Description
Hua Zheng Hui Sheng Dan (Concretions-Dissolving Return-of-Life Elixir), from Systematic Differentiation of Warm Diseases (Wen Bing Tiao Bian).
Actions: Invigorate blood and dispel blood stasis, dissolve masses, and disperse accumulation
Indications: Indicated for the treatment of concretions (fixed lower abdominal masses of definite shape; zhēng ) caused by pathogenic dryness invading the lower jiao and struggling in blood aspect, or malaria with splenomegaly (a.k.a. mother-of-malaria) accumulated without dispersing, or female painful menstruation and menstrual block, postpartum abdominal pain due to blood stasis, or injury from fall with pain due to blood stasis and qi stagnation
Category: Formulas That Resolve Masses and Remove Accumulation.
Source: Xi S, Gong Y. Essentials of Chinese Materia Medica and Medical Formulas: New Century Traditional Chinese Medicine. Academic Press/Elsevier, 2017, p. 823.
Preparation
Decoct Radix et Rhizoma Rhei ( da huang ) with rice vinegar, concentrate and dry under the sun, then grind it and other ingredients into powder, mix with Colla Carapacis Trionycis ( bie jia jiao ), Herba Leonuri ( yi mu cao ) paste and honey, make into pills, and take in 4.5 g doses with warm boiled water on an empty stomach
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