Warm the Menses

Classical antecedent: Wen Jing Tang Warming the Menses Decoction.

Indications:

Very painful periods with pain of a spastic character that is alleviated by the application of heat (such as a hot-water bottle), red or dark menstrual blood with small, dark clots, late periods, irregular periods, infertility, bright-pale complexion, weariness, a pronounced feeling of cold that is aggravated during the period, tiredness, backache, frequent pale urination, occasionally a slight feeling of heat in the face and a dry mouth or lips.

Indications in Chinese Medicine:

Pattern: Stagnation of Cold in the Uterus, stasis of Blood, Blood deficiency, Kidney-Yang deficiency.
Action: Expel Cold, warm the Uterus, invigorate Blood, eliminate stasis, nourish Blood, tonify and warm Kidney-Yang.

Tongue: Pale, wet.
Pulse: Deep, tight, slow. 

Ingredients:

Wu Zhu Yu (Fructus Evodiae)
Gui Zhi (Ramulus Cinnamomi Cassiae)
Rou Gui (Cortex Cinnamomi)
Dang Gui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis)
Chuan Xiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong)
Bai Shao (Radix Paeoniae Alba)
Dang Shen (Radix Codonopsis)
Mai Men Dong (Radix Ophiopogonis)
Shu Di Huang (Radix Rehmanniae Preparata)
Mu Dan Pi (Cortex Moutan)
Ban Xia (Rhizoma Pinelliae Preparatum)
Zhi Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae Uralensis Preparata)
Yan Hu Suo (Rhizoma Corydalis)
Wu Yao (Radix Linderae)
Yi Mu Cao (Herba Leonuri)
Du Zhong (Cortex Eucommiae Ulmoidis)

Dosage: 2 tablets x 2 times a day

Bottle: 60 tablets x 500mg concentration ratio of 7:1