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Herbsmith Rx Jin Gu Die Shang Wan is a classical Chinese herbal formula recommended by holistic veterinarians to move blood and qi and support recovery from minor soft tissue injuries in dogs, cats, and horses. Comparable to Muscle and Traumatic Injury Powder and The Great Mender, it moves blood and qi to support the body's recovery from minor injuries such as sprains, strains, and bruises, addressing blood stasis and qi stagnation from traumatic soft tissue injury. A seven-herb formula concentrated on blood-stasis resolution and tissue recovery support, Jin Gu Die Shang Wan uses the classical traumatic injury strategy of simultaneously stopping bleeding and moving stasis (San Qi), breaking up blood stasis and supporting tissue healing (Xue Jie, Hong Hua), nourishing and invigorating the blood to address both the deficiency and stagnation components of the post-injury state (Dang Gui), applying the classical Ru Xiang and Mo Yao paired combination to move blood stasis and promote tissue recovery, and strengthening the sinews and bones through the kidney-tonifying and sinew-healing action of Xu Duan to support structural recovery alongside the blood-moving treatment. Well suited for dogs, cats, and horses presenting with blood stasis and qi stagnation from minor traumatic soft tissue injury, characterized by localized swelling and bruising from blood stasis in the affected tissue, reduced range of motion and stiffness from qi stagnation in the affected channels, and the dark or purple tongue discoloration and wiry or choppy pulse reflecting the blood stasis pattern. Available as a concentrated powder mixed into food; cats and dogs use the Canine Blend, while horses use the Equine/Horse Blend. Dosing varies by species and body weight, and your authorizing veterinarian will provide specific guidance.
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For Dogs (Canine Blend Powder):
For Cats (Canine Blend Powder): ¼ tsp twice daily, or as prescribed
For Horses (Equine/Horse Blend, 1,000 lb horse): Two tablespoons twice daily for 20 days, then two tablespoons once daily in grain. If the horse initially refuses, start with a small amount mixed into grain and gradually increase until the horse is accustomed to the taste. Most horses will readily accept the herbs in their grain.
Active Ingredients: San Qi (Radix Notoginseng), Dang Gui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis), Xue Jie (Sanguis Draconis), Xu Duan (Radix Dipsaci), Ru Xiang (Gummi Olibanum), Mo Yao (Myrrha), Hong Hua (Flos Carthami Tinctorii)
Inactive Ingredient: Flaxseed
VETERINARY AUTHORIZATION REQUIRED: Submit Your Authorization Request or Request a TCVM Telemedicine Consultation
Jin Gu Die Shang Wan is a seven-herb formula for blood stasis and qi stagnation from traumatic soft tissue injury, organized into three herb groups: a primary blood-stasis-breaking and hemostatic group, a blood-nourishing and invigorating group including the classical Ru Xiang and Mo Yao pairing, and a sinew and bone-healing group:
Jin Gu Die Shang Wan contains multiple herbs with significant blood-invigorating and anticoagulant properties (San Qi, Dang Gui, Xue Jie, Ru Xiang, Mo Yao, and Hong Hua) that collectively produce a strong anticoagulant effect warranting particular caution in animals on warfarin, heparin, aspirin, clopidogrel, or other anticoagulant or antiplatelet medications. The formula's combined blood-invigorating herb load is among the highest in the Herbsmith Rx line, and bleeding risk monitoring is especially important for animals receiving concurrent anticoagulant pharmaceutical therapy. Ru Xiang (frankincense/boswellia) has documented anti-inflammatory properties that may interact with NSAIDs and corticosteroids. Dang Gui has estrogenic properties that warrant monitoring in animals on hormonal medications. San Qi may interact with medications metabolized by the cytochrome P450 enzyme system. The formula is designed for acute and subacute blood stasis from minor traumatic soft tissue injury and is not appropriate for fractures, open wounds, severe trauma requiring surgical intervention, or conditions presenting with active uncontrolled bleeding where the formula's blood-invigorating herbs would be contraindicated.
Medication categories warranting extra caution include anticoagulant and antiplatelet medications (the formula's six blood-invigorating herbs collectively), NSAIDs and corticosteroids (Ru Xiang's boswellic acid anti-inflammatory properties), hormonal medications (Dang Gui's estrogenic properties), and medications metabolized by the cytochrome P450 system (San Qi). Your authorizing veterinarian will determine appropriateness based on your animal's condition, current medications, and the severity and nature of the injury, with particular attention to confirming the injury is appropriate for herbal blood-moving treatment and that no contraindications to the formula's strong anticoagulant herb load are present.
VETERINARY AUTHORIZATION REQUIRED: Submit Your Authorization Request or Request a TCVM Telemedicine Consultation
In Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine, Jin Gu Die Shang Wan is indicated for blood stasis and qi stagnation from minor traumatic soft tissue injury, presenting with localized swelling and bruising from blood accumulation in the injured tissue, reduced range of motion and stiffness from qi stagnation in the affected channels, and dark tongue discoloration and a wiry or choppy pulse reflecting the blood stasis pattern. Comparable to Muscle and Traumatic Injury Powder and The Great Mender, it is specifically designed for minor soft tissue injuries including sprains, strains, and bruises, and is not appropriate for fractures, open wounds, severe trauma requiring surgical evaluation, or conditions without the blood stasis presentation. Your authorizing veterinarian will assess whether the injury is appropriate for herbal blood-moving treatment and confirm no contraindications to the formula's strong blood-invigorating herb composition are present before beginning use.
Mix the powder directly into food or grain at the dose recommended for your animal's species and body weight. Dogs and cats use the Canine Blend; horses use the Equine/Horse Blend. Dogs and cats receive the formula twice daily; horses receive two tablespoons twice daily for the initial treatment period, then once daily. If the horse initially refuses, start with a small amount mixed into grain and gradually increase until the horse is accustomed to the taste. Most horses will readily accept the herbs in their grain. Because Jin Gu Die Shang Wan contains six blood-invigorating herbs, your authorizing veterinarian will review current medications for anticoagulant interactions, confirm the injury type and severity are appropriate for herbal blood-moving treatment, and provide specific guidance on the treatment duration appropriate for the acute or subacute blood stasis pattern.
Jin Gu Die Shang Wan is formulated for the acute and subacute blood stasis pattern of minor soft tissue injury and typically works relatively quickly compared to constitutional tonic formulas, because it addresses an acute pathological accumulation (blood stasis and qi stagnation) rather than a deep constitutional deficiency. Improvement in localized swelling, bruising, and stiffness is often seen within 1 to 2 weeks of consistent use, as the formula's multiple blood-invigorating herbs progressively resolve blood stasis. The speed of response reflects the severity and duration of the blood stasis pattern: acute injuries treated promptly respond more rapidly than injuries with established chronic blood stasis. Your veterinarian will assess the reduction in swelling, bruising, and tissue stiffness and the normalization of tongue color and pulse quality throughout the treatment course to confirm the blood stasis is resolving and determine when the formula is no longer needed.
The high concentration of blood-invigorating herbs (six of the seven active ingredients have blood-invigorating action) reflects the classical TCVM principle that blood stasis is the central and defining pathology of traumatic injury and requires comprehensive, multi-herb blood-moving treatment to fully resolve. When trauma disrupts normal qi and blood flow in the channels, the blood extravasates and accumulates in the affected tissue as stasis, and this stasis does not self-resolve without targeted treatment to break it up and move it back into normal circulation. A single blood-invigorating herb alone addresses the stasis from only one therapeutic angle; the formula uses six herbs to approach the blood stasis simultaneously through hemostasis and stasis movement (San Qi), stasis breaking (Xue Jie), blood invigoration and stasis dispersal (Hong Hua), qi movement and tissue recovery (Ru Xiang), blood stasis resolution and swelling reduction (Mo Yao), and blood nourishment with invigoration (Dang Gui), ensuring the blood stasis is thoroughly resolved from all angles rather than partially addressed by a single-herb approach. Xu Duan addresses the structural sinew and bone recovery that the blood-moving herbs alone do not reach.
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