Blood Stagnation in the Lower Burner caused by Cold

At a glance

Preliminary reading: What is a pattern?

Diagnosis

Treatment

Common formulas: Shao Fu Zhu Yu Tang

Pathology

Blood Stagnation in the Lower Burner caused by Cold is a pattern of disharmony in Chinese Medicine.

Chinese Medicine views the human body as a complex system that tends toward harmony. A pattern of disharmony is a disorder that prevents that harmony from occurring.

Patterns give rise to symptoms that may at first glance seem unrelated from a Western standpoint but that actually make a lot of sense when one understands Chinese Medicine theory. For instance here Blood Stagnation in the Lower Burner caused by Cold gives rise to such diverse symptoms as abdominal masses, lower abdominal pain, lower abdominal distension and lower back pain (as well as three others).

Patterns aren't exactly the Chinese Medicine equivalent to Western diseases, they're rather the underlying causes behind diseases or health conditions. Here Blood Stagnation in the Lower Burner caused by Cold is thought to sometimes induce conditions such as uterine fibroids, endometriosis or chronic pelvic inflammatory disease (as well as two others).

Diagnosing Blood Stagnation in the Lower Burner caused by Cold

Treating Blood Stagnation in the Lower Burner caused by Cold

Herbal formulas used to treat Blood Stagnation in the Lower Burner caused by Cold

Shao Fu Zhu Yu Tang

Source date: 1830 AD

Number of ingredients: 10 herbs

Key actions: Expels Cold and warm the menstruation Blood. Stops pain. Invigorates Blood. Dispels Blood stagnation.

Formula summary

Shao Fu Zhu Yu Tang is a 10-ingredient Chinese Medicine formula. Invented in 1830 AD, it belongs to the category of formulas that invigorate Blood and dispel Blood Stagnation.

Besides Blood Stagnation in the Lower Burner caused by Cold, Shao Fu Zhu Yu Tang is also used to treat Blood Stagnation or Cold in the Uterus.

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Related conditions

Uterine fibroids Endometriosis Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease Primary dysmenorrhea Tubal obstructive infertility