Xiang Fu Wan

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香附丸 (Cyperus Pill)

Source: An Hui Zhong Yi Xue Yuan (1990)

Last updated October 1, 2026

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Description

Xiang Fu Wan (Cyperus Pill), from the An Hui Zhong Yi Xue Yuan (Anhui University School of Medicine) — a variation of Yue Ju Wan.

Presentation: Emotional disorders with shen disturbance accompanied by stagnation of qi, blood, dampness, phlegm and food.

Composition: No doses printed.

Source: Chen JK, Chen TT. Chinese Herbal Formulas and Applications: Pharmacological Effects & Clinical Research. Art of Medicine Press, 2009, p. 824.

Composition

Herb Amount % Role Function
Chai Hu
as printed: Chai Hu (Radix Bupleuri)
g — —
Xiang Fu
as printed: Xiang Fu (Rhizoma Cyperi)
g — —
Gou Teng
as printed: Gou Teng (Ramulus Uncariae cum Uncis)
g — —
Mu Li
as printed: Mu Li (Concha Ostreae)
g — —
He Huan Pi
as printed: He Huan Pi (Cortex Albiziae)
g — —
Yuan Zhi
as printed: Yuan Zhi (Radix Polygalae)
g — —
Chuan Xiong
as printed: Chuan Xiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong)
g — —
Yu Jin
as printed: Yu Jin (Radix Curcumae)
g — —
Mai Ya
as printed: Mai Ya (Fructus Hordei Germinatus)
g — —
Zhi Zi
as printed: Zhi Zi (Fructus Gardeniae)
g — —
Lu Cha
as printed: Cha Ye (Folium Camelliae)
g — —
Shi Chang Pu
as printed: Shi Chang Pu (Rhizoma Acori Tatarinowii)
g — —
Da Zao
as printed: Da Zao (Fructus Jujubae)
g — —
Gan Cao
as printed: Gan Cao (Radix et Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae)
g — —
Ci Wu Jia
as printed: Ci Wu Jia (Radix et Rhizoma seu Caulis Acanthopanacis Senticosi)
g — —

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Formula family

Contains Tong Qi San + Ci Wu Jia, Da Zao, Gan Cao and 9 more
Full herb lists
  • This formula = Tong Qi San + Ci Wu Jia, Da Zao, Gan Cao, Gou Teng, He Huan Pi, Lu Cha, Mai Ya, Mu Li, Shi Chang Pu, Yu Jin, Yuan Zhi and Zhi Zi

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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