Category
Invigorate the Blood
Pin Yin
Latin Name
Lycopi Herba
English Name
Dosage
9-15g
Entering Channels
LV
Flavor
acrid
Temperature
slightly warm
Pregnancy
Pregnancy - Caution
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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:
- Use with cautions in those with blood deficiency or in the absence or blood stasis.
- Use with caution during pregnancy.
Actions & Indications:
- Invigorates the blood and dispels stasis: for pain due to blood stasis obstructing the menses, and for postpartum abdominal pain from blood stasis. Also used topically or internally for pain and swelling from traumatic injury or abscess.
- Promotes urination: for postpartum edema, postpartum urinary dribbling, and systemic or facial edema. This effect is rather mild and is adjunctive in nature.
