What is the recipe of Siwu Decoction?

Siwu Decoction is a relatively traditional prescription. It is a Chinese medicine made with cooked rehmannia, white peony root, Chuanxiong and Angelica as the main raw materials. It has the effect of nourishing blood, especially for women. It has a good effect of regulating menstruation and nourishing blood during the menstrual period, and can relieve the symptoms caused by dysmenorrhea. In addition to the above four Chinese medicinal materials, Siwu Decoction can also appropriately increase or decrease other medicinal materials to exert different effects.

1. The Rehmannia ingredient in Siwu Decoction is mainly made from cooked Rehmannia root, which is rich in nutrients. The nature and flavor of Rehmannia root: Fresh Rehmannia root: sweet, bitter, and cold. Raw Rehmannia root: sweet, cold. Rehmannia root: sweet, slightly warm.

Meridians: Heart, liver and kidney meridians. Rehmannia root: nourishes yin and blood, replenishes essence and fills marrow. It is used for liver and kidney yin deficiency, soreness of waist and knees, bone steaming and hot flashes, night sweats and spermatorrhea, internal heat and thirst, blood deficiency and sallow complexion, palpitations, irregular menstruation, metrorrhagia, dizziness, tinnitus, and premature graying of hair. Functions and indications: Rehmannia is cool in nature, sweet and bitter in taste, and has the effects of nourishing yin and kidney, nourishing blood and cooling blood. It is quite beneficial for people with yin deficiency, blood deficiency and kidney deficiency to eat it. In addition, Rehmannia has the effects of strengthening the heart and promoting diuresis, relieving fever and inflammation, promoting blood coagulation and lowering blood sugar.

2. The angelica ingredient in the Siwu Decoction formula mainly has the effects of nourishing blood, activating blood circulation, regulating menstruation and relieving pain, and moistening and lubricating the intestines. It is used to treat various symptoms of blood deficiency: irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, accumulation of masses, metrorrhagia, abdominal pain due to deficiency and cold, paralysis, numbness of the skin, dry intestines and constipation, heaviness after dysentery, carbuncles, ulcers, and injuries from falls.

3. The ingredient Chuanxiong in the Siwu Decoction recipe has a spicy taste and warm nature. It enters the liver, gallbladder and heart meridians, and has a fragrant and ascending aroma. It has the effects of promoting blood circulation and qi, dispelling wind and relieving pain. It is mainly used to treat irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, dystocia, retained placenta, postpartum lochia and abdominal pain, lumps, pain in the chest and ribs, swelling and pain due to falls, headache, dizziness, blurred vision, wind-cold and dampness, numbness of limbs, carbuncles and ulcers.

4. The white peony root in the Siwu Decoction can calm the liver and relieve pain, nourish blood and regulate menstruation, and nourish yin and stop sweating. Used for headache, dizziness, flank pain, abdominal pain, cramps in the limbs, blood deficiency and sallow complexion, irregular menstruation, spontaneous sweating and night sweats.

Siwu Decoction is a traditional Chinese medicine prescription. No matter which kind of Chinese medicinal materials are added, its pharmacology and medicinal properties will certainly be different. In specific use, when adding or subtracting the formula of Siwu Decoction, the dosage will be increased or decreased according to the characteristics of different medicinal materials. For example, peach kernel and saffron are added to Taohong Siwu Decoction, salvia miltiorrhiza ingredients are added to Danshen Siwu Decoction, donkey-hide gelatin and mugwort are added to Jiaoai Siwu Decoction, etc. This is very common in many Siwu Decoction additions and subtractions.