Wuyao Decoction is from the traditional Chinese medicine prescription "Ji Yin Gang Mu" Volume 1. Wuyao Decoction is used to promote qi circulation, relieve pain, and treat abdominal pain due to disharmony of qi and blood in women.
[Prescription Name]
Wuyao Decoction
[Composition]
Wuyao (2.5 grams), Xiang Fu (2.5 grams), Dang Gui (1 gram), Mu Xiang (0.5 grams), Zhi Gan Cao (0.5 grams)
[Functions and Indications]
According to "Ji Yin Gang Mu" Volume 1, Wuyao Decoction promotes qi circulation and regulates blood. It is used to treat abdominal pain due to disharmony of qi and blood in women.
[Administration and Dosage]
Decoction for oral administration.
[Introduction to Medicinal Materials]
Wuyao: Promotes qi circulation, relieves pain, warms the kidneys, dispels cold, treats abdominal pain, headache, cold hernia pain, dysmenorrhea, and postpartum abdominal pain.
Dang Gui: Tonifies blood, regulates menstruation, relieves pain, moisturizes dryness, and lubricates the intestines. It is used to treat irregular menstruation, abdominal pain, retention of lochia, various types of abdominal masses, menorrhagia, blood deficiency headache, dizziness, paralysis, difficult bowel movements due to dryness, and recurrent dysentery. It is also used to treat boils, sores, sprains, and contusions.
Mu Xiang: Promotes qi circulation, relieves pain, warms the middle burner, and harmonizes the stomach. It is used to treat stagnation of cold qi in the middle burner, chest and abdominal distention and pain, vomiting, regurgitation, diarrhea, tenesmus after diarrhea, pain from abdominal masses, and abdominal pain due to worm accumulation. When used raw, it promotes qi circulation and relieves pain; when stir-fried, it stops diarrhea.
Zhi Gan Cao: It has a sweet taste and neutral property. It enters the heart, lung, spleen, and stomach meridians and has the effects of clearing heat and toxins, stopping cough and eliminating phlegm, tonifying the spleen and stomach, and harmonizing the actions of other herbs.
[Clinical Application for Treating Kidney Stones]
Mr. Xu, a 38-year-old male and a cadre, had sudden pain in the kidney area one year ago. After examination, it was diagnosed as ureteral stones on the right side. He received treatment and the symptoms were relieved. Due to busy work, he did not continue with treatment and the pain recurred. The pain in the right waist and abdomen was severe, accompanied by sweating, cold limbs, dark and difficult urination, white and greasy tongue coating, and thin and wiry pulse.
The diagnosis was kidney colic caused by ureteral stones. He was immediately given this prescription to decoct and take orally. After taking the medicine, the pain in the waist and abdomen gradually eased, and after four hours, the pain subsided completely. The next day, he passed two kidney stones the size of mung beans. He continued with the treatment by taking Jin Qian Cao (6 grams), Hai Jin Sha (20 grams), Ji Nei Jin, and Gan Cao Shao. He passed three more kidney stones. After rechecking with B-ultrasound, there were no more kidney stones.
