Blood-Activating and Menstruation-Regulating Herbs

NameHu Ci (Indian damnacanthus herb)The Effect of Hu CiPropertyBitter, sweet, neutral.ActionsExpel wind, eliminate dampness, activate blood and resolve swelling.IndicationsRheumatic arthritis, edema, traumatic injury, infantile malnutrition, jaundice, cough with phlegm and retained fluid, abdominal

NameHu Ci (Indian damnacanthus herb)The Effect of 虎刺PropertyBitter, sweet, neutral.ActionsExpel wind, eliminate dampness, activate blood and resolve swelling.IndicationsRheumatic arthritis, edema, traumatic injury, infantile malnutrition, jaundice, cough with phlegm and retained fluid, abdominal mas

NameDiao Gan Ma (Root of Angled Bittersweet)SourcesThe drug is the dried root or bark of Celastrus anguslatus Maxim. (family Celastraceae), growing in waste hillsides or scrubs, and distributed in Southern China and Shaanxi, Gansu of China.The Effect of Diao Gan MaPropertyPungent, bitter, cool, slig

NameDiao Gan Ma (Root of Angled Bittersweet)SourcesThe drug is the dried root or bark of Celastrus anguslatus Maxim. (family Celastraceae), growing in waste hillsides or scrubs, and distributed in Southern China and Shaanxi, Gansu of China.The Effect of 吊干麻PropertyPungent, bitter, cool, slightly tox

NameHuang Hua Yuan Zhi (Polygala Arillata)The Effect of Huang Hua Yuan ZhiPropertySweet, pungent and neutral.ActionsDispel wind and eliminate dampness, tonify deficiency and resolve swelling, regulate menstruation, activate blood.IndicationsCold, edema, irregular menstruation, traumatic injury, rheu

NameHuang Hua Yuan Zhi (Polygala Arillata)The Effect of 黄花远志PropertySweet, pungent and neutral.ActionsDispel wind and eliminate dampness, tonify deficiency and resolve swelling, regulate menstruation, activate blood.IndicationsCold, edema, irregular menstruation, traumatic injury, rheumatic arthriti

NamingDan Shen (Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Dan ShenOriginThe dry root and rhizome of perennial herbaceous plant Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge. of family labiatae.LocationSichuan, Anhui and Jiangsu provinces in China.HarvestCollected in spring

NamingDan Shen (Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of 丹参OriginThe dry root and rhizome of perennial herbaceous plant Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge. of family labiatae.LocationSichuan, Anhui and Jiangsu provinces in China.HarvestCollected in spring and s

NamingDan Shen (Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Radix Salviae MiltiorrhizaeOriginThe dry root and rhizome of perennial herbaceous plant Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge. of family labiatae.LocationSichuan, Anhui and Jiangsu provinces in China.Harvest

NameHong Ze Lan (Japanese conehead herb)The Effect of Hong Ze LanPropertyPungent, slightly bitter, slightly warm; liver and spleen meridians entered.ActionsActivate blood, stimulate the menstrual flow, eliminate stasis and induce diuresis.IndicationsIrregular menstruation, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea,