Ba Zhen Wan Eight Treasure Combination - TCM Herbal Formula
Ba Zhen Wan Names
- English Name: Eight Treasure Combination
- Pinyin Name: Ba Zhen Wan
- Alternate Names: Ba Zhen Tang, Women's Precious Pills, Tang-Kuei and Ginseng Eight Combination, Dang Gui and Ginseng Eight Combination, Eight Jewel Decoction
- Chinese Character: 八珍丸
Ba Zhen Wan Clinical Usages and Indications
- For recovery of qi and blood after acute trauma or accident
- For frequent heavy menstrual cycles
- Pale complexion, fatigue, dizziness from qi deficiency
- Vertigo, palpitations, anxiety from blood deficiency
Related Conditions:
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- Ba Zhen Wan - Tang-Kuei and Ginseng Eight Combination
Ba Zhen Wan Cautions
- Do not confuse with Ba Zheng Wan - which is a clearing formula.
Contraindication Notes:
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Clinician Notes
- This formula may be used during pregnancy with the right underlying diagnostic factors if there are concerns regarding the mothers ability to carry to term especially if there is a history of miscarriage.
Ba Zhen Wan Has 8 Ingredients
Bai Shao
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- Nourishes the blood and regulates menstrual problems due to blood deficiency (pale, lusterless complexion and nails) - menstrual dysfunction, vaginal discharge, uterine bleeding - very common herb for gynecological disorders (Si Wu Tang).
- Calms liver yang, alleviates pain from constrained liver qi or disharmony between the liver and the spleen due to liver yang rising - cramping and spasms (limbs and abdomen), abdominal pain from dysentery, headache and dizziness.
- Preserves yin, adjusts ying and wei levels - vaginal discharge and spermatorrhea, exterior wind-cold from deficiency with continuous sweating, spontaneous sweating, night sweats.
- Herbs That Tonify Blood
- Cautions
- Incompatible with Li Lu
- Avoid in cases of yang deficiency and cold in the middle jiao - diarrhea, cold sensation in the stomach.
Bai Zhu
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- Tonifies the spleen, augments qi, dries dampness - diarrhea, fatigue, lack of appetite, vomiting, edema.
- Stabilizes the exterior and stops sweating - spontaneous sweating due to qi deficiency.
- Calms the fetus - arising from spleen deficiency.
- Herbs That Tonify Qi
Chuan Xiong
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- Invigorate blood, promote movement of Qi - any blood stasis pattern, important for gynecological issues (amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, difficult labor, lochioschesis).
- Expels wind and alleviates pain - headache (temporal, vertex), dizziness, painful obstructions, skin issues.
- Headache - moves qi upward and alleviates pain; headaches due to wind, heat, cold, blood deficiency.
- Herbs That Invigorate Blood
Dang Gui
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- Tonifies the blood, regulates menses - pallid, ashen complexion, tinnitus, blurred vision, palpitations, irregular menses, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea.
- Invigorates/harmonizes the blood, disperses cold - important herb to stop pain due to blood stasis - abdominal pain, trauma, carbuncles due to blood stasis, chronic bi.
- Moistens dry intestines due to blood deficiency.
- Reduces swellings, expels pus, generates flesh - sores.
- Herbs That Tonify Blood
Fu Ling
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- Promotes urination, drains dampness, transforms phlegm - urinary difficulty, diarrhea, edema, headache, dizziness, greasy tongue coat.
- Strengthens the spleen, harmonizes the middle jiao - diarrhea, loss of appetite.
- Quiets the heart and calms the spirit - palpitations, insomnia, forgetfulness.
- Herbs That Drain Dampness
- Cautions
- Avoid Vinegar While Using This Herb.
Ren Shen
- Ginseng Root
- Strongly tonify yuan qi - extreme collapse of qi, shortness of breath, cold limbs, profuse sweating, weak pulse (often used alone for this condition after severe blood loss).
- Tonify lung qi - wheezing, shortness of breath, w/kidneys failing to grasp the qi.
- Strengthen the middle warmer - lethargy, no appetite, chronic diarrhea, prolapse of organs, distended chest/abdomen.
- Generates fluids, stops thirst - xiao ke, damaged fluid due to high dever and profuse sweating.
- Benefits heart qi, calms the spirit - palpitations, anxiety, insomnia, poor memory, restlessness due to qi and/or blood deficiency.
- Herbs That Tonify Qi
- Cautions
- Avoid tea and turnips while taking ginseng.
- Antagonist with Wu Ling Zhi, Incompatible with Li Lu.
- Avoid with high blood pressure and/or liver yang rising.
Shu Di Huang
- Rehmannia, Chinese Foxglove Root
- This is the root of Sheng Di Huang (steamed and dried, or soaked in red wine and dried).
- Tonify blood for blood deficiency with dizziness, pallid complexion, palpitations, insomnia, irregular menses, uterine bleeding, post partum bleeding.
- Nourish yin - kidney yin deficiency with nightsweats, xiao ke, steaming bone disorder, nocturnal emissions.
- Herbs That Tonify Blood
Zhi Gan Cao
- Honey Fried Licorice Root
- This preparation increases the qi tonifying aspects of the heart and spleen along with its general harmonizing function within formulas. See Gan Cao for complete information.
- Herbs That Tonify Qi
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