HERB FORMULAS

INFERTILITY #26

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HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Cx. Lycii Di Gu Pi 6-15g Cools the Blood and drains Yin Deficiency Fire.
Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi 6-12g Clears Heat, cools and harmonizes the Blood, clears Deficiency Fire, invigorates the Blood and dispels Blood Stasis.
Rx. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong 6-15g Nourishes Lung and Stomach Yin and generates Fluids.
With Bei Sha Shen, for a dry throat, constipation, thirst and a red tongue with little coat due to pathogenic Warmth or Heat injuring the Stomach Yin or long-term Yin Deficiency.
Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen 7-30g Clears Heat, cools the Blood and nourishes Yin.
Rx. Glehniae Bei Sha Shen 9-30g Tonifies Liver and Kidney Yin.
Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu 3-15g Tonifies the Spleen, augments Qi, dries Dampness and promotes water metabolism.
Hb. Dendrobii Shi Hu 6-20g Enriches Kidney Yin, clears Heat, generates fluids and reduces Heat from Deficiency
Fr. Schisandrae Wu Wei Zi 1.5-9g Tonifies the Kidneys and astringes Jing.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Nourishes Liver and Kidney Yin
  • Clears Heat

SYNDROMES

  • Liver Qi Stagnation with Stagnant Heat transforming into Deficiency Heat

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Infertility
  • Inability to conceive for many years
  • Chest and lateral costal distention and fullness
  • Dizziness
  • Tinnitus
  • Decreased and dark-colored menses that contain clots or
  • Scanty, pale-colored menses
  • Irregular menstruation
  • Breast and hypochondriac pain
  • Abdominal pain with periods
  • Maybe premenstrual breast distention
  • Premenstrual breast tension
  • Painful periods
  • Irritability before periods
  • Anxiety before periods
  • Depression
  • Abdominal distention
  • Eructation
  • Sighing
  • Water retention
  • Headache
  • A history of cramping
  • T: Normal color or Red or Slightly red on the sides; if Stagnation of Qi arises from Blood Deficiency, the sides might be Pale
  • C: Normal or Little or None
  • P: Thready and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

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