Warm Menses (Wen Jing Tang) comes from“Essentials of the Golden Chamber” written by Zhang Zhongjing, a physician in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It has the effect of warming the Meridian and dispelling Cold, nourishing Blood and removing Blood Stasis. Warm Menses consists of 12 herbs, based on the group of warming and nourishing herbs, with a small amount of nourishing Yin and cooling blood herbs, so that the whole formula is warm but not dry.
This formula is commonly used for Cold, Deficiency and Stagnation pattern of gynecology problems, with the symptoms of irregular and painful menstruation, cold and pain in lower abdomen, low menstrual flow, dark purple colored or blood clots, pale complexion, cold limbs, backache and weakness embolism, common in chronic pelvic inflammatory disease.
Warm Menses can also be used for amenorrhea and infertility which is caused by Chong and Ren Meridians Deficiency and Cold, Blood Coagulation and Qi Stagnation.