By Eric Brand

This formula comes from a Chinese gynecology textbook, it is a recipe for a navel plaster that is applied to treat uterine fibroids. Click here for a more extensive article on fibroids, and click here and here for interesting blogs about endometriosis and medicinal moxa cakes.

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Shui Zhi Pu Huang San

Equal parts of:
shui zhi (Hirudo)
dan shen (Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix)
pu huang (Typhae Pollen)
chi shao (Paeoniae Radix Rubra)
hong hua (carthamus)
chuan xiong (Chuanxiong Rhizoma)
jiang huang (Curcumae Longae Rhizoma)
hong hua (Carthami Flos)

Grind the ingredients to a fine powder. Mix 20 grams of the powder with 60% alcohol until it forms a cake. Apply a cake to the navel area and change the cake every two days. 15 applications constitutes one course of treatment.