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Xiangfu Single-Ingredient Pills,For irregular menstrual cycles, stabbing pain caused by blood and qi stagnation, distension of the abdomen and flanks, dizziness and nausea, metrorrhagia, metrorrhagia with leukorrhea, and hematochezia or masses.

Formulas Name : Xiangfu Single-Ingredient Pills

Chinese Name : 香附一物丸

Drug Formulation

Cyperus Rhizome (peeled and dehaired with a pestle)—quantity as desired (soak in rice vinegar for one day and one night; boil in a clay pot until tender; then bake until dry).

Source

*The Correct Transmission of Medicine*, Volume 7, citing *The Treasure of Childbirth*.

Processing

Grind the above into a fine powder; form into pills the size of a Paulownia seed using vinegar paste; dry in the sun.

Benefits

For irregular menstrual cycles, stabbing pain caused by blood and qi stagnation, distension of the abdomen and flanks, dizziness and nausea, metrorrhagia, metrorrhagia with leukorrhea, and hematochezia or masses.

Instructions for Use

Take 50 pills per dose, washed down with light vinegar broth.

Xiangfu Single-Ingredient Pills,*The Correct Transmission of Medicine*, Volume 7, citing *The Treasure of Childbirth*.,For irregular menstrual cycles, stabbing pain caused by blood and qi stagnation, distension of the abdomen and flanks, dizziness and nausea, metrorrhagia, metrorrhagia with leukorrhea, and hematochezia or masses.

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