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Dang Gui Shao Yao San 当归芍药散
Dang Gui and Peony Powder
Dang Gui and Peony Powder
Tradition:
TCM
Source / Author:
Essential of the Golden Cabinet, c. 220
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Herb Name
Dang Gui 当归 (Chinese angelica) Chuan Xiong 川芎 (Sichuan lovage)
Bai Shao 白芍药 (White Peony) Bai Zhu 白术 (White Atractylodes) Fu Ling 茯苓 (Poria) Ze Xie 泽泻 (Water Plantain root) |
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Preparation:
Powder
Function:
Nourish Blood, Tonify the Liver and Spleen, resolve Damp, promote Urine
Use:
Used for Dampness and fluid accumulation due to Blood and Spleen deficiency; Cramping; Palpitations and Anemia; Cold extremities; tongue will be pale and wet, and the pulse slow or weak and slippery
1. Specifically for Abdominal Pain and Edema during Pregnancy
2. Threatened Miscarriage; Unstable Pregnancy
3. Breech Presentation
4. Gestational Hypertension
5. Habitual Miscarriage or Infertility related to Blood and Spleen Deficiency with Damp
6. Abdominal pain and cramps
7. Anemia with Dampness or Edema
8. Leukorrhea
9. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
10. Chronic Nephritis
11. Angina, Palpitation
Dose:
3–5 grams twice daily with Ginger tea
Cautions:
Avoid cold food and drinks, and raw foods, during treatment
Modifications:
1. Threatened Miscarriage add Amomum Sha Ren, Eucommia Du Zhong, Scutellaria Huang Qin and Dipsacus Xu Duan.
2. More coldness, or for Palpitations, or for Cold Extremities, add Cinnamonum Gui Zhi
3. Cold and Weak Kidneys, add Cinnamonum Rou Gui (Gui Pi)
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