9 TCM Recipes for Menstrual disorders And Cold womb infertility

1.Dazao Yimu Decoction

[Source] Collection of Folk supports

[Functions] Warm the meridians and nourish the blood, remove blood stasis and helps with occasional pain.

[Indications] Menstrual wellness, pain, lumbar acidity, dark red menstrual blood with clots, and other signs of imbalance caused by exposure to cold during menstruation or anemia, etc.

[Formula] 20 pieces of Jujubae Fructus (Ziziphi jujubae), 10 grams of Leonuri Herba (motherwort), 10 grams of brown sugar.

[Preparation Method] Add water and stew together to make a soup.

[Usage] Take once in the morning and once in the evening each day.

2.Mugwort Leaf Porridge

[Source] Empirical formula

[Functions] Warming the meridians to stop bleeding, dispersing cold and relieving pain.

[Indications] Gynecological conditions such as cold-deficiency type dysmenorrhea, irregular menstruation, uterine cold leading to infertility, and uterine bleeding.

[Formula] 15 grams of dried Artemisiae Argyi Folium, 50 grams of japonica rice, and an appropriate amount of brown sugar.

[Preparation Method] First, decoct the folium artemisiae argyi to obtain a concentrated juice and remove the dregs. Then add polished round-grained rice and brown sugar, and add water to boil together into a porridge.

[Usage] Take it 3 days after menstruation ends and stop taking it 3 days before menstruation starts. Take twice a day, in the morning

3.Take it warm in the evening.

Wuxu Wine

[Source] Compendium of Materia Medica

[Functions] Tonify Kidney yang, warm the Spleen and stomach.

[Indications] Kidney yang deficiency and impairment in men, manifested as cold pain in the waist and knees, impotence; cold pain in the lower abdomen, dysmenorrhea, and prolonged infertility in women.

[Formula] One young yellow dog, 30 grams of qu (a type of fermenting agent), 7500 grams of glutinous rice.

[Preparation Method] Remove the internal organs of a young yellow dog, wash it clean, boil until well-cooked, then use the meat along with its juice, together with distiller’s yeast and glutinous rice, to brew wine following the usual method.

[Usage] Take 10 – 20 milliliters on an empty stomach, three times a day.

4.Cinnamon Porridge

[Source] Empirical Prescription

[Functions] Warm the middle-jiao and replenish yang, dispel cold and helps with occasional pain.

[Indications] Dysmenorrhea due to deficiency-cold, infertility due to cold uterus, and other related signs of imbalance.

[Formula] Cinnamomi Cortex 10 grams, Oryza sativa L. (polished round-grained rice) 100 grams, appropriate amount of sugar.

[Preparation Method] Grind cinnamon into a fine powder. First, cook glutinous rice and sugar with water to make a thin porridge. Then, take 1-2 grams of the cinnamon powder and mix it into the porridge. Reduce the heat to low. Boil it again and stop heating when the porridge becomes thick.

[Usage] Take it warm on an empty stomach during breakfast and dinner.

5.Danggui Mutton Soup

[Source] “Tonic Products, Tonic Drugs, and Beneficial Tonic Prescriptions”

[Functions] Nourishes blood and warms to unblock the meridians.

[Indications] Abdominal pain due to postpartum blood deficiency with cold, dysmenorrhea due to blood deficiency with cold in the channels, and a cold uterus resulting in prolonged infertility.

[Formula] Radix Angelicae Sinensis (Dang Gui) 15-18 g, Mutton 150-250 g, Prepared Dry Ginger (Pao Jiang) 12-15 g.

[Preparation Method] Boil the mutton first. After the meat is cooked, take the soup and use it to decoct Angelicae Sinensis Radix and prepared Zingiberis Rhizoma for 1 hour. Then drink the soup and eat the meat.

[Usage] Take 10 to 20 milliliters each morning and evening.

6.Ginger and Sugar Paste

[Source] Empirical Prescription

[Functions] Dispels cold and expels wind, warms the uterus and promotes blood circulation.

[Indications] Uterine cold in women, prolonged infertility.

[Formula] 500 grams of fresh ginger, 500 grams of brown sugar.

[Preparation Method] This method is best carried out during the dog days of midsummer. First, wash the fresh ginger and slice it, then mash it into a paste. Mix in brown sugar and steam in a pot for 1 hour. Take it out and expose it to sufficient sunlight for 3 days. Then steam and sun it again. Repeat this process of steaming nine times and sunning nine times in total, that is, steaming and sunning 3 times during each dog-day period.

[Usage] The medication should be taken starting from the first day of menstruation. Take 1 tablespoon each time, 3 times a day, continuously for 1 month without interruption. Sexual intercourse is prohibited during the medication period.

7.Ginger and Green Onion Paste Application Method

[Source] Selected Proven External supports Prescriptions of Chinese Herbal Medicine

[Functions] Warm the meridians and disperse cold.

[Indications] Retraction of the penis syndrome caused by exposure to external cold.

[Formula] 30 grams of old ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe, dried ginger), 30 grams of scallion Heart (Allium fistulosum L., the inner part of scallion), 120 grams of pure loess, an appropriate amount of Daqu liquor.

[Preparation Method] First, stir-fry the yellow earth until extremely hot, then add chopped ginger and green onions and stir-fry together. When the aroma of ginger and green onions is released, pour in the qu wine and mix into a paste. Spread it on a cloth,

[Usage] While still hot, aim it at the scrotum, fumigate first and then apply externally.

8.Scallion Paste Application Method

[Source] Heilongjiang Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine

[Functions] Warming the meridians and dispersing cold.

[Indications] Retraction of the penis syndrome caused by exposure to pathogenic cold.

[Formula] An appropriate amount of fresh Allium fistulosum L. (green onion).

[Preparation Method] Pound the scallion into a paste and stir-fry it with wine.

[Usage] Apply it to the umbilicus and iron it with fried hot salt (packed in a cloth bag).

9.Fluorite Congee

[Source] Emergency Formulas

[Functions] Calms the Heart and tranquilizes the mind, warms the Lung and tonifies the center, warms the uterus.

[Indications] Infertility in women due to deficiency-cold in the Xuehai (Sea of Blood).

[Formula] Fluoritum 15 g, glutinous rice 100 g, appropriate amount of brown sugar.

[Preparation Method] First, crush Fluoritum, add 300 ml of water, decoct until the volume is reduced to 150 ml, strain to remove the dregs and retain the juice. Add glutinous rice and brown sugar, then add water to make the total volume 500 ml, and cook into a thin porridge.

[Usage] Take it warm on an empty stomach every morning and evening.