ACUPUNTURA Y MASAJE TERAPÉUTICO

*Cinnamon Twig and Poria Pill (gui zhi fu ling wan)  

Chief: Gui Zhi, Fu Ling

Deputy: Shao Yao

Assistant: Mu Dan Pi, Tao Ren

Pattern: Blood stasis in the womb.

Indications: Mild, persistent uterine bleeding of purple or dark blood during pregnancy accompanied by abdominal pain that increases with pressure. Also for such problems as immobile masses in the lower abdomen with pain and tenderness, abdominal spasms and tension, amenorrhea with abdominal distention and pain, dysmenorrhea, and retention of the lochia.

All of these problems are accompanied by a choppy pulse.

Cautions and contraindications: Use with extreme caution during pregnancy or post partum with no blood stasis.  Use only when there is a confirmed diagnosis of blood stasis producing this pattern.