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Gu Chong Tang
chinese formulae

definition

Gu Chong Tang = "Stabilize Gushing Decoction"
sources: Bensky and Barolet, p. 366.
signs and symptoms: Uterine bleeding with pale, thin blood, palpitations, shortness of breath.
tongue and pulse: pale tongue, and deficient and big or thin and frail pulse.
indications: Chong Mo Xu (Deficiency), Spleen Qi Xu (Deficiency) and/or Liver Xue Xu (Blood Deficiency) due to long-term uterine bleeding. With the appropriate presentation, may be used in conditions conventionally diagnosed as functional uterine bleeding, excessive postpartum bleeding, and bleeding peptic ulcer.
cautions and contraindications: Contraindicated for cases in which the bleeding is very severe with profuse sweating, cold limbs, and a pulse that is very faint.
ingredients: dosage for two days:
» 30 grams: dry-fried white atractylodes (chao bai zhu).
» 24 grams: cornus (shan zhu yu), calcined dragon bone (duan long gu), calcined oyster shell (duan mu li).
» 18 grams: astragalus (huang qi).
» 12 grams: white peony (bai shao yao), cuttlefish bone (hai piao xiao).
» 9 grams: rubia root (qian cao gen).
» 6 grams: charred Fibra Stipulae Trachycarpi (zong lu tan).
» 1.5 grams: nutgall (wu bei zi).
modifications:
» for relatively Hot conditions, add fresh rehmannia (sheng di huang).
» for relatively Cold conditions, add aconite (fu zi).
» where the condition arises following a fit of anger, add bupleurum (chai hu).
» if the problem has not improved significantly after two days, substitute gelatin (e jiao) for charred Fibra Stipulae Trachycarpi (zong lu tan).
» for severe blood loss with cold extremities and a faint pulse, increase the dosage of astragalus (huang qi), and add ginseng (ren shen) and aconite (fu zi).



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