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

Keywords
gastrointestinal bleeding and dysfunctional uterine bleeding

Ingredients
Terra Flava Usta (Zao Xin Tu, ignited yellow earth)
Glycyrrhiza uralensis (Gan Cao, liquorice)
Rehmannia glutinosa (Gan Di Huang, dried rehmannia)
Atractylodes macrocephala (Bai Zhu, atractylodes)
Aconitum carmichaeli (Fu Zi, aconite)
Equus asinus (E Jiao, ass-hide glue)
Scutellaria baicalensis (Huang Qin, scute)

Major therapeutic action
Warms yang, strengthens the Spleen, nourishes Blood and stops bleeding.

Indications
o  Spleen yang deficiency, deficient Cold of the middle Jiao.
o  With the appropriate key symptoms, this formula can be used to treat biomedical conditions such as chronic gastrointestinal bleeding and dysfunctional uterine bleeding, etc.

Key symptoms for use
o  blood in stool
o  vomiting of blood
o  uterine bleeding with dark blood
o  cold limbs
o  sallow complexion
o  pale tongue fur
o  deep, fine and weak pulse