Shu Jin Li An San (Bian Fang)

Ingredients: Fang-feng root (fang feng), Notopterygium root (qiang huo), Japanese arisaema root (tian nan xing), Atractylodes root (bai zhu), Pubescent Angelica root (du huo), Hoelen fungus (fu ling), Southern Tsangshu root (cang zhu), Fragrant Angelica (bai zhi), Coix (yi-yi-ren), Chin-chiu (qin jiao), Scute root (huang qin), Scabrous gentiana root (long dan), Forsythia fruit (lian qiao), Pinellia root (ban xia), Bamboo shavings (zhu ru), Citrus peel (chen pi), Peach kernel (tao ren), Raw rehmannia root (sheng di huang), Carthamus flower (hong hua), Prepared aconitum tuber root (fu zi), Achyranthes root (niu xi), Cnidium root (chuan xiong), Chaenomeles fruit (mu gua), Chinese licorice root (gan cao).

Source:

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

How it works:

• Disperses wind-cold-damp
• Clears heat
• Activates the blood
• Unblocks the meridians

Clinical Applications:

• Wind-cold-dampness Bi syndrome
• Heat stagnancy
• Blood stagnancy

This 16^th century formula was developed by the Ming dynasty physician Gong Tingxian and was originally published in “Bring Spring Back to Myriad Diseases.” Shu Jin Li An San is traditionally used to help treat wind-cold-dampness Bi syndrome by dispersing wind-cold-damp, clearing heat, activating the blood, and unblocking the meridians.

Main Ingredient(s):

In this formula, Chang-huo disperses wind-cold-damp while Carthamus Activates the blood, removes blood stasis, and helps alleviate pain.