DISPERSE WIND & INVIGORATE THE BLOOD DECOCTION
Shu Feng Huo Xue Tang

 

 ‘Wind Dispersing Blood activating Decoction’
Source: Experiential formula

Keywords
arthritis

Ingredients
angelica sinensis (Dang Gui, Chinese angelica)
Ligusticum walichii (Chuan Xiong, ligusticum)
Clematis chinensis (Wei Ling Xian, clematis root)
angelica dahurica (Bai Zhi, angelica)
Stephania Tetrandra (han Fang Ji, tetrandra root)
Phellodendron chinensis (Huang Bo, phellodendron)
Bile-processed Rhizoma arisaematis (Dan Nan Xing)
atractylodes lancea (Cang Zhu, blue atractylodes)
Notopterygium incisum (Qiang Huo, notopterygium)
Cinnamomum cassia (Gui Zhi, cinnamon twigs)
Carthamus tinctorius (Hong Hua, carthamus)
Zingiber officinalis (Gan Jiang, dried ginger)

Major therapeutic action
Disperses Wind, activates Blood.

 Biomedical action
analgesic.

Indications
*  For sharp pain in all the joints from wind, dampness, phlegm, and blood stasis. The painful areas can be swollen and/or red.
*  With the appropriate key symptoms, this formula can be used to treat biomedical conditions such as arthritis.

Key symptoms for use
*  sharp pain in joints
*  swollen and/or red areas in affected joints

Cautions and contraindications
None noted.
None noted. 		Dosage
The typical dose is three grams twice daily, before meals. In severe cases or the early stages of treatment (the first two weeks), a 50-100% increase in dose may be used, then reduced as the treatment takes effect.