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Commonly Used Chinese Herb Formulas with Illustrations - Clematis and Stephania Combination (Shu Jing Huo Xue Tang)

1308 疏經活血湯 (Shu Jing Huo Xue Tang)

Clematis and Stephania Combination

Relax the Channels and Invigorate the Blood Decoction

【Formulation】

Chinese Name	Pharmaceutical name	Pin Yin Name	English Name
當歸	Radix Angelicae sinensis	Dang Gui	Chinese Angelica Root
白芍	Radix Paeoniae alba	Bai Shao	White Peony
川芎	Rhizoma Chuanxiong	Chuan Xiong	Ligusticum
生地黃	Radix Rehmanniae	Sheng Di Huang	Rehmannia
桃仁	Semen Persicae	Tao Ren	Persica
茯苓	Poria	Fu Ling	Hoelen
蒼朮	Rhizoma Atractylodis	Cang Zhu	Atractylodes
陳皮	Pericarpium Citri reticulatae	Chen Pi	Tangerine Peel
羌活	Rhizoma et Radix Notopterygii	Qiang Huo	Notopterygium Root
白芷	Radix Angelicae dahuricae	Bai Zhi	Dahurian Angelica Root
威靈仙	Radix Clematidis	Wei Ling Xian	Clematis
粉防己	Radix Stephaniae tetrandrae	Fen Fang Ji	Stephania
龍膽	Radix Gentianae	Long Dan	Gentiana
防風	Radix Saposhnikoviae	Fang Feng	Saposhnikovia
川牛膝	Radix Chyathulae	Chuan Niu Xi	Cyathulae
生薑	Rhizoma Zingiberis recens	Sheng Jiang	Fresh Ginger
甘草	Radix Glycyrrhizae	Gan Cao	Licorice

【Classic Literature Reference】

Wan Bing Hui Chun (Bring Spring Back to Myriad Diseases, 1587),

Compiler: Gong, Ting-xian.

【Indications】

Traditional: Blood stagnation due to the affliction of wind-cold-dampness, marked by severe pain in the muscles, joints, and nerves, especially soreness and aching below the waist.

Modern: Gout, mucoid arthritis of the knees, lumbago, sciatica, numbness in the legs, purpura, hemiplegia, hypertension, and postpartum pain due to thrombus.