bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage Limonite (Limonitum)
fire-calcined and vinegar-quenched, regardless of the number of times, measured by the amount of crushed by hand twisting 120gm Hematite (Haematitum)
such as yu yuliang 120gm Myrrh (Myrrha)
remove sand and gravel, grind 60gm Cinnabar (Radix et Rhizoma Salviae Miltiorrhizae)
water flying 30gm The above four ingredients are cut into small pieces and placed into a crucible, sealed with salt mud, and allowed to dry. They are then heated until red-hot with charcoal until the fire completely dies out. After cooling, they are buried in a pit to remove fire toxin for two nights. The total of eight ingredients, including the previous ones, are ground into fine powder and mixed with sticky rice flour cooked into a paste to form pills the size of small Gordon Euryale Seeds. These are dried in the sun until glossy. Each pill is taken on an empty stomach with warm wine or cold water.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Tonify the spleen and kidneys, stabilize the Chong and Ren meridians, calm the heart and mind, stop metrorrhagia and leukorrhagia, dispel stasis to promote regeneration.
bubble_chart Indications
True essence is depleted, with five strains and seven injuries, cold and painful lower abdomen, aching limbs; upper excess and lower deficiency, dizziness, mental confusion; apoplexy and paralysis, immobility of hands and feet, stiffness of tendons and bones, heavy waist and knees, withered appearance and emaciated muscles, dim vision and deafness, bitter taste in the mouth and dry tongue, loss of appetite; insufficiency of heart and kidney, nocturnal emission, bladder hernia, dribbling urination, excessive night sweats, chronic diarrhea, vomiting and loss of appetite; women with insufficient blood and qi, deficiency and cold in the Chong and Ren meridians, prolonged cold leukorrhea, infertility due to cold uterus, blood stasis in the uterus and appendages, excessive menstrual bleeding and metrorrhagia, symptoms include persistent bleeding, dark red or black blood with clots, lower abdominal pain that worsens with pressure and eases with the expulsion of clots, purple and dark tongue texture, deep and thin pulse.
bubble_chart Formula Principles In the formula, red halloysite, limonite, fluorite, and Hematite are all calcined, which have the effects of warming the uterus, consolidating the lower body, nourishing blood, and stopping uterine bleeding; frankincense, myrrh, and Trogopterus Dung have the functions of invigorating blood and resolving stasis, regulating qi and relieving pain; sticky rice powder tonifies the lung and strengthens the spleen, tonifying qi and warming the middle.
bubble_chart Modern Application
Clinically, it can be used for functional uterine bleeding and menopausal syndrome presenting with the aforementioned symptoms and signs.