bubble_chart Composition Scutellaria (stir-fried) 30g, White Peony Root (stir-fried) 30g, Tortoise Shell (roasted) 30g, Phellodendron Bark (stir-fried) 9g, Chinaberry Bark 23g, Cyperus 7.5g
bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage
Grind the above ingredients into powder, mix with wine, and make into pills. Take 50 pills each time, before meals, with warm wine or administer with plain water.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Enriching yin and clearing heat, stopping bleeding and securing the menses.
bubble_chart Indications
Hypermenorrhea, metrorrhagia, and metrostaxis, with a red tongue and a wiry, rapid pulse.
bubble_chart Formula Principles
In the formula, Tortoise Carapace and Peony Root strengthen water to control fire, subduing yang and astringing yin; Skullcap Root, Phelloendron Bark, and Toona Sinensis Root clear heat and stop bleeding to secure the menses; Cyperus regulates qi and harmonizes blood. When these herbs are used together, they strengthen water to control fire, clear blood heat, and thus can stop menstrual bleeding. Note: This formula was originally unnamed in the source text, and the name has been added based on "Yifang Leiju" Volume 210, citing "Xin Xiao Fang."