[SOURCE]: Elemetary Medicine
[INGREDIENTS]: Scutellaria root 30g , White peony root 30g, Tortoise plastron 30g , Ailanthus bark 21g, Phellodendron bark 9g , Nutgrass flatsedge rhizome 7. 5g
[DIRECTIONS] : Grind the herbs into powder and then mix it with liquor to make into paste pills as big as the seed of Chinese parasol tree. Take 9 grams each time, one or two times a day with warm boiled water before meal. Or, decoct all herbs in water for oral administration with the dosage deducted proportionally.
[EFFECTS]: Nourishing yin, clearing away heat and arresting bleeding to consolidate menstruation.
[INDICATIONS]: Menorrhagia, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis manifested as dark red blood with purple and black stagnated blood masses, irritable warm sensation in the chest, abdominal pain, scanty dark yellow urine, reddish tongue, and taut and rapid pulse.
[ANALYSIS OF FORMULA]: Tortoise plastron and white peony root together as principal herbs in the formula nourish yin and blood, settle yang to lower fire, Scutellaria root clears away heat and purges fire to stop bleeding. Phellodendron bark and ailanthus bark as assistant herbs assist Scutellaria root to clear heat, stop bleeding and consolidate menstruation. Nutgrass flatsedge rhizome is used as the adjuvant herb with effects of soothing the liver and relieving depression to regulate blood.