fu yuan huo xue tang • revive health by invigorating the blood decoction • 复元活血汤 

👉 the chinese herbal prescription fu yuan huo xue tang is used for

blood stasis due to traumatic injury especially chest and abdomen.

🤕 symptoms indicating the use of fu yuan huo xue tang

excruciating chest, hypochondriac or flank pain, bruising, pain along the liver or gallbladder channel.

🤠 western interpretation of fu yuan huo xue tang

traumatic injury, intercostal neuralgia, costochondritis, acute lower back sprain.

tcm pocketguide - fu yuan huo xue tang • revive health by invigorating the blood decoction • 复元活血汤 - prescription

💡 explanation of the mechanism

the impairment of circulation in the hypochondria and flanks due to the stasis of blood in turn causes the qi to stagnate. this combination of severe blood stasis and qi stagnation results in excruciating pain.

this is traumatic physical injury which results in blood leaving the vessels. the overflow of blood from the vessels remains localized and forms an internal obstruction which causes pain.

this prescription is primarily used in treating such pain in the chest, hypochondria, or flanks which are traversed by the liver and gall bladder channels. in addition, because the liver stores the blood, it should be treated irrespective of which channel is injured and causes blood stasis.

(bensky & barolet)

tcm pocketguide - fu yuan huo xue tang • revive health by invigorating the blood decoction • 复元活血汤 - modifications
tcm pocketguide - fu yuan huo xue tang • revive health by invigorating the blood decoction • 复元活血汤 - explanation
tcm pocketguide - fu yuan huo xue tang • revive health by invigorating the blood decoction • 复元活血汤 - explanation 2
tcm pocketguide - fu yuan huo xue tang • revive health by invigorating the blood decoction • 复元活血汤 - western interpretation

⚠️ important note: these prescriptions are not meant for self-medication and should only be prescribed by a licensed tcm practitioner upon a proper diagnosis.

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