Peony Powder

Peony Powder,For young women with irregular menstruation and pain in the lower back and abdomen.

Formulas Name : Peony Powder

Chinese Name : 牡丹散

Drug Formulation

Peony Bark (Mudanpi) half liang, Peony Root (Shaoyao) half liang, Areca Nut (chopped) half liang, Angelica Root (sliced, roasted) half liang, Atractylodes Rhizome (Baizhu) half liang, Red Poria (Chifuling, with black skin removed) half liang, Raw Rehmannia Root (dried, roasted) half liang,half liang of Chuanxiong, half liang of Cyperus root (roasted and dehaired), half liang of Cinnamon (with coarse bark removed), half liang of roasted wheat bran, and 1 liang of Ginseng.

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 151.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a powder.

Benefits

For young women with irregular menstruation and pain in the lower back and abdomen.

Instructions for Use

Take 3 iron spoons per dose, add 1 zhan of water and wine combined, decoct until reduced to 7 fen, strain, and take warm on an empty stomach. If not cured, take another dose.

Peony Powder,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 151.,For young women with irregular menstruation and pain in the lower back and abdomen.

More Herbs Formulas

Wind-Bi Powder

Wind-Bi Powder,From *Qianjin Yi*, Volume 16.,For a 30-year history of wind-damp arthralgia, accompanied by bald patches, hives developing into sores, blocked meridians, and a loss of sensation of pain or itching when scratching.

Decoction for Regulating Qi and Nourishing the Blood

Decoction for Regulating Qi and Nourishing the Blood,*Medical Case Studies of the Lu Family Through Three Generations*, Volume 5.,For women with stagnant liver and gallbladder fire, presenting with clotted menstrual flow and fever.

Double Crow Powder

Double Crow Powder,*Introduction to Obstetrics*, Volume 3.,For excessive postpartum lochia, severe debility, high fever, and a dry mouth.

Three Fresh Ingredients Decoction

Three Fresh Ingredients Decoction,From *Compilation of Medical Manuscripts*, Volume 8.,For cases of consumptive disease with blood in sputum accompanied by deficient heat.

Fendan Powder

Fendan Powder,From *Essentials for Infant Care*, Volume 18.,For corneal opacities.

Eight-Ingredient Aster Decoction

Eight-Ingredient Aster Decoction,From *Formulas for Infants and Toddlers*, cited in Volume 16 of *New Book on the Care of Young Children*.,For children with counterflow qi and wheezing, or chronic cough damaging the lungs.

Shi Zhen’s Jade Complexion Powder

Shi Zhen’s Jade Complexion Powder,From *Selected Precious Family-Transmitted Formulas by Ding Ganren*.,Freckles on the face, which may be yellow or black in color, appear as countless tiny spots.

Han Fangji Powder

Han Fangji Powder,Formula from *Wai Tai* (Vol. 11), citing *Zhou Hou Fang*; name found in *Pu Ji Fang* (Vol. 179).,Diabetes with emaciation of the skin and muscles; or deficiency-heat causing uncontrollable muscle spasms; frequent urination; excessive thirst and consumption of water without feeling satisfied.

Decoction for Dispelling Pathogenic Factors and Promoting Metal Function

Decoction for Dispelling Pathogenic Factors and Promoting Metal Function,From *Gu Songyuan’s Medical Mirror*, Volume 7.,Aversion to wind with fever, nasal congestion and sneezing, clear nasal discharge, cough with phlegm, or headache.

Garlic Pills

Garlic Pills,From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 198.,For cold malaria, characterized by more chills than fever.

Jingu Powder

Jingu Powder,*Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 10.,Pain from hernia.

Liangyi Ointment

Liangyi Ointment,From *The Complete Works of Jingyue*, Volume 51.,For severe deficiency of essence and vital energy where other medications are ineffective; or where excessive purgation has depleted true yin, resulting in deficiency in the yin aspect and the failure of essence to transform into qi; or for those who have not yet developed a serious … Read more

Stalactite Porridge

Stalactite Porridge,From *Ji Feng*, Volume 14.,For chronic diarrhea unresponsive to other medications.

Donkey Hair Powder with Two Ingredients

Donkey Hair Powder with Two Ingredients,From *Qianjin*, Volume 5.,For children and newborns suffering from stroke.

Yonggu Yun Decoction

Yonggu Yun Decoction,From *Zhun Sheng: Gynecology*, Volume 4.,Fetal restlessness.

Taoxi Qi Bao Pills

Taoxi Qi Bao Pills,From *The Great Compendium of Medical Formulas*, Volume 6, citing *Simplified Formulas*.,For pain in both the lower back and flanks, as if clutching a jar; skin and muscles are hard and taut, feeling like a drum when pressed; both legs are swollen and distended; the patient lies supine with bent knees, unable … Read more

Stomach-Harmonizing and Dysentery-Resolving Pills

Stomach-Harmonizing and Dysentery-Resolving Pills,From *Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing*.,Indications: Stagnation of qi and blood; damp-heat injuring the spleen; dysentery with both red and white stools; a sensation of heaviness and pain in the abdomen and navel; thirst and fever.

Miraculous Tissue-Regenerating Pills

Miraculous Tissue-Regenerating Pills,From *A Hundred Questions on Infants and Children*, Volume 8.,For children with spleen-related wasting disease, emaciation, intermittent fever, night sweats, easily upset stomachs, disharmony of the internal organs, diarrhea with undigested food residue, and a large head with a distended abdomen.

Enhanced Eye-Brightening Rehmannia Pills

Enhanced Eye-Brightening Rehmannia Pills,*Explanation of Ophthalmology*, Volume 2.,For ocular disorders in the elderly characterized by a corneal opacity externally and a dimmed pupil internally.

Chaihu-Fuling Decoction

Chaihu-Fuling Decoction,*Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 233.,Abdominal distension and emaciation, with inability to eat.

Qi-Nourishing Decoction

Qi-Nourishing Decoction,From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 4.,For cold qi rising to attack the heart and abdomen, causing distension and stabbing pain in the flanks, a bitter taste in the mouth with loss of appetite, belching and acid regurgitation, phlegm-induced vomiting, fullness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm, and loss of appetite; or … Read more

Heart-Nourishing Decoction

Heart-Nourishing Decoction,*Records of Differential Diagnosis*, Volume 7.,Excessive worry leads to heart deficiency and a lack of blood to nourish the heart, resulting in sweating in the epigastric region but no sweating on the rest of the body or the hands and feet.

Huangjia Pills

Huangjia Pills,*Mirror of Ancient and Modern Medicine*, Volume 5.,For chronic malaria that has formed a mass and has not healed for a long time.

Lung-Clearing and Dampness-Draining Decoction

Lung-Clearing and Dampness-Draining Decoction,From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 7.,Lung abscess.

Qingxin Suoquan Pills

Qingxin Suoquan Pills,From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 4.,Frequent urination in men.