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Four-Ingredient Sunflower Decoction

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Four-Ingredient Sunflower Decoction,For scanty menstrual flow with a normal blood color.

Formulas Name : Four-Ingredient Sunflower Decoction

Chinese Name : 四物葵花汤

Drug Formulation

Angelica sinensis, Chuanxiong, White Peony Root, Prepared Rehmannia Root, and Angelica sinensis—1 liang each.

Source

From *The Collection for Preserving Life*, Volume 2; the name appears in *He’s Treatise on Saving Lives*, Volume 7.

Benefits

For scanty menstrual flow with a normal blood color.

Four-Ingredient Sunflower Decoction,From *The Collection for Preserving Life*, Volume 2; the name appears in *He’s Treatise on Saving Lives*, Volume 7.,For scanty menstrual flow with a normal blood color.

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