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Breaks up Blood stasis

Blood amassment: Heat binding with static Blood in the Lower Jiao, typically after a Tai Yang cold-damage disorder fails to resolve and moves inward, or at the Yang Ming stage Sudden pain, fullness and hardness of the lower abdomen, fixed and stabbing, classically worse at night Periods that are painful, irregular or absent, or scant, dark and clotted; retained lochia after childbirth Injury from trauma with stubborn pain and difficulty passing stool Tongue red and dry, or purple, with a yellow coat; pulse deep and forceful, or choppy

Drains Heat downward through the bowels

Hard stools or constipation, with dark or black stools from old Blood Urination that is frequent or cannot be held Fever at night or in the afternoon, thirst, and a dark red face Bleeding from Heat and stasis, such as coughing blood or blood in the urine

Calms agitation from Heat disturbing the Blood

Irritability, restlessness and delirious talk; in severe cases behaviour looks manic although the mind stays clear Headache with a distended feeling, vertigo, red eyes, toothache and ringing in the ears Palpitations, poor sleep and unstable emotions Also recorded: chills of the waist and feet, tremors, severe abdominal pain with cold, possible chills with fever, and severe wheezing with a distended chest

Modern uses

Endometriosis, including acute endometriosis Irregular menstruation Dysmenorrhea Amenorrhea Metrorrhagia and uterine bleeding Uterine fibroids and uterine myoma Pelvic masses Acute pelvic inflammatory disease Pelvic cellulitis Endometritis Oophoritis Retained placenta Retained or prolonged lochia Difficult childbirth Stillbirth Ectopic pregnancy Habitual abortion Puerperal fever Post tubal ligation syndrome Climacteric and perimenopausal disorders Menopausal symptoms brought on by GnRH agonist drugs Intestinal obstruction Enteroparalysis Habitual constipation Colitis and ulcerative colitis Intestinal and anal bleeding; blood in the stool Hemorrhoids Cholecystitis Cholelithiasis Hepatitis Jaundice Cystitis Urethritis Pyelonephritis Urolithiasis and renal colic Hematuria Oliguria Enuresis Urinary incontinence Renal insufficiency and kidney failure Renal syndrome hemorrhagic fever Prostatitis Benign prostatic hypertrophy Gonorrhea Traumatic headache Sequelae of brain trauma and cerebral contusion Headache from subarachnoid hemorrhage Recalcitrant migraine Headache Trigeminal neuralgia Neuralgia Cerebrovascular disease Epilepsy Schizophrenia Bipolar disorder Hysterical psychosis Reactive psychosis Neurosis Insomnia Palpitations Tinnitus Hypertension Arteriosclerosis Myocardial infarction Varicose veins Diabetes mellitus and hyperglycemia Red eyes Conjunctivitis Conjunctival bleeding Hemophthalmia Blepharitis Hordeolum Pterygium Retinitis Glaucoma Toothache Gingivitis with bleeding Periodontitis Pyorrhea Bleeding of the tongue Pharyngitis Hemoptysis Seborrheic dermatitis Exudative eczema Urticaria Acne Brandy nose Erysipelas Allergic purpura Athlete's foot Ringworm Frostbite Warts Scarlet fever Rheumatism Low back pain Swellings Afternoon fever Bladder cancer Liver cancer Stomach cancer Breast cancer tao ren da huang gui zhi mang xiao zhi gan cao