gui zhi ren shen tang

Name: gui zhi ren shen tang
Creator: Bencao Index

Cinnamon Twig and Ginseng Decoction

About gui zhi ren shen tang

Gui Zhi Ren Shen Tang, Cinnamon Twig and Ginseng Decoction, is Gui Zhi, Gan Jiang, Ren Shen, Bai Zhu and Zhi Gan Cao. The catalogue classes it among the formulas that warm the Middle and dispel Cold.

Ingredients

Herb	Amount
gui zhi	12 g
gan jiang	9 g
ren shen	9 g
bai zhu	9 g
zhi gan cao	12 g

Actions and indications

Releases the Exterior

Combined Tai Yang and Tai Yin disorder
Fever, chills, headache and aching joints, with sweating

Warms the Interior and tonifies Qi

Severe diarrhea with a cold body and limbs, cold feet and weak extremities
Palpitations felt in the upper abdomen; difficult urination

Relieves distention

Distention of the epigastrium

Modern uses

Colds with digestive symptoms
Influenza
Fever
Recurrent headache
Arthralgia
Acute gastroenteritis
Severe diarrhea
Indigestion
Chronic gastritis
Peptic ulcer
Duodenal ulcer
Gastroptosis
Chronic colitis
Chronic cholecystitis
Abdominal Cold
Viral myocarditis
Coronary heart disease
Nervous palpitations
Perspiration
Ephidrosis
Weakness
Alopecia

Symptoms

Abdominal pulsation
Chills
Cold limbs
Cold sensation
Diarrhea
Epigastric distention
Fever
Headache
Joint pain
Painful urination
Sweating
Weak limbs

Modifications

More severe Cold: + zhi fu zi
Abdominal pain: + bai shao
Diarrhea that will not stop: + huang qi, + sheng ma
Hair loss from Spleen Yang deficiency (combined with Ma Huang Fu Zi Xi Xin Tang)
Epigastric fullness and distention: + zhi shi, + jie geng
Painful, oppressed feeling in the chest: + huang lian, + zhi ban xia
Persistent diarrhea: + shan yao, + ge gen

Cautions

contraindication Interior Heat
contraindication Yin deficiency

Names

Pinyin	gui zhi ren shen tang
English Name	Cinnamon Twig and Ginseng Decoction

Classification

Category: Warm the Middle and Dispel Cold