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Source: Jīn Guì Yào Lüè 金匮要略

Ingredients:

• Guì zhī (桂枝 Cinnamomi Ramulus, cinnamon twig) 10g
• Dāng guī (当归 Angelicae Sinensis Radix, Chinese angelica) 10g
• Shēng jiāng (生姜 Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens, fresh ginger) 10g
• Bái sháo (白芍 Paeoniae Radix Alba, white peony [root]) 20g
• Gān cǎo (甘草 Glycyrrhizae Radix, licorice [root]) 6g
• Dà zǎo (大枣 Jujubae Fructus, jujube) 7 pieces
• Yí táng (饴糖 Maltosum , malt sugar) 30g

Action: Warms the center and supplements vacuity; nourishes and harmonizes the blood.

Indication: (a) Postpartum provisioning-blood vacuity with gripping pain in the lower abdomen relieved by warmth and pressure; (b) center-burner vacuity cold with insufficiency of provisioning-blood. This formula is made by adding danggui to xiaojianzhong, which warms relaxes tension and relieves pain by warming the center and supplementing vacuity, and by regulating yīn and yáng.

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Method: Decoct with water.

Rationale: Postpartum conditions attributable to insufficiency of yīn, yáng, qì, and blood through damage to original qì and bleeding in child birth are can thus be treated by the same basic formula. Dāng guī, which is acrid and aromatic but moist, warm and dispersing, sweet and soothing, works with Bái sháo and Dà zǎo to supplement the blood and regulate menstruation, and with Guì zhī and Shēng jiāng to disperse cold and quicken the blood. It acts with Yí táng and Gān cǎo to relax tension and relieve pain. It is therefore an important agent for postpartum abdominal pain attributable to blood vacuity and congealing cold.

Notes: This is a variant of xiaojianzhong.

Similar: 小健中汤

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