Tong Qiao Huo Xie Tang

Ingredients: Peach kernel (tao ren), Cnidium root (chuan xiong), Red peony root (chi shao), Ginger root (sheng jiang), Carthamus flower (hong hua), Allium bulb (cong bai), Jujube fruit (da zao).

Source:

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

How it works:

• Invigorates the blood
• Dispels blood stasis
• Opens the orifices

Clinical Applications:

• Blood stasis in the head or upper body
• Impairment of the spleen and stomach
• Obstructed channels

This formula was first published in “Correcting the Errors in the Field of Medicine” by the Qing dynasty physician Wang Qingren. Tong Qiao Huo Xue Tang is an herbal combination that is used to treat blood stasis as well as obstructed channels by invigorating the blood, dispelling blood stasis, and opening the orifices.

Main Ingredient(s):

In this formula, Persica is used to disperse blood stasis and stimulate the blood, while Cnidium invigorates the blood, dispels blood stasis, and unblocks the meridians.