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Blood Stasis-Expelling Decoction

金匱要略湯劑
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Source
金匱要略
Original text
-- The master said: For postpartum abdominal pain, the standard method should be Zhishi Shaoyao San. If it does not heal, this is because there is dry blood in the abdomen adhering below the umbilicus; Xia Yuxue Tang is suitable to govern it. It also governs inhibited menstruation. (Jin Gui Yao Lue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet))
Composition
Da Huang 2 liang, Tao Ren 20 pieces, Zhe Chong 20 pieces (roasted, feet removed). For the above three ingredients, grind them to powder; refine honey and mix into four pills. Use 1 sheng of wine to decoct one pill, take 8 ge, and administer in a single dose. Fresh blood descends like pig liver.
Preparation
For the above three ingredients, grind them to powder; refine honey and mix into four pills. Use 1 sheng of wine to decoct one pill, take 8 ge, and administer in a single dose. Fresh blood descends like pig liver.
Form
湯劑
Function
Expel stasis and drain heat.
Traditional indications
In women with amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, cervical cancer, colon cancer, rectal cancer, presenting with lower abdominal pain that is worse on pressure, fixed and immovable painful location, dark red tongue proper, and a forceful pulse.
Modifications
If there is yang deficiency, with a pale, white, swollen, enlarged tongue proper with teeth marks and a wet, slippery coating: add processed aconite:10, dried ginger:10. -- For diseases such as uterine fibroids, chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, and fallopian tube obstruction, accompanied by vaginal discharge, fullness and pain in the lower abdomen, and unsmooth menstruation (scanty menstruation, purple color with clots): add Tu Gua Gen:15, Bai Shao:10, Gui Zhi:10.