【Prescription Name】 Promote Lactation
【Source】 "New Compilation of Prescription Verification"
【Ingredients】 10g of Wang Buliu Xing, 10g of Tianhua Pollen, 7g of Danggui, 5g of Chuanshanjia, 10g of Licorice, appropriate amount of yellow wine.
【Preparation】 Roast Chuanshanjia until yellow (or directly use roasted Chuanshanjia from the pharmacy). Grind the above five ingredients into fine powder and mix well for later use.
【Functions】 Nourish blood, regulate menstruation, promote lactation.
【Indications】 For postpartum milk stagnation causing insufficient milk secretion. Not suitable for those with blood deficiency and no lactation, and for those with breast swelling and pain leading to breast abscess.
【Usage】 Take 7g of the powdered medicine, decoct with two cups of yellow wine until one cup remains, warm and take twice daily.
【Introduction to Medicinal Ingredients】
Wang Buliu Xing: It has the effects of promoting blood circulation and regulating menstruation, promoting lactation and reducing swelling, diuretic and promoting urination. It is used for amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, insufficient milk secretion, breast abscess and swelling, and painful urinary tract infection.
Tianhua Pollen: It is a Chinese herbal medicine that belongs to the category of clearing heat and purging fire. Its specific effects are clearing heat and purging fire, generating body fluids and relieving thirst, and draining pus and reducing swelling. It is mainly used to treat fever with thirst, excessive thirst, jaundice, dryness of the lungs with coughing of blood, abscesses, and hemorrhoids. For the treatment of diabetes, it is often used in combination with nourishing yin medicines to achieve the effect of treating both the root cause and the symptoms.
Danggui: The root of Danggui can be used as medicine and it is one of the most commonly used Chinese herbal medicines. It has the effects of nourishing blood, regulating menstruation and relieving pain, moisturizing dryness and lubricating the intestines, anti-cancer, anti-aging, immune enhancement.
Chuanshanjia: Chuanshanjia is mainly used to promote blood circulation and dispel blood stasis, regulate menstruation and promote lactation, and resolve abscesses and soften hard lumps. It is used for blood stasis amenorrhea, abdominal masses, rheumatic pain, insufficient milk secretion, abscesses and swelling.
Licorice: It is used for carbuncles, ulcers, sore throat, etc. It can be used alone, taken orally or applied externally, or used in combination with other herbs.
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