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Enhanced Blood-Nourishing and Hair-Promoting Decoction

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Enhanced Blood-Nourishing and Hair-Promoting Decoction,Liver and kidney deficiency leading to blood deficiency and hair loss.

Formulas Name : Enhanced Blood-Nourishing and Hair-Promoting Decoction

Chinese Name : 加味养血生发汤

Drug Formulation

Raw Rehmannia 5 qian, Prepared Rehmannia 5 qian, Chicken Blood Vine 5 qian, Polygonum Multiflorum Vine 5 qian, Raw Astragalus 1 liang, Chuanxiong 3 qian, White Peony Root 5 qian, Tianma 2 qian, Cordyceps 2 qian, Huanliancao 3 qian, Mulberry Fruit 5 qian, Papaya 2 qian.

Usage: 5 Qian
Efficacy: 1. Fresh Rehmannia: Clears heat and generates body fluids; cools the blood and stops bleeding. 2. Raw Rehmannia: Clears heat and cools the blood; nourishes yin and generates body fluids.
Usage: 5 Qian
Efficacy: Prepared Rehmannia Root is slightly warm in nature, sweet in taste, and enters the Liver and Kidney meridians. It has the effects of nourishing blood and yin, and replenishing essence and marrow.
Usage: 5 Qian
Efficacy: This herb promotes blood circulation, nourishes the blood, regulates menstruation, relieves pain, and relaxes tendons and activates meridians.
Usage: 1 Liang
Efficacy: Tonifies qi and raises yang; consolidates the exterior and stops sweating; promotes diuresis and reduces swelling; generates body fluids and nourishes blood; dispels stagnation and relieves arthralgia; expels toxins and drains pus; astringes sores and promotes tissue regeneration.
Usage: 3 Qian
Efficacy: Promotes blood circulation and the flow of qi; dispels wind and relieves pain.
Usage: 5 Qian
Efficacy: Nourishes blood and regulates menstruation; consolidates yin and stops sweating; soothes the liver and relieves pain; subdues liver yang.
Usage: 2 Qian
Efficacy: Gastrodia elata has the effects of calming wind and relieving spasms, subduing Liver Yang, and dispelling wind to unblock the meridians.
Notes: tianma
Usage: 2 Qian
Efficacy: Tonifies the kidneys and lungs; stops bleeding and resolves phlegm.
Usage: 2 Qian
Efficacy: This herb has the effects of relaxing tendons and activating meridians, as well as harmonizing the stomach and transforming dampness.

Source

Formula from *Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhao Bingnan*; name cited in *A Thousand Family Remedies*, Volume 2.

Benefits

Liver and kidney deficiency leading to blood deficiency and hair loss.

Note

Hair-Promoting Decoction

Enhanced Blood-Nourishing and Hair-Promoting Decoction,Formula from *Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhao Bingnan*; name cited in *A Thousand Family Remedies*, Volume 2.,Liver and kidney deficiency leading to blood deficiency and hair loss.

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