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