The First Formula for Activating Blood and Resolving Stasis by the Medical Sage Zhang Zhongjing: Activating Blood, Promoting Dampness, and Regulating the Liver and Spleen

The First Formula for Activating Blood and Resolving Stasis by the Medical Sage Zhang Zhongjing: Activating Blood, Promoting Dampness, and Regulating the Liver and Spleen

Click the blue text below the title to follow Yuyi Health Guidance. In today’s context, whenever blood activation and stasis resolution are mentioned, almost all TCM practitioners immediately think of the famous Qing Dynasty physician Wang Qingren and his series of stasis-resolving formulas, especially the Xuefu Zhuyu Decoction, which is not only listed as one … Read more

Yán Déxīn | Methods for Activating Blood and Resolving Stasis

Yán Déxīn | Methods for Activating Blood and Resolving Stasis

—1— Clearing Heat and Activating Blood Method Combining blood-activating herbs with heat-clearing herbs, suitable for conditions of blood heat and blood stasis. Heat toxins can cause blood to congeal and form stasis, while stasis can also generate heat and toxins, leading to stasis-heat. Commonly seen in various traumatic inflammations, viral infections, chronic ulcers, allergic inflammatory … Read more

Summary of Blood Activating and Stasis Resolving Herbs

Summary of Blood Activating and Stasis Resolving Herbs

Chapter 13: Blood Activating and Stasis Resolving Herbs Medicinal substances that primarily promote blood circulation and disperse blood stasis are referred to as blood activating and stasis resolving herbs, or simply blood activating herbs. They are generally pungent, bitter, and warm in nature, primarily entering the Heart (Xin) and Liver (Gan) meridians, and affecting the … Read more

The Efficacy, Functions, and Contraindications of Astragalus (Huang Qi)

The Efficacy, Functions, and Contraindications of Astragalus (Huang Qi)

Disease Inquiry, Health Guidance, Classic Health Preservation, No Need to Seek Help When Sick Astragalus, also known as Huang Qi (黄芪), has a sweet and slightly warm nature, and it belongs to the Lung (Fei) and Spleen (Pi) meridians. It has the functions of tonifying Qi and raising Yang, benefiting the Wei (defensive) Qi and … Read more

Gua Sha: A Traditional Chinese Medicine Technique for Health

Gua Sha: A Traditional Chinese Medicine Technique for Health

Gua Sha is one of the representative clinical techniques of acupuncture in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). In ancient times, it served as a primitive, simple, and direct method of surface stimulation therapy, playing an important role in safeguarding the health of the populace. The Gua Sha method is guided by the theories of TCM, utilizing … Read more