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The top herbs in Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan are Cinnamon Twigs (Gui Zhi), Poria-Cocos Mushrooms (Fu Ling) and Red Peony Roots (Chi Shao)
Source date: 220 AD
Number of ingredients: 5 herbs
Key actions: Promotes Blood and lymphatic circulation, thus eleminates Blood Stagnation. Softens and resolves hard lumps such as cysts and fibroids.
Because it is a formula often recommended to treat the pattern 'Blood Stagnation and Phlegm in the Uterus' of which retained placenta is a symptom.
The top herbs in Tao He Cheng Qi Tang are Peach Kernels (Tao Ren), Rhubarb (Da Huang) and Cinnamon Twigs (Gui Zhi)
Source date: 220 AD
Number of ingredients: 5 herbs
Key actions: Dispels Heat and. Eliminates Blood Stagnation.
Because it is a formula often recommended to treat the pattern 'Heat and Blood Stagnation in the Lower Burner' of which retained placenta is a symptom.
Painful period Irregular menstruation Lochia retention Lower abdominal pain Irritability Persistent uterine bleeding of purple or dark blood Abdominal pain Brown vaginal discharge Dark clots in menstrual blood Umbilical pain