Formulas for activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis include Peach Kernel Cheng Qi Tang and Blood Mansion Chasing Blood Stasis Tang; formulas for dispelling phlegm and inducing dampness include Er Chen Tang.
1. Peach Kernel Cheng Qi Tang: composed of peach kernel, rhubarb, cinnamon stick, licorice, and manganese nitrate, it has the effect of expelling blood stasis and diarrhea, and is used for treating the evidence of blood stasis in the lower jiao.
It has the efficacy of activating blood circulation, removing blood stasis, promoting qi circulation and relieving pain (relieving pain by regulating the body’s qi), and is used for treating the syndrome of blood stasis in the chest.
3. Er Chen Tang: composed of Pinellia, Tangerine Red, Poria, and Glycyrrhiza, with the effects of drying dampness and resolving phlegm (dispelling dampness by drying dampness and dissolving phlegm), regulating qi and harmonizing the middle (regulating qi of the spleen and stomach so as to make the functions of the spleen and stomach smooth), and is used in the treatment of dampness-phlegm syndromes.
If symptoms of stagnant blood or phlegm-dampness occur, one should go to the hospital in time.