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Shen Tong Zhu Yu Tang 身痛逐瘀汤 Drive Out Stasis from a Painful Body Decoction |
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Tradition:
TCM
Source / Author:
Yl Lin Gai Cuo (Correction of Errors Among Physicians, 1830)
Herb NameTao Ren (Peach kernel)Hong Hua (Safflower) Dang Gui (Chinese Angelica) Niu Xi (Achyranthes) Chuan Xiong (Sichuan Lovage) Di Long (Earthworm) Mo Yao (Myrrh) Wu Ling Zhi (Flying Squirrel Feces) Gan Cao (Licorice) Qin Jiao (Large Gentian) Qiang Huo (Notopterygium) Xiang Fu (Cyperus) |
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Preparation:
Decoction
Can also be used in Powder, Pill or Tincture form.
Function:
Moves the Blood, Clears Stasis, Open Obstructions, Eases Pain
Use:
Stubborn or chronic pain of the joints or whole body, maybe with purplish tongue, lips and nail beds, and a wiry pulse
1. Bursitis
2. Tendonitis
3. Joint pain (especially from old injury)
4. Rotator Cuff injury
5. Repetitive Strain Injury
6. Pain from Trauma
7. Fibromyalgia
8. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
9. Lumbago
10. Lumbar Disc Herniation
11. Arthritis or Rheumatoid Arthritis with signs of Blood stasis
12. Neuralgia
13. Dysmenorrhea
14. Endometriosis
Dose:
The above is taken in 3 equal doses over the course of the day.
In Powder: 2–3 grams twice daily.
Cautions:
1. Not used in Pregnancy
2. Not used in Bleeding disorders
Modifications:
1. It is stronger with Frankincense added.
2. Shilajit can replace Flying Squirrel Feces.
3. Centaury can replace Gentiana Qin Jiao.
4. Upper body pain, add Pueraria Ge Gen.
5. Lower body pain add Angelica Du Huo.
6. Moving type pain from Wind, add Saposhnikovia Fang Feng.
7. Strong Pain, add Corydalis Yan Hu Suo.
8. Marked Qi deficiency, add Astragalus Huang Qi.
9. Severe pain from Cold, add Aconitum Fu Zi (or Chuan Wu), Asaraum Xi Xin.
10. Lower Back pain, add Eucommia Du Zhong.
11. Osteoarthritis, add Drynaria Gu Sui Bu, Dipsacus Xu Duan.
12. Pain following Trauma, take with Yunnan Baiyao.
13. For chronic joint pain, use together with Du Huo Ji Sheng Tang.
14. Fibromyalgia, take with Shi Quan Da Bu Tang.
15. Chronic severe pain that hasn’t responded to other treatment, take with Xiao Huo Luo Wan.
This is very useful for chronic and obstinate pain that hasn’t responded to other treatment.
REMOVING BLOOD STASIS:
–Effects of Ultrafiltration Process on Activating Blood and Removing Stasis Efficacy of Shentong Zhuyu Decoction
LUMBAR DISC HERNIATION:
–Efficacy and safety of Shentong Zhuyu Decoction for lumbar disc herniation: systematic review and meta-analysis
–Research progress of traditional Chinese medicine conservative treatment of lumbar disc herniation with blood stasis and qi stagnation
–Analysis of the effect of traction combined with paraffinotherapy on lumbar function in patients with lumbar disc herniation
DISC DEGENERATION:
–The treatment of intervertebral disc degeneration using Traditional Chinese Medicine
VERTEBRAL COMPRESSION FRACTURE PAIN
–Factors and Strategies for Post-Vertebroplasty Residual Pain from Thoracolumbar Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures (OVCF): a systematic review.
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
–Metabolomics combined with network pharmacology to study the mechanism of Shentong Zhuyu decoction in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
–Integrated serum pharmacochemistry and network pharmacological analysis used to explore possible anti-rheumatoid arthritis mechanisms of the Shentong-Zhuyu
–Shentong Zhuyu Decoction Inhibits Inflammatory Response, Migration, and Invasion and Promotes Apoptosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes
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