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Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang 血府逐瘀汤
Drive out Stasis from the Chest Decoction

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Tradition:
TCM

Source / Author:
Correction of Errors Among Physicians (1830)

Herb Name
Tao Ren (Peach seed)
Hong Hua
(Safflower)
Chuan Xiong
(Sichuan lovage)

Sheng Di Huang (Rehmannia)
Dang Gui
(Chinese angelica)
Chi Shao Yao
(Red Peony)
Chai Hu
(Bupleurum)
Zhi Ke
(Bitter Orange)

Gan Cao (Licorice)
Niu Xi
(Achyranthes)
Jie Geng
(Platycodon)

Latin
Prunus persica
Carthamus tinctorius
Ligusticum chuanxiong

Rehmannia glutinosa, raw
Angelica sinensis
Paeonia lacti
flora
Bupleurum chinense
Citrus aurantium
Glycyrrhiza uralensis
Achyranthes bidentata
Platycodon grandi
florum

Amount
12 grams
9 grams
5 grams

9 grams
9 grams
6 grams
3 grams
6 grams
3 grams
9 grams
5 grams


Preparation:
Decoction
May be prepared as pills or powder


Function:
Move the Blood and Qi, clear Stasis, ease Pain

Use:
Dull complexion, dark tongue or dark spots of the tongue, choppy or wiry pulse
1. Chronic sharp chest pain; Angina Pectoris
2. Injury to the chest
3. Palpitation; Arrhythmia
4. Arteriosclerosis
5. Heart attack
6. Restless, irritable, insomnia
7. Intercostal Neuralgia
8. Headache or Migraine with stabbing pain and
fixed location
9. Traumatic Brain Injury
10. Raynaud’s disease
11. CVA; Stroke
12. Hepatic Cirrhosis
13. Dysmenorrhea; Endometriosis; Ovarian Cyst; Fibroids
14. Infertility
15. Varicose veins


Dose:

the above can be taken over the course of the day;
As pills or powder: 6–9 grams, best taken with wine.


Cautions:
1. Not used during Pregnancy
2. Not used if there is active bleeding
3. avoid long-term use


Modifications:
1. With signs of Heat, add Scutellaria Huang Qin and Paeonia Mu Dan Pi
2. Cold symptoms, add Cinnamon twig Gui Zhi and fresh Ginger
3. Constipation, add Rhubarb
4. With Yin de
ficiency, take with Liu Wei Di Huang Wan
5. Angina Pectoris, add Salvia Dan Shen
6. Amenorrhea and Dysmenorrhea, take with Leonurus Yi Mu Cao (Chinese
Motherwort)
7. Severe Blood clots, add Rhubarb and Leech


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One of the foremost Blood-moving formula of TCM.

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ANTI-INFLAMMATORY:
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The antiinflammatory effects of Xuefu Zhuyu decoction on C3H/HeJ mice with alopecia areata

DYSMENORRHEA:
–Herbal medicine (Hyeolbuchukeo-tang or Xuefu Zhuyu decoction) for treating primary dysmenorrhea: a systematic review and meta-analysis
–Herbal medicine (Hyeolbuchukeo-tang or Xuefu Zhuyu decoction) for treating primary dysmenorrhoea: protocol for a systematic review of randomised controlled trials
–Chinese herbal formula Xuefu Zhuyu for primary dysmenorrhea patients (CheruPDYS): a study protocol for a randomized placebo-controlled trial

FATTY LIVER DISEASE:
–Xuefu Zhuyu decoction for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis
–Effects of Xuefu Zhuyu decoction and its extracts on a mouse model of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease induced by high-fat diet

LIVER FIBROSIS
–Clinical observation on effect of xuefu zhuyu decoction in treating patients with liver fibrosis caused by chronic hepatitis B

ANGINA PECTORIS:
–The usefulness of xuefu zhuyu tang for patients with angina pectoris: a meta-analysis and systematic review
–Chinese patent medicine Xuefu Zhuyu capsule for the treatment of unstable angina pectoris: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials
–Efficacy and safety of Xuefu Zhuyu decoction combined with Western medicine for angina pectoris in coronary heart disease
–The material basis and mechanism of Xuefu Zhuyu decoction in treating stable Angina Pectoris and unstable angina pectoris
–Effectiveness and safety of Xuefu Zhuyu decoction for treating coronary heart disease angina: a systematic review and meta-analysis
–Efficacy of Xuefu Zhuyu decoction compared with nitrates in treating angina pectoris: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
–Efficacy and safety of Xuefu Zhuyu Granules combined with western medicine in the treatment of angina pectoris of coronary heart disease
–Chinese herbal formula xuefu zhuyu for stable Angina (CheruSA): study protocol for a multicenter randomized controlled trial

HEART DISEASE:
–Protective effects of xuefu zhuyu decoction on myocardium ischemia reperfusion injury in rats
–Research on effect and mechanism of Xuefu Zhuyu decoction on CHD based on meta-analysis and network pharmacology
–Metabolic profiling analysis of patients with coronary heart disease undergoing Xuefu Zhuyu decoction treatment
–Effect of Xuefu Zhuyu Capsule on Myocardial Infarction: Network Pharmacology and Experimental Verification
–Mechanisms of Xuefu Zhuyu Decoction in the treatment of coronary heart disease based on integrated metabolomics and network pharmacology approach

VIRAL MYOCARDITIS:
–Prof. Cao Hongxin's Experience in Treating Viral Myocarditis with Xuefu Zhuyu Tang

ATHEROSCLEROSIS:
–Network pharmacological analysis of Xuefu Zhuyu decoction in the treatment of atherosclerosis

HYPERTENSION:
–Efficacy and safety of a traditional Chinese herbal formula Xuefu Zhuyu decoction for hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis
–Clinical Effect of Xuefu Zhuyu Tang Combined with Atorvastatin on Hypertension Complicated with Coronary Heart Disease

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE:
–Analysis of the Clinical Efficacy and Molecular Mechanism of Xuefu Zhuyu Decoction in the Treatment of COPD Based on Meta-Analysis

POST STROKE DEPRESSION:
–Effectiveness and safety of the Xuefu Zhuyu Tang for post-stroke depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis

TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY:
–Xuefu Zhuyu decoction, a traditional Chinese medicine, provides neuroprotection in a rat model of traumatic brain injury via an anti-inflammatory pathway
–Exploring pharmacological mechanisms of Xuefu Zhuyu decoction in the treatment of traumatic brain injury via a network pharmacology approach
–Xuefu zhuyu decoction improves cognitive impairment in experimental traumatic brain injury via synaptic regulation
–Metabolomics reveals the effect of Xuefu Zhuyu Decoction on plasma metabolism in rats with acute traumatic brain injury
–N6-methyladenosine profiling reveals that Xuefu Zhuyu decoction upregulates METTL14 and BDNF in a rat model of traumatic brain injury
–Xuefu Zhuyu decoction improves neurological dysfunction by increasing synapsin expression after traumatic brain injury
–TMT-based proteomics analysis reveals the protective effects of Xuefu Zhuyu decoction in a rat model of traumatic brain injury
–Systematic Analysis of tRNA-Derived Small RNAs Reveals the Effects of Xuefu-Zhuyu Decoction on the Hippocampi of Rats after Traumatic Brain Injury.
–UPLC-ESI-IT-TOF-MS metabolomic study of the therapeutic effect of Xuefu Zhuyu decoction on rats with traumatic brain injury

TUMORS:
–Analysis of the anti-tumour effect of Xuefu Zhuyu decoction based on network pharmacology and experimental verification in drosophila

LIVER CANCER:
–The Mechanism of Action and Research Progress of Xuefu Zhuyu Decoction Against Liver Cancer

ISCHEMIC STROKE:
–The mechanisms underlying the actions of Xuefu Zhuyu decoction pretreatment against neurological deficits after ischemic stroke in mice

SCHIZOPHRENIA:
–Xuefu zhuyu decoction in treating blood stasis syndrome of schizophrenia

ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION:
–The mechanism of Xuefu Zhuyu decoction in treating erectile dysfunction based on Arrowsmith tool

UTERINE TUMORS:
–The efficacy and safety of Xuefu Zhuyu Decoction combined with Mifepristone in the treatment of uterine leiomyoma: A systematic review and meta-analysis

DIABETES
–Clinical efficacy and safety of Xuefu Zhuyu decoction in the treatment of diabetic kidney disease: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis

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