Shao Fu Zhu Yu Tang, Drive Out Blood Stasis in the Lower Abdomen Decoction, is Xiao Hui Xiang, Gan Jiang, Yan Hu Suo, Dang Gui, Chuan Xiong, Mo Yao, Guan Gui, Chi Shao, Pu Huang and Wu Ling Zhi. The catalogue classes it among the formulas that invigorate the Blood and dispel stasis.

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9 g

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9 g

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Actions and indications

Invigorates the Blood and dispels stasis

Blood stasis collected in the Lower Jiao
Lower abdominal masses that can be felt, painful or not, or lower abdominal pain with no mass
Distention of the lower abdomen, including during menstruation
Low back pain

Warms and regulates menstruation

Periods coming three to five times a month, or spotting
Menstrual blood dark purple and usually clotted
Abnormal uterine bleeding with soreness and pain in the abdomen
White vaginal discharge

Moves Qi, unblocks the collaterals and relieves pain

Cold intolerance with cold limbs
Depression
Tongue pale with a white coat; pulse choppy

Modern uses

Dysmenorrhea
Irregular menstruation
Amenorrhea
Menorrhagia
Uterine bleeding
Infertility
Habitual miscarriage
Premature ovarian failure
Ectopic pregnancy
Endometriosis
Ovarian cyst
Oophoritic cyst
Uterine myoma
Hysteromyoma
Pelvic inflammatory disease
Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease
Vaginal discharge
Lower abdominal masses
Impotence
Prostatic hypertrophy
Prostate cancer
Bladder cancer
Urinary calculi
Hematuria
Interstitial cystitis
Urinary incontinence
Pediatric enuresis
Hyperplastic intestinal tuberculosis
Dysentery
Diarrhea
Enteritis
Colitis
Ulcerative colitis
Crohn's disease
Diverticulitis
Diverticulosis
Intestinal polyps
Colon cancer
Stomach cancer
Chronic hepatitis
Liver cirrhosis with edema
Ascites
Abdominal Cold
Sjogren's syndrome
Cancer pain

Modifications

Liver cirrhosis with edema: + sheng di huang, + xiang fu, + wu yao, + tao ren, + hong hua, + si gua luo

Amenorrhea or dysmenorrhea from Blood stagnation, with constipation: + da huang, + mang xiao

Infertility from lack of ovulation: + shan yao, + zi he che

Periods arriving early: + huang qin

Heat causing ceaseless menstrual bleeding: + huang qin, + huang lian

Lower abdominal cysts or fibroids with pain and dark menstrual flow: + hai zao, + hai dai, + kun bu, + xia ku cao, + jin yin hua, + zi cao, + mu li, + e zhu, + san leng, + bie jia, + sang ji sheng

Chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis or ascites: + chai hu, + ban lan gen, + huang jing, + huang qi, + gou qi zi, + ren shen

Mild, lingering, continuous abdominal pain: + dang shen, + e jiao

Period pain worse for pressure, with heavy flow: + sheng jiang, + shu di huang, − chao gan jiang

Severe period pain: + mu xiang, + bai shao

Dysmenorrhea from Cold-Damp obstructing the channels: + cang zhu, + fu ling

Excruciating dysmenorrhea, or painful cold sweats: + zhi fu zi

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Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease from Cold Phlegm: + cang zhu, + fu ling
Dysentery: + di yu, − mo yao, − rou gui
Dysentery with abdominal distention: + di yu, + zhi shi, + hou po, − mo yao, − rou gui
Dysentery with tenesmus: + di yu, + mu xiang, + bing lang, − mo yao, − rou gui
Dysentery with abdominal masses: + di yu, + san leng, + e zhu, − mo yao, − rou gui
Dysentery with severe pain: + di yu, + bai shao, + ru xiang, − rou gui
Dysentery with heavy bleeding: + di yu, + san qi fen, − mo yao, − rou gui
Dysentery with lingering Damp-Heat: + di yu, + bai hua she she cao, − mo yao, − rou gui
Dysentery with lingering Damp-Heat, other option: + di yu, − mo yao, − rou gui
Dysentery with Cold (combined with Yun Nan Bai Yao): + di yu, + rou gui, − mo yao
Phlegm or Damp in dysentery: + di yu, + cang zhu, + yi yi ren, + fu ling, − mo yao, − rou gui
Dysentery with Heat: + di yu, + sheng di huang, + mu dan pi, − mo yao, − rou gui
Liver Qi stagnation in dysentery: + di yu, + bai shao, + chen pi, + fang feng, − mo yao, − rou gui
Dysentery with Qi deficiency: + di yu, + huang qi, + dang shen, + bai zhu, − mo yao, − rou gui
Cold-Damp: + qiang huo
Dysentery with flank pain: + di yu, + yu jin, + chuan lian zi, − mo yao, − rou gui
Nausea and vomiting: + wu zhu yu
Stagnant Liver Qi, abdominal pain: + chai hu, + xiang fu
Salpingitis, chronic pelvic inflammatory disease or anovulation: + li zhi he, + che qian zi, + jin yin hua, + chuan lian zi, + pu gong ying
Diarrhea: + bu gu zhi, + hu lu ba
Distended, painful abdomen: + qing pi, + wu yao
Yang-deficient male infertility: + huang jing
Low sperm motility: + huang qi, + yin yang huo
Male infertility with pus in the semen: + bei xie, + shi chang pu, + shi wei, + che qian zi
Ectopic pregnancy: + dan shen, + chao lai fu zi, + yi mu cao, + chuan niu xi, + hong hua, + tian hua fen, + yi yi ren, + gan cao, − pao jiang, − yan hu suo, − dang gui, − chuan xiong, − mo yao, − rou gui, − wu ling zhi
Uterine fibroids: + chuan lian zi, + san leng, + e zhu
Uterine fibroids, other option: + hong hua, + tao ren, + san leng, + e zhu, + juan bai, + yi mu cao, − pao jiang, − chi shao
Uterine fibroids with marked Qi stagnation: + hong hua, + tao ren, + san leng, + e zhu, + juan bai, + yi mu cao, + xiang fu, + chuan lian zi, + li zhi he, − pao jiang, − chi shao
Uterine fibroids with marked Blood stagnation: + hong hua, + tao ren, + san leng, + e zhu, + juan bai, + yi mu cao, + shui zhi, + dan shen, − pao jiang, − chi shao
Endometriosis, Qi deficient and Blood stagnant: + huang qi, + dang shen, + sheng ma, + mu xiang, − wu ling zhi
Ovarian cyst with prolonged bleeding and heavier periods: + nu zhen zi, + mo han lian
Ovarian cyst, Qi deficient: + huang qi, + dang shen
Ovarian cyst with Yin deficiency (combined with Liu Wei Di Huang Wan)
Ovarian cyst with severe pain from Blood stagnation: + san qi, + yi mu cao
Metrorrhagia with Qi deficiency: + bai zhu, + huang qi, + dang shen
Metrorrhagia with Blood Heat: + mu dan pi, + ce bai ye, + sheng di huang
Metrorrhagia with Kidney deficiency: + shu di huang, + xu duan, + tu si zi
Damp-Heat pelvic inflammation: + bai jiang cao, + huang qi, + pu gong ying, + huang bai, + jiu da huang, − pao jiang
Pelvic inflammation from Cold and stagnant Qi: + wu zhu yu, + wu yao, + pao jiang, + xiao huo xiang, + rou gui
Pelvic inflammation with stagnant Qi and Blood: + san leng, + e zhu
Hyperplastic intestinal tuberculosis: + bie jia, + gui ban
Hyperplastic intestinal tuberculosis with Qi deficiency: + bie jia, + gui ban, + huang qi, + dang shen
Hyperplastic intestinal tuberculosis with Yin deficiency and constipation: + bie jia, + gui ban, + huo ma ren, + rou cong rong
Hyperplastic intestinal tuberculosis with night sweats and tidal fever: + bie jia, + gui ban, + yin chai hu, + zhi mu, + mu li
Hyperplastic intestinal tuberculosis with cock-crow diarrhea: + bie jia, + gui ban, + bu gu zhi, + rou dou kou, + wu wei zi, + wu zhu yu
Hyperplastic intestinal tuberculosis with abdominal distention: + bie jia, + gui ban, + lai fu zi, + hou po, + bing lang
Hyperplastic intestinal tuberculosis with nausea and vomiting: + bie jia, + gui ban, + zhi ban xia, + dai zhe shi
Hyperplastic intestinal tuberculosis with Dampness: + bie jia, + gui ban, + cang zhu
Urinary stones with a sore, painful low back: + bai shao, + gan cao
Urinary stones with blood in the urine: + bai mao gen, + hu po
Urinary stones with Qi deficiency: + huang qi, + dang shen
Urinary stones with Yin deficiency: + sheng di huang, + mo han lian
Urinary stones with painful urination: + jin qian cao, + shi wei
Urinary stones with Damp-Heat: − pao jiang, − rou gui
Stomach cancer with bloody stools and lower abdominal Cold: + chao di yu
Stomach cancer with heavy bloody stools and lower abdominal Cold: + chao di yu, + bai ji
Stomach cancer with bloody stools: two or three of these may also be added: + bai hua she she cao, + ban zhi lian, + tu fu ling, + e zhu
Stomach cancer with bloody stools, lower abdominal Cold and severe pain: + chao di yu, + yan hu suo
Stomach cancer with bloody stools, lower abdominal Cold and marked Qi stagnation: + chao di yu, + zhi shi, + qing pi
Stomach cancer with bloody stools, lower abdominal Cold and severe pain, other option: + chao di yu, + ru xiang, + mo yao
Stomach cancer with bloody stools and stronger lower abdominal Cold: + chao di yu, + gui zhi
Stomach cancer with bloody stools, lower abdominal Cold and Qi deficiency: + chao di yu, + huang qi, + bai zhu, + huang jing
Stomach cancer with bloody stools, lower abdominal Cold and Yin deficiency: + chao di yu, + sheng di huang, + sha shen
Bloody stools with lower abdominal Cold: + chao di yu
Heavy bloody stools with lower abdominal Cold: + chao di yu, + bai ji
Bloody stools, lower abdominal Cold and marked Qi stagnation: + chao di yu, + zhi shi, + qing pi
Severe pain with bloody stools and lower abdominal Cold: + chao di yu, + yan hu suo
Severe pain with bloody stools and lower abdominal Cold, other option: + chao di yu, + ru xiang, + mo yao
Bloody stools with stronger lower abdominal Cold: + chao di yu, + gui zhi
Qi deficiency with bloody stools and lower abdominal Cold: + chao di yu, + huang qi, + bai zhu, + huang jing
Hematuria: + tao ren, + hong hua, + hu po, + san qi, − pao jiang, − dang gui, − chuan xiong, − mo yao, − rou gui
Hematuria with Cold: + tao ren, + hong hua, + hu po, + san qi, + ai ye tan, − dang gui, − chuan xiong, − mo yao
Hematuria with Heat: + tao ren, + hong hua, + hu po, + san qi, + sheng di huang, + mu dan pi, − pao jiang, − dang gui, − chuan xiong, − mo yao, − rou gui
Blood in the urine with lower abdominal masses: + tao ren, + hong hua, + hu po, + san qi, + mu li, + xia ku cao, + dan shen, + e zhu, − pao jiang, − dang gui, − chuan xiong, − mo yao, − rou gui
Frequent urination: + ze xie, + che qian zi, + zhu ling, − pao jiang
Frequent urination with blood in the urine: + ze xie, + che qian zi, + zhu ling, + san qi, + hu po, − pao jiang
Frequent, painful urination: + ze xie, + che qian zi, + zhu ling, + dan zhu ye, + gan cao shao, + hua shi, − pao jiang
Frequent urination with pain after trauma: + ze xie, + che qian zi, + zhu ling, + san qi, + su mu, − pao jiang
Frequent urination with Heat: + ze xie, + che qian zi, + zhu ling, + mu dan pi, + dan shen, − pao jiang, − xiao hui xiang, − rou gui
Painful adhesions after surgery: + san qi fen, + hong hua, + ze lan
Pain after a traumatic injury: + san qi fen, + wang bu liu xing
Diarrhea where Liver Qi has long been stagnant: + bai shao, + chen pi, + fang feng
Diarrhea with flank pain: + yu jin, + chuan lian zi
Diarrhea with abdominal distention: + hou po, + zhi shi
Abdominal pain or masses with diarrhea: + zao jiao ci, + dan shen, + e zhu, + san leng
Diarrhea with bleeding: + san qi
Diarrhea with Heat: + di yu, + sheng di huang
Diarrhea with bleeding, alternatively combined with Yun Nan Bai Yao
Diarrhea with Qi deficiency: + huang qi
Interstitial cystitis: + che qian zi, + ze xie, + zhu ling, − pao jiang
Interstitial cystitis with hematuria: + che qian zi, + ze xie, + zhu ling, + san qi, + hu po, − pao jiang, − rou gui
Painful urination in interstitial cystitis: + che qian zi, + ze xie, + zhu ling, + dan zhu ye, + gan cao shao, + hua shi, − pao jiang
Interstitial cystitis with Heat and no Cold: + mu dan pi, + dan shen, − pao jiang, − rou gui, − xiao hui xiang
Severe pain in interstitial cystitis: + che qian zi, + ze xie, + zhu ling, + bai shao, + jin qian cao, + gan cao, − pao jiang
Infertility: + xiang fu, + dan shen, + gui zhi, − pao jiang, − rou gui
Infertility with distended, painful breasts and scorching Heat: + xiang fu, + dan shen, + gui zhi, + chuan lian zi, + pu gong ying, − pao jiang, − rou gui
Infertility with breast distention and Heat, other option: + lu lu tong, + dan shen, + wang bu liu xing, + wa leng zi, + hong hua, − xiao hui xiang, − pao jiang, − rou gui
Infertility with fullness and distention of the chest and flanks: + xiang fu, + dan shen, + gui zhi, + qing pi, + mei gui hua, − pao jiang, − rou gui
Excess Heat infertility, with profuse foul discharge and a swollen abdomen whose lumps hurt on pressure: + lu lu tong, + dan shen, + wang bu liu xing, + wa leng zi, + hong hua, + bai jiang cao, + mu dan pi, + tao ren, + pu gong ying, − xiao hui xiang, − pao jiang, − rou gui
Infertility with period pain but no Cold: + sheng jiang, − gan jiang, − rou gui
Infertility with distending abdominal pain worse for pressure: + san leng, + e zhu, + wang bu liu xing
Lower Jiao cold pain with infertility: + lu lu tong, + dan shen, + wang bu liu xing, + wa leng zi, + hong hua, + wu zhu yu, − xiao hui xiang
Infertility, Blood both stagnant and deficient: + huang qi, + du zhong, + gui ban
Infertility, breasts distended and lumpy: + xiang fu, + dan shen, + gui zhi, + wang bu liu xing, + ju he, + lu lu tong, − pao jiang, − rou gui
Low back pain, infertility: + lu lu tong, + dan shen, + wang bu liu xing, + wa leng zi, + hong hua, + xu duan, + sang ji sheng, + huai niu xi, − xiao hui xiang, − pao jiang, − rou gui, − mo yao
Infertility with dream-disturbed, restless sleep: + xiang fu, + dan shen, + gui zhi, + suan zao ren, + ye jiao teng, − pao jiang, − rou gui
Infertility with severe period pain: + mu xiang, + bai shao
Infertility from accumulated Cold-Damp: + wu zhu yu, + wu yao, + yin yang huo, + cang zhu, − mo yao
Infertility from Cold-Damp, second option: + yi mu cao, + hong hua, + chuan niu xi
Infertility from Cold-Damp, third option: + chai hu, + xiang fu, + chuan lian zi
Infertility from Cold-Damp, fourth option: + yin yang huo, + yi mu cao, − yan hu suo, − mo yao
Endometriosis with intense pain, sweating and very cold limbs: + zhi fu zi, + zhi chuan wu
Endometriosis with Cold-Damp: + qiang huo, + du huo
Nausea and vomiting in endometriosis: + wu zhu yu
Endometriosis with diarrhea: + hu lu ba, + bu gu zhi
Sjogren's syndrome: + bai hua she she cao, + ban zhi lian, + dong kui zi, + zhŏng jié fēng, + gui zhi, + ru xiang, − yan hu suo, − rou gui
Damp stagnation in secondary dysmenorrhea: + fu ling, + cang zhu
Damp stagnation in secondary dysmenorrhea, fuller option: + fu ling, + cang zhu, + zhi fu zi, + xi xin
Ulcerative colitis with spasms of pain: + bai shao, + gan cao
Ulcerative colitis with heavy blood in the stool: + qian cao gen, + huai hua mi, + di yu
Cancer pain, irritable and restless: + chai hu, + dan shen
Severe, cramping cancer pain: + bai shao
Cancer pain with fixed masses that can be felt: + xuan shen, + mu li, + shan zha, + ji nei jin, + san leng, + e zhu
Cancer pain, Liver Yin deficient and Liver Qi stagnant: + bai shao, + sheng di huang, + chuan lian zi
Dysmenorrhea from accumulated Cold-Damp: + fu ling, − pao jiang
Cold-Damp dysmenorrhea with weak low back and legs and plentiful clear urine: + zhi fu zi, + ai ye, − pao jiang

Pinyin

shao fu zhu yu tang

English Name

Drove out blood Stasis iin the Lower Abdomen Decoction

shao fu zhu yu tang

About shao fu zhu yu tang

Ingredients

Actions and indications

Invigorates the Blood and dispels stasis

Warms and regulates menstruation

Moves Qi, unblocks the collaterals and relieves pain

Modern uses

Symptoms

Modifications

Cautions

Names

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