Formulas · Invigorate Blood 活血祛瘀 · Geumgwe Yoryak (金匱要略)
Cinnamon Twig and Poria Pill
Gyejibokryeong-hwan
한글 계지복령환 · Pinyin Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan
桂枝茯苓丸
Composition 構成
- Gyeji桂枝 계지 · Cinnamon Twig4 g
Chief 君 - Baekbokryeong白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)4 g
Deputy 臣 - Mokdanpi牧丹皮 목단피 · Moutan Bark4 g
Deputy 臣 - Doin桃仁 도인 · Peach Kernel4 g
Deputy 臣 - Baekjakyak白芍藥 백작약 · White Peony4 g
Assistant 佐
Total 20 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.
Received this formula from your practitioner? Amounts shown here are classical reference values — granule and prepared products differ. Always follow your prescribed dosage and directions.
Actions 效能
- Invigorates Blood and transforms stasis
- Gently reduces fixed masses
Indications 主治
Pattern-based
- Blood stasis lodged in the uterus
- Fixed lower abdominal masses with pain
- Menstrual irregularity with dark clotted flow
Biomedical correlates
- Uterine fibroids (adjunctive)
- Dysmenorrhea with clots
- Pelvic congestion and stasis presentations
Clinical commentary 臨床
Five herbs at equal dose, classically taken as tiny pills — stasis dismantled slowly, the way it formed. The most prescribed Blood-stasis formula in East Asia today and a fixture of modern gynecological research. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.