Polycystic ovaries according to Chinese Medicine
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Three herbal formulas that might help with polycystic ovaries
Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan
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.
Why might Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan help with polycystic ovaries?
Because it is a formula often recommended to treat the pattern 'Blood Stagnation and Phlegm in the Uterus' of which polycystic ovaries is a symptom.
Long Dan Xie Gan Tang
Source date: 1682 AD
Number of ingredients: 10 herbs
Key actions: Clears Heat and Fire from the Liver and Gallbladder. Clears and drains Damp-Heat from the Lower Burner.
Why might Long Dan Xie Gan Tang help with polycystic ovaries?
Because it is a formula often recommended to treat the pattern 'Heat Excess in the Liver or Gallbladder' of which polycystic ovaries is a symptom.
Wen Jing Tang
Source date: 220 AD
Number of ingredients: 12 herbs
Key actions: Warms the Uterus and vessels. Nourishes Blood. Dispels Cold. Dispels Blood Stagnation.
Why might Wen Jing Tang help with polycystic ovaries?
Because it is a formula often recommended to treat the pattern 'Full Cold in the Directing and Penetraing Vessels' of which polycystic ovaries is a symptom.
Other symptoms often associated with polycystic ovaries
Painful period Irregular menstruation Lochia retention Dark clots in menstrual blood Brown vaginal discharge Irritability Infertility Late period Abdominal pain after childbirth Persistent uterine bleeding of purple or dark blood