🌿 Folk Prescriptions

Irregular Menstruation
（One）
【Differential Diagnosis】Qi stagnation and blood stasis.
【Treatment】Activate blood, remove stasis, regulate qi, and relieve pain.
【Formula Name】Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang (Blood Residence Stasis-Expelling Decoction).
【Composition】Angelica sinensis 9g, Raw Rehmannia glutinosa 9g, Persicae semen 12g, Carthamus tinctorius 9g, Aurantii fructus 6g, Paeonia rubra 6g, Bupleurum chinense 6g, Platycodon grandiflorum 4.5g, Ligusticum chuanxiong 4.5g, Achyranthes bidentata 9g.
【Usage】Decocted in water, take once daily, twice per day.
【Source】"Revisions in the Medical Forest," Upper Volume.
（Two）
【Differential Diagnosis】Blood deficiency with liver depression.
【Treatment】Nourish blood and soothe the liver.
【Formula Name】Kai Jie Tang (Opening Blockage Decoction).
【Composition】Bupleurum chinense 3g, Eucommia ulmoides 3g, Fermented yeast 3g, Cyperus rotundus 9g, Ligusticum chuanxiong 9g, Angelica sinensis 30g, Moutan bark 9g, Rehmannia glutinosa (prepared) 30g, Atractylodes macrocephala 15g, Glycyrrhiza 3g.
【Usage】Decocted in water, take once daily, twice per day.
【Source】"Record of Differentiation and Treatment," Volume XI.
（Three）
【Differential Diagnosis】Deficiency-cold of Chong and Ren vessels, blood stasis obstruction.
【Treatment】Warm the meridians, dispel cold, nourish blood, and remove stasis.
【Formula Name】Wen Jing Tang (Warm the Meridians Decoction).
【Composition】Evodia rutaecarpa 9g, Angelica sinensis 9g, Paeonia lactiflora 6g, Ligusticum chuanxiong 6g, Ginseng 6g, Cinnamomum cassia 6g, Donkey-hide gelatin 9g, Moutan bark (without heart) 6g, Ginger 6g, Glycyrrhiza 6g, Pinellia ternata 6g, Ophiopogon japonicus (without heart) 9g.
【Usage】Use 1000ml water, decoct to 300ml, filter out residue, divide into two portions, warm and take twice.
【Source】"Essential Prescriptions from the Golden Cabinet," Lower Volume.