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Premenstrual Mood Disorder
According to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), the therapies mainly fall
under the three groups:
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I. Qi and blood deficient
Symptoms:
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insomnia before and during period,
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irritable,
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sadness,
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desire to cry,
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some times happy,
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sometimes sad,
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volume of menses is small and the color is pale,
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pale tongue with white coating,
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pulse
is weak and thin.
Prescription:
gan mai da zao tang with added
ingredients
(Source: Jin Gui Yao Lue
金櫃要略)
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Ingredients:
fu
xiao mai 30 g,
zhi gan cao,
suan zao
ren, zhi xiang fu,
dang gui bai shao
,
fu shen, 10 g each,
yi mu cao 15 g,
zhi chang pu 6 g,
da zao
10 pieces
(cut).
Boil with water and simmer for about 25 minutes.
Make into 3 servings. Take one prescription per day.
II. Liver stagnation and excess fire
Symptoms:
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shortness of
temper,
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dizziness,
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thirst and desire to drink liquid
frequently,
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red face and red eyes,
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dark
urine,
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hard stool,
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red tongue with yellow coating,
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stringy
(xian) and fast
pulse,
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menses is irregular, small amount
with dark color and
flow is not smooth.
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Prescription: long dan xie gan tang (source:
yi zhong jin jian)
Ingredients:
long dan cao 6 g,
huang qin 9
g, shan zhi 9 g, ze
xie 12 g, mu tong 9 g,
che qian zi 9 g,
chai hu 6 g,
gan cao 6 g, sheng di 9 g.
Boil with water. One
prescription a day, made
into two or three servings.
Stop taking when symptoms
subside. Do not take
it for a long time.
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See Warning
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III. Qi and circulation stagnation
Symptoms:
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usually overweight.
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not much facial expression before
menses,
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no desire to talk,
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speech doesn't make much sense,
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sadness,
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crying,
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runny nose,
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scanty,
sticky, dark colored
menses ,
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tight and slippery pulse,
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white coated
tongue.
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Prescription:
xiao chai hu tang with added ingredients
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Prescription:
chai hu
19 g,
huang qin
11 g,
dang shen 11 g,
ban xia
11 g,
zhi gan cao 7.5
g,
sheng jiang 2 slices,
da zao 3 pieces , niu xi 11 g,
tao ren 7.5 g,
hong hua 3
g,
dan pi 11 g.
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Boil
with water. Make into 3 servings. Take one prescription a day.
See prescriptions in
Chinese writing.
Note: After
Zhang Zi
He, a Chinese
doctor of the Yuan dynasty, declared that all cases of mood disorder were caused by phlegm, most of the medical texts from that time to the present day follow this hypothesis.
Studies using a large number of patients have been done under controlled environments
and the results show that treatment using
phlegm removing methods failed to solve the
problem.
Warning:
This formula can be toxic to the
kidneys because
of
the herb
mu
tong. There are
different varieties of mu
tong in the market.
Before the
Qing dynasty, however, it was not toxic
because
mu
tong was derived from
either the plant of Akebia guinata
or the plant Akebia
lobata.
Today,
ninety
five percent of
mu
tong
used in China is from the stem of
Aristolochia debilis, called
guan mu tong
(關木通),
a toxic plant
usually grown in the northeastern provinces
of China,
formally called Manchuria.
Only rarely in a
few localities in China, is mu tong
obtained from
Akebia
guinata
or Akebia lobata being used.
Many cases of kidney failure have
been reported in the China from taking this formula.Today
in China,
all manufactured formulae that contain
guan mu
tong (aristolochia
debilis)
are being banned because of the toxicity to the kidneys.
If you use this formula, make sure you are
not using
guan mu
tong. Use
chuan mu
tong or
huai
tong, or
bai mu
tong instead.
Important: Click
here to see explanation of
formulae in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) page.
Qigong therapy is
effective.
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