Breaking blood and activating blood both mean activating blood and removing blood stasis (promoting blood circulation and eliminating blood stasis in the body), and it is generally believed that blood-breaking medicines are stronger in activating blood, while activating blood refers to medicines and treatments for activating blood and removing blood stasis in general. The drugs that break the blood have a stronger effect on activating the blood. Generally speaking, blood-breaking medicines include trigonelline, curcuma, gadfly and so on. These drugs are very strong, so they may damage the body’s vital energy if not applied properly. Activating Blood is a general description of the efficacy of activating Blood and removing Blood stasis, referring to a treatment that eliminates Blood stasis in the body by promoting Blood movement, or a class of drugs that can eliminate Blood stasis in the body. Both blood activating and blood breaking medicines are not suitable for pregnant women, women with heavy menstruation and people with bleeding tendency. It is best to take Chinese medicines under the guidance of a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner in order to avoid the use of incorrect medicines and damage to the body.