Formulas that expel or calm wind
Shu jing huo xue tang
Relax the Channels and Invigorate the Blood Decoction
- Chinese name
- 疏经活血汤
- Group
- Formulas that expel or calm wind
- English name
- Clematis and Stephania Combination
Opens the meridians, moves the blood and clears stagnation of blood and fluid; works against rheumatism.
Indications
For pain in the body, muscles and joints from external wind, cold, heat and damp combined with internal weakness.
Ingredients
| Ingredients | Amount |
|---|---|
| Dang gui (Chinese angelica) | 5 g |
| White peony root (bai shao) | 4 g |
| Raw rehmannia (sheng di huang) | 4 g |
| Szechuan lovage (chuan xiong) | 3 g |
| Peach kernel (tao ren)toxic | no amount |
| Fu ling (poria) | 4 g |
| Cang zhu (black atractylodes) | 4 g |
| Tangerine peel (chen pi) | 4 g |
| Qiang huo (notopterygium) | 3 g |
| Bai zhi (Dahurian angelica) | 3 g |
| Wei ling xian (clematis root) | 4 g |
| Han fang ji (stephania) | 3 g |
| Fang feng (saposhnikovia) | 3 g |
| Long dan cao (Chinese gentian) | 3 g |
| Niu xi (achyranthes) | 4 g |
| Licorice root (gan cao) | 2 g |
| Fresh ginger (sheng jiang) | 3 plakjes |