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Yan ho suo also known as Rhizoma Corydalis or Corydalis Tuber. Its place of origin is China. Yan Hu Suo is pungent and bitter in flavour, warm in nature, acts on the heart, liver and spleen channels. Being pungent for dispersing blood stasis, warm for freeing the passage of blood, Yan ho suo effects both on the blood division of heart and liver and the Qi in spleen and lung. Its function is promoting Qi and blood circulation, and it is especially good at relieving pain. It is usually used to treat various pain due to stasis in the blood division. It helps in promoting blood circulation by removing blood stasis, and promoting circulation of Qi to stop pain.
1.For treatment of blood stasis in heart channel, colicky pain due to obstruction of Qi in the chest, it is usually used in combination with Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong, Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae, Flos Carthami, and other herbs with effect of removing blood stasis to relieve pain; For treatment of blood stasis, epigastric, stabbing pain it can be used together with Radix salviae Miltiorrhizae, Lignum Dalbergiae Odoriferae, Fructus Amomi, Faeces Trogopterorum, and other drugs having the function of promoting flow of Qi to relieve pain.
2. For treatment of distending pain on the chest and hypochondrium caused by Qi and blood stasis in the liver channel, irregular menstruation, it can be used in combination with Radix Bupleuri, Rhizoma Cyperi, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong, and other herbs; For treatment of accumulation of cold in the liver channel, cold-pain in the lower abdomen, it is used together with Fructus Foeniculi, Radix Linderae, Fructus Euodiae, and other herbs having the effect of warming the liver channel to expel the cold, promoting circulation of Qi to relieve pain.
Besides, Yan ho suo is used to treat headache due to blood stasis, pain caused by traumatic ecchymoses, arthralgia caused by wind-dampness.
Added by Annette 20 months ago
Conditions Treated: Allergies
Specific Conditions Treated: Allergy
Ingredients Participating: Yan Hu Suo
An Allergy is a reaction of your immune system to something that does not bother most other people. People who have allergies often are sensitive to more than one thing. Substances... more
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Added by Qiuni 21 month ago
Conditions Treated: Digestive
Specific Conditions Treated: Gastritis
Ingredients Participating: Yan Hu Suo, Bai Hua She She Cao
Superficial gastritis is a term often used to describe the initial stages of chronic gastritis.Gastritis commonly refers to inflammation of the lining of the stomach, but the term ... more
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Added by Qiuni 22 months ago
Conditions Treated: Gynecology
Specific Conditions Treated: Dysmenorrhea
Ingredients Participating: Dan Shen, Wu Ling Zhi, Pu Huang, Yan Hu Suo
(Fu Nu Tong Jing Wan)
Dysmenorrhea is a menstrual condition characterized by severe and frequent menstrual cramps and pain... more
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Added by Qiuni 22 months ago
Conditions Treated: Nutrition and Metabolism
Specific Conditions Treated: Appendicitis
Ingredients Participating: Xiang Fu, Mu Xiang, Chi Shao, Yan Hu Suo, Da Qing Ye
Appendicitis is an inflammation of the appendix. Once it starts, there is no effective medical therapy, so appendicitis is considered a medical emergency. When treated promptly, mo... more
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Added by Qiuni 22 months ago
Conditions Treated: Digestive
Ingredients Participating: Mu Xiang, Yan Hu Suo, Lai Fu Zi
(Da Huang Lai Fu Zi Tang)
Bowel obstruction is a mechanical or functional obstruction of the intestines, preventing the normal... more
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