According to the efficacy of the two herbs, the combination of Cimicifuga and Paeonia lactiflora can have certain therapeutic effects on dysmenorrhea caused by blood stasis and blood deficiency.
1. Cimicifuga has the efficacy of cooling blood, stopping bleeding, removing blood stasis and promoting menstruation. It is used for vomiting blood, nosebleed, blockage of menstrual flow, leakage (excessive menstrual flow or dripping), bleeding from trauma, swelling and pain of bruises, and paralytic pain of joints. People with cold spleen and stomach and without stagnation should be cautious in taking this medicine.
2. Paeonia lactiflora has the efficacy of astringing yin and stopping sweating (astringing yin fluid and reducing sweating), nourishing blood and regulating menstruation, calming liver yang, softening the liver and relieving pain (treating pains caused by yin deficiency of liver and liver-blood insufficiency).
It is used in treating menstrual disorders, blood deficiency and yellowish color, night sweating (abnormal sweating after going to sleep and stopping after waking up), spontaneous sweating (involuntary sweating during the daytime, aggravated by sweating with slight movement), dystocia (pain in the area of coeruleus and ribs), abdominal pain, headache, vertigo, and contractural pain in the limbs. This product should not be used in conjunction with Veratrum.
There is no contraindication to the combination of Cynanchum and Paeonia lactiflora, and the combination of the two herbs can have the effect of removing blood stasis, nourishing blood and regulating menstruation, which is effective in treating dysmenorrhea caused by blood stasis combined with blood deficiency. However, it is recommended that patients with dysmenorrhea consult a regular hospital in a timely manner and use the medication under the guidance of the doctor’s diagnosis, and do not apply the medication on your own in order not to cause damage to the organism.