Gu Jing Wan固经丸
Stabilize the Menses Pill
Ingredients6 herbs
Indications
Flooding and leaking from yin deficiency with blood heat: yin no longer restrains fire, the fire agitates the blood and drives it out of the vessels. The blood is deep red or purplish and sticky rather than pale and watery.
Clinical Manifestations
- Excessively heavy periods with deep red flow
- Flooding and leaking from yin-deficient heat
- Bleeding between periods
- Heat in the palms and soles with menstrual irregularity
- Persistent spotting with a red tongue
Health Categories
Modern Applications
Common adjustments
- Heat pronounced with thirst and restlessness — add Sheng Di Huang 生地黄 and Di Gu Pi 地骨皮
- Bleeding heavy and needing to be stopped quickly — add charred stanching herbs such as Di Yu 地榆 or Ce Bai Ye 侧柏叶
- Kidney yin markedly depleted — add Nv Zhen Zi 女贞子 and Mo Han Lian 墨旱莲
Contraindications
Not for bleeding from qi deficiency or from cold — pale watery flow with exhaustion and a faint pulse needs warming and tonifying, and this formula's bitter cold herbs will deepen that pattern. Also unsuitable while damp-heat or stasis is the dominant problem. Any abnormal uterine bleeding requires a medical diagnosis.
For licensed practitioners’ reference only — not a self-treatment guide.
Pregnancy
Not for use in pregnancy — Gui Ban is traditionally avoided during pregnancy and the bitter cold herbs are unsuitable; bleeding in pregnancy needs urgent obstetric assessment.
References
Source 《丹溪心法》 · Ming
- Classical source as cited above (public domain).
2. Scheid, Bensky, Ellis & Barolet. Chinese Herbal Medicine: Formulas & Strategies, 2nd ed. — composition & dosage cross-checked.
3. 《方剂学》（全国中医药行业高等教育规划教材）— pattern analysis cross-checked.
Professional reference notice. Entries are scholarly references for licensed TCM practitioners and students — not medical advice, and not a recommendation to self-prescribe. Chinese herbal formulas should be used under the guidance of a qualified practitioner. Content is an original editorial compilation by Cura x Cura, cross-checked against the cited references.