Category
Invigorate the Blood
Pin Yin
Latin Name
Spatholobi Caulis
English Name
Dosage
9-15g
Entering Channels
HT
Flavor
bitter
Temperature
warm
Pregnancy
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Chinese Herbal Formulas (Comprehensive List)
Individual Essential Oils
Kampo Name
Kampo Number
Kanji
Katakana
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Key Characteristics:
Cautions & Contraindications:
- Contraindicated in those with profuse menses.
Actions & Indications:
- Promotes the movement of and tonifies the blood: for blood deficiency patterns presenting with such problems as dysmenorrheal, irregular menstruation, or amenorrhea accompanied by abdominal pain.
- Invigorates the channels and relaxes the sinews: for numbness of the extremities, lower back pain, knee pain, or generalized joint soreness from wind-damp painful obstruction, with either blood deficiency or stasis. Also used for weakness of the extremities in the elderly or paralysis and vertigo due to blood stasis or wind-stroke.
