HERB FORMULAS

ER SI WU HE JI - 二四五合集 - TWO, FOUR, FIVE COMBINATION

English: Two, Four, Five Combination
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rz. Curculiginis Xian Mao 3-10g Tonifies the Kidneys and strengthens Yang.
With Yin Yang Huo, for chills, infertility and cold extremities.
Hb. Epimedii Yin Yang Huo 3-15g Tonifies the Kidneys, strengthens Yang and increases the libido.
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui 3-15g Tonifies, invigorates and harmonizes the Blood, disperses Cold and regulates the menses.
With Bai Shao, regulates and harmonizes Qi and Blood.
With Chuan Xiong, harmonizes, nourishes and invigorates the Blood and disperses Blood Stasis.
Rz. Chuanxiong Chuan Xiong 3-10g Invigorates the Blood and promotes the movement of Qi.
With Dang Gui, for Blood Deficiency causing menstrual problems including dysmenorrhea, scanty menses and amenorrhea.
Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao 5-30g Nourishes the Blood, astringes Yin, regulates menstruation, softens the Liver and relieves pain.
With Dang Gui, nourishes Yin and Blood.
Poria Fu Ling 9-18g Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness and strengthens the Spleen.
Fr. Schisandrae Wu Wei Zi 1.5-9g Tonifies the Kidneys and astringes Jing.
Sm. Cuscutae Tu Si Zi 6-18g Tonifies the Kidneys, strengthens Yang, nourishes Yin, astringes Jing and urine and benefits the marrow.
Fr. Rubi Fu Pen Zi 2-12g Tonifies and stabilizes the Kidneys, astringes Jing and urine and tonifies Yang.
With Tu Si Zi, Gou Qi Zi and Che Qian Zi, for lower back pain and infertility due to Kidney Deficiency.
Fr. Lycii Gou Qi Zi 5-18g Nourishes and tonifies Liver and Kidney Blood and Yin and benefits Jing.
Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi 4-15g Promotes urination.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Tonifies Kidney Yang
  • Generates Blood
  • Nourishes the Chong and Ren channels
  • Nourishes the uterus

SYNDROMES

  • Kidney Yang Deficiency

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Long term infertility or infertility in an older woman
  • Possibly a history of late menarche
  • Delayed menstruation with decreased and pale menses or
  • Infrequent menstruation
  • Irregular periods
  • Period either scanty or heavy
  • Prolonged menstrual cycle
  • Scanty, dark discharge at the end of menstruation
  • Amenorrhea
  • Loss of libido
  • Aches and weakness in the waist and legs
  • Back pain
  • Cold limbs
  • A dusky complexion
  • Dull-pale complexion
  • Increased clear urine
  • Loose stools
  • Dizziness
  • Fatigue
  • Tinnitus
  • Feeling cold
  • Depression
  • Cold limbs
  • Frequent urination
  • Long-drawn-out urination with a thin stream or dribbling
  • Back soreness
  • Pain and coldness in loin and knees
  • Severe lumbago
  • Cold sensation in the lower abdomen
  • T: Pale, swollen and wet
  • C: White   
  • P: Deep and weak or Thin and soft or Deep and thready or Deep, thready and forceless or Deep and slow

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
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