Bitter, pungent and slightly cold. It cools blood and clears heat, activates blood circulation and removes blood stasis, reduces swelling and relieves pain. Increase coronary blood flow and cardiac output; anti-platelet aggregation; anti-adrenergic effect, improve microcirculation; sedative, antipyretic, anticonvulsant; antibacterial, antiviral; relaxation of smooth muscle, antispasmodic and analgesic. Commonly used dose of 3-15g.

Danshen

Bitter and slightly cold. Nourishes blood and calms the mind, regulates menstruation, activates blood circulation and removes blood stasis. Increase coronary blood flow, adjust and slow down the heart rhythm; anticoagulation, inhibit fibrous collagen synthesis; dilate blood vessels, improve microcirculation; lowering blood lipids, blood pressure, blood glucose; anti-metamorphic reaction, reduce IgE and γ-globulin; antibacterial, anti-tumor. Commonly used dose 10-20g.

Motherwort

Slightly bitter and cold. Regulates menstruation, invigorates blood circulation, removes blood stasis and generates new blood, relieves pain, diuretic, lowers blood pressure, vasodilates blood vessels, anti-adrenergic, improves microcirculation, anticoagulation, antiplatelet agglutination, thrombolytic, adjusts smooth muscle activity of intestinal tubes, excites the respiratory center. Commonly used dose of 10-20g.

Danpi

Painful and slightly cold. Clearing heat, cooling blood, activating blood circulation, eliminating blood stasis. Reduce capillary permeability, inhibit platelet aggregation, inhibit fibrinolytic enzymes to achieve anti-inflammatory effect; lowering blood pressure, renal hypertension is also effective, antipyretic, hemostatic; antibacterial, antiviral; sedative, analgesic. Commonly used dose 5-10g.

Angelica sinensis

Sweet, pungent and warm. Nourishes blood, invigorates blood, regulates menstruation and relieves pain. Reduce platelet aggregation, anti-thrombosis, increase fibrinolytic enzyme activity; lowering blood lipids, lowering blood pressure, peripheral vasodilatation (related to M and H1 receptors); increase coronary blood flow, reduce myocardial oxygen consumption, against adrenaline-induced arrhythmias; anti-vitamin E deficiency; anti-anemia. Commonly used dose of 5-15g.

Ligusticum chuanxiong

Pungent and warm. Promotes blood circulation, relieves wind and pain, removes blood stasis and opens the veins. Vasodilates blood vessels, improves microcirculatory disorders, increases the number of open microcirculatory vessels, lowers blood pressure and lipiodol have a synergistic effect; inhibits platelet aggregation, inhibits thrombosis, inhibits thromboxane A2, reduces fibrin stability; sedative effect, relieves smooth muscle spasms, increases coronary artery blood flow, cardiotonic effect, may be excited by cardiac β-receptor; lipid-lowering, anti-atherosclerosis, antiradiation, anti Vitamin E deficiency. Commonly used dose 3-10g.

Saffron

Pungent and warm. Promote blood circulation and menstruation, remove blood stasis and relieve pain. Reduce vascular permeability, dilate blood vessels, reduce blood pressure, improve microcirculation, increase coronary blood flow, slow down the heart rate; inhibit platelet aggregation, the coagulation process of thrombin, thrombin fibrin reaction has a significant inhibitory effect. Commonly used dose of 3-10g.

Wu Ling Lipid

Sweet and warm. Promote blood circulation and dissipate blood stasis, move qi and relieve pain, fried charcoal to stop bleeding. Antispasmodic; antibacterial (typhoid, tuberculosis, staphylococcus), antifungal (trichophyton); increase white blood cells. Commonly used dose 3-10g.

Sheng Pu Huang

Sweet, pungent and cool. Promoting blood circulation, dispelling blood stasis, cooling blood, stopping bleeding, diuretic, reducing swelling, relieving pain, lowering blood lipids; improving microcirculation; sedative; increasing coronary blood flow, slowing down the heart rate; contracting the uterus; diuretic; shrinking the clotting time. Commonly used dose 3-10g.

Blood exhaust

Sweet, salty and flat. Resolving blood stasis and relieving pain, stopping bleeding and regenerating muscle. Analgesic, antifungal, antiplatelet aggregation, antithrombotic, vasodilator, increase blood flow, hemostasis; reduce blood viscosity. Commonly used dose 0.5-1.5g.

Triphala etc.