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Chuanxiong, Danggui, and Shaoyao Decoction,Postpartum anxiety, fright, distress, or anger disrupts the balance of the viscera; or if hemostatic herbs are taken too early, causing retained lochia to fail to dissipate, leading to stagnation, fullness, and hardening, resulting in metrorrhagia; postpartum metrorrhagia accompanied by dizziness.

Formulas Name : Chuanxiong, Danggui, and Shaoyao Decoction

Chinese Name : 芎当归加芍药汤

Drug Formulation

Chuanxiong, Danggui, and Shaoyao in equal parts.

Source

*San Yin*, Volume 17.

Benefits

Postpartum anxiety, fright, distress, or anger disrupts the balance of the viscera; or if hemostatic herbs are taken too early, causing retained lochia to fail to dissipate, leading to stagnation, fullness, and hardening, resulting in metrorrhagia; postpartum metrorrhagia accompanied by dizziness.

Chuanxiong, Danggui, and Shaoyao Decoction,*San Yin*, Volume 17.,Postpartum anxiety, fright, distress, or anger disrupts the balance of the viscera; or if hemostatic herbs are taken too early, causing retained lochia to fail to dissipate, leading to stagnation, fullness, and hardening, resulting in metrorrhagia; postpartum metrorrhagia accompanied by dizziness.

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