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| Pattern Names |
| Blood Cold • 血寒 • Xuè Hán |
| Classification |
| Category: Blood |
Syndrome: Blood Cold |
| Symptoms |
| Tongue: Pale |
Pulse: deep/slow/choppy/tight |
| Indications: Intense coldness and pain in the hands, feet and lower abdomen, which is alleviated by warmth. Women may present with an irregular menstrual cycle,
dysmenorrhea, and menstruation characterized by a dark purple color and clots. There is a pale tongue, and a deep, slow or tight, and choppy pulse.[32] • Cold and pain in feet, hands and lower abdomen which can be relieved by warmth; dysmenorrhea, dark purple menses w clots. [42] |
| Keywords |
| Cold feet, hands, lower abdomen |
| Herb |
| Sheng Di Huang, Mu Dan Pi, Chi Shao, Huang Qin, Di Gu Pi, Ou Jie |
| Etiology |
| Accumulation of pathogenic cold within the blood vessels, causing disruption and impaired blood flow.[32] |
| Notes |
| Blood cold can lead to blood stagnation |
