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FENG SHI XIAO TONG WAN
(Arthritis Formula)
Feng Shi Xiao Tong Wan is a
combination of 13 herbs. It promotes blood
circulation to stop pain and is thus used for the pain of
arthritis, rheumatism,
chronic sciatica, stiffness in the muscles, numbness, pain in the fingers, waist, and lower
extremities, injuries from falls, fractures, contusions,
and sprains. Its general use is for older people with chronic
rhematoid or osteoarthritis who
have difficulty walking because of pain and stiffness
in the legs.
The 13 herbs in Feng Shi Xiao Tong Wan are:
Resina commiphorae (mei yao)
Cortex illicii (di feng pi)
Fructus chaenomelis (mu gua)
Radix saposhnikovae (fang feng)
Herba ephedrae (ma huang)
Rhizoma homalomenae (qian nian jian)
Ramulus cinnamomi (gui zhi)
Radix glycyrrhizae (gan cao)
Rhizoma et radix notophterygii (chaing huo)
Resina boswelliae (ru xiang)
Radix achyranthis bidentatae (niu xi)
Cortex eucommiae (du ahong)
Radix angelicae pubescentis (du huo)
CAUTION: DO NOT USE THIS FORMULA IF PREGNANT.
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Dr. Tai-Nan Wang L.Ac., O.M.D.,
Q.M.E.