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| Health Benefits |
| For: Infertility • Uterine bleeding • Endometriosis • Ovarian cyst • Irregular periods • Palpable abdominal masses |
| Atributes: |
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| Category: Regulate Blood ⌕ |
| Subcategory: Invigorate Blood and Dispel Blood Stasis Source: Jin Gui Yao Lue |
| Actions: Invigorate blood • Dispel blood stasis with severe deficiency • Promote new blood |
| Diagnosis |
| Tongue: Pulse: Other: |
| Patterns: Severe deficiency • Blood stasis • Blood stagnation |
| Indications: Severe deficiency • Blood stasis • Blood stagnation • Infertility • Uterine bleeding • Low estradiol, FSH, or LH • Stimulates ovulation • Endometriosis • Ovarian cyst • Irregular periods |
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| Description |
| Name Variations: Da Huang Zhe Chong Wan, 桂枝茯苓丸, Cinnamon Twig and Poria Pill, |
| Herb List: Da Huang • Zhe Chong • Gan Qi • Shui Zhi • Ji Cao • Mang Chong • Huang Qin • Tao Ren • Xing Ren • Sheng Di Huang • Shao Yao • Gan Cao |
| Commentary: Da Huang can remove any excess, including blood stasis • Zhe Chong (Tu Bie Chong) break through hardness • Shui Zhi is leech and is an anticoagulant • Gan Qi is dry paint, which is a tree sap for furniture painting, breaks up stasis • Mang Chong is horse fly and also anticoagulant • Ji Cao is soil grub which digs through stasis. Huang Qin clears heat, drys dampness • Xing Ren - clears phlegm/nodules • Sheng Di Huang nourishes yin and essence • Tao Ren for blood stasis and Shao Yao to tonify. |
| Related Formulas: |
| Herbs |
Cat/Dose |
Actions |
Properties |
| Da Huang • Rhubarb • 大黄 ♠ |
Downward Draining
9g |
Drain downward • Promote menstruation • Reduce accumulation • Drain fire • Cools blood • Clear heat • Dry dampness • Resolve blood stasis (add near end of decoction) |
Anti-inflammatory • Antibiotic • Antipyretic • Choleretic • Cholagogic • Hemostatic • Immunity booster • Laxative • Nephroprotective |
| Zhe Chong ♠ |
Invigorate Blood
9g |
Renew sinews • Join bones • Break up stasis • Remove stasisNot commonly used except for topically used for bruises |
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| Tao Ren • Peach Kernel • 桃仁 ♥ |
Invigorate Blood
9g |
Break up blood stasis • Invigorate blood • Treat abscess • Moisten intestines • Unblock bowels |
antithrombatic • anti-inflammatory • antitussive • antiallergic • antiparasitic |
| Gan Qi ♥ |
9g |
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| Qi Cao ♥ |
3g |
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| Shui Zhi ♥ |
3g |
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| Meng Chong ♥ |
6g |
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| Huang Qin • Baical Skullcap Root • 黄芩 ♥ |
Clear Heat Dry Dampness
3g |
Clear heat • Dry dampness • Stop bleeding • Calm fetus • Calm liver yang rising • Clear damp heat • Guide herbs to Shao Yang Jing |
Antibiotic • Anti-inflammatory • Antioxidative • Antipyretic • Cholagogic • Hepatoprotective • Hypoglycemic • Hypotensive • Neuroprotective • Sedative |
| Xing Ren • Apricot Seeds • 杏仁 ♣ |
Phlegm Cough + Wheezing
9g |
Stops cough • Calm wheezing • Moisten intestines • Unblock bowelUsed to treat cancer |
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| Sheng Di Huang • Rehmannia • 生地黄 ♣ |
Clear Heat Cool Blood
9g |
Clear heat • Cools hot blood (nosebleeds, bloody vomit, bloody urine, bloody stool) • Nourish Yin • Clears heart heat/fire • Generate fluidsDao Di: He Nan |
Immune system booster • coagulant • antidiabetic • hepatoprotective • hypotensive • anti-aging • antioxidant • antihistamine • emmenagogue |
| Bai Shao • White Root Peony • 白芍 ♣ |
Tonify Blood
9g |
Nourish blood • Regulate menses • Soothes liver • Relieve pain • Preserve yin • Reduce spasms • Harmonize Ying and Wei QiDao Di: Zhe Jiang • AKA Shao Yao |
analgesic • antibacterial • anti-inflammatory • hepatoprotective • immune system boost • sedative |
| Gan Cao • Licorice Root • 甘草 ♦ |
Tonify Qi
9g |
Tonify Spleen Qi • Tonify Heart qi • Clear heat • Resolve toxicity • Stop cough • Dispel phlegm • Lubricate lungs • Stop wheezing • Reduce spasm • Relieve pain • Harmonize other herb effectsEnters all 12 channels, often serve as envoy in a formula. |
Hypoglycemic • Antiarrhythmic • Expectorant • Antidiarrheal • Antiulcer • Hepatoprotective • Immunostimulant • Antitussive • Antiviral • Detox • Demulcent • Anti-inflammatory • Laxative • Emmenagogue • Antimicrobial • Spasmolytic • Corticosteroidal |
| ♠ King/Chief ♥ Minister/Deputy ♣ Assistant ♦ Envoy |
| Directions: |
| Modifications |
For |
| + Chai Hu |
Liver cirrhosis 25 |
| + Xiang Sha Liu Jun Zhi Tang |
Spleen deficiency 25 |
| + Ba Zhen Tang |
Acute qi and blood deficiency 25 |
| + Shi Quan Da Bu Tang |
Acute qi and blood deficiency 25 |
| + Gui Pi Tang |
Acute qi and blood deficiency 25 |
| + Shao Fu Zhu Yu Tang |
Uterine fibroids with lower burner cold 25 |
| + Wen Jing Tang |
Uterine fibroids with lower burner cold 25 |
| + Xiao Yao San |
Chest and fank distention , swelling and lumps 25 |
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ALERT: Contraindications of each herb - use with caution under these conditions:
Da Huang: Pregnancy • Nursing • Menstruation • Qi deficiency • Blood deficiency • Stomach deficiency cold • Spleen deficiency cold • Normal or loose stool • Normal blood flow • Postpartum
Zhe Chong: Pregnancy
Bai Shao: Deficiency cold • Breast feeding • Pregnancy • Bleeding Disorder • Scheduled Surgery
Gan Cao: High blood pressure • Low potassium • Seaweed • Medications: Gan Cao can interact with various medication. See Pharma Interaction section.
Tao Ren: Pregnancy • Blood deficiency • Anticoagulant or anti antiplatelet drugs
Huang Qin: Pregnancy • Children • Breast feeding • Deficiency heat in lungs • Middle burner cold • Restless fetus from cold • Edema • Blood deficiecy abdominal pain • Spleen deficiency • Kidney deficiency diarrhea • Poor appetite • Blood deficiency • High risk pregnancy • Fetal heat
Xing Ren: Pregnancy • Infants • Diarrhea • Yin deficiency cough
Sheng Di Huang: Yang deficiency • Blood deficiency • Spleen deficiency • Stomach deficiency • Can be sticky and cloying, careful with digestive disorders |
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