Wen Jing Tang

Wen Jing Tang from Empirical Health is a classical Chinese herbal formula powder, based on the traditional Wen Jing Tang (Warm the Menses Decoction), originating from Zhang Zhong-jing’s Jin Gui Yao Lue (Essential Prescriptions from the Golden Cabinet, ~3rd century AD).

This foundational formula warms the channels, dispels cold, nourishes and invigorates blood, resolves stasis, and regulates menstruation. In modern Western terms, it supports healthy pelvic and uterine circulation, helps maintain normal hormonal balance and endometrial tissue response, promotes comfort during cold-related menstrual patterns, and assists with smooth flow—making it particularly useful for patterns of deficiency-cold in the Chong and Ren channels with blood stasis, such as irregular menstruation (early, late, or prolonged), scanty or dark/clotted flow, cold lower abdomen or lumbar soreness, infertility with cold signs, mild cramping that improves with warmth, pale complexion, cold limbs, fatigue, or pale tongue with thin white coating, commonly seen in dysmenorrhea with cold, amenorrhea or oligomenorrhea from deficiency-cold, recurrent miscarriage support with cold stasis, or perimenopausal irregular bleeding with cold signs in TCM terms.

Key Ingredients (classical composition):

• Wu Zhu Yu (Evodia Fruit) – warms the channels and disperses cold in the lower jiao.
• Gui Zhi (Cinnamon Twig) – warms channels and promotes blood circulation.
• Dang Gui (Chinese Angelica Root) – nourishes and invigorates blood.
• Chuan Xiong (Ligusticum Rhizome) – invigorates blood and moves Qi.
• Chi Shao (Red Peony Root) – invigorates blood and resolves stasis.
• Mu Dan Pi (Tree Peony Bark) – clears deficiency heat and cools blood.
• Ren Shen (Ginseng Root) – tonifies Qi and supports the Spleen.
• E Jiao (Donkey-Hide Gelatin) – nourishes blood and stops bleeding.
• Mai Men Dong (Ophiopogon Root) – nourishes Yin and moistens dryness.
• Ban Xia (Prepared Pinellia Rhizome) – transforms phlegm and descends rebellious Qi.
• Sheng Jiang (Fresh Ginger) – warms the middle and disperses cold.
• Gan Cao (Licorice Root) – harmonizes and moderates the formula.

Preparation suggestion: Place 1 tsp (~5 g) of powder into 100 ml of boiling water, let cool, strain and drink warm. Drink twice daily, or as otherwise directed by your healthcare professional.

Storage: Keep in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight. Seal tightly after opening.

This product contains no preservatives or artificial additives. Use under the guidance of your practitioner—this provides classical, effective support for deficiency-cold in the Chong/Ren with blood stasis patterns involving irregular/scanty menstruation, cold lower abdomen, infertility with cold signs, mild cramping relieved by warmth, and related women’s health concerns in a professional setting.