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Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan 桂枝茯苓丸
Cinnamon twig and Poria Pill
Cinnamon twig and Poria Pill
Tradition:
TCM
Source / Author:
Essential of the Golden Cabinet, c. 220
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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) |
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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 inflammation of the Uterus
5. Endometriosis
6. Irregular Menstruation with dark blood and pain; persistent Uterine Bleeding
7. Considered specific 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 deficiency, Poria Fu Ling is superior.
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