Folio Bound VIEWS - Chinese Medicine

(Artemisia-Cyperus Warming the Uterus Pill)

Ai Ye Folium Artemisiae 9 g

Wu Zhu Yu Fructus Evodiae rutaecarpae 4.5 g

Rou Gui Cortex Cinnamomi cassiae 4.5 g

Xiang Fu Rhizoma Cyperi rotundi 9 g

Dang Gui Radix Angelicae sinensis 9 g

Chuan Xiong Radix Ligustici wallichii 6 g

Bai Shao Radix Paeoniae albae 6 g

Huang Qi Radix Astragali membranacei 6 g

Sheng Di Huang Radix Rehmanniae glutinosae 9 g

Xu Duan Radix Dipsaci 6 g

Explanation

• Ai Ye, Wu Zhu Yu and Rou Gui warm the uterus and expel Cold.


• Xiang Fu moves Qi in the lower abdomen.


• Dang Gui, Chuan Xiong and Bai Shao nourish and move Blood.


• Huang Qi tonifies Qi in order to help to produce more Blood.


• Sheng Di Huang nourishes Blood and Yin.


• Xu Duan tonifies the Kidneys to help to nourish Blood.

The above two formulae are similar in action. The main difference between the two is that the
former is applicable when the obstruction of Cold in the uterus leads to a deficiency of Blood
and Yin with some symptoms of Empty-Heat such as a malar flush and a feeling of heat. Thus,
the first formula, Wen Jing Tang, addresses the situation when the deficiency of Blood is a
consequence of Cold obstructing the uterus. The latter formula, Ai Fu Nuan Gong Wan, is for a
situation when it is the deficiency of Yang and Blood that leads to internal Cold.

Variations

These variations apply to both formulae.

• If symptoms of Cold are very pronounced add (or increase if already in the formula) Fu
  Zi Radix Aconiti carmichaeli praeparata and Ai Ye Folium Artemisiae.