Product Description
Sheng Hua Tang Capsules
Unit Size: 100 Caps
Dosage: As Directed
Potency: 5:1
Contraindications: Contraindicated in cases with blood stasis due to heat in the blood or postpartum hemorrhage because the warm, blood-invigorating nature of these herbs tends to aggravate such conditions. It is also contraindicated during pregnancy or in cases with bleeding diathesis or any active hemorrhagic disorder. With respect to postpartum use, if there is already normal discharge of lochia and only slight abdominal pain, this formula may be too harsh in its action of breaking up blood stasis and should therefore be modified. - Bensky
Chinese Symptomology: Retention of the lochia accompanied by cold and pain in the lower abdomen - Bensky
Actions: Invigorates the blood, transforms and dispels blood stasis, warms the menses, and alleviates pain.
Pattern: Cold that takes advantage of the deficiency of normal qi and blood during the postpartum period to enter the abdomen. - Bensky
Tongue: Pale purple tongue or a pale tongue with purple spots - Bensky
Pulse: Thin, submerged, and choppy pulse - Bensky
English name: Generating & Transforming Decoction
Description
Generating & Transforming Decoction invigorates the blood, transforms and dispels blood stasis, warms the menses, and alleviates pain.* - Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Formulas & Strategies
Ingredients
Pharmaceutical Latin | Pin Yin | Dosage | Actions |
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Rx. Angelicae Sinensis | Dang Gui | 2.4-25g | Tonifies Blood, regulates the menses, invigorates and harmonizes the Blood, disperses Cold and stops pain due to Blood Stasis. With Chuan Xiong, harmonizes, nourishes and invigorates the Blood and disperses Blood Stasis for abdominal pain. With Chuan Xiong and Pao Jiang, for postpartum Blood Deficiency with Cold. |
Rz. Chuanxiong | Chuan Xiong | 6-9g | Invigorates the Blood and promotes the movement of Qi. With Dang Gui, for Blood Deficiency causing menstrual problems including dysmenorrhea, scanty menses, and amenorrhea. With Dang Gui and Pao Jiang, for Retained lochia. With Dang Gui, Tao Ren, Pao Jiang and Zhi Gan Cao, for continuous postpartum bleeding due to Blood Stasis with Blood Deficiency and Cold. |
Sm. Persicae | Tao Ren | 4-9g | Breaks up Blood Stasis and invigorates Blood circulation. With Pao Jiang and Chuan Xiong, for lochioschesis and abdominal pain. |
Rz. Zingiberis Preparata | Pao Jiang | 1-3g | Warms the Middle, expels Cold, warms the channels and stops bleeding. |
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata | Zhi Gan Cao | 1-3g | Tonifies the Spleen, augments Qi, moderates spasms, alleviates pain and moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs. |