Shaofu Zhuyu Wan

Shaofu Zhuyu Wan (Chinese: 少腹逐瘀丸) is a blackish-brown pill used in Traditional Chinese medicine to "promote blood flow, remove blood stasis, dispel cold and relieve pain".[1] It is aromatic and tastes pungent and bitter. It is used in cases of "menstrual disorder caused by blood stasis together with cold, accompanied by distension and pain in the lower abdomen, lumbago and leukorrhea".[2] The binding agent is honey.

Chinese classic herbal formula

Name Chinese (S) Grams
Radix Angelicae Sinensis 当归 300
Pollen Typhae 蒲黄 300
Faeces Trogopterori (stir-baked with vinegar) 五灵脂 (醋炒) 200
Radix Paeoniae Rubra 赤芍 200
Fructus Foeniculi (stir-baked with salt) 小茴香 (盐炒) 100
Rhizoma Corydalis (processed with vinegar) 延胡索 (醋制) 100
Myrrha (stir-baked) 没药 (炒) 100
Rhizoma Chuanxiong 川芎 100
Cortex Cinnamomi 桂皮 100
Rhizoma Zingiberis Preparatum 炮姜 20

See also

References

  1. State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the PRC (2005). "Pharmacopoeia of The People's Republic of China (Volume I)". Chemical Industry Press. ISBN 7-117-06982-1.
  2. Zuo Yanfu, Zhu Zhongbao, Huang Yuezhong, Tao Jinweng, Li Zhaoguo. "Science of Prescriptions", Publishing House of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. 2002. ISBN 7-81010-650-3.
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