Category: Gynaecology, sexuality, fertility, urology, pain relief.

Use of the formula according to Traditional Chinese Medicine:

• disperses cold
• warms the uterus
• breaks up blood stasis in the lower burner (lower abdomen)
• soothes menstrual pain caused by cold
• warms and nourishes the Ren and Chong Mai channels
• nourishes blood

Description:

A famous formula by the even more famous classic of Chinese medicine, Zhang Zhong Jing, from 220 AD, primarily intended for cold blocking the uterus; today, this indication has shifted more towards empty cold from a deficiency of kidney yang and blood. And internal cold often attracts external cold as well. However, what is most important for its use is pain in the lower abdomen (and back, lower limbs) caused by cold, i.e., pain that is relieved by the application of heat. Blood deficiency also contributes to the pain, which, together with cold, is the cause of blockages. Imagine a river with little water, how its flow stops. This blood deficiency can be so great that it turns into yin deficiency and empty heat in the upper part of the body; a typical symptom is a dry mouth and dry lips in the morning.

The mixture replenishes blood and yin, cools pathological heat, disperses cold and warms, and above all – stops pain. These mechanisms simultaneously replenish and regulate the Chong and Ren Mai channels, whose proper function is also necessary for conception.

Indications:

• painful menstruation from empty cold
• empty cold in the Chong Mai and Ren Mai along with blood stasis and heat from deficiency
• fertility problems
• irregular menstruation
• uterine bleeding outside the cycle
• mild, persistent uterine bleeding
• bleeding between periods
• pain and cold in the lower part of the body (lower abdomen, back, lower limbs)
• heat rising upwards
• dry lips and dry mouth
• hot palms and soles
• palmar erythema (reddening of the palms)
• diarrhoea during menstruation
• white vaginal discharge

Modern use:

• absence of menstruation (amenorrhoea)
• loss of ovulation (anovulation)
• luteal phase defect (abnormalities of progesterone secretion in the second half of the menstrual cycle)
• irregular menstruation (either premature or delayed, prolonged or persistent menstrual bleeding)
• ovulatory bleeding
• distension (tension) in the lower abdomen
• habitual miscarriage
• infertility

Tongue:

• drier body
• little coating

Pulse:

• xi
• se
• chen
• ruo

Contraindications:

• stasis and blockages associated with excess

Note:

Even though there are signs of stasis and blockage here, such as fullness in the abdomen, pain, or increased muscle tension, the abdomen usually remains soft – this is cold from deficiency.

A centuries-proven mixture indicated for women's diseases. Although it can also be used in men who exhibit similar symptoms of "cold below and heat above" and suffer from these ailments: infertility, impotence, urinary incontinence, or lack of semen.

Composition of the formula: