Chinese patent medicine for removing dampness, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis

Many diseases in the human body are related to excessive moisture and blood stasis. If you want to completely cure the disease, it is important to remove moisture and promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, which can better help patients recover. In current clinical medicine, there are still many Chinese patent medicines that have the functions of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis and removing dampness, and different medicines are suitable for different symptoms. Next, I will introduce to you in detail the Chinese patent medicines that can eliminate dampness and promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis!

1. Introduction to anti-dampness and blood stasis drugs

That is, use drugs that dry or penetrate dampness in combination with drugs that promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis to eliminate dampness and promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. Dampness is a yin evil that is sticky in nature and can easily block the flow of Qi, causing blockage of the blood vessels and blood stasis. Dampness can be divided into exogenous or endogenous, and in the pathological process it can be divided into cold or hot. It is closely related to the spleen's function of transportation and transformation and the kidney's function of warmth. Judging from the characteristics of vascular diseases of the limbs, external dampness mostly turns into heat, so when applying the methods of removing dampness, activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, we must distinguish between clearing heat and removing dampness, and strengthening the spleen and warming the kidneys to remove dampness, activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis.

2. Commonly used drugs

Clearing away heat and removing dampness, such as red Poria, Plantago, Lophatherum gracile, Stephania tetrandra, Alisma orientalis, etc.; invigorating the spleen and removing dampness, such as Poria, Coix seed, Atractylodes, Atractylodes macrocephala, Adzuki bean, etc.; warming the kidney and removing dampness, such as Alpinia oxyphylla, cinnamon bark, cassia twig, Linderae scutellariae, Clematis, papaya, etc.; promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, and removing dampness, such as Leonurus japonicus, Verbena, Polygonum cuspidatum, Scutellaria barbata, Achyranthes bidentata, Akebia trifoliata, etc., which are cold in nature; those with a warm nature such as Ze Lan and Tian Xian Teng, etc.; and those with a neutral nature such as Achyranthes bidentata and Vaccaria segetalis. Examples of prescriptions: Wushen Decoction, modified Sanmiao Pills, modified Wuling Powder, modified Lingguishugan Decoction.

3. Indications

The method of clearing away heat, promoting dampness, activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis is applicable to damp-heat and blood stasis syndrome, which is mainly manifested by red and burning skin, edema or wet and rotten sore surface, red tongue, yellow and greasy tongue coating, slippery and rapid pulse, etc., in addition to the symptoms of blood stasis. It is common in diseases such as the acute stage of deep vein thrombosis of the lower limbs, acute erysipelas, and thrombophlebitis. Strengthening the spleen, eliminating dampness, activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis is suitable for spleen deficiency, dampness and blood stasis syndrome, which is mainly manifested by lower limb edema, general fatigue, abdominal distension, loose stools, white greasy tongue coating, and weak pulse, etc. It is seen in the recovery period of lower limb venous valve insufficiency and venous thrombosis. Warming the kidney, eliminating dampness, activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis is suitable for the syndrome of kidney deficiency, dampness and blood stasis. The main symptoms are edema of the affected limb, cold skin, chills all over the body, pale tongue, white and moist or greasy tongue coating, and weak pulse. Common diseases include: middle and late stages of diabetic vascular disease, late stages of thromboangiitis obliterans, and late stages of lower limb venous disease. Because internal and external dampness are interactive, the dampness is heavy and lingering and difficult to eliminate, so in clinical practice it is necessary to distinguish the primary and secondary and carefully match the medicines. Dampness accumulated in the fire can turn into phlegm. Phlegm and dampness are of the same type but different. Expectorants should also be used for treatment, such as white mustard seeds, pinellia, white aconite, etc. for warming and transforming cold phlegm; Fritillaria, Trichosanthes, Corrugated seeds, cat's claw, seaweed, kelp for clearing and transforming hot phlegm; and radish seeds, allium macrostemon, tangerine peel, tangerine peel, etc. for promoting qi and eliminating phlegm. They should be used together to increase the efficacy.