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Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan 桂枝茯苓丸
Cinnamon twig and Poria Pill


Tradition:
TCM

Source / Author:
Essential of the Golden Cabinet, c. 220

Herb Name
Gui Zhi 桂枝 (Cinnamon twig)
Fu Ling 茯苓 (Poria)
Bai Shao yao
白药 (White Peony)
Mu Dan Pi 牡丹⽪ (Tree peony root)
Tao Ren 桃仁 (Peach seed)

Latin
Cinnamomum cassia
Poria cocos
Paeonia lacti
flora
Paeonia su
ffruticosa
Prunus persica

Amount




9 grams ea.

Preparation:
Powder and form Pills.
Today it is frequently used in the form of decoction with the above amounts being used per day.
Also made into tinctures.


Function:
Moves the Blood, clears Stasis, Resolves Masses

Use:
Blood stasis in the Uterus; pain, dark blood, dark tongue with whitish coating
1. Abdominal pain
2. Masses in the lower abdomen
3. Amenorrhea; Dysmenorrhea; Mittelschmerz
4. Chronic infection or in
flammation of the Uterus
5. Endometriosis
6. Irregular Menstruation with dark blood and pain; persistent Uterine Bleeding
7. Considered speci
fic by some for Ovarian Cysts; Uterine Fibroids
8. Masses or lumps of the prostate or testes; Chronic Prostatitis
9. Infertility


Dose:
3– 6 grams of the powder can be taken 3 times daily, preferably with wine.
If used as a decoction, the above can be taken over the course of the day

Cautions:
1. Used cautiously during pregnancy (best to use only pills or powder during pregnancy)

Modifications:
1. Severe blood stasis, add Rhubarb and Madder
2. More severe menstrual pain and cramping, add Cyperus rotundus
3. For Fibroids, Agaric (Fomes) can replace Poria Fu Ling as it has a similar nature but is much stronger to resolve Fibroids. However, in cases with de
ficiency, Poria Fu Ling is superior.


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