Ge Xia Zhu Yu Tang

Ingredients: Peach kernel (tao ren), Carthamus flower (hong hua), Cnidium root (chuan xiong), Tang-kuei root (dang gui), Pteropus (wu ling zhi), Moutan bark (mu dan pi), Red peony root (chi shao), Lindera root (wu yao), Corydalis (yan hu suo), Cyperus root (xiang fu zi), Chih-ko fruit (zhi ke), Chinese licorice root (gan cao).

Source:

• Corrections of Errors Among Physicians (Yi Lin Gai Cuo, 1830)

How it works:

• Stimulates the blood
• Disperses blood stasis
• Supports the flow of qi
• Reduces pain

Clinical Applications:

• Accumulations under the diaphragm caused by blood stasis

This formula was first published in “Correcting the Errors in the Field of Medicine” by the Qing dynasty physician Wang Qingren. Ge Xia Zhu Yu Tang alleviates blood stasis causing accumulations under the diaphragm by stimulating the blood, dispersing blood stasis, and supporting the flow of qi.

Main Ingredient(s):

In this formula, Persica is used to disperse blood stasis, stimulate the blood, moisten the intestines, and remove blockages in the bowels, and Carthamus stimulates the blood, opens the channels, and disperses blood stasis.