blood stasis. Irregular menstruations, early menses, purplish discharges, thick and viscous or with clots, due to Blood Vacuity and Blood Stasis

Long-term dysentery, dark-colored stools, bloody and purulent, abdominal pain relieved by cold and pressure, due to Spleen/Stomach Vacuity Cold

Headache, dizziness, agitation, insomnia, uncontrolled movements, due to Rising Liver Yang and Liver Wind

Pain in the lower portion of the abdomen radiating to the testicles, due to Cold Accumulation and Qi Stagnation in the Liver Channel with hernia

Agitation and dysphoria due to Vacuity-Fire with Heart/Kidney, Blood/Yin Vacuity

Moderate Da Cheng Qi Tang Syndrome (but stronger than Xiao Cheng Qi Tang) with abdominal fullness, dysphoria of the heart (state of discomfort and anxious agitation), verbal delirium, fever

Constipation with no abdominal distension, due to Heat-Dryness Syndrome or Yang Ming Heat-Plenitude

Abundant expectoration with inability to lie down, due to Lung Phlegm-Rheum (Tan Yin)

Interior Cold and Exterior Heat in a Shao Yin disease due to Heart Yang Severe Vacuity with no aversion to cold and with a pulse about to stop

Si Ni Tang Syndrome with a more severe Cold-Vacuity

Brutal and sudden hearing loss, due to emotional shock, External Attack or Liver Congestion

Headache, dizziness, deafness, dark complexion, alopecia, due to Blood Stasis in the head

For Trauma (Alcohol) Use whole plants: Tong Qiao Huo Xue Tang (Wang Qingren’s 王清任 (1768-1831) Yilin Gaicuo 醫林改錯) (Orifice-Freeing Blood Quickening Decoction). Ingredients: Chi Shao 9g + Chuanxiong 9g +Tao Ren 27g + Hong Hua 27g + Cong Bai 9g + Da Zao 21 pieces + Sheng Jiang 27g + She Xiang (synthetic) 0.45g (if available and affordable) +Bai Jiu (alcohol) 1 litre (high percentage: 50% or above, e.g. moonshine or vodka). Indications: Invigorates the Blood; Dispels Blood Stasis; Opens the orifices.

Pain before or after diarrhea, due to Liver/Spleen Disharmony

Pyogenic skin inflammations with pus formation, but unable to open and evacuate the pus, due to Qi/Blood Vacuity

Aversion to cold, fragile constitution and lumbar pain, lower limbs weakness, frequent urination, due to Yang Vacuity that cannot retain

Whitish or light-yellow leucorrhoeas, odorless, fatigue, soft stools, due to Spleen Vacuity with Turbid Dampness and Liver Suppression