Low Iron & Anemia
 

INGREDIENTS

Each pill contains the equiv. to dry:

Dong Quai 261.1mg

White Atractylodes, rhiz. 38mg

Szechuan Lovage, root 38mg

Jujube, fruit 38mg

Store below 30°C

Contains 200 x 200mg pills.

AUSTL 483091

Manufactured In Australia.

Indications: Low Iron, Anemia, dull headaches, light-headed, dry skin, light menstrual flow.

Actions: improve the quality of blood.

Dosage: 12 pills twice per day with food for 1 - 3 months until symptoms improve.

Over use don’t under use. Treat sooner rather than later.

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Dang Gui Su – "Low Iron Anaemia"

A traditional Chinese herbal formula designed to nourish the blood, strengthen digestion and support the body's natural production of healthy red blood cells and energy.

What is Dang Gui Su?

When people think of anaemia, they usually think about iron.

While iron is certainly important, healthy blood production depends on much more than a single mineral.

The body also requires:

• healthy digestion

• good nutrient absorption

• efficient circulation

• adequate energy production

• a healthy bone marrow

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) recognised this relationship thousands of years ago.

Rather than focusing on iron alone, Chinese medicine aims to improve the body's ability to build healthy blood naturally.

At Chiron Medical we call this formula "Low Iron Anaemia", because it has been designed to support people experiencing fatigue, pallor and reduced vitality associated with poor blood production and nutritional deficiency.

Importantly, anyone diagnosed with anaemia should undergo appropriate medical investigation to determine the underlying cause. This formula is intended as supportive care and does not replace iron therapy or medical management when required.

A Formula Designed to Build Healthy Blood

Unlike many classical formulas that contain ten or more herbs, Dang Gui Su uses just four carefully selected ingredients.

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Together they work to support the body's ability to:

• produce healthy blood

• improve digestion

• enhance nutrient absorption

• promote healthy circulation

• improve energy and recovery

The formula recognises a simple but important principle:

You cannot build healthy blood if your digestive system cannot efficiently absorb the nutrients needed to make it.

Why We Call It "Low Iron Anaemia"

People with poor blood production commonly experience:

• persistent fatigue

• pale skin

• dizziness

• poor concentration

• shortness of breath

• cold hands and feet

• reduced exercise tolerance

• slow recovery from illness

Chinese medicine refers to this as Blood Deficiency, often accompanied by weakness of the digestive system.

Rather than replacing blood directly, Dang Gui Su helps strengthen the physiological systems responsible for making it.

What Is It Traditionally Used For?

This formula is commonly used to support patients with signs of Blood Deficiency accompanied by weak digestion.

Blood Building

• nutritional anaemia (supportive care)

• recovery after blood loss

• fatigue associated with low iron

• pale complexion

• poor circulation

Women's Health

Frequently prescribed for:

• heavy menstrual bleeding

• postpartum recovery

• menstrual fatigue

• blood loss associated with childbirth

Recovery

Often considered following:

• surgery

• prolonged illness

• nutritional depletion

• chronic fatigue

The Herbs That Make the Formula

Building healthy blood is much like constructing a house.

You need quality building materials, skilled builders, an efficient supply chain and a strong foundation to support it all. If any one of these is missing, the entire project slows.

Dang Gui Su assembles a small but remarkably effective team. Some herbs help build healthy blood, others improve digestion so more nutrients become available, while another ensures that newly formed blood circulates efficiently to every tissue that needs it.

Dang Gui (Chinese Angelica Root)

Traditional Role

Dang Gui is the master builder of the formula. Revered for centuries as one of Chinese medicine's premier Blood-tonifying herbs, it nourishes and replenishes the body's blood supply while ensuring that newly formed Blood continues to circulate freely. Traditionally it is prescribed for fatigue, dizziness, pale complexion, poor recovery after illness, menstrual blood loss and weakness associated with blood deficiency. By combining nourishment with healthy circulation, it helps rebuild without allowing stagnation to develop.

Biomedical Role

Modern research suggests Dang Gui supports healthy red blood cell production while improving microcirculation, reducing inflammatory activity and protecting tissues from oxidative stress. Studies have also demonstrated actions supporting vascular health and tissue repair.

Bai Zhu (Atractylodes Rhizome)

Traditional Role

Bai Zhu prepares the foundations. Healthy blood cannot be produced without healthy digestion. Bai Zhu strengthens the digestive system, improving the body's ability to extract nourishment from food while reducing bloating, loose stools and poor appetite that commonly accompany longstanding deficiency. It ensures the raw materials needed for healthy blood production are consistently available.

Biomedical Role

Research suggests Bai Zhu improves nutrient absorption, supports intestinal barrier integrity and promotes healthy digestive enzyme activity while demonstrating anti-inflammatory and immune regulating effects.

Chuan Xiong (Szechuan Lovage Rhizome)

Traditional Role

Chuan Xiong is the delivery network. Once healthy blood has been rebuilt, it must reach every part of the body. Chuan Xiong invigorates circulation throughout the muscles, brain and extremities, helping relieve headaches, dizziness, numbness and discomfort associated with poor blood flow. It ensures nourishment is delivered where it is needed most.

Biomedical Role

Modern research demonstrates improved microcirculation, vascular protection and antioxidant activity together with support for endothelial function and healthy tissue perfusion.

Da Zao (Jujube Fruit)

Traditional Role

Da Zao keeps the workers well fed. It gently supports digestion while nourishing both energy and Blood, helping the body tolerate and utilise the stronger tonic herbs. Traditionally it is valued for improving appetite, restoring strength after illness and maintaining the steady production of nourishment during recovery.

Biomedical Role

Studies suggest Jujube possesses antioxidant, immune supporting and gastroprotective properties while helping reduce fatigue and supporting healthy digestive function, an important foundation for efficient nutrient and iron absorption.

Why These Herbs Work Together

Iron alone does not make healthy blood.

The body must first digest and absorb nutrients, transport them to the bone marrow, manufacture healthy red blood cells and then deliver oxygen efficiently throughout the body. If any stage of that process is impaired, fatigue and symptoms of anaemia may persist despite adequate iron intake.

Dang Gui Su addresses each stage of this pathway. Dang Gui replenishes and nourishes the blood while Chuan Xiong ensures healthy circulation delivers oxygen and nutrients throughout the body. Bai Zhu strengthens digestion so the raw materials for blood production are absorbed efficiently, while Da Zao supports both digestion and recovery, helping the body rebuild its reserves over time.

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the formula nourishes Blood, strengthens digestion and restores vitality following blood loss, chronic illness or constitutional weakness.

From a modern biomedical perspective, the constituent herbs have demonstrated actions supporting nutrient absorption, healthy erythropoiesis, microcirculation, tissue oxygenation and recovery from fatigue.

Rather than acting as an iron supplement, Dang Gui Su helps restore the body's ability to build, circulate and effectively utilise healthy blood.

What Does Modern Research Say?

Research into the constituent herbs has explored their effects on:

Blood Formation

Studies suggest support for:

• healthy red blood cell production

• microcirculation

• tissue oxygenation

Digestive Function

Research demonstrates:

• improved nutrient absorption

• healthier intestinal barrier function

• digestive immune regulation

Recovery

The herbs have also been investigated for:

• fatigue reduction

• antioxidant activity

• immune support

• improved recovery following illness

Although research into this exact four-herb combination is limited, the individual herbs have been extensively studied and demonstrate complementary actions consistent with the formula's traditional use.

Digestion Comes Before Blood

One of the enduring principles of Chinese medicine is that the digestive system is the factory that builds Blood.

Even the best nutrition cannot help if nutrients are poorly absorbed.

By strengthening digestion while nourishing Blood and improving circulation, Dang Gui Su addresses several of the body's most important blood-building systems at once.

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Comparing the Chiron Medical Blood & Tonic Formulas

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Dang Gui Su - Low Iron Anaemia - Builds Blood and improves nutrient absorption - Nutritional blood deficiency, fatigue, recovery after blood loss

Shi Quan Da Bu Tang - Restore the Blood - Rebuilds Qi, Blood and constitutional vitality - Recovery after surgery, chemotherapy and prolonged illness

Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang - Energy Pills - Builds Qi and digestive energy - Chronic fatigue, poor stamina and digestive weakness

Liu Wei Di Huang Tang - Water of Life - Nourishes Kidney Yin - Healthy ageing, constitutional depletion and dryness

Fu Gui Ba Wei Tang - Warm the Cockles - Warms Kidney Yang - Cold intolerance, poor circulation and reduced metabolic vitality

For Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners

Classical Pattern

Blood Deficiency with Spleen Qi Deficiency

Typical presentation:

• fatigue

• pale complexion

• dizziness

• poor appetite

• weak digestion

• pale tongue

• fine or weak pulse

Formula Strategy

Dang Gui Su:

• Nourishes Blood.

• Strengthens the Spleen.

• Improves digestion.

• Promotes healthy circulation.

• Supports constitutional recovery.

Common Clinical Applications

Frequently considered for:

• nutritional blood deficiency

• postpartum recovery

• fatigue following blood loss

• menstrual fatigue

• recovery after prolonged illness

For Medical Doctors

Proposed Biomedical Actions

Current research suggests the constituent herbs influence:

• nutrient absorption

• microcirculation

• inflammatory cytokines

• antioxidant pathways

• vascular endothelial function

• gastrointestinal barrier integrity

• immune regulation

Major bioactive compounds include:

• ferulic acid

• ligustilide

• atractylenolides

• jujube polysaccharides

• flavonoids

Collectively these compounds demonstrate antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, gastroprotective and circulatory-supportive properties that may complement normal physiological blood production.

Potential Herb–Drug Considerations

Clinical monitoring is advisable in patients taking:

• oral or intravenous iron

• anticoagulants or antiplatelet medications (particularly due to Chuan Xiong)

• antihypertensive medications

• chemotherapy or immunosuppressive therapies

Patients with confirmed anaemia should undergo appropriate medical assessment to identify the underlying cause, including iron deficiency, vitamin B12 deficiency, folate deficiency, chronic disease or occult blood loss. Dang Gui Su should be viewed as adjunctive supportive therapy rather than a replacement for evidence-based medical treatment.

Building Better Blood Begins with Better Digestion

Healthy blood is not created by iron alone.

It depends on a healthy digestive system, efficient nutrient absorption and strong circulation.

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Dang Gui Su reflects this elegant principle of Chinese medicine.

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Rather than simply replacing what has been lost, it helps create the conditions in which healthy blood can be produced naturally.

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That is why we call it "Low Iron Anaemia."

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By nourishing the Blood, strengthening digestion and improving circulation together, this gentle four-herb formula supports one of the body's most remarkable abilities—the ability to rebuild itself from within.