‘Meridian Warming Decoction’
Source: Essentials from the Golden Cabinet (Jin Gui Yao Lue, 200)

Keywords
dysfunctional uterine bleeding, chronic pelvic inflammation and leucorrhoea.

Ingredients
Evodia rutaecarpa (Wu Zhu Yu, evodia root)
Cinnamomum cassia (Gui Zhi, cinnamon twigs)
Angelica sinensis (Dang Gui, Chinese angelica)
Ligusticum walichii (Chuan Xiong, ligusticum)
Paeonia sinjiangensis (Shao Yao, peony)
Equus asinus (E Jiao, ass-hide glue)
Ophiopogon japonicus (Mai Dong, ophiopogon)
Paeonia suffruticosa (Dan Pi, moutan)
Panax ginseng (Ren Shen, ginseng)
Glycyrrhiza uralensis (Gan Cao, liquorice)
Zingiber officinalis (Sheng Jiang, ginger)
Pinellia ternata (Ban Xia, pinellia)

Major therapeutic action
Warms the Meridians, disperses Cold, nourishes Blood, removes stagnated Blood.

Indications
*  Deficient Cold of Chong and Ren meridians, stagnated Blood.
*  With the appropriate key symptoms, this formula can be used to treat biomedical conditions  such as dysfunctional uterine bleeding, chronic pelvic inflammation and leucorrhoea, etc.

Key symptoms for use
*  mild, persistent uterine bleeding
*  irregular menstruation (either early or late), extended or continuous menstrual flow
*  bleeding between periods
*  pain, distension, and cold in the lower abdomen
*  infertility
*  dry lips and mouth
*  low-grade fever at dusk
*  warm palms and soles