Herbs That Tonify Blood
TCM Materia Medica
Herbs That Tonify Blood - Herbal Functional Grouping (8 herbs)
Herbs That Tonify Blood General Introduction
- Symptoms of Blood Deficiency - pallid face and lips, dizziness, vertigo, diminished vision, lethargy, palpitations, dry skin, menstrual irregularities, pale tongue, fine pulse.
- Heart and liver are the most affected.
- Biomedicine - not always associated with anemia, but may arise from psychosomatic disorders, heart failure, chronic hepatitis; most herbs do not directly stimulate production of red blood cells, but perform this task indirectly.
- Not very effective when used alone - also needs herbs which tonify the yin and qi.
- Overuse may lead to indigestion - add herbs which tonify the stomach.
Herbs That Tonify Blood Section Summary / Study Notes
- He Shou Wu, Shu Di Huang - similar actions.
- He Shou Wu - tonify the liver, does not have cloying properties of Shu Di Huang.
- Shu Di Huang - tonify kidney.
- E Jiao - more moistening than Shu Di Huang, good for blood deficiency with concurrent blood loss.
- Dang Gui, Bai Shao - pain and blood deficiency patterns.
B
- Bai Shao (White Peony Root)
D
- Dang Gui (Chinese Angelica Root)
E
- E Jiao (Donkey-Hide Glue, Gelatin)
G
- Gou Qi Zi (Chinese Wolfberry Fruit)
H
- He Shou Wu (Polygonum, Fleeceflower Root)
L
- Long Yan Rou (Longan Fruit Flesh)
S
- Sang Shen (Mulberry Fruit-Spike)
- Shu Di Huang (Rehmannia, Chinese Foxglove Root)
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