraindicated in bleeding due to
deficiency
warming tonifying herbs are contraindicated in bleeding due to
full heat
for bleeding in the upper parts do not use
dispersing herbs
for bleeding in the lower parts do not use
descending herbs
prolonged bleeding causes
qi and blood deficiency
Xiao Ji Yin Zi functions
clears heat from the blood to stop urinating blood
promote urination to treat painful urinary dysnfunction
Xiao Ji Yin Zi indications
heat causing urinary bleeding
Shi Hui San functions
Promotes astriction, stops bleeding
clears heat and cools the blood
Shi Hui San indications
Liver and stomach fire with blood heat causing acute bleeding symptoms with heat
Huang Tu Tang functions
Strengthens the spleen and warms the yang
nourishes the blood and stops bleeding
Huang Tu Tang indications
spleen yang and blood deficiency with empty cold causing chronic bleeding - blood in stool and uterine bleeding