Blood tonics
Wen jing tang
Warm the Menses Decoction
- Chinese name
- 温经汤
- Group
- Blood tonics
- English name
- Dang Gui and Evodia Combination
Warms the meridians and the menstruation, expels cold and nourishes and moves the blood.
Indications
For uterine bleeding, irregular or prolonged menstruation, spotting between periods, infertility, a cold, distended lower abdomen, dry lips and a low fever that rises in the evening from blood deficiency, and chronic pelvic inflammation.
Ingredients
| Ingredients | Amount |
|---|---|
| Wu zhu yu (evodia) | 6 g |
| Cinnamon twig (gui zhi) | 6 g |
| Dang gui (Chinese angelica) | 9 g |
| Szechuan lovage (chuan xiong) | 9 g |
| White peony root (bai shao) | 9 g |
| Donkey-hide gelatin (e jiao)animal | 9 g |
| Mai men dong (ophiopogon) | 9 g |
| Tree peony bark (mu dan pi) | 9 g |
| Ginseng (ren shen) | 6 g |
| Ban xia, prepared (pinellia) | 9 g |
| Fresh ginger (sheng jiang) | 9 g |
| Licorice root (gan cao) | 3 g |
Variations
- For qi deficiency: add huang qi.
- For persistent uterine bleeding with light-coloured blood: omit tree peony bark; add roasted ginger, ai ye and prepared rehmannia.
- For severe abdominal pain from cold: omit tree peony bark; add ai ye and cinnamon bark.
- For infertility from blood deficiency and cold: add nutgrass rhizome and green tangerine peel, only during menstruation.
- For marked qi stagnation: add nutgrass rhizome and wu yao.
- For chronic endometritis: add frankincense and notoginseng.