gui zhi jia shao yao tang

Cinnamon Twig Decoction plus Peony

About gui zhi jia shao yao tang

Gui Zhi Jia Shao Yao Tang, Cinnamon Twig Decoction plus Peony, is the Gui Zhi Tang base with the peony increased. The catalogue classes it among the formulas that release Exterior Cold, and records it as harmonising Ying and Wei while warming the Stomach.

Ingredients

HerbAmount
gui zhi9 g
bai shao18 g
sheng jiang9 g
da zao12 g
zhi gan cao6 g

Actions and indications

Releases Wind-Cold from the muscle layer and harmonizes Ying and Wei

  • Tai Yang stage wrongly treated with purgatives, so the illness has moved into the Tai Yin stage (Tai Yin excess)
  • Fever with sweating and aversion to cold

Relaxes spasms and stops abdominal pain

  • Full, painful abdomen with cramping; likes warmth

Warms the Stomach

  • Diarrhea, nausea, vomiting of clear fluid, poor appetite
  • No thirst; frequent, clear urine
  • Tongue pale or pink with a white coat; pulse slow and tight, or soft

Modern uses

  • Abdominal pain
  • Abdominal cramps
  • Abdominal fullness and distention
  • Diarrhea
  • Nausea and vomiting
  • Anorexia
  • Food poisoning
  • Acute or chronic gastritis
  • Gastroptosis
  • Gastrectasis
  • Enteritis
  • Colitis
  • Ulcerative colitis
  • Irritable bowel syndrome
  • Celiac disease
  • Peritonitis pain

Symptoms

Names

Pinyingui zhi jia shao yao tang
English NameCinnamon Twig Decoction plus Peony

Classification

Category
Release Exterior Cold
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