Folio Bound VIEWS - Chinese Medicine

Bai Shao Radix Paeoniae albae 12 g

Explanation

• Ren Shen and Huang Qi tonify Qi.


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

Ba Zhen Yi Mu Tang
(Eight Precious Leonorus Decoction)

Dang Gui Radix Angelicae sinensis 10 g

Chuan Xiong Radix Ligustici wallichii 5 g

Bai Shao Radix Paeoniae albae 8 g

Shu Di Huang Radix Rehmanniae glutinosae praeparata 15 g

Ren Shen Radix Ginseng 3 g

Bai Zhu Rhizoma Atractylodis macrocephalae 10 g

Fu Ling Sclerotium Poriae cocos 8 g

Zhi Gan Cao Radix Glycyrrhizae uralensis praeparata 5 g

Yi Mu Cao Herba Leonori heterophylli 9 g

Explanation

This is the Ba Zhen Tang Eight Precious Decoction, which has already been explained in
Chapter 17, with the addition of Yi Mu Cao Herba Leonori heterophylli to move Blood and stop
pain.

Shi Quan Da Bu Tang
(Ten Complete Great Tonification Decoction)

Ba Zhen Tang Eight Precious Decoction plus:

Huang Qi Radix Astragali membranacei 8 g

Rou Gui Cortex Cinnamomi cassiae 4 g

Explanation

This formula is used if there are symptoms of Cold.

Variations

• As even in a Deficiency-type of dysmenorrhoea there is always an element of stagnation,