Ren Shen Ge Jie San, Ginseng and Gecko Powder, is Ge Jie, Ren Shen, Fu Ling, Sang Bai Pi, Xing Ren, Chuan Bei Mu, Zhi Mu and Zhi Gan Cao. The catalogue classes it among the formulas that tonify Qi.

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60 g

60 g

150 g

Actions and indications

Tonifies Lung and Kidney Qi and helps the Kidneys grasp Qi

Deficient Qi of both Lungs and Kidneys, with Phlegm-Heat left in the Lungs, in a long-standing cough that has spread from the Lungs down to the Kidneys
Long-term breathlessness and wheeze that get worse with effort or on the in-breath
Weight loss over time, tiredness, and in advanced cases puffiness of the face or legs
Chronic Lung atrophy or consumptive Lung disease from deficiency Heat

Clears Lung Heat and transforms Phlegm

Cough with thick, yellow sputum, sometimes bringing up pus and blood
Hot, irritable, restless feeling in the chest
Tongue purple with a thin coat, white or yellow and greasy; pulse floating and deficient, most of all at the first position

Stops cough and arrests wheezing

Modern uses

Asthma, including chronic, stable-phase and bronchial asthma
Asthmatic bronchitis
Chronic bronchitis
COPD
Emphysema
Bronchiectasis
Pulmonary heart disease
Pulmonary tuberculosis
Upper respiratory tract infection
Hay fever
Cough
Dyspnoea and gasping
Facial oedema
Spontaneous sweating
Urinary incontinence when coughing
Weakness

Modifications

Asthma from Lung deficiency: + hu tao ren, + mai men dong, + wu wei zi, + bai he, + bai zhu, + ju hong

Greater deficiency of Lungs and Kidneys: + dong chong xia cao

More Phlegm accumulating: + lai fu zi, + bai jie zi

Yin deficiency: + mai men dong

Asthma, alternative changes: + hu tao ren, + mai men dong, + wu wei zi, + huang qi, + dong chong xia cao, + bai he, − sang bai pi, − xing ren, − chuan bei mu, − zhi mu

Acute asthma attack from Heat (combined with Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang)

Acute asthma attack from Cold (combined with Xiao Qing Long Tang)

Chronic cough with no Heat signs: − sang bai pi, − zhi mu

Much blood coughed up, whether or not pus is present: + bai mao gen, + di yu, + chao bai zi ren

Cautions

contraindication An exterior invasion (Wind-Cold or Wind-Heat, such as a cold or flu with cough); its rich tonics can hold the pathogen in

contraindication Wheezing of a purely excess type with no underlying deficiency

caution Ge Jie is the tokay gecko, a CITES-listed animal; confirm legal, traceable and sustainable supply

pregnancy Use in pregnancy only under professional guidance

Pinyin

ren shen ge jie san

English Name

Ginseng and Gecko Powder

ren shen ge jie san

About ren shen ge jie san

Ingredients

Actions and indications

Tonifies Lung and Kidney Qi and helps the Kidneys grasp Qi

Clears Lung Heat and transforms Phlegm

Stops cough and arrests wheezing

Modern uses

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Cautions

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