Bao Chan Wu You Fang (Herbal Formula for Worry-Free Childbirth)
[Source]
Xinyan Bian [New Collection of Effective Formulas]
[Composition]
Hou Po (Magnolia Bark), Qi Ai (Mugwort), Dang Gui (Angelica Sinensis), Chuan Xiong (Sichuan Lovage Root), Sheng Huang Qi (Astragalus Root), Jing Jie Sui (Schizonepeta Spike), Chuan Bei Mu (Fritillary Bulb), Tu Si Zi (Cuscuta Seed), Chuan Qiang Huo (Sichuan Notopterygium Root), Sheng Gan Cao (Licorice Root), Zhi Ke (Immature Bitter Orange), Bai Shao Yao (White Peony Root), Sheng Jiang (Fresh Ginger)
(13)
[Category]
<Nourishing Blood>: Dang Gui, Shao Yao
<Tonifying Liver and Kidney>: Tu Si Zi
<Regulating Qi>: Zhi Ke
<Tonifying Spleen and Middle Jiao>: Sheng Gan Cao
<Tonifying Qi>: Sheng Huang Qi
<Dispelling Wind with Warmth and Aromatics>: Chuan Qiang Huo, Jing Jie Sui, Sheng Jiang
<Aromatizing and Dampness-Resolving>: Hou Po
<Activating Blood and Dispelling Stasis>: Chuan Xiong
<Resolving Phlegm>: Chuan Bei Mu
<Stopping Bleeding>: Qi Ai
[Functions]
Tonifies Qi and nourishes blood, calms the fetus and ensures a safe childbirth.
[Indications]
All types of childbirth-related syndromes, restless fetus, soreness of the waist and abdominal pain, presenting as if about to miscarry.
[Contraindications]
Prevention of difficult labor and miscarriage, pregnancy-related waist and abdominal pain.
[Mnemonic]
Tonifying Qi, Blood, Spleen, Liver, Kidney: Huang Qi, Dang Gui, Bai Shao, Gan Cao, Tu Si Zi. Dispelling Wind with Warmth and Aromatics, Regulating Qi: Qiang Huo, Sheng Jiang, Jing Jie, Hou Po, Zhi Ke, Qi Ai. Worry-free, traveling with three rivers (Qiang Huo, Chuan Xiong, Bei Mu), returning elder sister (Dang Gui) and old sister (Bai Shao) use sweet rabbit meat to nourish, then eat ginger and schizonepeta stir-fried mountain羌 meat which stops not.