Mo Chou Decoction，*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 3.，For women with excessive internal heat and blood deficiency who experience fever due to anger; during menstruation, they exhibit pus discharge from both ears, pain in the temples, breast distension and oppression, alternating chills and fever, difficulty urinating, and a sensation of fullness and pressure below the navel.
Mo Chou Decoction
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Formulas Name : Mo Chou Decoction
Chinese Name : 莫愁汤
Drug Formulation
5 qian of white peony root, 5 qian of raw rehmannia root, 1 liang of angelica root, 2 qian of stir-fried gardenia, 2 qian of trichosanthes root, 2 qian of cyperus rhizome, 1 qian of licorice root, 1 qian of atractylodes rhizome, 3 qian of stir-fried schizonepeta, and 0.5 fen of trichosanthes fruit.
Source
*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 3.
Benefits
For women with excessive internal heat and blood deficiency who experience fever due to anger; during menstruation, they exhibit pus discharge from both ears, pain in the temples, breast distension and oppression, alternating chills and fever, difficulty urinating, and a sensation of fullness and pressure below the navel.
Instructions for Use
Decoct in water and take orally.
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Mo Chou Decoction,For women with excessive internal heat and blood deficiency who experience fever due to anger; during menstruation, they exhibit pus discharge from both ears, pain in the temples, breast distension and oppression, alternating chills and fever, difficulty urinating, and a sensation of fullness and pressure below the navel.