Wen Jing She Xue Tang
StarSource: Zhong Yi Fu Ke Zhi Liao Xue
Last updated October 23, 2026
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Description
Wen Jing She Xue Tang (Warm the Menses and Control the Blood Decoction), from Zhong Yi Fu Ke Zhi Liao Xue.
Actions: Warm Yang, control the blood.
Indications: Middle Jiao deficient cold, loss in the ability to control blood. Symptoms include Beng Lou, pale thin watery blood, lower abdominal distending pain which is better with heat, preference of heat, aversion of cold, poor appetite, loose stool, pale tongue with white coating, and deficient and slow pulse.
Source: Liu C, Tseng A, with Yang S. Chinese Herbal Medicine: Modern Applications of Traditional Formulas. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2005, p. 130.
Composition
| Herb | Amount | % | Role | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Ren Shen
as printed: Hong Ren Shen 10 g
|
10g | 21.74% | — | |
|
Bai Zhu
as printed: Bai Zhu 10 g
|
10g | 21.74% | — | |
|
Pao Jiang
as printed: Pao Jiang 10 g
|
10g | 21.74% | — | |
|
Gan Cao
as printed: Zhi Gan Cao 3 g
|
3g | 6.52% | — | |
|
Wu Zhu Yu
as printed: Wu Zhu Yu 3 g
|
3g | 6.52% | — | |
|
Ai Ye
as printed: Jiao Ai Ye 10 g
|
10g | 21.74% | — |
Energetics dose-weighted
The formula's overall nature, taste balance and channel reach, weighted by each herb's dose. Classical formulas often pair warm and cool herbs on purpose, so a net figure summarises the mix — it doesn't describe every herb in it.
Nature
Net warm (+1.22)
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Grams by band: neutral 7%, warm 65%, hot 28%.
Small but decisive: Wu Zhu Yu 3g (hot, 7% of the grams). Dose weighting nearly cancels a herb this small, but it may be what the formula is for.
Taste
- pungent 25%
- sweet 28%
- bitter 47%
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached
- Spleen 100%
- Kidney 72%
- Lung 50%
- Liver 50%
- Stomach 35%
- Heart 28%
Share of the grams entering each channel, from 100% of the weighed grams.
Dose-weighted from each herb's recorded nature, taste and channels (missing values are left out, never counted as neutral). It describes the composition — it is not a recommendation.
Preparation
Decoction.
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Formula family
Full equations
- This formula = Gan Cao Gan Jiang Tang + Ai Ye, Bai Zhu, Ren Shen and Wu Zhu Yu. Pao Jiang is the heaviest herb here; Gan Cao is the heaviest in the catalogue's Gan Cao Gan Jiang Tang.
Each entry reads as the larger formula written out: “+” adds its other catalogue cores, then the herbs none of them hold. A catalogue formula counts as a core only when at least 80% of its herbs are present, no more than 1 is absent, and the absent herb is not its chief.
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