Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang

120 capsules x 5000mg. from Blue Poppy Classics

Indications: Cardiovascular disorders, such as coronary artery disease (CAD), angina pectoris, and rheumatic heart disease, chondrocostritis, myocarditis, pericarditis,  external injury to the chest, and various psychiatric disorders, such as mood disorders, sleep disorders, palpitations, anxiety, agitation, insomnia, a feeling of anxiety at bedtime, irritability, mental confusion, depression, postconcussion syndrome, chronic stabbing headaches, Raynaud syndrome, etc.

Applications in Traditional Chinese Medicine:
Actions: Blood stasis in chest and Mind
Functions: Quickens the blood and dispels stasis, courses the liver and frees the flow of the channels


Signs & symptoms of blood stasis in the chest include:
Severe, fixed, piercing chest pain
Chest distention and oppression
Heart palpitations
Visible venous engorgement and varicosities
A dark, purplish tongue or static spots or macules on the tongue
Engorged, tortuous sublingual veins
A bowstring, choppy, deep, slow, bound, regularly intermittent, skipping, or absent pulse

Formula explanation:
Within this formula, Tao Ren, Hong Hua, and Chuan Xiong are the sovereigns for quickening the blood and dispelling stasis in the upper burner. Dang Gui and Chi Shao are two of the ministers which quicken the blood and dispel stasis from the lower part of the body, while Chuan Niu Xi is the third minister which leads the blood to move downward and thus not become static in the chest. Sheng Di is a blood quickening and movement assistant which, when combined with Dang Gui, also prevents damage to the righteous. This is because both Dang Gui and Sheng Di both supplement as well as drain. Chai Hu, Jie Geng, and Zhi Ke are the qi-rectifying assistants which course the liver and upbear clear yang to the region of the chest to better stir or move the blood. The guide or messenger medicinal is Gan Cao which regulates and harmonizes all the other medicinals in the formula.

Ingredients:

Sheng Di (Radix Rehmanniae)
Tao Ren (Semen Persicae)
Hong Hua (Flos Carthami)
Dang Gui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis)
Chuan Xiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong)
Chi Shao (Radix Paeoniae Rubrae)
Chuan Niu Xi (Radix Cyathulae)
Chai Hu (Radix Bupleuri)
Jie Geng (Radix Platycodi)
Zhi Ke (Fructus Aurantii)
Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae)

Dosage:
2 capsules, 2 times a day

Package:
120 capsules x 5000mg. (500mg. x 10:1 concentration ratio)

Note: All Blue Poppy brand products come with the manufacturing date marked (MFG or Manuf. Date), the expiration date is 5 years from the date indicated on the bottom or side of the packaging.