zhi shi zhi zi chi tang

bitter orange, gardenia, and prepared soybean decoction

About zhi shi zhi zi chi tang

Zhi Shi Zhi Zi Chi Tang, Bitter Orange, Gardenia and Prepared Soybean Decoction, is Zhi Zi, Dan Dou Chi and Zhi Shi. The catalogue classes it among the formulas that clear Heat from the Qi level, and records it as clearing Heat, easing irritability and dispersing stagnation.

Ingredients

HerbAmount
zhi zi9 g
dan dou chi9 g
zhi shi

Actions and indications

Clears Heat and eases irritability

  • Heat lingering at the Qi level, mainly in the chest, flaring up again during convalescence because of improper eating
  • Fever with thirst, restlessness and insomnia as the Heat signs return

Disperses stagnation

  • Food stagnation with indigestion, and fullness and distension of the epigastrium and abdomen
  • Tongue red with a dirty, greasy yellow coat; pulse floating, slippery and rapid (especially on the right), or floating, full and rapid

Modern uses

  • Insomnia
  • Night terrors
  • Neurosis
  • Neurasthenia
  • Autonomic dystonia
  • Psychiatric disorders
  • Xanthine bronchodilator side effects
  • Viral myocarditis
  • Coronary artery disease
  • Hypertension
  • Cholecystitis
  • Icteric jaundice
  • Acute gastritis
  • Bile reflux gastritis
  • Esophagitis
  • Peptic ulcers
  • Upper gastrointestinal bleeding
  • Indigestion
  • Abdominal distension and fullness
  • Hemoptysis
  • Epistaxis
  • Bronchiectasis
  • Pneumonia
  • Pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Tonsillitis
  • Periodontitis
  • Glossitis
  • Otitis media
  • Conjunctivitis
  • Prostatitis
  • Cystitis
  • Fever
  • Epstein-Barr virus syndrome
  • Myalgic encephalomyelitis

Symptoms

Cautions

Names

Pinyinzhi shi zhi zi chi tang
English Namebitter orange, gardenia, and prepared soybean decoction

Classification