CLINICAL APPLICATIONS
Nursing: promotes lactation in nursing women
 
WESTERN THERAPEUTIC ACTIONS
Regulates the endocrine system to increase the production of sex hormones
Stimulates the growth and development of breasts
Improves blood circulation
Increases the generation of new tissue
 
CHINESE THERAPEUTIC ACTIONS
Tonifies Kidney yang and jing (essence)
Opens channels in the breasts
Invigorates blood circulation
 
DOSAGE
Nursing: Take 2 capsules daily. Discontinue the formula if the baby has diarrhea.
 
INGREDIENTS
 
Bai Zhi (Radix Angelicae Dahuricae)
Dang Gui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis)
Huang Qi (Radix Astragali)
Lu Rong (Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum)
Mu Tong (Caulis Akebiae)
Tong Cao (Medulla Tetrapanacis)
Wang Bu Liu Xing (Semen Vaccariae)
Yin Yang Huo (Herba Epimedii)
 
CAUTIONS & CONTRAINDICATIONS
This formula is contraindicated during pregnancy.
Menopausal patients should take this formula with caution, as it may be too warming.
This formula should not be taken for more than six months as it has warming properties.
This herbal formula contains herbs that invigorate blood circulation, such as Dang Gui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis). Therefore, patients who are on anticoagulant or antiplatelet therapies, such as Coumadin (warfarin), should use this formula with caution, or not at all, as there may be a higher risk of bleeding and bruising
This formula is contraindicated in patients with acute infection or heat accumulation, fibrocystic disorders of the breast, hormone-dependent cancer, or have a personal or family history of breast cancer or cancer of any gynecological organs.
The safety status of using Dang Gui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis) in individuals with hormone-dependent cancer is unclear. According to one reference, use of Dang Gui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis) is not associated with thickening of the endometrium or vaginal cell maturation, both of which would indicate an estrogenic effect. Furthermore, there is no confirmation of the presence of a phytoestrogen component or affect on hormone-dependent cancer, when ferulic acid is evaluated as the main component of Dang Gui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis) According to another reference, the water extract of Dang Gui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis) has a weak estrogen-agonistic activity to stimulate the growth of breast cancer cells (MCF-7).In summary, due to conflicting and insufficient data, use of Dang Gui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis) in patients with hormone-dependent cancer warrants caution pending further study.