Salvia Decoction
Chinese Prescription: Dan Shen Yin
English Translation: Salvia Decoction
Formula Type: Invigorate Blood and Dispel Blood Stasis
Actions: Invigorates the blood, dispels blood stasis, promotes the movement of qi, & alleviates pain.
Indications: Abdominal or epigastic pain that may radiate upward accompanied by signs & symptoms of blood stasis & qi stagnation.
Contraindications: Contraindicated during pregnancy & in cases with bleeding diathesis or any active hemorrhagic disorder.
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Dan Shen / Chinese Red Sage Root (Salvia) |
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Taste: Bitter • Temperature: Slightly Cold • Category: Regulate Blood • Sub Category: Invigorate Blood |
Dosage6-15g, up to 60g if used alone or to treat vasculitis |
Actions1. Invigorates the blood & breaks up blood stasis: for blood stasis disorders in the lower abdomen such as dymenorrhea, amenorrhea, palpable masses, lochioschesis, & pain due to blood stasis. It is also used for blood stasis obstructing the chest with chest or epigastric pain, as well as soreness in the ribs or hypochondria due to constrained Liver qi with blood stasis.
2. Clears heat & soothes irritability: especially useful for restlessness, irritability, palpitations, & insomnia due to heat entering the nutritive level. it can also be used in patterms of Heart & Kidney yin deficiency. |
MeridiansHeart, Pericardium, Liver |
CautionsUse with caution in cases without blood stasis. May be imcompatible with li lu. |
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Tan Xiang / Sandalwood, heartwood |
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Taste: Acrid • Temperature: Warm • Category: Regulate Qi • Sub Category: |
Dosage1.5-3g pwdr, 3-9g decoction |
ActionsPromotes the movement of qi & alleviates pain: for pain associated with stagnant qi in the chest & abdomen. Recently used in treating coronary artery disease. |
MeridiansLung, Speen, Stomach |
CautionsContraindicated in cases of yin deficiency with heat signs. |
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Sha Ren / Cardamon, grains-of-paradise fruit |
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Taste: Acrid • Temperature: Warm • Category: Transform Damp - Aromatic • Sub Category: |
Dosage1.5-6g |
Actions1. Transforms dampness & stops vomiting: used when dampness distresses the Spleen or Stomach with discomfort in the epigastrium, nausea, abdominal pain & diarrhea.
2. Promotes the movement of qi & strengthens the Stomach: for Spleen or Stomach stagnant qi patterns that manifest in loss of appetite or epigastric or abdominal distention, pain, & diarrhea.
3. Calms the fetus: for morning sickness or restless fetus.
4. Also used in herbal prescriptions with tonifying herbs to prevent tham from causing stagnation. |
MeridiansSpleen, Stomach |
CautionsContraindicated in cases of yin deficiency with heat signs. |