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Generation and Transformation Decoction

傅青主女科湯劑
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Source
傅青主女科
Composition
Danggui 8 qian, Chuanxiong 3 qian, Taoren 3 qian, black dried ginger 0.5 qian, prepared licorice 0.5 qian.
Preparation
One dose daily; decoct in water, or add an appropriate amount of yellow rice wine and decoct together; take warm in two divided doses, morning and evening.
Form
湯劑
Function
Nourishes blood and transforms stasis, warms the channels and disperses cold.
Traditional indications
Postpartum lochia not flowing, or dripping and not clean, sluggish and not smooth, amount sometimes more and sometimes less, dark purple in color, with clots, accompanied by cold pain in the lower abdomen, dark purple tongue with stasis spots, and a wiry, choppy pulse.
Modifications
For Qi deficiency: add Renshen (ginseng): 10, Huangqi (astragalus): 30.