When the sublingual veins are engorged, thick, and dark, and there are frequent bruises on the body accompanied by a feeling of fullness and stabbing pain, along with skin blemishes, it indicates significant blood stasis in the body. However, no matter how many blood-activating and stasis-resolving herbs are used, they seem ineffective! The root cause … Read more
Huang Hua (Carthami Flos) Source This product is the dried flower of the Asteraceae plant Carthamus tinctorius L. Alias Grass safflower, red orchid, red orchid flower, danhua, yellow orchid, duhonghua, dahonghua, red blue flower, southern red flower. Provided by Lizhan Click the image to enlarge Textbook Version Online Version Production Area Mainly produced in provinces … Read more
Author: Li Lu, Chief Pharmacist, Wuhan Central Hospital Editor: Xiang Xuefang, Chief Pharmacist, Qishi Hospital, Dongguan Vascular blockage is mostly caused by stasis blood (yuxue). Therefore, it is necessary to invigorate blood circulation and resolve stasis, and a herb known as the “good medicine for blood” comes to mind—Dan Shen (Salvia miltiorrhiza). Dan Shen is … Read more
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) often states that “blood stasis causes a hundred diseases.” Conditions such as headaches, shoulder and back pain, lower back and leg pain, cervical spondylosis, and sciatica may be caused by blood stasis. Furthermore, blood stasis can affect the flow of Qi and blood, leading to phlegm-dampness. When phlegm-dampness combines with blood … Read more
“Blood stasis” causes hundreds of diseasesStasis means blockage! A series of blockages such as qi stagnation, blood stasis, phlegm accumulation, and dampness aggregation lead to dysfunction of the organs, disharmony of qi and blood, and accumulation of turbid pathogens, which in turn results in various diseases, even leading to cerebral infarction, myocardial infarction, women’s dysmenorrhea, … Read more
Among a crowd, the person with the brightest and most radiant skin that seems to glow— Surely, that is not me. Every time I look in the mirror, I feel like the mirror is deceiving me: Why is my skin getting darker? I apply sunscreen every day, and when I go out, I cover up … Read more
The Huangdi Neijing (Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon) posits that Qi and blood are one entity. Previously, we discussed the implications of Qi deficiency. Today, we will talk about blood deficiency—specifically, blood stasis. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) believes that blood is transformed from Qi, and when Qi and blood are obstructed, it can coagulate into spots, … Read more