HERB FORMULAS

YU QI SI WU ZHI DAI TANG

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HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui 9g Tonifies, invigorates and harmonizes the Blood and disperses Cold.
With Bai Shao, Chuan Xiong and Shu Di Huang, for menstrual irregularity, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea due to Blood Deficiency or Blood Stasis.
With Bai Shao, regulates and harmonizes Qi and Blood.
With Shu Di Huang, for Heat symptoms due to Yin Deficiency and Devastated Blood.
With Gan Cao, moderates spasms and relieves abdominal pain.
With Chuan Xiong, harmonizes, nourishes and invigorates the Blood and disperses Blood Stasis.
Rz. Chuanxiong Chuan Xiong 6g Invigorates the Blood and promotes the movement of Qi.
With Dang Gui, for Blood Deficiency causing menstrual problems including dysmenorrhea, scanty menses and amenorrhea.
Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao 12g Nourishes the Blood and regulates menstruation.
With Dang Gui and Shu Di Huang, for dizziness, blurred vision and dysmenorrhea due to Blood Deficiency or Stasis.
With Gan Cao, for epigastric, hypochondriac or flank pain.
With Dang Gui, nourishes Yin and Blood.
Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Di Huang 9g Nourishes Jing and Blood, fills the Marrow and nourishes Liver and Kidney Yin.
With Dang Gui, for Blood Deficiency marked by dizziness, palpitations, insomnia and menstrual dysfunction.
Hb. Artemisiae Argyi Ai Ye 9g Warms the channels, warms the womb, stops bleeding, disperses Cold and alleviates pain.
Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae Niu Xi 9g Invigorates the Blood, expels Blood Stasis and clears Damp-Heat in the Lower Jiao.
Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu 9g Strongly dries Dampness, tonifies the Spleen and clears Dampness from the Lower Jiao.
Poria Fu Ling 9g Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness and strengthens the Spleen.
Rx. Polygalae Yuan Zhi 6g Calms the Spirit, sedates the Heart and clears the channel joining the Heart and Kidney.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao 6g Tonifies the Spleen, augments Qi, moderates spasms, alleviates pain, moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs and guides the herbs to all twelve channels.
Rx. Sanguisorbae Di Yu 15g Cools the Blood and stops bleeding.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Returns Yang
  • Scatters Cold
  • Warms the menses
  • Consolidates Exhaustion

SYNDROMES

  • Insufficiency of the Chong and Ren

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Red or white vaginal discharge
  • Lower abdominal Cold, distention and pain
  • The vagina feels cold and distended inside
  • Sporadic abdominal pain which is better with warmth pressure
  • Irregular menstruation (usually long and heavy or scant with clots)
  • Delayed menstruation with a small amount of pale Blood
  • Mild, persistent uterine bleeding
  • Lumbar and sacral pain which are worse following menstruation or when tired
  • Profuse, clear, watery leukorrhea
  • Maybe infertility
  • Maybe dark rings around the eyes
  • Palpitations
  • Shortness of breath
  • Faint, weak respiration
  • Drenched with perspiration
  • Dizziness
  • Symptoms worse on exertion or when tired
  • Four limbs Cold or
  • Limb temperature may change abruptly form Cold to Hot
  • Intolerance of Cold
  • Cold abdominal pain
  • An extremely pale face
  • Cyanosis of mouth and lips
  • Reduced appetite
  • Fatigue
  • Facial color is dull and stagnant
  • Upset stomach
  • Loose stools
  • Maybe late menstruation
  • T: Pale and thick with teeth marks
  • C: White and greasy
  • P: Minute (on the point of collapse) or Deep and slow or Wiry and choppy

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For mostly red discharge with a burning hot vagina:  
   
- Fol Artemisiae Argyi Ai Ye    
+ 9g Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin    
+ 9g Cx. Ailanthi Chun Pi