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heat in the evening, malar flush, hot flushes and Red tongue without any coating.

• The first six herbs constitute the Liang Di Tang and the last two the Er Zhi Wan.


• Sheng Di Huang and Di Gu Pi cool Blood, clear Empty-Heat and nourish Yin. They
  both also stop bleeding. Sheng Di also calms Blood.


• Xuan Shen and Mai Dong help the first two herbs to nourish Yin.


• Bai Shao and E Jiao nourish Blood, which helps to nourish Yin. Bai Shao is also
  astringent and calms Blood.


• Nu Zhen Zi and Han Lian Cao nourish Yin and clear Empty-Heat. Han Lian Cao also
  stops bleeding.

Patent Remedy

Yong Sheng He E Jiao
(Eternally Vigorous Combination Donkey Skin Glue)

E Jiao Gelatinum Corii Asini

Dang Gui Radix Angelicae sinensis

Huang Qi Radix Astragali membranacei

Mai Men Dong Tuber Ophiopogonis japonici

Fu Ling Sclerotium Poriae cocos

Shu Di Huang Radix Rehmanniae glutinosae praeparata

Rice wine

Sugar

Sesame oil

Explanation

This remedy tonifies the Kidneys and nourishes Blood. It is suitable to treat menorrhagia from
Kidney-Yang deficiency as it contains herbs which stop bleeding, such as E Jiao.

The tongue presentation appropriate to this remedy is a Pale body.

Case History 32.3

Menorrhagia and Metrorrhagia: Kidney-Yin Deficiency-Female, Age 39

A 39-year-old woman had been suffering from very heavy periods for 8 years, following the