Herbs that Invigorate Blood and Remove Stagnation
Ru Xiang 乳香
Resina Olibani Frankincense Resin
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Materia Medica Data
- Temperature
- Warm
- Nature & Flavour
- Spicy, Bitter, Warm
- Channels Entered
- HT, LIV, SP
- Latin (pharmaceutical)
- Resina Olibani
- Chinese
- 乳香
- Tone Marks
- rŭ xiāng
- Translation
- Fragrant Milk
Chinese Herb Actions
- Moves Blood and Qi, Relieves Pain, Relaxes the Sinews Commonly combined with Mo Yao for wide variety of painful conditions including amenorrhea, dysmenorrheal, stomach and epigastric pain, traumatic pain, carbuncles, sores, swellings, chest and abdominal pain. Also for Wind-Damp painful obstruction, rigidity and spasms.
- Reduces Swelling and Generates Flesh External powder reduces swelling, relieves pain, generates flesh, enhances healing in skin lesions and ulcers, sores, carbuncles and traumatic injuries. For pain, redness and swelling of gums, mouth and throat.
Chinese Herb Dosage
- 3-9 grams in decoction (Bensky)
- 3-10 grams in decoction (Chen)
Chinese Herb Combinations:
- Dang Gui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis)
- Mo Yao (Resina Myrrhae)
- Ru Xiang (Resina Olibani)
- Zi Ran Tong (Pyritum)
Combined Indications:
- Strains and Fractures
Chinese Herb Contraindications & Cautions
- Do not use during pregnancy
- Do not use in patients with sensitive stomachs, may cause vomiting and nausea
- Do not use long term
- Not for cases without stasis
Chinese Herb Toxicity & Overdose
- None Noted
Sources & References
Compiled and edited by Thomas Dehli, Founder & Editor, Sacred Lotus
The information here is referenced from numerous sources — teachers, practitioners, class notes from Five Branches University, the books below, and the published research literature, with citations given as resolvable PubMed identifiers. Where sources disagree, I have flagged the discrepancies directly. If facts couldn't be verified, I have left them out. How we source our content.
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