Formulas · Invigorate Blood 活血祛瘀 · Bucheongju Yeogwa (傅靑主女科)

Generation and Transformation Decoction

Saenghwa-tang

한글 생화탕 · Pinyin Sheng Hua Tang

生化湯

Composition 構成

Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

20 g
Chief 君
Cheongung Chuan Xiong
川芎 천궁 · Cnidium

8 g
Deputy 臣
Doin Tao Ren
桃仁 도인 · Peach Kernel

6 g
Deputy 臣
Geongang Gan Jiang
乾薑 건강 · Dried Ginger

2 g
Assistant 佐 blast-fried
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

Total 38 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
Warms the channels and expels lochia
Generates new Blood as it clears the old

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Postpartum Blood stasis with cold
Retained lochia with lower abdominal pain
Afterpains relieved by warmth

Biomedical correlates

Postpartum lochia retention
Afterbirth cramping
Early postpartum uterine recovery

Clinical commentary 臨床

The name is the method — new Blood is generated precisely by transforming the old. Danggui at massive dose nourishes while it moves, so the postpartum body loses nothing it needs. The first-week partner to Bohe-tang. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.