Hi Will & All,
My notes on Kyuki-chouketsu-in (from WWW) are: Quhe 3mei, Hongdazao 3mei, Yimucao 3qian, Baizhu 3qian, Danggui 3qian, Qianjiang (/Shengjiang) 0.5mei, Fuling 2qian, Chuanxiong 2qian, Gancao 1qian, Chenpi 2qian, Shudihuang 3qian, Mudanpi 2qian, Xiangfu 2qian, Wuyao 2qian; serve warm before meal; Aid postpartum recovery+uterus resolution; Xu + weakness & anaemia w Qi Stas+Xue Stas postpartum; Calm Shen / Stabilise psyche postpartum; prevent maternity blues; postpartum Qi Xu+Xue Xu + Qi Stas+Xue Stas;
Is Quhe the same as Quheheizao? is this = Quheheizao? or Quhehongzao?
What is its correct Latin Name and translation for Quhe? ?Opposite Kernel of Date Persimmon?
Will wrote:
> The pulse is thin, can be thready, choppy, weak, changing intensity or
> volume. The formula Xionggui Tiaoxue Yin contains Danggui, Shudi,
> Chuanxiong, Baizhu, Fuling, Gancao, Dazao, Shengjiang, Xiangfu,
> Chenpi, Wuyao, Yimucao, Mudanpi. 1: Am J Chin Med. 2005;33(1):117-26.
> Efficacy of the kampo medicine xiong-gui-tiao-xue-yin
> (kyuki-chouketsu-in), a traditional herbal medicine, in the treatment
> of maternity blues syndrome in the postpartum period. Ushiroyama T,
> Sakuma K, Ueki M. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka
> Medical College Takatsuki, Osaka 568- 8686, Japan.
> gyn003@... This study was to evaluate the clinical
> efficacy of Xiong-gui-tiao-xue-yin (Kyuki-chouketsu-in), a Japanese
> traditional herbal medicine, in stabilizing postpartum psychological
> state. We enrolled 268 women who had a normal delivery in Osaka
> Medical College Hospital or its affiliated clinics and randomly
> assigned them to the following two groups: a group of 134 women who
> received Xiong-gui-tiao-xue-yin (Kyuki-chouketsu-in) at a dose of 6.0
> g/day and another group of 134 women without Xiong-gui-tiao-xue-yin
> (Kyuki-chouketsu-in) (control group). We observed 2.06-fold and
> 1.67-fold higher incidences of depressive mood and nervousness,
> respectively, after delivery in the control group than in the
> Xiong-gui-tiao-xue-yin (Kyuki-chouketsu-in) group. Within 3 weeks of
> postpartum, there was a significant difference in the incidences of
> maternity blues between the Xiong-gui-tiao-xue-yin
> (Kyuki-chouketsu-in) group (15.7%; 21/134) and the control group
> (32.1%; 43/134) (p = 0.0195). No adverse effects were observed in this
> study. The results of this study demonstrate the beneficial clinical
> effects of Xiong-gui-tiao-xue-yin (Kyuki-chouketsu-in) in stabilizing
> psychological state in the postpartum period. Xiong-gui-tiao-xue-yin
> (Kyuki-chouketsu-in) can be expected to improve the mental health of
> women in the postpartum period and prevent maternity blues. PMID:
> 15844839 [PubMed - in process]
Best regards,
Phil Rogers MRCVS
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