Jiao ai tang also known as Xiong gui jiao ai tang also known as Jiao ai si wu tang
sheng di huang 18 dang gui 9 bai shao 12 chuan xiong 6 zhi gan cao 6 ejiao 9 ai ye 9
Women can have blood leakage, or continuous and incessant blood loss after premature birth, or blood loss during pregnancy, for if accompanied by abdominal pain during pregnancy, jiao ai tang governs.
This formula treats the Water and Wood elements. It nourishes the shao yin heart and kidney while nourishing and moving the shao yang and jue yin.
The formula gui zhi gan cao tang is the representative formula for treating shao yin heart yang deficiency. In jiao ai tang the dang gui is replacing the gui zhi because more nourishing is needed.
The trio of dang gui, bai shao and chuan xiong is used in many different blood nourishing formulas.
Dang gui san
dang gui 12 bai shao 12 chuan xiong 12 huang qin 12 bai zhu 6
In this formula the trio is combined with damp heat clearing herbs huang qin and bai zhu. The bai zhu is helping the blood moving by moving fluids. Bai zhu restores the metabolism of fluids which is needed to nourish the blood. Huang qin is freeing the movement of the ministerial fire.
Dang gui shao yao san
dang gui 9 bai shao 48 chuan xiong 24 bai zhu 12 fu ling 12 ze xie 24
In this formula the trio is combined bai zhu, fu ling and ze xie which restore the metabolism of fluids which is needed to nourish blood.
Ben tun tang
ge gen 15 sang bai pi 24 huang qin 6 ban xia 12 bai shao 6 chuan xiong 6 dang gui 6 sheng jiang 12
zhi gan cao 6
In this formula the trio is being used in much the same way as in the formula dang gui san.
Shu yu wan
shan yao 30 gui zhi 9 sheng di huang 9 bai shao 6 dang gui 9 chuan xiong 6 mai meng dong 6
ejiao 6 ren shen 6 bai zhu 6 fu ling 6 gan jiang 3 dou huang juan 9 shen qu 9 zhi gan cao 9
da zao 9 jie geng 6 chai hu 6 fang feng 6 xing ren 6 bai lian 1
In this formula the trio is being used but with the addition of the sheng di huang and ejiao which is being used in the formula jiao ai tang.
Dang gui, bai shao and chuan xiong treat the Wood element and the shao yang and jue yin.
The sheng di huang and ejiao treat the Water and the shao yin kidney. Sheng di huang and ejiao nourish the true Water so it can once again give birth to Wood and Fire.
The use of ai ye and ejiao stops the menstrual bleeding.
Jiao ai tang treats blood leakage, or continuous and incessant blood loss after premature birth, or blood loss during pregnancy, for if accompanied by abdominal pain during pregnancy.