Blood circulation improvement via blood-moving herbs

This entry refers to a therapeutic strategy using "blood-moving herbs," a category of traditional herbal medicines believed to improve blood circulation. These herbs are typically used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and other systems with the aim of promoting vasodilation, reducing platelet aggregation, inhibiting thrombosis, and addressing "blood stasis." The effects are attributed to a variety of active compounds in different herbs (such as Salvia miltiorrhiza, Carthamus tinctorius, Angelica acutiloba, Ginkgo biloba, and others), each potentially acting on numerous molecular pathways in hemostasis, vascular tone, and inflammation. However, "blood circulation improvement via blood-moving herbs" describes a pharmacological intervention rather than a molecular target, and does not correspond to a specific gene, protein, enzyme, or receptor[2][3][4].

Other names

Blood-moving herbsHerbs for blood circulationBlood stasis-removing herbsCirculation promoting herbs

Inhibition of platelet aggregation via calcium channel antagonism; Vasodilation through nitric oxide production; Inhibition of platelet-activating factor (PAF) receptor; Inhibition of PI3K/AKT-mediated platelet activation; Relaxation of vascular smooth muscle