Jiao Ai Tang

Natural Chinese Herbal Formulas That Tonfiy and Stop Bleeding

Jiao Ai Tang

Ass Hide Gelatin and Mugwort Decoction

Main Action of Jiao Ai Tang
The functions of this traditional chinese medicine formula is to nourish the blood, stop bleeding, regulate menstruation while calming the fetus. This TCM Herbal formula is best suited for conditions of deficiency of the chong and ren vessels which are directly connected to the sea of blood and the womb and fetus.

Indications and Symptoms for Jiao Ai Tang
abdominal pain, uterine bleeding, excessive menstruation, spotting during menstrual cycle, post partum bleeding, bleeding during pregnancy, general pale blood, no clots, general weakness and fatigue, soreness of the lower back, dull complexion Tongue - pale, thin white coat Pulse - thin, frail

Herbal Ingredients of Jiao Ai Tang

E Jiao (Gelatinum Corii Asini, Ass -hide Glue, Gelatin)

- 6g. -nourish yin and blood, stop bleeding

Ai Ye (Folium Artemisiae Argyi, Mugwort Leaf, Artemesia)

- 9g. -warms womb, calms restless fetus, stop bleeding

Sheng Di Huang (Radix Rehmanniae Glutinosae, Chinese Foxglove Root, Rehmannia)

- 18g. -nourish yin and blood, regulate menstruation, invigorating blood circulation

Dang Gui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Chinese Angelica Root, Tang -kuei)

- 9g. -nourish yin and blood, regulate menstruation, invigorate blood circulation

Chuan Xiong (Radix Ligustici Chuanxiong, Szechuan Lovage Root, Enidium)

- 6g. -nourish yin and blood, regulate menstruation, invigorate blood circulation

Bai Shao Yao (Radix Paeoniae Lactiflorae, White Peony Root, Peony)

- 12g -nourish yin and blood, regulate menstruation, invigorate blood circulation

Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae Uralensis, Licorice Root)

- 6g. -harmonize all Herbal ingredients within formula

Cooking Preparation of Jiao Ai Tang
When preparing this natural chinese medicine formula all herbs should be decocted in five parts water and three parts rice wine taken in three doses per day. Today's practitioners usually decoct this Herbal formula in only water excluding the traditional wine ingredient.

Additional Information on Jiao Ai Tang
This chinese medicine formula is very similar to that of Si Wu Tang (Four Substance Decoction) but Jiao Ai Tang was created over 800 years before the first mention of Si Wu Tang. This Herbal formula is a Herbal tonic with blood invigorating herbs added to increase the circulation of the blood within the vessels. When the appropriate symptoms are present, this chinese medicine formula is able to treat such disorders as functional uterine bleeding, threatened miscarriage, post partum uterine bleeding, bleeding peptic ulcer and bleeding hemorrhoids.