Tong Qiao Huo Xue TongQiaoHuoXue Unblock the Orifices and Invigorate the Blood Decoction 通窍活血丸 Tong Qiao Huo Xue, Blood Regulating Orifice Opening Pills, Persica and Musk Combination, Persica and Cnidium Combination tong qiao huo xue unblock the orifices and invigorate the blood decoction

Tong Qiao Huo Xue Wan - Unblock the Orifices and Invigorate the Blood Decoction

通窍活血丸

Also known as: Tong Qiao Huo Xue, Blood Regulating Orifice Opening Pills, Persica and Musk Combination, Persica and Cnidium Combination

Clinical Usage

  • Blood stagnation particularly in the head - migraines and/or headaches with other sensory factors - auras, sound sensitivity, etc.
  • Dizziness, tinnitus, hair loss - with underlying blood stagnation signs.
  • Stroke, seizure disorder, post concussion headaches.
  • Rheumatoid arthritis.

Cautions & Precautions

  • Avoid during pregnancy.
  • Avoid with heavy menstrual bleeding.
  • Use only under direction if you are taking blood thinners.
  • Generally not for long term use.
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Tong Qiao Huo Xue Wan is in the "Invigorate the Blood and Dispel Blood Stasis" group within the "Invigorate the Blood" category.

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Common Formula Ingredients

Tong Qiao Huo Xue Wan is generally comprised of the following 8 ingredients:

Bai Zhi
Bai Zhi
Angelica Root
  • Expels wind-cold, dampness
  • Opens nasal passages, sinus congestion (particularly with green discharge), alleviates pain (especially in the head region)
  • Resolve wind-cold symptoms especially with headaches (yangming - ST), supraorbital pain, congestion
  • Useful for swollen gums and toothache
Bai Zhi is also included in 12 formulas
Chi Shao
Chi Shao
Red Peony Root
  • Invigorates blood, dispels stasis (stronger than Mu Dan Pi) - dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, abdominal pain and masses, traumatic pain associated with swelling, early stages of abscesses and boils.
  • Clears heat, cools the blood (especially for excess heat in the blood) - for heat entering the blood level with fever, purple tongue, skin blotches, bleeding, gyn issues.
  • Clears liver fire - for red swollen, painful eyes.
Chi Shao is also included in 11 formulas
Chuan Xiong
Chuan Xiong
Szechuan Lovage Root
  • Invigorate blood, promote movement of Qi - any blood stasis pattern, important for gynecological issues (amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, difficult labor, lochioschesis).
  • Expels wind and alleviates pain - headache (temporal, vertex), dizziness, painful obstructions, skin issues.
  • Headache - moves qi upward and alleviates pain; headaches due to wind, heat, cold, blood deficiency.
Chuan Xiong is also included in 43 formulas
Da Zao
Da Zao
Chinese Date, Jujube
  • Tonifies spleen qi - weakness, shortness of breath, reduced appetite, loose stools.
  • Nourishes the blood, calms the spirit - irritability, pale complexion, emotional disturbances, restlessness.
  • Useful to harmonize the harsh properties of other herbs.
Da Zao is also included in 14 formulas
Hong Hua
Hong Hua
Safflower Flower
  • Invigorate blood, unblock menstruation - blood stasis patterns w/amenorrhea, abdominal pain, post partum dizziness, lochioschesis, abdominal masses.
  • Dispels blood stasis, alleviates pain - blood stasis wounds and pain, carbuncles, dark purplish erythema, rash, chest pain due to blood stasis.
Hong Hua is also included in 9 formulas
Sheng Jiang
Fresh Ginger Rhizome
  • Release the exterior, wind-cold, regulate ying and wei qi
  • Warms the middle jiao - stomach cold/vomiting
  • Alleviates coughing, warms lung
  • Reduces toxicity of other herbs
Sheng Jiang is also included in 15 formulas
Shi Chang Pu
Shi Chang Pu
Sweetflag Rhizome
  • Opens the orifices, vaporizes phlegm, quiets the spirit - sensory orifice disorders due to phlegm, deafness, dizziness, poor memory, dulled sensation, seizures.
  • Harmonize the middle warmer, transform turbid damp, abdominal pain.
  • Wind-cold damp - painful obstruction, trauma and sores.
Shi Chang Pu is also included in 4 formulas
Tao Ren
Peach Seed
  • Breaks up blood stasis (important herb) - menstrual disorders, abdominal pain/masses, trauma, flank pain, lung abscess, intestinal abscess.
  • Moistens intestines, unblock bowels - constipation due to dry intestines.
Tao Ren is also included in 14 formulas