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Prescriptions for Promoting Blood Circulation to Remove Blood Stasis

Guizhi Fuling Wan: Classic TCM Formula

Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan 桂枝茯苓丸
By the TCMHH editorial team Not medically reviewed How we work Updated 6 Oct 2026
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Name

Cinnamon Twig and Poria Pill

The Prescription of Guizhi Fuling Wan

Source

The book Jin Gui Yao Lue

Ingredients

Gui Zhi (Ramulus Cinnamomi) 9g,Fu Ling (Poria) 9g,Dan Pi (Cortex Moutan Ridicis) 9g,Tao Ren (Semen Persicae) 9g,Shao Yao (Radix Paeoniae) 9g.

Explanation

Gui Zhi: One of the principal drugs, warming and clearing the channels.

Fu Ling: The other principal drug, promoting water metabolism and reinforcing the Qi of the heart and spleen, helping remove blood stasis and prevent miscarriage.

Dan Pi, Shao Yao and Tao Ren: Removing blood stasis and clearing away heat.

Honey: Moderating the actions of all the other ingredients.

The Effect of Guizhi Fuling Wan

Effect

Promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis, subduing mass.

Indications

Blood stasis in the uterus, marked by threatened abortion, metrostaxis, tender abdominal pain, deep red tongue and uneven pulse; including such diseases with the above symptoms as irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, prostatic hyperplasia and schizophrenia.

Administrations

All the ingredients are ground into fine powder and made with honey into pills. 3-5 g of the pills is taken each time, twice daily. Or, the ingredients are decocted in water for oral dose with their dosage modified according to their proportions in the original prescription.

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Sources and further reading

We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.

  • Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
  • Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
  • Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
  • NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.

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