Mo Yao没药

MyrrhMyrrh

Also known asResina Commiphorae · Commiphora

Usual doses

Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, alleviates pain and reduces swelling: Blood Stasis with pain from trauma, sores, carbuncles, swellings, fixed abdominal masses, painful obstruction, chest pain, abdominal pain and amenorrhea
Generates flesh and promotes healing: Chronic non-healing sores

Contraindicated during pregnancy.
Contraindicated when Stasis is absent.
Contraindicated for those with excessive uterine bleeding.
Contraindicated for those with excessive postpartum lochia and abdominal pain from Deficiency.
Use caution with those who have a weak Stomach.
Do not use long-term.
Lower the dosage when combined with Olibanum Ru Xiang.

Qi and Blood obstruction causing epigastric and abdominal pain.
- Hong Hua
Chest and abdominal pain, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea from Blood Stasis.
- Di Long
- Zhi Chuan Wu
Wind-Stroke with spasms and rigidity; Wind-Damp-Cold Bi.
- Niu Xi
Flank pain from an acute sprain.
- Ru Xiang
Opens and disseminates the organs and clears the channels and collaterals, treating epigastric, flank, abdominal and joint pain, menstrual pain and irregular periods, Wind-Cold-Damp Bi with body-wide numbness and unresponsive limbs, and swollen painful sores or sores that are hard but painless; used topically as a powder for skin lesions and ulcerations.
- Ru Xiang
- Dang Gui
- Chuan Xiong
- Hong Hua
- Chuan Niu Xi
- Ru Xiang
- Dang Gui
- Chuan Xiong
- Hong Hua
- Niu Xi
Bruising from traumatic injury.
- Ru Xiang
- Dang Gui
- Tao Ren
- Hong Hua
- Chuan Xiong
- San Leng
- E Zhu
- Yan Hu Suo
- Shui Zhi
- Meng Chong
- Da Huang
Abdominal masses with pain and dysmenorrhea.
- Dang Gui
- Hong Hua
- Chuan Xiong
- Pao Jiang
- Yi Mu Cao
Postpartum abdominal pain with spotting.
- Qiang Huo
- Du Huo
- Fang Feng
- Sang Ji Sheng
- Wei Ling Xian
- Xi Xin
- Chi Shao
- Hong Hua
Bi syndrome.

This herb is the resin of the stem, and was applied to corpses in ancient Egypt as a preservative.
Applied to the lips, it acts as an astringent.
It is used mainly for severe pain from Blood Stasis.
One source states that it also regulates Qi.
Both Mo Yao and Olibanum Ru Xiang invigorate the Blood, disperse Stasis, stop pain, reduce swelling and generate flesh: Ru Xiang is warm and piercingly aromatic, stops pain powerfully, acts more on Qi, invigorates the Blood more strongly and relaxes the sinews, while Mo Yao is neutral and bitter, breaks up Stagnation powerfully, drains and disperses the Blood, and acts more on the Blood.
Unprepared Myrrh Shen Mo Yao is generally used externally or in pill form.
Prepared Myrrh Zhi Mo Yao is gentler on digestion, tastes better, and more strongly invigorates the Blood, stops pain, restrains, and generates flesh.