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Peony and Licorice Decoction

Pin Yin: Shao Yao Gan Cao Tang

Actions:
   Softens the Liver, alleviates pain and spasms;
  ---used for pain and cramping, especially of the abdomen and calf muscles, when accompanied by Vacuity of Yin or of Blood.
   (See Vacuity of Blood; Interior-Heat-Vacuity (Vacuity of Yin) .)

Medicinals

Dosages (Qian)

Paeoniae Lactiflorae, Rx [bai shao]

4-10

Glycyrrhizae, Rx [gan cao]

3-7

Associated Modern Diseases: intercostal neuralgia, sciatica, trigeminal neuralgia, chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, dysmenorrhea.

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