State/School

California License Exam, Pacific College Comps

Pharm Name

Olibanum

Common Name

Frankincense Resin

Category

Regulate Blood/Invigorate the Blood

Ingredients

Taste

Bitter

Pao Zhi

Vinegar-fried to improve its taste and ability to be digested. It guides it actions into the Liver channel and strengthens its ability to invigorate the blood, stop pain, restrain and inhibit and generate flesh. It is commonly used for chest & flank pain, mobile & fixed abdominal masses as well as dysmenorrhea & amenorrhea.

Temperature

Neutral

Action / Indication

1. Invigorates the blood and dispels blood stasis, reduces swelling, and alleviates pain: for problems due to blood stasis, including pain from trauma, sores, carbuncles, swellings, fixed abdominal masses, painful obstruction, chest pain, abdominal pain, and amenorrhea.
2. Promotes healing: used topically to promote the healing of chronic nonhealing sores.
3.  Reduces swelling and generates flesh: applied topically as an ointment or powder to reduce swelling, generate flesh, alleviate pain, and promote healing of sores, carbuncles, and traumatic injury. Also for pain, redness, and swelling of the gums, mouth, and throat.
   

Treatment Principles

Circulates Blood
Moves Qi
Relaxes Muscles
Opens the Channels
Relieves Pain
Reduces Swelling
Repairs Tissues

Contraindication

Pregnancy and in the abscence of blood stasis. Use caution for those with sensitive stomachs and delicate paplates; this herb has a strong and upleasant taste and may invoke nausea or vomiting.

Dosages

3-9g

Meridians

HT, LV, SP

Tom's Comment

1. Ru Xiang is often used in trauma medicine particularly in external preparation.
2. Ru Xiang taste awful and is gastrically irritating and often upsets the stomach.

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