bubble_chart Efficacy

Nourishing blood and regulating menstruation, moving qi to relieve pain.

bubble_chart Indications

1. Menstrual irregularities caused by blood deficiency and qi stagnation, either early or late, with dizziness and breast distension before menstruation, or with less abdominal distension and fullness pain, and soreness in the waist during the menstrual period.
2. Female infertility.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

The formula uses the Four Ingredients Decoction as the foundation, tonifying blood and regulating menstruation, invigorating blood and removing stagnation; Eucommia Bark, Desertliving Cistanche to tonify the kidneys and strengthen bones and tendons; Cyperus, Dried Tangerine Peel, green tangerine peel for moving qi, soothing the liver, resolving stagnation, regulating menstruation, and relieving pain; Lindera, Corydalis Tuber, Fennel, for regulating qi and resolving stasis, warming the meridians, and relieving pain; cuttlebone (cuttlebone sepium) to astringe and stop bleeding, and reduce discharge; Skullcap Root to clear heat and stop bleeding, and to prevent the formula from being overly warm and pungent. The entire formula focuses on nourishing blood and moving qi, supplemented with kidney-tonifying and meridian-warming ingredients, making it suitable for those with blood deficiency and qi stagnation accompanied by cold congealing.

1. Complexion pale, menstrual color light: add Prepared Rehmannia Root, Donkey-hide Gelatin, Salvia.
2. Spleen deficiency abdominal distension and fullness, poor appetite, loose stool: add Tangshen, White Atractylodes Rhizome, Poria, Hawthorn Fruit.
3. Lower abdominal cold pain, scanty and dark menstrual flow: add Cassia Bark, Dried Ginger.
4. Aversion to cold, soreness and weakness of the waist and feet: add Dipsacus, Dodder Seed, Aconite Lateral Root or combine with Cassia Bark, Aconite and Rehmannia Pill.
5. Dry mouth, sore throat, red tongue with little coating: add Prepared Rehmannia Root, Asiatic Cornelian Cherry Fruit, Chinese Yam.

bubble_chart Modern Application

Infertility, menstrual irregularities, endometriosis, chronic endometritis, oophoritis, dysmenorrhea, lumbago, leukorrhea.