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Major Provisioning Brew

大营煎 〔大營煎〕 dà yíng jiān

Source: Jǐng Yuè Quán Shū 景岳全书

Ingredients

Actions: Warms the channels and supplements the blood.

Indications: Delayed menstruation due to blood cold forming a) a repletion cold pattern of scant dark flow, gripping abdominal pain, blue-white complexion, fear of cold, cold limbs, thin white tongue fur, and tight sunken pulse, or b) a vacuity cold pattern of clear pale flow, fear of cold and a liking for warmth, continuous abdominal pain relieved by pressure, cold abdomen, bright white completion, aching lumbus and lack of strength, pale tongue with thin fur, and a fine sunken forceless pulse.

Method: Grind to a powder and take infused.

Rationale: This formula treats both repletion due to exposure to cold and vacuity patterns due to insufficiency of yáng qì. Dāng guī, Shú dì huáng, and Gǒu qǐ zǐ nourish the blood, which are especially necessary for the vacuity pattern with detriment to yáng affecting yīn. Dù zhòng supplements the kidney. Niú xī frees the channels and quickens the blood. Ròu guì supports yáng and disperses cold. Finally, Zhì gān cǎo is a warm sweet agent that fortifies the spleen.

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