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Dispelling stasis and stanching bleeding

祛瘀止血 〔袪瘀止血〕qū yū zhǐ xuè

A method of treatment used to eliminate blood stasis and to check bleeding in the treatment of patterns such as a) blood stasis flooding and spotting with copious purple-black clotted flow, lower abdominal pain that refuses pressure and is relieved by passing of clots, dark a gray tongue fur, and a rough pulse, or b) dribbling discharge of the lochia due to blood stasis marked by abdominal pain that refuses pressure, purple-black facial complexion, and purple tongue margins. For uterine bleeding, use medicinals such as Chinese angelica (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, 当归 dāng guī), chuanxiong (Chuanxiong Rhizoma, 川芎 chuān xiōng), white atractylodes (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, 白朮 bái zhú), typha pollen (Typhae Pollen, 蒲黄 pú huáng), charred crataegus (Crataegi Fructus Carbonisatus, 山楂炭 shān zhā tàn), peach kernel (Persicae Semen, 桃仁 táo rén), and notoginseng (Notoginseng Radix, 三七 sān qī). For dribbling discharge of the lochia, use Chinese angelica (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, 当归 dāng guī), red peony (Paeoniae Radix Rubra, 赤芍药 chì sháo yào), peach kernel (Persicae Semen, 桃仁 táo rén), and blast-fried ginger (Zingiberis Rhizoma Praeparatum, 炮姜 páo jiāng).

Acumoxatherapy: Select points such as BL-17 (Diaphragm Transport, 膈俞 gé shù), SP-10 (Sea of Blood, 血海 xuè hǎi), CV-17 (Chest Center, 膻中 shān zhōng) and CV-6 (Sea of Qì, 气海 qì hǎi). Needle with even supplementation and drainage.

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