Shao Fu Zhu Yu Tang 少腹逐瘀汤
Drive Out Blood Stasis in the Lower Abdomen Decoction
TCM
Correction of Errors Among Physicians (1830)
Prepare as a decoction; it may be prepared as pills or tincture
Move the Blood, clear Stasis, warms the Channels and stop Pain
Lower abdominal pain which is worse with cold; dull complexion, cyanosis of nails, lips and tongue; purplish or dark tongue with wiry, choppy or slow pulse
1. Uterine or Groin pain
2. Masses of the lower abdomen with or without pain
3. Abdominal Tumors
4. Hepatic Cirrhosis
5. Amenorrhea
6. Dysmenorrhea with purple-red or dark blood with clotting (see research below)
7. Irregular menstruation with dark or clotted blood
8. Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
9. Lumbago during menstruation
10. Mittelschmerz
11. Endometriosis
12. Ovarian Cysts, Uterine Fibroids
13. Recurrent Miscarriage
14. Infertility
15. Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy; early Prostatic Hyperplasia
16. Lumps or Tumors of the Prostate or Testicles
17. Post Traumatic Pain
the above can be taken over the course of a day; if prepared as a powder, 6–9 grams 2 or 3 times daily
1. Not during pregnancy
2. Not for excess menstrual bleeding or any bleeding disorder.
1. Infertility from lack of ovulation, with Dioscorea Shan Yao.
2. Continuous or heavy menstrual bleeding from Heat, add Scutellaria Huang Qin and Coptis Huang Lian.
3. Cysts or Fibroids with pain and dark menstrual blood, ad Self Heal and Zedoary.
1. Shaofu Zhuyu decoction ameliorates obesity-mediated hepatic steatosis and systemic inflammation by regulating metabolic pathways.
2. Herbal medicine (Shaofu Zhuyu decoction) for treating primary dysmenorrhea: A systematic review of randomized clinical trials.
3. Metabolomic study of biochemical changes in the plasma and urine of primary dysmenorrhea patients using UPLC-MS coupled with a pattern recognition approach.
4. Network-based biomarkers for cold coagulation blood stasis syndrome and the therapeutic effects of shaofu zhuyu decoction in rats.
5. Inhibitory effects of active fraction and its main components of Shaofu Zhuyu decoction on uterus contraction.
6. [Study of platelet aggregation affected by 8 classical recipes in rabbit].
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Drive Out Blood Stasis in the Lower Abdomen Decoction
Tradition:
TCM
Source / Author:
Correction of Errors Among Physicians (1830)
Herb NameXiao Hui Xiang (Fennel)Gan Jiang (dried Ginger) Rou Gui (Cinnamon bark) Dang Gui (Chinese Angelica) Chuan Xiong (Sichuan Lovage) Mo Yao (Myrrh) Yan Hu Suo (Corydalis) Pu Huang (Cattail pollen) Wu Ling Zhi (Pteropus feces) |
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Preparation:
Prepare as a decoction; it may be prepared as pills or tincture
Function:
Move the Blood, clear Stasis, warms the Channels and stop Pain
Use:
Lower abdominal pain which is worse with cold; dull complexion, cyanosis of nails, lips and tongue; purplish or dark tongue with wiry, choppy or slow pulse
1. Uterine or Groin pain
2. Masses of the lower abdomen with or without pain
3. Abdominal Tumors
4. Hepatic Cirrhosis
5. Amenorrhea
6. Dysmenorrhea with purple-red or dark blood with clotting (see research below)
7. Irregular menstruation with dark or clotted blood
8. Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
9. Lumbago during menstruation
10. Mittelschmerz
11. Endometriosis
12. Ovarian Cysts, Uterine Fibroids
13. Recurrent Miscarriage
14. Infertility
15. Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy; early Prostatic Hyperplasia
16. Lumps or Tumors of the Prostate or Testicles
17. Post Traumatic Pain
Dose:
the above can be taken over the course of a day; if prepared as a powder, 6–9 grams 2 or 3 times daily
Cautions:
1. Not during pregnancy
2. Not for excess menstrual bleeding or any bleeding disorder.
Modifications:
1. Infertility from lack of ovulation, with Dioscorea Shan Yao.
2. Continuous or heavy menstrual bleeding from Heat, add Scutellaria Huang Qin and Coptis Huang Lian.
3. Cysts or Fibroids with pain and dark menstrual blood, ad Self Heal and Zedoary.
1. Shaofu Zhuyu decoction ameliorates obesity-mediated hepatic steatosis and systemic inflammation by regulating metabolic pathways.
2. Herbal medicine (Shaofu Zhuyu decoction) for treating primary dysmenorrhea: A systematic review of randomized clinical trials.
3. Metabolomic study of biochemical changes in the plasma and urine of primary dysmenorrhea patients using UPLC-MS coupled with a pattern recognition approach.
4. Network-based biomarkers for cold coagulation blood stasis syndrome and the therapeutic effects of shaofu zhuyu decoction in rats.
5. Inhibitory effects of active fraction and its main components of Shaofu Zhuyu decoction on uterus contraction.
6. [Study of platelet aggregation affected by 8 classical recipes in rabbit].
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