INDIVIDUAL HERBS

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Radix Curcumae
Common English:	Curcuma Tuber Turmeric Tuber

Herbs that Regulate the Blood: Herbs that Invigorate the Blood

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Acrid Bitter	Cold (Cool)	Heart Lung Liver (Gallbladder)	3-15g Tincture: 2-5ml

Actions	Indications/Syndromes
Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, regulates Qi flow, speeds healing of chronic sores and alleviates pain	Blood Stasis due to trauma (topical and internal) Chronic sores Liver Qi Stagnation with chest, flank menstrual and abdominal pain Especially useful for Liver Qi Stagnation with Heat signs
Clears Heat and cools the Blood	Xue Level Heat with epistaxis, hematemesis and hematuria Especially for epistaxis at the onset of menstruation (inverted menstruation)
Clears the Heart and Pericardium and opens the Orifices	Phlegm Heat Obstructing the Heart Orifices with anxiety, agitation, seizures or mental derangement
Benefits the Gallbladder and reduces jaundice	Gallbladder disorders Jaundice

CONTRAINDICATIONS

INCOMPATIBILITIES

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Rz. Cyperi Xiang Fu Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao	Fr. Aurantii Zhi Ke	Rx. Bupleuri Chai Hu
Pain in the abdomen and flanks associated with menstruation.	Liver Qi Stagnation with a stifling sensation in the chest and fullness in the epigastrium and abdomen with Heat signs. Stabbing pain in the chest, flanks and abdomen due to Blood Stagnation.	Liver Qi and Blood Stagnation with flank pain and distention, dysmenorrhea and irregular menstruation.
Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen	Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen Carapax Trionycis Bie Jia Hb. Lycopi Ze Lan	Hb. Artemisiae Scopariae Yin Chen Hao Fr. Gardeniae Zhi Zi
Heat with Blood Stasis causing chest Bi.	Accumulation or masses in the hypochondrium.	Jaundice with flank pain, constriction and distention of the chest, scanty urine and anorexia due to Damp-Heat febrile disease.
Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae Niu Xi	Hb. Lysimachiae Jin Qian Cao	Rz. Acori Tatarinowii Shi Chang Pu Succus Bambusae Zhu Li
Purplish skin rashes, hematemesis and epistaxis due to Blood Heat with Blood Stasis.	Pain due to Stone Lin.	Damp-Heat veiling the clear Orifices with focal distention, a stifling sensation in the chest and epigastrium and muddled consciousness.
Alumen Ming Fan	Spora Lygodii Hai Jin Sha Corneum Endothelium Gigeriae Galli Ji Nei Jin
Seizures due to Phlegm Obstruction.	Gall stones.

There are two major varieties of this herb, Chuan Yu Jin and Guang Yu Jin. Chuan Yu Jin is milder, is more for moving Qi, and is used for weaker patients. Guang Yu Jin is stronger and is more for moving Blood.
This herb also helps relieve depression.
This herb is quite valuable for its Liver dredging and Gallbladder purging abilities. It is similar to Rx. Bupleuri Chai Hu. It also treats sharp pain (similar to Corydalis Yan Hu Suo and Melia Ku Lian Gen Pi).
This herb is similar in action to Rz. Curcumae Longae Jiang Huang and Rz. Curcumae E Zhu.
This herb is good for Heat in the Blood with Stasis.
Although its ability to clear the Heart is good, its ability to open the Orifices is weak.
It treats withdrawal seizures in Liver patients.
It treats pox toxin entering the Heart.
This herb is used a yellow dye in the textile industry.
Both Yu Jin and Rz. Curcumae Longae Jiang Huang promote the movement of Qi and Blood and facilitate the Gall-bladder to eliminate jaundice. Yu Jin is stronger in this regard. Jiang Huang is warm rather than Cold, and treats Wind Bi which Yu Jin does not do. Yu Jin enters the Blood Level to cool Heat and break up Blood Stasis while promoting the flow of Qi at the Blood Level. It also clears Heat and relieves constraint which Jiang Huang does not do.