木瓜丸
NameThe Prescription of 木瓜丸SourcePharmacopoeia of ChinaIngredientsMu Gua 80 g,Dang Gui 80 g,Chuan Xiong 80 g,Bai Zhi 80 g,Wei Ling Xian 80 g,Gou Ji 40 g,Niu Xi 160 g,Ji Xue Teng 40 g,Hai Feng Teng 80 g,Ren Shen 40 g,Chuan Wu 40 g,Cao Wu 40 g.ExplanationMu Gua: Dispelling wind-damp, soothing tendons
Name
The Prescription of 木瓜丸
Source
Pharmacopoeia of China
Ingredients
Mu Gua 80 g,Dang Gui 80 g,Chuan Xiong 80 g,Bai Zhi 80 g,Wei Ling Xian 80 g,Gou Ji 40 g,Niu Xi 160 g,Ji Xue Teng 40 g,Hai Feng Teng 80 g,Ren Shen 40 g,Chuan Wu 40 g,Cao Wu 40 g.Explanation
Mu Gua: Dispelling wind-damp, soothing tendons and activating collaterals, resolving dampness for harmonizing stomach.
Cao Wu and Chuan Wu: Dispelling wind-damp, warming meridians to alleviate pain.
Ren Shen: Tonifying qi.
Dang Gui and Chuan Xiong: Soothing the liver and tonifying blood.
Gou Ji: Dispelling wind-damp, tonifying the liver and kidney, strengthening waist and knees.
Ji Xue Teng: Promoting the flow of blood and nourishing blood, relaxing tendons and activating collateral.
Wei Ling Xian and Hai Feng Teng: Dispelling wind-damp, dredging meridians.
Niu Xi: Activating blood and dredging meridians, tonifying the liver and kidney, strengthening tendon and bone, promoting diuresis and relieving stranguria, conducting fire (blood) to go downward.
Bai Zhi: Expelling wind and releasing exterior, alleviating pain, drying dampness and treating leucorrhea.
The Effect of 木瓜丸
Effect
Expel wind and dissipate cold, activate collaterals and alleviate pain.
Indications
Body pain, weakness in waist and knees, numb limbs, rheumatic arthritis,
Contraindication
It is contraindicated to pregnant women.
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