gui zhi jia ge gen tang

Cinnamon Twig Decoction plus Kudzu

About gui zhi jia ge gen tang

Gui Zhi Jia Ge Gen Tang, Cinnamon Twig Decoction plus Kudzu, adds Ge Gen to the Gui Zhi Tang base. The catalogue classes it among the formulas that release Exterior Cold, and records it as relaxing and moistening the sinews.

Ingredients

HerbAmount
gui zhi6 g
bai shao6 g
ge gen12 g
zhi gan cao6 g
sheng jiang9 g
da zao3 g

Actions and indications

Releases Wind-Cold from the muscle layer

  • Tai Yang Zhong Feng: Exterior Wind-Cold with weak Ying and Wei, together with a stiff, painful neck and shoulders
  • Fever and chills that sweating does not relieve, sweating on its own, aversion to Wind, headache
  • Blocked or runny nose, dry retching, no thirst, possible body aches, lowered resistance
  • Tongue normal with a moist white coat; pulse floating and moderate, or floating and weak, or slow

Relaxes and moistens the sinews

  • Neck and upper back muscles held very stiff and rigid, so the head is hard to turn from side to side

Harmonizes Ying and Wei

  • Spontaneous sweating from disharmony of Ying and Wei

Modern uses

  • Common cold
  • Influenza
  • Fever
  • Postpartum fever
  • Upper respiratory tract infection
  • Cough
  • Bronchitis
  • Pneumonia
  • Allergic rhinitis
  • Nasal obstruction
  • Conjunctivitis
  • Rheumatism
  • Neck pain and stiffness
  • Stiff, painful upper back
  • Stiff, painful middle back
  • Stiff shoulders in older people
  • Cervical spondylosis
  • Neuralgia
  • Cerebrovascular spasm
  • Angioedema
  • Eczema
  • Urticaria
  • Tinea
  • Frostbite
  • Spontaneous perspiration
  • Morning sickness
  • Eclampsia
  • Abdominal pain from chills
  • Neurasthenia

Symptoms

Modifications

Cautions

Preparation

Follow each dose with hot porridge

Names

Pinyingui zhi jia ge gen tang
English NameCinnamon Twig Decoction plus Kudzu

Classification

Category
Release Exterior Cold