Blood tonics
Dang gui shao yao san
Dang Gui and Peony Powder
- Chinese name
- 当归芍药散
- Group
- Blood tonics
- English name
- Dang Gui and Peony Formula
Nourishes the blood, strengthens the qi and drains fluid.
Indications
For anaemia with persistent abdominal pain from spleen and kidney deficiency, possibly with urinary complaints and oedema of the legs: pale skin, fatigue, mild abdominal pain, a heavy feeling, tinnitus, lower back pain and palpitations. Especially for weaker women, also for painful menstruation, chronic pelvic inflammation, chronic nephritis, beriberi, repeated or threatened miscarriage and menopause.
Ingredients
| Ingredients | Amount |
|---|---|
| Dang gui (Chinese angelica) | 6–9 g |
| White peony root (bai shao) | 6–9 g |
| Szechuan lovage (chuan xiong) | 6–9 g |
| Bai zhu (white atractylodes) | 6–9 g |
| Fu ling (poria) | 6–9 g |
| Water plantain (ze xie) | 6–9 g |
- Tongue
- pale with a thin coating
- Pulse
- deep, thin and weak
Variations
- For threatened miscarriage: add du zhong, xu duan, sha ren, ai ye and huang qin.
- For an enlarged liver: add mu xiang, turmeric tuber and immature bitter orange.
- For much fluid: together with wu ling san.
- For cold: add cinnamon bark and wu zhu yu.
- For heat: add tree peony bark and gardenia.