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Chinese Medicinal Material
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【Chinese Name】 |
固經丸
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【Phonetic】 |
Gu Jing Wan
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【English Name】 |
Menses-Securing Pill |
【Classification】 |
Astringent formulas |
【Source】 |
《Teachings of [Zhu] Dan-xi》Dan Xi Xin Fa《丹溪心法》 |
【Combination】 |
Scutellariae Radix (Huang Qin dry-fried) 1 liang (30g), Paeoniae Radix Alba (Bai Shao dry-fried) 1 liang (30g), Testudinis Plastrum (Zhi Gui Ban vinegar-fried) 1 liang (30g), Phellodendri Chinensis Cortex (Huang Bai dry-fried) 3 qian (9g), Ailanthi Cortex (Chun Gen Pi) 7.5 qian (22.5g), Cyperi Rhizoma (Xiang Fu) 2.5 qian (7.5g) |
【Method】 |
Grind the medicinals into a fine powder, sieve and blend together. Use water to form the powder into pills. Take 6g as a draft twice a day and swallow with warm, boiled water. This formula can also be prepared as a decoction by adjusting the medicinal quantities based on the original ratios. |
【Action】 |
Enriches yin and clears heat, consolidates the channels and stanches bleeding. |
【Indication】 |
Gu Jing Wan is designed for flooding and spotting due to yin deficiency and blood heat. The symptoms include flooding and spotting or profuse menstruation that is dark or purple, feverish sensation in the palms and soles, weakness and soreness in the loins and knees, a red tongue body, and a rapid pulse. |
【Pathogenesis】 |
The corresponding disorders treated by this formula are mostly caused by liver and kidney yin deficiency and intense ministerial fire that impair the chong mai and ren mai, causing them to push out blood. Qi stagnation and blood stasis due to liver constraint, together with blood heat, result in purple-black menstrual clots. Yin deficiency results in vigorous fire that leads to a feverish sensation in the palms and soles and weak, sore loin and knees. Red tongue body and a wiry pulse indicate constrained heat. Therefore, the treatment should aim at enriching yin and clearing heat, regulating menstruation, and stanching bleeding. |
【Application】 |
1. Essential pattern differentiation Gu Jing Wan is commonly used for flooding and spotting or profuse menstruation due to blood heat. This clinical pattern is marked by dark red or purple-black, sticky menses, red tongue, wiry, rapid pulse. 2. Modern applications This formula may be used in the following biomedically defined disorders when the patient shows signs of yin deficiency and blood heat signs: dysfunctional uterine bleeding, profuse or prolonged scanty uterine bleeding resulted from chronic adnexitis. |
【Remark】 |
Reeves' Terrapin (Chinemys reevesii / Mauremys reevesii) is listed as "Endangered" in the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Also, it is listed in the Convention on |
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