Regulating Blood

Question 1

Distension and spasmodic pain in lower abdomen
Normal urination
Fever at night
Menstrual block due to blood stasis, painful menstruation
May be delirium, dysphoria, and mania
P: Deep, excessive or choppy

Answer 1

Tao He Cheng Qi Tang
p.1750/p.342

Blood stasis/amassment (and heat) in the lower jiao

Question 2

Chest/hypochondria pain (with sensation of warmth)
Headache (chronic, stubborn)
Fixed pain, chronic stabbing pain at fixed location
Continual hiccups, or choking on water (bl stasis obstructing ST)
Nausea, dizziness (clear yang unable to ascend to head)
Impatience, irascibility, depreassion (heat, malnourishment of HT)
Internal heat, tidal fever at night (heat)
Severe palpitations, insomnia, dreaminess (malnourishment of HT)
dark lips/eyes/complexion, dry/scaly skin
Dusky red tongue with stasis macules/ecchymosis,
P: Choppy or wiry, tight

Answer 2

Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang
p.1761/p.344

Tao Hong Si Wu Tang + Si Ni San

Blood stasis in the chest. May be with LR qi stagnation.
Blood stasis transforming into heat.

Question 3

unbearable hypochondriac pain (LR channel)
Traumatic injuries from falls, fractures, contusions, strains,
Bruising, swelling, pain in hypochondria/ lateral thorax (L/R)

Answer 3

Fu Yuan Huo Xue Tang
p.1791

Too specific, not multifunctional
Blood stasis obstruction and qi stasis with unbearable hypochondriac pain (LR channel)

Question 4

Blood-stained urine
Frequent, painful urination that is hot with an unsmooth stream that contains blood
T: red
P: rapid

Answer 4

Xiao Ji Yin Zi
p.1871

Blood strangury and bloody urine due to excessive heat

Question 5

Bright red blood: vomiting, spitting, expectoration, coughing of blood, nosebleed
Red tongue body with yellow coating
Rapid pulse

Answer 5

Shi Hui San
p.1852

Hemorrhages in upper jiao due to blood heat (acute and severe)

Question 6

Cough, thick bloodstained sputum, difficulty in spitting
Vexation, irascibility
Chest pain
Dry throat, bitter taste in the mouth, flushed complexion, constipation
T: red body and coating is yellow
P: wiry and rapid

Answer 6

Ke Xue Fang p.1861

Hemoptysis due to liver fire invading lung and damaging blood vessels