<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<record type="formula" updated="2026-09-18T16:34:30.717868+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
  <canonical>https://bencaoindex.com/formulas/huo-luo-xiao-ling-dan/</canonical>
  <licence>Free to use and republish with visible attribution and a link back to the source page. The catalogue is a reference work and is knowingly incomplete; nothing in it is medical advice.</licence>
  <attribution-html>&lt;a href=&quot;https://bencaoindex.com/formulas/huo-luo-xiao-ling-dan/&quot;&gt;Bencao Index&lt;/a&gt;</attribution-html>
  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">huo luo xiao ling dan</name>
    <name type="english">Fantastically Effective Pill to Invigorate the Collaterals</name>
  </names>
  <category>Invigorate the Blood in the Treatment of Trauma</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Invigorates the Blood and dispels Blood stasis</summary>
      <indication>Pain from stagnant Qi and Blood obstructing the vessels and collaterals</indication>
      <indication>Bruising and swelling after injury such as sprains, strains or blows</indication>
      <indication>Fixed masses in the abdomen or flanks</indication>
      <indication>Sores, internal or external, that are slow to heal</indication>
      <indication>Dark or ecchymotic spots; scrofula</indication>
      <indication>Tongue dark or purple, possibly with stasis spots, and a normal coat; pulse wiry or choppy</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Unblocks the collaterals and alleviates pain</summary>
      <indication>Pain in one place that stabs or bores, typically worse under pressure or at night</indication>
      <indication>Pain in the heart, head, stomach, abdomen, back, arms or legs</indication>
      <indication>Rheumatic pain</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Traumatic injury</indication>
      <indication>Sprains, strains and bruising</indication>
      <indication>Stiffness after injury or surgery</indication>
      <indication>Musculoskeletal pain</indication>
      <indication>Bi syndrome</indication>
      <indication>Arthritis</indication>
      <indication>Rheumatoid arthritis, alongside conventional care</indication>
      <indication>Sciatica</indication>
      <indication>Low back pain</indication>
      <indication>Neck pain and stiffness</indication>
      <indication>Cervical spondylosis</indication>
      <indication>Heel pain</indication>
      <indication>Restless legs syndrome</indication>
      <indication>Angina pectoris</indication>
      <indication>Coronary artery disease</indication>
      <indication>Cerebral thrombosis</indication>
      <indication>Ischaemic stroke</indication>
      <indication>Cerebrovascular accident</indication>
      <indication>Post-concussion syndrome</indication>
      <indication>Thromboangiitis obliterans</indication>
      <indication>Gastralgia</indication>
      <indication>Abdominal pain</indication>
      <indication>Abdominal masses</indication>
      <indication>Hysteromyoma</indication>
      <indication>Irregular menstruation</indication>
      <indication>Pelvic inflammatory disease</indication>
      <indication>Ectopic pregnancy</indication>
      <indication>Carbuncles</indication>
      <indication>Furuncles</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>dang gui</herb>
    <herb>dan shen</herb>
    <herb>ru xiang</herb>
    <herb>mo yao</herb>
  </constituents>
</record>
