Chinese Use: Dyspareunia, trichomonal vaginitis.
The indications of this product include vaginal
dryness, cold in the uterus, difficult coitus caused by yang deficiency of the
liver-kidney. It is also applied in cold pain in the lower abdomen, irregular
menstruation, dysmenorrhea, leukorrhea caused by asthenic cold of the
liver-kidney and impotence, vaginal trichomoniasis. The treating principles
include warming yang, dispersing cold, activating blood flow, dredging
collaterals, lubricating and arresting pruritus.
In the recipe, Cortex Cinnamomi is
sweet-heat, can assist yang and invigorating fire, being the essential medicine
for the treatment of weakness of fire of the vital gate. It also disperses
cold, arrests pain, and is served as the monarchal ingredient. Fructus Evodiae
is pungent-heat-bitter with dispersing and reducing and eliminating cold
properties. It also warms the spleen, benefits the kidney, reinforces yang,
arrests emission and eliminates cold, the actions of warming yang and
eliminating cold can be strengthened. They are served as the ministerial
ingredients. Rhizoma Zedoariae is pungent-bitter-warm with dispersing,
reducing, dredging properties. It drastically activates blood, eliminates
stasis, activates qi flowing, arrests pain, when used together with Flos
Carthami which can activate, regulate menstruation, eliminate stasis, arrest
pain, the actions of activating blood flow, dredging collaterals, arresting
pain can be strengthened. Fructus Cnidii is pungent-bitter-warm, pertains to
the kidney channel, capable of drying dampness, killing worms, arresting
epilepsy, warming kidney, invigorating yang. Pericarpium Xanthoxyli is
pungent-warm, pertains to the spleen-stomach-lung-kidney channels, capable of
warming the kidney and the interior, dispersing cold, arresting pain, drying
dampness and killing worms. When both are applied together, the actions of
killing worms, arresting pruritus can be strengthened. Pericarpium Xanthoxyli
also strengthens the actions of dispersing cold, and arresting pain of the
monarchal ingredient. Tea oil can lubricate. All of the above are served as adjuvant
and servant ingredients. The recipe yields the actions of warming yang,
dispersing, activating blood, dredging collaterals, lubricating, and arresting
pruritus.
Modern pharmacological studies reveal that
Cortex Cinnamomi, Fructus Evodiae, Rhizoma Curculignis all possess
anti-bacterial and anti-inflammation actions, Fructus Xanthoxyli, Fructus
Cnidii all possess local anesthetic action. The latter also yields sex hormone
action. Flos Carthami, Rhizoma Curculiginis strengthen humoral immunity. The
extract of Fructus Cnidii and TCCM can block the conduction of sciatic nerve,
with a penetrating capacity comparable to procaine. When injected
intradermally, there is an action of infiltration anesthesiae. Subcutaneous
injection of extract of Fructus Cnidii prolongs the coitus period, and shortens
the intervals between coitus. It also yields androgenic action, increases the
weight of prostatic gland, seminal vesicle, levatus ani muscle. Rhizoma
Curculiginis strengthens humoral immunity, and also affects the endocrine
function. Oil of Cortex Cinnamomi and cinamic aldehyde yield bacteriostatic
action. Alcohol Evodii extract of Fructus or rutaecarpine hydrate, evodiamine,
rutaelactone yield analgesic effect in rabbit. The decomposed product of
rutaecarpine, rutine yields action for contraction of uterus. Decoction of
Fructus Evodii and its water extract also yield inhibition on skin fungi. Tea
oil is a matrix for its ointment form and serves as source material for
injection. Thus the recipe yields synergistic action, and action of treating
pudendal cold, difficult coitus, trichomonal vaginitis.
Excerpt from A Guide to TCM Products, China Academy
of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2003
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