The Prescription of Shixiao San

Name

Wonderful Powder for Relieving Blood Stagnation

Source

The book Tai Ping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang

Ingredients (with the same dosage)

• Wu Ling Zhi (Faeces Trogopterori),
• Pu Huang (Pollen Typhae)

Explanation

The ingredients complement each other to promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis and relieve pain.

Effect

Activating blood flow to disperse blood stasis, removing obstruction to relieve pain.

Indications

Syndrome due to blood stasis, marked by megalgia in the chest and abdomen, or puerperal lochiorrhea or irregular menstruation, imperative pain in the lower abdomen, deep red tongue and uneven pulse; including such diseases with the above symptoms as angina pectoris and ectopic pregnancy.

Administration

The two ingredients are ground into fine powder and taken with yellow rice wine or vinegar, 6 g each time, twice daily. Their amounts reduced according to their original proportions, they may be decocted in water for oral dose. Vinegar or yellow rice wine used in taking this powder will enhance the drugs' potency of promoting the circulation of blood and relieving pain.