Gui Zhi Gan Cao Long Gu Mu Li Tang, Cinnamon Twig, Licorice, Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell Decoction, is those four. The catalogue classes it among the formulas that stabilise the Kidneys, and records it as unblocking Yang Qi and calming the Shen.

Herb

Amount

3 g

6 g

6 g

6 g

Actions and indications

Unblocks Yang Qi and benefits Yin

Heart Yang deficiency
Heart Yin or Yang out of order, so that the Shen floats upward
Palpitations, shortness of breath and spontaneous sweating
Tongue pale with a greasy white coat; pulse floating and slow, or slow and irregular

Calms the Shen and eliminates irritability

Irritability and restlessness
Classically, irritability after warm-needle treatment was misapplied, scorching Heart Yin and damaging Heart Yang

Modern uses

Palpitations
Irritability
Restlessness
Spontaneous perspiration
Cardiac neurosis
Neurasthenia
Coronary heart disease
Rheumatic heart disease
Congestive heart failure
Atrial fibrillation
Sinus bradycardia
Atrioventricular block with palpitations
Thromboangitis obliterans
Dyspnea
Facial edema
Nocturnal emission from Yin-Yang imbalance
Hypogonadism
Eyelid twitch
Fatigue
Weakness
AIDS/HIV

Modifications

Marked Heart Yang deficiency: sweating, cold limbs, pulse large and feeble or slow and weak: + zhi fu zi

Palpitations: + ren shen, + zhi fu zi, + fu ling

Palpitations where heavier Yang deficiency brings oedema, dizziness and loose stools: + bai shao, + da zao, + dang shen, + bai zhu, + shan yao

Palpitations where heavier Yang deficiency brings oedema, dizziness and loose stools, other option: + bai shao, + da zao

Palpitations with marked oedema of Heart origin: + bai shao, + da zao, + zhi fu zi, + gan jiang

Palpitations with marked Yang deficiency: + zhi fu zi, + hong shen

Heart Qi deficiency with palpitations: + mi zhi huang qi, + mi zhi dang shen

Palpitations, eating less and loose stools: + gan jiang, + bai zhu

Palpitations with cold sweats that come on their own: + bai zhu, + huang qi

Pinyin

gui zhi gan cao long gu mu li tang

English Name

Cinnamon Twig, Licorice, Dragon Bone, and Oyster Shell Decoction

gui zhi gan cao long gu mu li tang

About gui zhi gan cao long gu mu li tang

Ingredients

Actions and indications

Unblocks Yang Qi and benefits Yin

Calms the Shen and eliminates irritability

Modern uses

Symptoms

Modifications

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