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| Chinese Formula | Actions | Indications | Symptoms |
| Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang Drive Out Stasis in the Mansion of Blood Decoction; Persica and Achyranthis Decoction; Blood Palace Decoction |
Moves Blood; Disperses Blood stasis; Soothes Liver-Qi; Unblocks the Channels. | Blood stasis in the chest with impairment of blood flow in the area above the diaphragm. The condition is complicated by constrained Liver Qi. | Acute articular rheumatism; Chest pain; Chronic hiccup; Cor pulmonale; Coronary disorders; Excruciating headache; Extreme moodiness; Insomnia; Irritability; Migraine; Nervous breakdown; Pain of the hypochondrium; Palpitations; Restlessness; Sensation of heat in the chest; Strangulation, choking sensation while drinking; Trigeminal neuralgia; Dysmenorrhea; Evening fever that is not severe; Hypertension; Injury to the chest; Intercostal neuralgia; Purple complexion; Purple lips; Dark purple tongue with dark spots on the edges; Firm-Choppy pulse (Lao Se); Firm-Wiry pulse (Lao Xian); Choppy pulse (Se); Wiry pulse (Xian). |
| Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan Cinnamon Twig and Poria Pill; Cinnamon and Hoelen Pill; Ramulus Cinnamomi-Poria Pill |
Calms pain of the abdomen; Moves Blood; Disperses Blood stasis; Eliminates induration. | Blood stasis or accumulation of Blood in the uterus and abdomen. | Amenorrhea; Breast cyst; Breast induration; Breast tumor; Chronic salpingitis; Distension of the abdomen; Dysmenorrhea; Endometriosis; Induration of the abdomen; Irregular menstruation; Lochiometra; Mild, persistent metrorrhagia with purplish-red or dark purple blood (during pregnancy); Ovarian cyst; Pain of the abdomen which is worse upon pressure; Sterility; Tension in the abdomen with spasms; Uterine fibroma; Purplish tongue or showing purplish spots; Choppy pulse (Se). |
| Guo Qi Yin Delayed Menstruation Decoction; Cyperus and Carthamus Decoction |
Nourishes Blood; Moves Qi. | Delayed menstruation due to Blood Deficiency with concurrent stagnation of Qi. | Distension of the lower abdomen; Menstruation with purple blood and clots; Pain of the abdomen which is worse upon pressure and diminishes with menstruation; Tongue with purplish spots on the edges; Choppy pulse (Se). |