Warm the Menses Decoction
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Pin Yin:
Wen Jing Tang
Category: Warm menses and dispel Blood Stasis
Additional Categories:
Supplement Qi and Blood
Actions:
Warms the menses, dispels Cold, Supplements the Blood, and dispels Blood Stasis;
---used for Blood Stasis of lower abdomen, especially of Uterus, associated with Vacuity of Blood and Interior Cold; symptoms may include warm palms and soles, low-grade heat effusion (fever) in late afternoon, and dry lips, not because of true Vacuity of Yin, but due to Vacuity of Blood and a blockage of the Fluid pathways by Blood Stasis.
(See
Blood Stasis;
Vacuity of Blood;
Interior Cold
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Medicinals |
Dosages (Qian) |
Evodiae, Fr [wu zhu yu] |
3 |
Cinnamomi, Rml [gui zhi] |
2 |
Angelicae Sinensis, Rx [dang gui] |
3 |
Ligustici Wallichi, Rx [chuan xiong] |
2 |
Paeoniae Lactiflorae, Rx [bai
shao] |
2 |
Asini, Gelatinum [e jiao] |
2 |
Ophiopogonis, Tuber [mai men dong] |
3 |
Moutan Radicis, Cx [mu dan pi] |
2 |
Ginseng, Rx [ren shen] |
2 |
Glycyrrhizae, Rx [gan cao] |
2 |
Zingiberis Recens, Rz [sheng jiang] |
2 |
Pinelliae, Rz [ban xia] |
2 |
Associated Modern Diseases: dysmenorrhea, leiomyoma, ovarian cysts, chronic salpingitis, chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, endometriosis, lochioschesis.
Formulas with similar or subset of ingredients:
Four-Substance Decoction [Si Wu Tang];
Honey-Fried Licorice Decoction [Zhi gan cao Tang];
Ophiopogonis Decoction [Mai Men DongTang].
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