tonify blood

Question 1

Si Wu Tang (A)

Answer 1

blood tonic
Four-Substance Decoction

shu di huang
dang gui
bai shao
chuan xiong

nourish blood, regulate LV blood

chong & ren xu with blood xu stag

menstrual issues, abd masses, restless fetus

T: pale
P: thin, wiry or thin, choppy

Question 2

Tao Hong Si Wu Tang

Answer 2

blood tonic
for cases w blood stagnation

Si Wu Tang (shu di, dang gui, bai shao, chuan xiong)

-bai shao
+tao ren, hong hua, chi shao

c/ci: high fever w yin xu, acute profuse bleeding causing sudden qi collapse

Question 3

Shao Yao Gan Cao Tang (B)

Answer 3

blood tonic
Peony and Licorice Decoction

bai shao
zhi gan cao

chinese herbal painkiller

regulates qi and blood, moderates painful spasms, alleviates pain

muscle spasms due to liver blood and yin xu
irritability, sl chills, calf muscle spasms, hand cramps, abd pain

lv/sp disharmony