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Er Miao Si Wu Decoction

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Er Miao Si Wu Decoction,Clears heat and drains dampness; regulates qi and harmonizes blood. Indicated for patterns of damp-heat characterized by severe lower abdominal pain during menstruation, scanty and sluggish menstrual flow, prolonged menstrual periods, pale or dull-black menstrual blood with small clots, chronic lower back soreness, dull pain in the lower abdomen, profuse yellow, sticky, foul-smelling vaginal discharge, a yellow, greasy tongue coating, and a slippery, rapid pulse.

Formulas Name : Er Miao Si Wu Decoction

Chinese Name : 二妙四物汤

Drug Formulation

Atractylodes lancea and Phellodendron amurense, 10 grams each; Angelica sinensis, 10 grams; Paeonia rubra, 10 grams; Rehmannia glutinosa, 12 grams; Ligusticum chuanxiong, 10 grams; Plantago asiatica, 15 grams; Alisma orientale, 10 grams; Cyperus rotundus, 10 grams; Salvia miltiorrhiza, 15 grams.

Source

*Danxi’s Essentials* and *Formulas of the Taiping Huimin Hujiu Bureau*

Benefits

Clears heat and drains dampness; regulates qi and harmonizes blood. Indicated for patterns of damp-heat characterized by severe lower abdominal pain during menstruation, scanty and sluggish menstrual flow, prolonged menstrual periods, pale or dull-black menstrual blood with small clots, chronic lower back soreness, dull pain in the lower abdomen, profuse yellow, sticky, foul-smelling vaginal discharge, a yellow, greasy tongue coating, and a slippery, rapid pulse.

Instructions for Use

Decoct in water and take orally.

Er Miao Si Wu Decoction,*Danxi’s Essentials* and *Formulas of the Taiping Huimin Hujiu Bureau*,Clears heat and drains dampness; regulates qi and harmonizes blood. Indicated for patterns of damp-heat characterized by severe lower abdominal pain during menstruation, scanty and sluggish menstrual flow, prolonged menstrual periods, pale or dull-black menstrual blood with small clots, chronic lower back soreness, dull pain in the lower abdomen, profuse yellow, sticky, foul-smelling vaginal discharge, a yellow, greasy tongue coating, and a slippery, rapid pulse.

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