Modified Safflower Powder is a traditional Chinese medicine formula, mentioned in the book "Traditional Chinese Gynecology Treatment". It is used for clearing heat and promoting blood circulation. It is mainly used for postpartum blood stasis, especially for those with excess heat in the body. The symptoms include red face, dizziness, unconsciousness, chest fullness, irritability, lower abdominal pain, refusal to press, lack of lochia, constipation, red tongue, thin yellow coating, and rapid pulse.
【Name】
Modified Safflower Powder
【Ingredients】
Rehmannia 5g, Chinese Angelica 2g, Red Peony 3g, Dry Lotus Leaf 2g, Moutan Bark 2g, Safflower 1g, and Cattail Pollen (half raw and half stir-fried) 3g.
【Indications】
Clears heat and promotes blood circulation. It is used for postpartum blood stasis, especially for those with excess heat in the body. The symptoms include red face, dizziness, unconsciousness, chest fullness, irritability, lower abdominal pain, refusal to press, lack of lochia, constipation, red tongue, thin yellow coating, and rapid pulse.
【Administration and Dosage】
Decoction, warm administration.
【Introduction to Medicinal Ingredients】
Chinese Angelica: It is used for nourishing blood, regulating menstruation, relieving pain, and moistening dryness. It is used for irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, abdominal pain, masses, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis; headache, dizziness, weakness; dry bowel movement, difficult bowel movement, recurrent dysentery; boils, abscesses, injuries from falls and blows.
Moutan Bark: Clears heat, cools blood, harmonizes blood, and resolves stasis. It is used for heat entering the blood division, rashes, epilepsy, vomiting, bleeding, red and swollen eyes, liver depression and rib pain, dysmenorrhea, masses, boils, injuries from falls and blows.
Red Peony: It has the functions of clearing heat, cooling blood, dispersing stasis, and relieving pain. It is used for heat entering the blood division, skin rashes, vomiting blood, nosebleeds, red and swollen eyes, liver stagnation and rib pain, dysmenorrhea, abdominal pain, masses, injuries from falls and blows, boils, swelling, and painful sores.
Safflower: Promotes blood circulation and regulates menstruation, disperses stasis, and relieves pain. It is used for amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, lochia not flowing, masses, chest pain, abdominal pain due to stasis, pain in the chest and rib area, injuries from falls and blows, and painful sores.
