Fu Yuan Huo Xue Tang - 复原活血汤 - Revive Health By Invigorating The Blood Decoction

English:	Revive Health by Invigorating the Blood Decoction
Also Known As:	Dang Gui and Persica Combination Origin-Restoring Blood- Quickening Decoction Decoction to Invigorate Blood Circulation for Recovery

Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin	Pin Yin	Dosage	Actions
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis	Dang Gui	3-15g	Tonifies, invigorates and harmonizes the Blood, disperses Cold, stops pain due to Blood Stasis, reduces swelling, expels pus, generates flesh and alleviates pain. With Tao Ren and Hong Hua, for pain, swelling and other symptoms associated with Blood Stasis. With Gan Cao, moderates spasms and relieves abdominal pain.
Sm. Persicae	Tao Ren	2-15g	Breaks up Blood Stasis and invigorates Blood circulation. With Hong Hua, Chuan Shan Jia and Da Huang, for External and sports injuries with bleeding and pain.
Flos Carthami	Hong Hua	2-9g	Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, opens the channels, unblocks menstruation and alleviates pain. With Tao Ren, invigorates the Blood for all types of Blood Stagnation.
Squama Manitis	Chuan Shan Jia	2-9g	Dispels Blood Stasis, Expels Wind-Dampness from the channels, Invigorates the Blood, Promotes the discharge of pus, Reduces swelling.
Wine-prepared Rx. et Rz. Rhei	Jiu Xi Da Huang	3-30g	Drains Fire Clears Heat, transforms Dampness, promotes urination, invigorates the Blood and dispels Blood Stasis. With Dang Gui, for Blood Stasis.
Rx. Trichosanthis	Tian Hua Fen	3-15g	Relieves toxicity, expels pus and reduces swelling.
Rx. Bupleuri	Chai Hu	5-15g	Spreads Liver Qi and relieves Stagnation. With Bai Shao, for Liver Blood Deficiency with Liver Qi Stagnation. With Gan Cao, for hepatitis and upper right quadrant pain.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae	Gan Cao	2-6g	Moderates spasms, alleviates pain and moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs.

Formula Actions

• Invigorates the Blood
• Dispels Blood Stasis
• Spreads Liver Qi
• Unblocks the channels

Syndromes

• Blood Stagnation generally induced by trauma
• Blood Stagnation in the abdomen
• Severe pain
• Blood stasis & Qi stagnation in the trunk due to trauma (Secondary source)

Clinical Manifestations

Excruciating chest, hypochondriac or flank pain

Bruising Pain along the Liver or Gallbladder channel T: Dark with stasis spots P: Wiry

Treats

Traumatic injury Headache Post-herpetic neuralgia Prostatitis Concussion Bone fractures Hypochondriac pain Hyperplasia of the mammary glands Intestinal adhesion Wrist and hand pain Painful obstruction

Soft tissue injury Intercostal neuralgia Costochondritis Low back pain Scapulocostal syndrome Hepatic abscess Costal chondritis Ocular hemorrhage Gout Heel pain

Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions

Notes

• Loose stools following administration of this formula is a positive sign. Once loose stools and a diminution of the pain have occurred, discontinue use of the formula.
• Also used for other disorders caused by Blood stasis in the chest.

Modifications

For fractures:		For especially intense pain:
+ Seven-Thousandths of a Tael Powder Qi Li San		+ Rx. Notoginseng	San Qi
+ Olibanum	Ru Xiang
For severe Qi Stagnation:		+ Myrrh	Mo Yao
+ Rx. Curcumae	Yu Jin	+ Rz. Corydalis	Yan Hu Suo
+ Per. Citri Reticulatae Viride	Qing Pi	For constipation:
+ Natrii Sulfas	Mang Xiao
+ Fr. Aurantii	Zhi Ke	For prostatitis:
For more severe Qi Stagnation:		- Rx. Trichosanthis	Tian Hua Fen
+ Rx. Aucklandiae	Mu Xiang	- Rx. Bupleuri	Chai Hu
+ Rz. Cyperi	Xiang Fu	- Rx. Glycyrrhizae	Gan Cao
+ Per. Citri Reticulatae Viride	Qing Pi	+ Sm. Trichosanthis	Gua Lou Ren
+ Rz. Corydalis	Yan Hu Suo
+ Fr. Aurantii	Zhi Ke	+ Rx. Paeoniae Rubra	Chi Shao
For more severe Blood Stasis :		+ Rx. Salvia Miltiorrhizae	Dan Shen
+ Olibanum	Ru Xiang	+ Sm. Vaccariae	Wang Bu Liu Xing
+ Myrrh	Mo Yao	For insomnia:
+ Rx. Notoginseng	San Qi	+ Rx. Polygalae	Yuan Zhi
For distention and pain in the hypochondriac region:		+ Sm. Zizyphi Spinosae	Suan Zao Ren
For abdominal distention:
+ Per. Citri Reticulatae Viride	Qing Pi	+ Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis	Hou Po
Fr. Toosendan	Chuan Lian Zi	+ Fr. Aurantii	Zhi Ke
For back pain:		For pain in the lower extremities:
+ Ram. Cinnamomi	Gui Zhi	+ Rx. Cyathulae	Chuan Niu Xi
For hepatic abscess with Liver and Gallbladder Damp-Heat:		+ Fr. Chaenomelis	Mu Gua
For hepatic abscess with Toxic Heat and Qi and Blood Stagnation:
+ 10g Rx. Gentianae	Long Dan Cao	+ 15g Flos Chrysanthemi Indici	Ye Ju Hua
+ 10g Rx. Scutellariae	Huang Qi
+ 10g Fr. Gardeniae	Zhi Zi	+ 15g Flos Lonicerae	Jin Yin Hua
+ 10g Sm. Plantaginis	Che Qian Zi	+ 15g Hb. Violae	Zi Hua Di Ding
+ 10g Caulis Akebiae	Mu Tong	+15g Rz. Smilacis Glabrae	Tu Fu Ling
+ 10g Fr. Forsythiae	Lian Qiao
+ 10g Rx. Acori Tatarinowii	Shi Chang Pu	+ 15g Hb. Taraxaci	Pu Gong Ying
+ 10g Rx. Scutellariae	Huang Qin
+ 10g Sm. Lablab	Bai Bian Dou	For hepatic abscess with Cold Obstructing the channels and collaterals:
+ 10g Hb Agastaches	Huo Xiang
For hepatic abscess with upright Qi Deficiency with Toxins and Stagnation:		+ 10g Rx. Aconiti Lateralis Preparata	Zhi Fu Zi
+ 10g Rz. Atractylodes Macrocephalae	Bai Zhu	+ 10g Rz. Chuanxiong	Chuan Xiong
+ 10g Rz. Cyperi	Xiang Fu
+ 10g Rz. Chuanxiong	Chuan Xiong	+ 12g Sm. Coicis	Yi Yi Ren
+ 12g Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata	Shu Di Huang	+ 12g Hb. Patriniae	Bai Jiang Cao
+ 12g Fr. Gleditsiae	Zao Jiao
+ 12g Rx. Paeoniae Alba	Bai Shao	For painful obstruction of the chest with chest oppression and shortness of breath: :
+ 15g Rx. Codonopsis	Dang Shen	+ Rx. Curcumae	Yu Jin
+15g Poria	Fu Ling	+ Rx. Puerariae	Ge Gen
For painful obstruction of the chest with irritability and a dry mouth:		For painful obstruction of the chest with severe chest pain:
+ Rx. Curcumae	Yu Jin	+ Rx. Curcumae	Yu Jin
+ Rx. Puerariae	Ge Gen	+ Rx. Puerariae	Ge Gen
+ Fr. Trichosanthis	Gua Lou	+ Rz. Corydalis	Yan Hu Suo
+ Fr. Gardeniae	Zhi Zi	+ Rz. Cyperi	Xiang Fu
For painful obstruction of the chest with Food Stagnation and anorexia:		+ Lignum Dalbergiae Odoriferae	Jiang Xiang
+ Rx. Curcumae	Yu Jin	For painful obstruction of the chest with palpitations and edema in the lower legs:
+ Rx. Puerariae	Ge Gen
+ Fr. Amomi Rotundus	Bai Dou Kou	+ Rx. Curcumae	Yu Jin
+ Fr. Crataegi	Shan Zha	+ Rx. Puerariae	Ge Gen
For painful obstruction of the chest with perspiration and cold extremities:		+ Poria	Fu Ling
+ Pheretima	Di Long
+ Rx. Curcumae	Yu Jin	+ Rz. Zingiberis Recens	Sheng Jiang
+ Rx. Puerariae	Ge Gen	For concussion with unconsciousness:
+ Rx. Aconiti Lateralis Preparata	Zhi Fu Zi	+ Rz. Acori Tatarinowii	Shi Chang Pu
+ Rx. Polygalae	Yuan Zhi
+ Ram. Cinnamomi	Gui Zhi	For concussion with headache and dizziness:
+ Rx. Ginseng	Ren Shen	+ Rz. Chuanxiong	Chuan Xiong
For concussion with nausea and vomiting:		+ Fr. Viticis	Man Jing Zi
+ Haematitum	Dai Zhe Shi	For concussion with neck stiffness:
+ Caulis Bambusae in Taeniam	Zhu Ru	+ Rx Puerariae	Ge Gen
For concussion with insomnia:
For intestinal adhesion with severe abdominal pain:		+ Sm. Zizyphi Spinosae	Suan Zao Ren
+ Rx. Polygalae	Yuan Zhi
+ Rz. Sparganii	San Leng	For intestinal adhesion with severe abdominal distention:
+ Rz. Curcumae	E Zhu
+ Rx. Paeoniae Rubra	Chi Shao	+ Rx. Aucklandiae	Mu Xiang
+ Rx. Paeoniae Alba	Bai Shao	+ Per. Arecae	Da Fu Pi
For intestinal adhesion with severe nausea and vomiting:		For intestinal adhesion with constipation and a dry mouth and tongue:
+ Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum	Zhi Ban Xia	+ Fr. Aurantii Immaturus	Zhi Shi
+ Mirabilitum Purum	Xuan Ming Fen
+ Haematitum	Dai Zhe Shi	For hyperplasia of the mammary gland:
For asthma:		- Rx. Trichosanthis	Tian Hua Fen
+ Hb. Ephedrae	Ma Huang	+ Hb. Cistanches	Rou Cong Rong
+ Rx. Paeoniae Alba	Bai Shao	+ Rx. Polygoni Multiflori	He Shou Wu
+ Fr. Aurantii	Zhi Ke	+ Fructus Luffae Retinervus	Si Gua Lou
+ Fr. Xanthii	Cang Er Zi
For asthma with sticky, yellow sputum and a feeling of chest oppression:		+ Fr. Trichosanthis	Gua Lou
For asthma with Spleen and Kidney Yang Deficiency:
+ Hb. Ephedrae	Ma Huang
+ Rx. Paeoniae Alba	Bai Shao	+ Hb. Ephedrae	Ma Huang
+ Fr. Aurantii	Zhi Ke	+ Rx. Paeoniae Alba	Bai Shao
+ Fr. Xanthii	Cang Er Zi	+ Fr. Aurantii	Zhi Ke
+ Fr. Trichosanthis	Gua Lou	+ Fr. Xanthii	Cang Er Zi
+ Rx. Scutellariae	Huang Qin	+ Rx. Aconiti Lateralis Preparata	Zhi Fu Zi
+ Hb. Houttuyniae	Yu Xing Cao
For frequent asthma attacks:L		+ Rx. Codonopsis	Dang Shen
+ Hb. Ephedrae	Ma Huang	+ Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae	Bai Zhu
+ Rx. Paeoniae Alba	Bai Shao
+ Fr. Aurantii	Zhi Ke	For severe pain:
+ Fr. Xanthii	Cang Er Zi	+ Rx. Notoginseng	San Qi
+ Rx. Ginseng	Ren Shen	+ Olibanum	Ru Xiang
+ Gecko	Ge Jie	+ Myrrh	Mo Yao
For Qi Stagnation:		+ Rx. Curcumae	Yu Jin
+ Rz. Cyperi	Xiang Fu	+ Rz. Chuanxiong	Chuan Xiong
+ Per. Citri Reticulatae Viride	Qing Pi	For injury to the upper limbs:
+ Ram. Cinnamomi	Gui Zhi
+ Fr. Aurantii	Zhi Ke	For injury to the lower limbs:
For palmar pain:		+ Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae	Niu Xi
- Squama Manitis	Chuan Shan Jia
+ 20g Rz. Corydalis	Yan Hu Suo	For palmar pain from a fracture:
For severe palmar pain with a tense sensation:		- Squama Manitis	Chuan Shan Jia
- Squama Manitis	Chuan Shan Jia	+ 20g Rz. Corydalis	Yan Hu Suo
+ 20g Rz. Corydalis	Yan Hu Suo	+ 10g Cx. Eucommiae	Du Zhong
+ 10g Per. Citri Reticulatae Viride	Qing Pi	+ 10g Rx. Notoginseng	San Qi
For severe palmar pain with rigid joints:
+ 10g Myrrh	Mo Yao	- Squama Manitis	Chuan Shan Jia
For gout and heel pain:		+ 20g Rz. Corydalis	Yan Hu Suo
- Squama Manitis	Chuan Shan Jia	+ 10g Rz. Sparganii	San Leng
+ 20g Rz. Corydalis	Yan Hu Suo	+ 10g Rz. Curcumae	E Zhu
For gout and heel pain with a fracture:		For gout and heel pain with severe sharp pain in the heel:
- Squama Manitis	Chuan Shan Jia
+ 20g Rz. Corydalis	Yan Hu Suo	- Squama Manitis	Chuan Shan Jia
+ 10g Rx. Dipsaci	Xu Duan	+ 20g Rz. Corydalis	Yan Hu Suo
+ 10g Cx. Eucommiae	Du Zhong	+ 10g Rx. Cynanchi Paniculatae	Xu Chang Qing
For gout and heel pain with severe, stabbing pain:
+ 5g Per. Citri Reticulatae Viride	Qing Pi
- Squama Manitis	Chuan Shan Jia
+ 20g Rz. Corydalis	Yan Hu Suo	For gout and heel pain with rigidity in the ankle joints:
+ 10g Rx. Notoginseng	San Qi
+ 10g Myrrh	Mo Yao	- Squama Manitis	Chuan Shan Jia
+ 20g Rz. Corydalis	Yan Hu Suo
+ 10g Rx. Clematidis	Wei Ling Xian
+ 10g Rz. Sparganii	San Leng
+ 10g Rz. Curcumae	E Zhu