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formula
Run Chang Wan
chinese formulae

definition

• Run Chang Wan = "Moisten the Intestines Pill from Master Shen's Book"
sources: Yeung, p. 183; Bensky and Barolet, p. 125.
signs and symptoms: Constipation, lusterless skin and nails, vertigo, palpitations, dry mouth, thirst.
tongue and pulse: Dry pale tongue and thin pulse.
indications: Large Intestine Dryness with Xue Xu (Blood Deficiency). With the appropriate presentation, this formula may be used in treating conditions conventionally diagnosed as postpartum constipation and habitual constipation.
cautions and contraindications: Contraindicated in pregnancy.
ingredients: dosage for two days:
» 10 grams: linum (ma zi ren).
» 6 grams: Chinese angelica (tang kuei) (dang gui), raw rehmannia (sheng di huang), persica (tao ren), apricot seed (xing ren), chih-ko (zhi ke).
modifications:
» for Internal Heat due to Xue Xu (Blood Deficiency) with dry mouth and depletion of Fluids, add scrophularia (xuan shen), fleeceflower root (he shou wu) and anemarrhena (zhi mu).



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