Two-Flower Menstrual Regulation Tea，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis; regulates qi and relieves pain. Suitable for dysmenorrhea caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis, characterized by scanty flow, abdominal distension and pain, dark-colored menstrual blood with clots, or amenorrhea.
Two-Flower Menstrual Regulation Tea
Herbal Tea Name: Two-Flower Menstrual Regulation Tea
Chinese Name: 二花调经茶
Formula
9 grams of rose blossoms (double the amount if using fresh), 9 grams of cultivated rose blossoms, and 3 grams of black tea.Main Ingredients
How To Make
Coarsely grind the herbs, steep in boiling water, cover, and let steep for 10 minutes.
Efficacy
Promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis; regulates qi and relieves pain. Suitable for dysmenorrhea caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis, characterized by scanty flow, abdominal distension and pain, dark-colored menstrual blood with clots, or amenorrhea.
Usage
Take in the morning and afternoon.
Commentary
Rose blossoms (Mei-gui-hua) serve as the monarch (chief) herb. Sweet, slightly bitter-warm in property, its action follows the Liver, Spleen meridians, and works to regulate qi, relieve depression and activate blood. Cultivated rose blossoms take the deputy (minister) role, sweet, slightly bitter-warm in property, acting through the Liver, Spleen meridians to regulate qi and activate blood. Black tea (Hong-cha) functions as the harmonizing (envoy) ingredient, working to warm the middle and promote diuresis and unite the separate actions into one. Taken together these herbs promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, regulate qi and relieve pain, in keeping with the blood and qi pattern and its manifestations such as scanty flow, abdominal distension and pain.