Dang Gui Shao Yao San當歸芍藥散
Dang Gui and Peony Powder
Also known asAngelica and Peony Powder · Tangkuei and Peony Formula · Tangkuei and Poria Powder · Dang Gui Fu Ling San
- Medicinals
- 7
Composition
Tonifies, invigorates and harmonizes the Blood.
- Bai Shao
harmonizes, nourishes and invigorates the Blood and disperses Blood Stasis for abdominal pain- Bai Shao
- Chuan Xiong
- Bai Shao, Fu Ling, Bai Zhu
- Bai ZhuRz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae4–12 g
Tonifies the Spleen, tonifies Qi and dries Dampness.
- Fu Ling
- Ze Xie
Promotes urination, resolves Dampness, strengthens the Spleen and harmonizes the Middle Jiao.
- Ze Xie
- Ze XieRz. Alismatis4–24 g
Promotes urination and resolves Dampness.
- Bai Zhu
Activates Blood and regulates Qi.
- Rice WineRice Wine
(Facilitates the flow and disperses.)
Actions
- Enriches the Blood of the Liver
- Brings suppleness to the Liver
- Courses the Liver's Qi
- Fortifies Spleen function
- Brings about the resolution of Dampness
- Shores up both the Spleen and the Kidney
Patterns treated
- Disharmony between Liver and Spleen giving rise to abdominal pain
- Pain in the abdomen arising from Deficiency of the Spleen and Kidney
- Underactive Liver and Spleen accompanied by Blood Stagnation and Qi Stagnation caused by Dampness
- Difficulties arising in pregnancy
Manifestations
- Unremitting cramping pain across the abdomen
- The pain is not intense
- Pressure eases the pain
- Swelling in the feet
- Trouble passing urine
- Mild swelling, mainly in the lower limbs
- The complaints typically arise while pregnant
- Facial pallor
- Tiredness
- The head feels heavy
- Languor
- Pain felt low in the abdomen
- Giddiness
- Ringing in the ears
- Low back pain
- Swelling
- Pain in the abdomen together with swelling in pregnancy, caused by Blood Deficiency and disordered water movement
- Scanty urine output
- The heart pounds noticeably
- Coldness in the feet
- The hands and feet are intensely cold
- A spinning sensation
- Numbness with weakness of the low back and legs, during pregnancy or after delivery
- The fetus lies in an abnormal position
- Painful periods
- Menstrual cycles that come irregularly
- Pain in the right upper abdominal quadrant
- An enlarged Liver
- Low blood count
- Little vitality
- The back aches
- Thirsty, yet without any wish to drink
- Tongue body
- Pale or pink, possibly showing petechiae along the margin
- Coating
- White, either thin or greasy
- Pulse
- Either deep combined with weak, or soft, floating, small and slow, or wiry combined with small, or wiry combined with rough
Indications
- Uterine hemorrhage of dysfunctional cause
- The menopausal period
- Erratic menstrual cycles
- Long-standing inflammation of the kidneys
- Cardiac pain
- Repeated pregnancy loss
- Placental rupture occurring early
- Piles
- Bladder inflammation
- Debility following childbirth
- Menstrual pain
- Paralysis of a single limb
- Disorders of the blood vessels
- The disease known as beriberi
- Scarring left after childbirth
- Abnormal lie of the fetus
- Metrorrhagic uterine bleeding
- Heavy menstrual flow
- Inflammation of the endometrium
- The preeclamptic state
- Depression arising after delivery
- Fibroid growths in the uterus
- Inability to conceive
- Calculi of the urinary tract
- Illness affecting the coronary arteries
- Headaches of vascular origin
- Arthritis of the rheumatoid type
- Eruptions of acne
- Chilblain sores
- Psoriatic skin disease
- Edema caused by congestive Heart disease
- Syndrome following a concussion
- Meniere's disorder
- A state of tension
- Low blood pressure
- Inflammation of the conjunctiva
- Leukorrheal discharge
- Inadequate luteal phase function
- A baby presenting breech
- Inflammation of the uterine adnexa
- Melasma
- Swelling occurring in pregnancy
- Noticeable heart pounding
- A whirling sensation
- Weariness
- Pain in the abdomen while pregnant
- Giddiness experienced in pregnancy
- Long-standing pelvic inflammatory disease
- Raised blood pressure in pregnancy
- Migraines around the time of menses
- Following an abortion
- After tubal ligation
- Following IUD placement
- After a Cesarean section
- Low red-cell count
- Pain in the lumbar region
- Fluid swelling of the tissues
- Pain in the belly
- Abdominal pain arising in pregnancy
- A hard, localized mass in the abdomen
- A pregnancy under threat of miscarrying
- Menorrhagia of functional type
- The syndrome preceding menses
- Long-standing hepatitis
- Long-standing gallbladder inflammation
- Liver cirrhosis in its early stage
- Syndrome of the perimenopause
- Hyperplastic breast tissue
- Long-standing gastric inflammation
- Ulcers of peptic type
- Blockage of the intestines
- Gouty disorder
- Neuralgia of the trigeminal nerve
- Sciatic nerve pain
- Eczematous skin rash
- Hives
- Veins that have become varicose
- Kidney disease
- Abdominal fluid accumulation caused by cirrhosis
- Stroke caused by thrombosis
- Rhinitis of allergic origin
- Non-malignant enlargement of the prostate
- Inflamed appendix
- Dementia of old age
- Anemia of the hypo-chronic type
- Pregnancy lacking stability
- Inflammatory disease of the pelvis
- Beriberi illness
- Pectoral angina
- Absence of menstruation
- Dizzy spells
- Feebleness
- Bleeding from the uterus after childbirth
- A restless fetus
- Numbness together with weakness in the low back and legs, whether during pregnancy or after delivery
Modifications
When the presentation is comparatively cold
In menstrual-period edema stemming from Kidney Qi Deficiency
When the Liver is enlarged
In cases of repeated pregnancy loss
When menstruation is painful
In abdominal pain accompanied by acid regurgitation
When the lower limbs show numbness and Bi pain
- +Gan Jiang
- +Han Fang Ji
- +Huang Qi
In cases of giddiness together with headache
In blocked nose, long-standing rhinitis, long-standing sinusitis and polyps of the nose
In blocked nose, long-standing rhinitis, long-standing sinusitis and polyps of the nose, together with cough
In metrorrhagia accompanied by Qi Deficiency
When treating the menopausal transition
- −Bai Zhu
- +Cang Zhu
In inflammatory disease of the pelvis
- +Bai Hua She She Cao
- +Hong Teng
- +Yi Yi Ren
In pelvic inflammatory disease accompanied by Qi and Blood Stagnation
- +Bai Hua She She Cao
- +Hong Teng
- +Yi Yi Ren
- +Tao Ren
- +Dan Shen
When chloasma is present
In chloasma attended by Blood Stagnation
In chloasma accompanied by Qi Deficiency
In chloasma accompanied by Accumulation of Dampness
In chloasma accompanied by Kidney Yin Deficiency
In angina attended by Qi Deficiency
- −Bai Shao
- +Chi Shao
- +Tai Zi Shen
- +Dan Shen
- +Shui Zhi
- +Ren Shen
In angina attended by pronounced Blood Stagnation
- −Bai Shao
- +Chi Shao
- +Tai Zi Shen
- +Dan Shen
- +Chuan Xiong
- +Shui Zhi
When the presentation is comparatively hot
In fairly pronounced Dampness together with edema and amenorrhea
When miscarriage is threatening
In abdominal pain arising while pregnant
When pain sits in the epigastrium
When the flanks are painful
In eyes that are red and painful
In intense pain of the abdomen
When there is irritability together with thirst
In blocked nose, long-standing rhinitis, long-standing sinusitis and polyps of the nose, together with headache or giddiness
When nephrotic syndrome is present
In metrorrhagia accompanied by heavy bleeding
In metrorrhagia accompanied by intense abdominal pain
When the adnexa are inflamed
In pelvic inflammatory disease attended by Damp-Heat
- +Bai Hua She She Cao
- +Hong Teng
- +Yi Yi Ren
- +Sheng Di Huang
- +Mu Dan Pi
In pelvic inflammatory disease attended by Cold Stagnation within the uterus
- +Bai Hua She She Cao
- +Hong Teng
- +Yi Yi Ren
- +Xiao Hui Xiang
- +Rou Gui
In chloasma attended by Stagnation of Liver Qi
In chloasma attended by Heat in the Blood
In chloasma accompanied by Blood Deficiency
In chloasma accompanied by Kidney Yang Deficiency
When angina occurs
- −Bai Shao
- +Chi Shao
- +Tai Zi Shen
- +Dan Shen
- +Shui Zhi
In angina attended by Phlegm Stagnation
Cautions
Caution is required during pregnancy.
Interactions
- Taking this formula together with colchicine was linked to improvement in the learning acquisition deficit that colchicine induces.
- This formula may lessen menopausal symptoms brought on by gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists, and does so without adversely affecting serum estradiol levels.