bubble_chart Efficacy

Soothing liver and relieving depression, clearing heat and nourishing blood.

bubble_chart Indications

Liver depression and blood deficiency, transforming into fire and generating heat. Dysphoria and irritability, or spontaneous sweating and night sweats, headache and dry eyes, or flushed cheeks and dry mouth, or menstrual irregularities, lower abdominal pain or slight abdominal distension and fullness, difficulty urinating, a reddish tongue with thin yellow coating, and a wiry and rapid pulse.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

This formula is composed of Peripatetic Powder plus Peony Bark and Gardenia, also known as Peony and Gardenia Peripatetic Powder. In the formula, Bupleurum soothes the liver and relieves depression; Chinese Angelica and Peony Root tonify blood, harmonize the nutrient system, nourish blood, and pacify the liver; Peony Bark and Gardenia clear heat and cool blood; Mentha resuscitates with aromatics; Poria and White Atractylodes Rhizome tonify the spleen and replenish qi; Liquorice Root regulates the middle and relaxes spasms, harmonizing all the herbs; fried ginger enhances blood circulation.

bubble_chart Pattern Identification

1. Profuse sweating.
2. Headache, red eyes.
3. Menstrual irregularities.
4. Thin yellow coating.
5. Wiry and rapid pulse.

bubble_chart Formula Modification

1. blood deficiency and fever: add Sichuan Lovage Rhizome and Rehmannia.
2. qi deficiency and fatigue: add Ginseng and Astragalus Root.
3. severe liver depression with hypochondriac pain: add Cyperus and Curcuma Root.
4. menstrual pain: add Corydalis Tuber, Aucklandia Root, and motherwort herb.
5. blood stasis: add Salvia, Red Peony Root, and Carthamus.
6. excessive heat: add Unprocessed Rehmannia Root and Chinese Wolfberry Root-bark.
7. spleen deficiency with loose stool: add Tangshen, Chinese Yam, and Coix Seed.
8. yin deficiency: combine with Six-Ingredient Rehmannia Pill.
9. skin disease: add Chinese Wolfberry Root-bark and Schizonepeta.
10. difficult and painful urination: add Plantain Seed.

bubble_chart Modern Application

Hepatitis, pelvic inflammation, perimenopausal syndrome, subcutaneous lung nodules, eye diseases, menstrual irregularities, acne, thyroiditis, leucorrhea, eczema, urethritis, mastitis.