Dang Gui Usages and Indications

• Tonifies the blood, regulates menses - pallid, ashen complexion, tinnitus, blurred vision, palpitations, irregular menses, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea.
• Invigorates/harmonizes the blood, disperses cold - important herb to stop pain due to blood stasis - abdominal pain, trauma, carbuncles due to blood stasis, chronic bi.
• Moistens dry intestines due to blood deficiency.
• Reduces swellings, expels pus, generates flesh - sores.

Dosage and Preparation Notes For Dang Gui

• Dosage: 3-15g
• Fry in vinegar or wine to increase blood invigorating property.
• Toast to warm channels and stop bleeding.

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Our database contains 63 TCM Formulas where Dang Gui is generally used

B

• Ba Wei Dai Xia Fang -Eight Herb Powder for Vaginal Discharge (Clear Heat)
• Ba Zhen Wan -Eight Treasure Combination (Tonify)
• Bai He Gu Jin Wan -Lily Bulb to Preserve the Metal (Treat Dryness)
• Bu Nao Wan -Brain Supplementing Pills (Calm The Spirit)
• Bu Yang Huan Wu Tang Wan -Great Yang Restoration Pills (Invigorate the Blood)
• Bu Yang Huan Wu Wan -Tonify Yang To Restore Five Tenths Decoction (Invigorate the Blood)
• Bu Zhong Yi Qi Wan -Tonify the Middle and Augment the Qi Formula (Tonify)

C

• Chu Kou Wei Wan -Chu Kou Wei Wan (Clear Heat)

D

• Da Bu Gan Wan -Major Liver Nutrition Pills (Harmonize)
• Dan Gui Shao Yao Wan -Dang Gui And Peony Powder (Tonify)
• Dan Shen Huo Xue Wan -Red Sage Root Decoction for Promoting Blood Circulation (Invigorate the Blood)
• Dang Gui Wan -Tangkuei Powder (Tonify)
• Die Da Wan -Trauma Healing Pill (Invigorate the Blood)
• Du Huo Ji Sheng Wan -Solitary Hermit Teapills (Expel Dampness)

E

• Er Xian Wan -Two Immortal Decoction (Tonify)

F

• Fang Feng Tong Sheng Wan -Ledebouriella Pills to Sagely Unblock (Release the Exterior)

G

• Ge Xia Zhu Yu Wan -Drive Out Blood Stasis Below The Diaphragm Decoction (Invigorate the Blood)
• Gui Pi Wan -Restore the Spleen Formula (Tonify)

H

• Huang Lian Shang Qing Wan -Coptis Clearance Pill (Clear Heat)
• Huo Luo Xiao Ling Wan -Miraculously Effective Pill To Invigorate The Collaterals (Invigorate the Blood)

J

• Jia Wei Gui Pi Wan -Augmented Restore The Spleen Decoction (Harmonize)
• Jia Wei Xiao Yao Wan -Free and Easy Wanderer Pills (Harmonize)
• Jiang Dan Gu Chun Wan -Contribute To Youthfulness Pills (Expel Dampness)
• Jiao Ai Wan -Ass-Hide Gelatin and Mugwort Formula (Stop Bleeding)
• Jin Gu Die Da Wan -Tendon and Bone Injury Healing (Invigorate the Blood)
• Juan Bi Wan -Remove Painful Obstruction Decoction (Expel Dampness)

L

• Long Dan Xie Gan Wan -Gentiana Purge Liver Formula (Clear Heat)

M

• Ming Mu Di Huang Wan -Rehmannia Pills to Brighten the Eyes (Tonify)

N

• Nei Xiao Luo Li Wan -Internally Reducing Cervical Lymphadenitis Pills (Treat Phlegm)
• Nuan Gong Yun Zi Wan -Warm Uterus & Conception Pills (Invigorate the Blood)

P

• Pian Tou Tong Wan -Migraine Pills (Harmonize)

Q

• Qi Xue Da Bu Wan -Nourish Qi & Blood Pills (Tonify)
• Qing Shu Yi Qi Tang Wan -Clear Summer Heat and Augment the Qi (Clear Heat)

R

• Ren Shen Shou Wu Wan -Ginseng Fo-Ti Pills (Tonify)
• Ren Shen Yang Rong Wan -Ginseng Decoction to Nourish the Nutritive Qi (Tonify)
• Run Chang Wan -Lubricate the Intestines Pills (Drain Downward)

S

• Sang Piao Xiao Wan -Mantis Egg Case Powder (Stabilize and Bind)
• Shao Fu Zhu Yu Wan -Abdominal Stasis Relief Pills (Invigorate the Blood)
• Shen Jing Shuai Ruo Wan -Stress Reducing Pill (Calm The Spirit)
• Shen Tong Zhu Yu Wan -Remove Stagnant Blood from a Painful Body Pills (Invigorate the Blood)
• Shi Quan Da Bu Wan -Ten Tonics Nourishment Pills (Tonify)
• Shu Jing Huo Xue Wan -Relax The Channels and Invigorate The Blood Decoction (Invigorate the Blood)
• Si Wu Tang Wan -Four Substances Pills (Tonify)
• Su Zi Jiang Qi Wan -Perilla Fruit Pill to Direct Qi Downward (Regulate the Qi)

T

• Tao Hong Si Wu Wan -Four Substances Pills With Safflower And Peach Pit (Tonify)
• Te Xiao Jing Zhui Tong Wan -Patent Neck Pain Relief Pills (Invigorate the Blood)
• Tian Wang Bu Xin Wan -Emperor of Heavens Special Pill to Tonify the Heart (Calm The Spirit)
• Tong Bian Wan -Constipation Pills (Treat Dryness)

W

• Wen Jing Wan -Warm the Menses Formula (Invigorate the Blood)
• Wu Ji Bai Feng Wan -Black Chicken White Phoenix Pills (Clear Heat)
• Wu Lin San Wan -Gardenia & Hoelen Formula (Expel Dampness)
• Wu Mei Wan -Mume Fruit Pill (Expel Parasites)

X

• Xi Guan Jie Bi Tong Wan -Knee Joint Pain Relief (Expel Dampness)
• Xian Fang Huo Ming Yin Wan -Immortals Formula For Sustaining Life (Clear Heat)
• Xiao Feng Wan -Clear Wind Pill (Expel Wind)
• Xiao Huo Luo Wan -Minor Invigorate Channels Pills (Expel Dampness)
• Xiao Yao Wan -Free and Easy Wanderer (Harmonize)
• Xue Fu Zhu Yu Wan -Blood Stasis Relief Pills (Invigorate the Blood)

Y

• Yi Guan Jian Wan -Linking Decoction (Tonify)
• Yi Zi Wan -Decoction B (Clear Heat)
• You Gui Wan -Restore the Right Kidney Pill (Tonify)
• Yu Dai Wan -Cure Discharge Leucorrhea Pill (Expel Dampness)

Z

• Zhong Feng Hui Chun Wan -Stroke Recovery Pills (Invigorate the Blood)

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