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Tang Kuei and Gelatin C.
chinese formulae

definition

Tang Kuei and Gelatin C. = Jiao Ai Tang = "Ass-Hide Gelatin and Mugwort Decoction"
sources: Bensky and Barolet, p. 345; Hsu, 1980, p. 576; Yeung, p. 137.
signs and symptoms: Lower abdominal pain with uterine bleeding, excessive menstruation, menstruation with constant spotting, postpartum bleeding, or bleeding during pregnancy, with pale thin blood; anemia, vertigo, weak and sore lower back, dull complexion.
tongue and pulse: pale tongue with a thin, white coating, and thin, frail pulse.
indications: Chong (Penetrating) Channel and Ren (Conception) Channel Cold and Xu (Deficient). With the appropriate presentation, this formula may be used in treating conditions conventionally diagnosed as purpura, anemia, hemoptysis, bleeding peptic ulcer, hematuria, intestinal bleeding, rectal bleeding, hemorrhoidal bleeding, functional uterine bleeding, endometritis, uterine cancer, habitual abortion, menorrhagia, threatened miscarriage, postpartum uterine bleeding, and bleeding due to injuries.
cautions and contraindications: Contraindicated for bleeding disorders due to Heat or Reckless Xue (Blood).
ingredients: dosage for two days:
» 9 grams: prepared rehmannia (shu di huang).
» 6 grams: Chinese angelica (tang kuei) (dang gui), white peony (bai shao yao), gelatin (e jiao), artemesia (ai ye).
» 3 grams: cnidium (chuan xiong), licorice (gan cao).
preparation: Add gelatin (e jiao) to strained decoction.
modifications:
» for Restless Fetus disorder, add dry ginger (gan jiang).
» for concurrent Qi Xu (Deficiency, add codonopsis (dang shen) and astragalus (huang qi).
» for bleeding during pregnancy with lower back pain, omit cnidium (chuan xiong) and add white atractylodes (bai zhu), eucommia (du zhong) and loranthus (sang ji sheng).
» for concurrent Spleen Xu (Deficiency) failing to govern the Xue (Blood), take with Ginseng and Longan C. (Gui Pi Tang).




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