bubble_chart Composition

Angelica 9 gm, Peony 18 gm, Poria 12 gm, Atractylodes 12 gm, Alisma 12 gm, Chuanxiong 9 gm.

bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage

Grind the above six ingredients into a powder. Take 6 grams each time, administer with warm wine, three times a day.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Soothing the liver and fortifying the spleen.

bubble_chart Indications

The woman is pregnant, experiencing liver depression and qi stagnation, spleen deficiency with dampness predominance, and abdominal pain.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

This prescription is primarily used to treat women with liver deficiency and qi stagnation, spleen deficiency and blood deficiency, and disharmony between the liver and spleen. It heavily utilizes Peony Root to astringe the liver and relieve pain, White Atractylodes Rhizome and Poria to tonify the spleen and replenish qi, combined with Alisma to eliminate dampness with mild herbs, and assisted by Chinese Angelica and Sichuan Lovage Rhizome to regulate the liver and nourish blood. The combination of these herbs works together to harmonize the liver and spleen, tonify deficiencies, and eliminate dampness.

bubble_chart Documentation

According to the "Yuanhe Jiyong Jing," this prescription was originally used for health preservation, capable of "dispelling wind, replenishing fatigue, nourishing true yang, dispelling pathogenic heat, soothing the middle, calming the mind, and moisturizing the complexion; dispersing cold evil, warming miasma, and seasonal epidemics. It was a long-term medication given by Master Anqi to Li Shaojun, and later Zhang Zhongjing modified it into a prescription for abdominal pain during pregnancy.

bubble_chart Modern Application

Currently used for functional edema in women, chronic pelvic inflammation, functional uterine bleeding, dysmenorrhea, pregnancy appendicitis, as well as chronic nephritis, cirrhosis with ascites, hypersplenism, and other conditions characterized by spleen deficiency and liver depression.

bubble_chart Modern Pharmacology

Anti-anemia effect "Chinese Medicinals Bulletin" 1957(1):42, this formula has a significant therapeutic effect on anemia. Each component crude drug and mixed preparation contains anti-anemia components such as folic acid, complex folic acid, nicotinic acid, and vitamin H, with Chinese Angelica, Sichuan Lovage Rhizome, and Peony Root containing particularly high levels.