Yan Mi Decoction

Yan Mi Decoction,Menstrual obstruction accompanied by excruciating pain in the chest and abdomen, as if one were about to die.

Formulas Name : Yan Mi Decoction

Chinese Name : 严蜜汤

Drug Formulation

2 liang of Evodia fruit, 2 liang of rhubarb, 2 liang of Chinese angelica root, 2 liang of dried ginger, 2 liang of horseflies (with wings and legs removed, roasted),2 liang of leeches (roasted), 2 liang of dried rehmannia root, 2 liang of ligusticum root, 14 gardenia fruits, 1 sheng of peach kernels (with skin and tips removed, roasted), 3 liang of peony root, 1 liang of asarum root, 1 liang of licorice root (roasted), 1 liang of cinnamon bark, 3 liang of achyranthes root, and half a jin of hemp seeds.

Source

*Qianjin Yi*, Volume 8.

Benefits

Menstrual obstruction accompanied by excruciating pain in the chest and abdomen, as if one were about to die.

Instructions for Use

Coarsely crush the ingredients. Boil in 9 sheng of water until reduced to 2.5 sheng. Divide into 3 doses; take 3 times daily, with an interval of one cooking period between doses.

Yan Mi Decoction,*Qianjin Yi*, Volume 8.,Menstrual obstruction accompanied by excruciating pain in the chest and abdomen, as if one were about to die.

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