so the last category in the section is herbs that invigorate the blood so these are herbs that treat blood stagnation and I should apologize in advance I have a tendency to say blood stagnation instead of blood stasis technically these are two different characters in Chinese when the chi is not moving we say stagnation and when the blood is not moving or it's moving sluggishly we say blood stasis but really these two things mean the same thing it's like saying Merry Christmas versus happy New Year what's the difference between Merry and happy they kind of mean the same thing we just idiomatically attach them to different terms so hopefully you don't get too confused if I occasionally say blood stagnation I really mean blood stasis so blood stasis is the inhibited movement or non-movement of blood through the vessels this can have several causes cold heat Chi stagnation Qi deficiency or injury and trauma but the main things we're treating here are pain conditions because where they're stagnation there's pain and menstruation issues like painful Menses amenorrhea or abnormal uterine bleeding or we might also see things like lumps accumulations or abdominal masses due to blood stagnation or blood stasis when we look at the properties these herbs are usually warm in temperature because warm is moving but some are cold so that's something we'll want to pay attention to most are accurate because the accurate flavor moves and disperses and they all enter the liver Channel because the liver stores blood and some of them enter the heart Channel because the heart governs blood or moves blood and because they promote movement many of these herbs are contraindicated during pregnancy it kind of depends on how strongly they move blood the herbs that gently move blood are okay to use but the herbs that strongly move blood or break the blood are definitely contraindicated so this is another long category it turns out that Wiseman and brand will actually group them based on herbs that relieve pain herbs that regulate Menses herbs that break up masses and herbs or injury and Trauma for this one just to keep it simple I'm going to go in Benz key order but keep in mind that some of these herbs have this specialty so let's start with the first one which is Chuan Shong Chuan Chong moves both Chi and blood and it's good for pain one of its Specialties is that it relieves headache this can be any type of headache due to any cause depending on what it's combined with so when you get into formula class and talk about formula modifications pretty much all of the formulas are going to have this modification for headaches ad Tuan Chong so know that Chuan Chong treats headache but it's also very commonly used for a variety of blood stagnation conditions is red peony we should know that it both invigorates blood and cools the blood remember we had another herb like this mudon P so mood on P is in the cool the blood category but it also invigorates blood and here sure is in the invigorate blood category but it also cools the blood Don Chen is also cool in temperature and for this one I would think about the chest and the heart I mean donjen is also used for gynecological issues but it's one of our best herbs for treating chest B and heart pain due to stagnation it also clears heat to calm Shen so don Chen calms the Shen Don means Cinnabar same as like Don Tien sodan Shen means uh Sudan Chen means Cinnabar root referring to the color invigorates blood and sorry G suiteong invigorates blood tonifies blood and unblocks the channels and relaxes the sinews these things make it especially useful for wind in the channels or B syndrome tongue means Vine so you can think that Vines are soft and flexible so that's why Vines tend to be used to treat B syndrome the name means chicken blood Vine which again is referring to the color and blood to stop pain it can be used to treat pain from a variety of causes anywhere in the body depending on the combination I believe Janus will is in the poppy family which is the same family that the Opium plant is in now this is not the same as opium it's not as strong in its action and it doesn't have that habit-forming addiction thing but that's just the way I like to remember that Yahoo stops pain