Ginkgo biloba, Salvia miltiorrhiza and turmeric can be used together to invigorate blood circulation, remove blood stasis, promote menstruation and relieve pain.
Ginkgo biloba is sweet, bitter, astringent, flat, belonging to the heart, lung meridian, with blood circulation and remove blood stasis, astringent lung (astringent lung qi), asthma, pain relief, resolving turbid and lipid (clean up the body of turbid substances, reduce excess fat) effect, clinically commonly used in the treatment of thoracic paralysis caused by blood stasis and obstruction of blood circulation (chest tightness and pain), heart pain, hemiplegic stroke, coughing and shortness of breath, and so on. It should not be used by those who have solid evil.
Danshen is bitter in flavor, slightly cold in nature, and belongs to the heart and liver meridians. It has the effects of activating blood circulation to dispel blood stasis, clearing the heart and removing vexation, clearing the menstruation and relieving pain, and cooling the blood to eliminate carbuncle (eliminating carbuncle by cooling the blood).
Danshen is often used in the treatment of chest paralysis and heart pain, dystocia (pain in the area of coeruleus and ribs), impediment in the abdomen (the appearance of tangible or intangible lumps in the abdomen, with a feeling of distension and pain), joints with heat and pain and numbness, heartburn and insomnia, menstrual disorders in women, dysmenorrhea, menstrual closure, as well as ulcers and swellings (localized redness, swelling and heat pain in the skin). It should not be used with veratrum.
Turmeric is pungent, bitter, warm, and belongs to the spleen and liver meridians. It has the effect of breaking the blood and moving qi, promoting menstruation and relieving pain, and is often used in the treatment of stabbing pain in the chest and hypochondrium, chest paralysis and heart pain, menstrual pain and menstrual closure, obstruction in the abdomen, pain in the shoulder and arm of rheumatism, and pain in bruises and swollen bones. It is forbidden to be taken if there is a deficiency of yin and fire.
Ginkgo biloba, Salvia miltiorrhiza and turmeric together have the effect of activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, clearing menstruation and relieving pain, and it is recommended that patients who need it should take the medicine under the guidance of a doctor for diagnosis and treatment.