BLACK PEARL BP061 TAO HONG SI WU WAN PERSICA, CARTHAMUS & DANG GUI

TAO HONG SI WU WAN
桃紅四物丸
Persica, Carthamus & Dang-gui Combination
Product Code: BP061

TCM Actions
Nourishes the Blood, activates the Blood and resolves stasis

Indications
Irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhoea, amenorrhoea, menorrhagia, female infertility, peri-menopausal syndrome, headaches, insomnia, traumatic injury, constipation, angina pectoris, retinal haemorrhage, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly.

Dosage & Course Of Treatment
8 pills, 3 times daily, half to one hour away from food.

Course of treatment: 2 – 4 months.

Signs and Syndromes
Blood stasis Blood deficiency

Pain with a fixed location (e.g. dysmenorrhoea, pelvic pain)

Dark menstrual blood with clots

Signs of Blood deficiency (e.g. Sallow and lustreless complexion, pale finger nail beds, pale lips, postural dizziness)

Irregular menstruation

Amenorrhoea

Varicose veins

Spider naevi, broken capillaries

Dry and scaling skin

Purple or cyanotic tongue or tongue body with macules or speckles

Thready and choppy or irregular pulse

Cautions & Contraindications
Caution for those on anti-coagulant medications (i.e. heparin, warfarin or aspirin).

Caution during pregnancy.

Comments
This popular variant of Si Wu Tang (Dang-gui Four Combination BP060) was first recorded in the ‘Golden Mirror of Medicine’ (yi zong jin jian), 1742, a 90 volume treatise on general medicine, written by a staff of 80 persons, headed by Wu Qian, under the commission of the Qing imperial government. It was originally used for severe menstrual cramping pain in women with Blood deficiency. Although often used for this purpose to this day, it may also be used for other gynecological orders. In addition, it may also be used as a base formula for the treatment of a broad range of general medical diseases due to Blood stasis with Blood deficiency. The synergistic actions of the herbs are as follows:

• Paeonia root (bai shao), Rehmannia root (shu di huang), Angelica root (dang- gui), Ligusticum root (chuan xiong): nourish the (Liver) Blood.

• Angelica root (dang-gui), Ligusticum root (chuan xiong), Paeonia veitchii root (chi shao), Prunus seed (tao ren), Carthamus flower (hong hua): activate the Blood and dispel stasis.

• Rehmannia root (di huang), Paeonia veitchii root (chi shao) cool the Blood.

Ingredients
REHMANNIA GLUTINOSA, ROOT (sheng/shu di huang) – 地黃/熟地黃 – 103.5 mg
ANGELICA POLYMORPHA, ROOT (dang-gui) – 當歸 – 52.1 mg
PAEONIA LACTIFLORA, ROOT (bai shao) – 白芍 – 51.8 mg
PAEONIA VEITCHII, ROOT (chi shao) – 赤芍 – 51.8 mg
LIGUSTICUM STRIATUM, RHIZ. (chuan xiong) – 川芎 – 38.6 mg
PRUNUS PERSICA, SEED (tao ren) – 桃仁 – 38.6 mg
CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS, FLOWER (hong hua) – 紅花 – 38.6 mg