gui zhi fu zi tang

Cinnamon Twig and Prepared Aconite

About gui zhi fu zi tang

Gui Zhi Fu Zi Tang, Cinnamon Twig and Prepared Aconite Decoction, adds Zhi Fu Zi to the Gui Zhi Tang base. The catalogue classes it among the formulas that release Exterior Cold, and records it as restoring Yang and dispersing Cold.

Ingredients

HerbAmount
gui zhi9 g
bai shao9 g
sheng jiang9 g
da zao12 g
zhi gan cao6 g
zhi fu zi—

Actions and indications

Expels Wind-Cold and harmonizes the Ying and Wei

  • Tai Yang wind-strike (Zhong Feng) that has become complicated
  • Wind-Cold invading on top of an underlying Yang deficiency
  • Chills with a mild fever, aversion to wind, headache and aches all over

Restores Yang and disperses Cold

  • Wind-Cold-Damp Bi
  • Cold, stiff limbs with muscle spasms and difficulty bending and straightening the legs
  • Chest pain spreading to the back, with an oppressed feeling in the chest and difficulty turning the trunk
  • Fatigue and somnolence
  • Tongue normal with a greasy white coat; pulse superficial, large and forceless, or superficial, rough and deficient, or deep and slow

Stops sweating

  • Sweating that will not stop, leaking like water
  • Urination difficult and painful

Modern uses

  • Common cold
  • Influenza
  • Bronchitis
  • Pneumonia
  • Mild fever
  • Continuous perspiration
  • Ephidrosis
  • Dysuria
  • Painful obstruction (Bi)
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Rheumatic arthritis
  • Arthralgia
  • Neuralgia
  • Sciatica
  • Spasms of the limb muscles
  • Motor paralysis
  • Wind-Phlegm chest pain
  • Abdominal pain
  • Fatigue

Symptoms

Names

Pinyingui zhi fu zi tang
English NameCinnamon Twig and Prepared Aconite

Classification

Category
Release Exterior Cold