Dang Gui & Anemarrhena (60 capsules) - Blue Poppy
Dang Gui & Anemarrhena (Dang Gui Nian Tong Tang)
This formula is originally found in the “Gynecology” section of Li Dong-yuan’s, Lan Shi Mi Cang (Orchid Chamber Secret Treasury). Its Chinese name translates as Dang Gui Assuage Pain Decoction.
Our version is a 10:1 extract
500 mg/capsule
60 capsules
CHINESE MEDICINE DIAGNOSIS: Bi zheng (impediment condition)
PATTERN DISCRIMINATION: Wind damp heat impediment with spleen qi vacuity and liver depression
THERAPEUTIC ACTIONS: Dispels wind and clears heat, eliminates dampness and frees the flow of impediment, fortifies the spleen and supplements the qi, courses the liver and rectifies the qi, nourishes and quicken the blood, and stops pain
INDICATIONS
This formula is for wind damp heat impediment joint pain with concomitant spleen qi vacuity. This is a commonly encountered pattern in the following autoimmune diseases: rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythamotosus (SLE), and dermatomyositis/ polymyositis. It is also a common pattern in fibromyalgia and myalgic encephalopathy (ME) or what is called chronic fatigue immune deficiency syndrome (CFIDS) in the United States.
HERBAL FORMULA
Dang Gui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis)
Dang Shen (Radix Codonopsis)
Bai Zhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae)
Cang Zhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis)
Zhu Ling (Polyporus)
Ze Xie (Rhizoma Alismatis)
Zhi Mu (Rhizoma Anemarrhenae)
Huang Qin (Radix Scutellariae)
Yin Chen Hao (Herba Artemsiae Scopariae)
Ku Shen (Eadix Sophorae Flavescentis)
Ge Gen (Radix Puerariae)
Qiang Huo (Radix Et Rhizoma Notopterygii)
Fang Feng (Radix Sapshnikoviae)
Sheng Ma (Rhizoma Cimicifugae)
Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae)