Description
Xia Ru Yong Quan San (Powder for Promoting Lactation like Pouring Spring), from Formulas From the Imperial Institute of Medicine in Qing Dynasty (Qing Tai Yi Yuan Pei Fang).
Actions: Soothe the liver and resolve constraint, nourish blood and invigorate blood, unblock the collaterals, and promote lactation
Indications: Indicated for the treatment of less or no milk secretion due to liver constraint and qi stagnation and lactation inhibited after childbirth or in lactation, with distention, hardness, and pain in the breast, chest oppression and ribside distention, depressed emotion and poor appetite
Category: Formulas That Move Qi.
Source: Xi S, Gong Y. Essentials of Chinese Materia Medica and Medical Formulas: New Century Traditional Chinese Medicine. Academic Press/Elsevier, 2017, pp. 671–673.
Preparation
Grind the ingredients into crude powder, and decoct 30 g each time with water for oral use
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