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Black Rambling Powder

Chinese Prescription: Hei Xiao Yao San

English Translation: Black Rambling Powder

Formula Type: Harmonize the Liver & Spleen

Actions: Spreads the Liver qi, strengthens the Spleen, & nourishes the blood.

Indications: For same presentation as principle formula, Rambling Powder, (hypochondriac pain, headache, vertigo, a bitter taste in the mouth, dry mouth & throat, fatigue, reduced appetite, pale-red tongue, & a wiry, deficienct pulse with possible alternating fever & chills & irregular menstruation or distended breasts) with more severe blood deficiency characterized by premenstrual cramps, pain in the shoulders or shoulder blades, various types of discharge, excessive menstrual bleeding, & a wiry, deficiency or wiry, rapid pulse.

Contraindications: The chief herb in this formula dredges the Liver & vents heat. The formula is thus unsuitable for treating purely deficient disorders. Furthermore, while the formula is effective for treating psychoemotional disorders that manifest as Liver qi constraint, it does not address causes that go beyond a physiological disposition to express problems in the particular way.

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