HERB FORMULAS
English: | Eight Substances Decoction |
Also Known As: |
Pharmaceutical Latin |
Pin Yin |
Dosage |
Actions |
Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata | Shu Di Huang | 4-21g | Strengthens the Liver and Kidneys
and nourishes the Yin of the Blood. With Bai Shao, strongly nourishes Liver Blood. |
Rx. Paeoniae Alba | Bai Shao | 4-15g | Nourishes Blood, preserves Yin, calms Liver Yang and alleviates pain. With Dang Gui, nourishes Yin and Blood. With Dang Gui and Shu Di Huang, for dizziness, blurred vision and dysmenorrhea due to Blood Deficiency or Blood Stasis. |
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis | Dang Gui | 4-12g | Nourishes and activates Blood, regulates Liver and Kidneys, regulates menses and alleviates pain. With Shu Di Huang, Bai Shao and Chuan Xiong, for menstrual irregularity, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea due to Blood Deficiency or Stasis. |
Rx. Ligustici | Chuan Xiong | 3-9g | Invigorates Blood, moves Qi, releases Stagnation and alleviates pain. With Dang Gui, for Blood Deficiency causing menstrual problems including dysmenorrhea, scanty menses and amenorrhea. |
Rz. Corydalis | Yan Hu Suo | 9-30g | Invigorates the Blood, circulates Qi, stops pain. With Chuan Xiong, for body aches and headaches due to Blood Stagnation. With Chuan Lian Zi, for flank, upper right quadrant, epigastric and abdominal pain. |
Fr. Toosendan | Chuan Lian Zi | 3-15g | Dredges Liver Qi, releases Stagnation, stops pain and conducts Heat out from below. With Yan Hu Suo, for intermittent epigastric and hypochondriac pain, hernia pain or menstrual pain with irritability due to Liver Stagnation with Heat. |
Sm. Arecae | Bing Lang | 6-15g | Regulates Qi, reduces accumulations, drains downward and unblocks the bowels. |
Rx. Aucklandiae | Mu Xiang | 6-30g | Promotes the movement of Qi, alleviates pain and adjusts and regulates stagnant Qi in the Intestines. With Bing Lang, for Qi Stagnation in the Stomach and Intestines due to Food Stagnation with abdominal distention and fullness, anorexia, aversion to the smell of food, nausea without the ability to vomit and an uncomfortable urge to defecate which is often unsuccessful. |
- Invigorates and nourishes the Blood
- Regulates Qi
- Qi and Blood Stagnation with Qi Stagnation more prominent
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