Names Of Jiao Ai Wan

Jiao Ai Wan TCM Herbal Formula
- English Name: Ass-Hide Gelatin and Mugwort Formula
- Pinyin Name: Jiao Ai Wan
- Alternate Names: Xiong Gui Jiao Ai Tang, Chiung Kuei Jiao Ai Tang, Jiao Ai Wan, Qiong Gui Jiao Ai Tang
- Chinese Character: 膠艾丸
How Is Jiao Ai Wan Categorized?
Jiao Ai Wan Functional Groupings
- Primary Category: Stop Bleeding
- Subcategory: Tonify and Stop Bleeding
Sub Categories Within The Stop Bleeding Category
There Are 3 Formulas In Our Stop Bleeding Category
How Is Jiao Ai Wan Used Clinically?
Jiao Ai Wan Usages and Indications
- Uterine bleeding/spotting.
- Abdominal/Uterine/Ovarian cramping.
- Irregular menstruation, history of miscarriage - due to spleen failing to regulate the blood.
Cautions and Contraindications
- Avoid in cases of beng lou (flooding and spotting) when caused by heat or accompanied with strong heat signs.
Conditions and Patterns Potentially Related With Jiao Ai Wan

Jiao Ai Wan Related Conditions and Patterns
EndometriosisMiscarriagesUterine Bleeding
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Liver Blood DeficiencySpleen Blood Deficiency
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Ai Ye
Mugwort Leaf, Moxa
Appears in the Herbs That Stop Bleeding category
Usages
- Warms the womb and stops bleeding - useful in cases of prolonged menstrual bleeding and uterine bleeding due to cold from deficiency patterns.
- Warms the womb and pacifies the fetus - restless fetus syndrome, lower abdominal pain (menstrual), vaginal bleeding as in threatened miscarriage, infertility due to cold womb.
- Used often as moxibustion for tonification and the movement of qi stagnation.
Bai Shao
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White Peony Root
Appears in the Herbs That Tonify Blood category
Usages
- 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.
This formula has cautions, see details
Chuan Xiong
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Szechuan Lovage Root
Appears in the Herbs That Invigorate Blood category
Usages
- 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.
Dang Gui
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Chinese Angelica Root
Appears in the Herbs That Tonify Blood category
Usages
- 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.
E Jiao
Donkey-Hide Glue, Gelatin
Appears in the Herbs That Tonify Blood category
Usages
- Tonify blood - dizziness, sallow complexion, palpitations.
- Stops bleeding - any type.
- Nourish and moisten yin - irritability and insomnia after febrile disease, dry lung coughs due to yin deficiency or consumption.
Gan Cao
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Licorice Root
Appears in the Herbs That Tonify Qi category
Usages
- Tonifies the spleen and augments qi - spleen deficiency w/shortness of breath, fatigue, loose stools (si jun zi tong).
- Qi and/or blood deficiency w/irregular pluse or palpitations (Zhi Gan Cao Tang).
- Moistens the lungs and stops cough - heat/cold in the lungs (Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang).
- Clears heat and toxic fire (raw) - carbuncles, sores, sore throat due to fire toxin (internally or topically).
- Alleviates pain and stops spasms - abdomen or legs (Shao Yao Gan Cao Tang).
- Often used to harmonize and/or moderate characteristics of other herbs.
- Antidote for toxic substances (internally and topically).
This formula has cautions, see details
Shu Di Huang
Rehmannia, Chinese Foxglove Root
Appears in the Herbs That Tonify Blood category
Usages
- 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.
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