Classical antecedent: Yue Ju Wan Ligusticum-Gardenia Pill.
Indications:
Premenstrual tension, irritability, propensity to outbursts of anger or repressed anger, shouting, mental depression, moodiness, gloomy thoughts, pent-up anger, resentment or frustration over a long period of time, irregular periods, painful periods with clotted blood, tiredness (from stagnation rather than deficiency of Qi), a feeling of oppression of the chest or epigastrium, headaches, belching, sighing, slight feeling of nausea, slight feeling of breathlessness, hypochondrial distension and pain.
Indications in Chinese Medicine:
Pattern: Primarily stagnation of Liver-Qi, possibly also stasis of Blood, retention of food, Dampness, Phlegm and stagnation of Heat. This formula was originally used for the six Stagnations (Qi, Blood, Food, Dampness, Phlegm and Heat), but it is now used primarily for stagnation of Qi.
Action: Move Qi, eliminate stagnation, pacify the Liver, lift mental depression.
Tongue: Slightly red sides (Liver area).
Pulse: Wiry and full on both sides.
Ingredients:
Xiang Fu Rhizoma Cyperi Chuan Xiong Rhizoma Chuanxiong Cang Zhu Rhizoma Atractylodis Shan Zhi Zi Fructus Gardeniae Shen Qu Massa Medicata Fermentata He Huan Pi Cortex Albiziae |
Shi Chang Pu Rhizoma Acori Tatarinowii Qing Pi Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride Yuan Zhi Radix Polygalae Yu Jin Radix Curcumae Gan Cao Radix Glycyrrhizae Uralensis |
Dosage: 2 tablets x 2 times a day
Bottle: 60 tablets x 500mg concentration ratio of 7:1