Blood Stagnation
In traditional theory, Blood Stagnation denotes impaired movement or localized accumulation of Blood, potentially involving any region but often discussed through the Liver, Heart, uterus, and channels. Its conceptual role is to explain fixed pain, discoloration, masses, and irregular bleeding within a full or mixed full-empty framework. Study defining presentations and traditional differentiation context in this educational pattern record.
Key reference facts
- Nature
- Full/Empty
- Organ affinity
- Heart, Liver
- Defining presentations
- Dark face; Purple lips; Boring fixed stabbing pain; Abdominal masses; Purple nails
- Treatment principles
- Move Blood; Regulate qi to support Blood movement; Disperse localized accumulation; Address the traditional contributing factor
Related library records
- Drive out Stasis in the Mansion of Blood Decoction
- Four Substance (Things) Decoction with Safflower and Peach Pit
- Tonify Yang to Restore Five-Tenths Decoction
- Drive Out Blood Stasis Below the Diaphragm Decoction
- Drive Out Stasis from the Lower Abdomen Decoction
- Drive Out Blood Stasis from a Painful Body Decoction
Source reference: Me & Qi - TCM Patterns Database