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 Warm the Menses Decoction


Pin Yin: Wen Jing Tang

Category:   Warm menses and dispel Blood Stasis
Additional Categories:   Supplement Qi and Blood

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   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 .)

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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