zhi zi sheng jiang chi tang

gardenia, fresh ginger and parepared soybean decoction

About zhi zi sheng jiang chi tang

Zhi Zi Sheng Jiang Chi Tang, Gardenia, Fresh Ginger and Prepared Soybean Decoction, is those three herbs. The catalogue classes it among the formulas that clear Heat from the Qi level, and records it as clearing Heat, easing irritability and stopping vomiting.

Ingredients

HerbAmount
zhi zi9 g
dan dou chi9 g
sheng jiang—

Actions and indications

Clears Heat and eliminates irritability

  • Heat at the Qi level remaining in chest and flesh once sweating, purging or emesis has been used, now with vomiting
  • Fever, irritability and restless insomnia with tossing and turning
  • Tongue normal with a slightly yellow coat; pulse slightly rapid, or strong and floating at the distal position

Relieves stuffiness of the chest and epigastrium

  • Stifling feeling in the chest with an epigastrium that is soft to touch
  • Hungry but no wish to eat, poor appetite, and a general sense of weakness

Stops vomiting

  • Vomiting

Modern uses

  • Insomnia
  • Night terrors
  • Neurosis
  • Autonomic dystonia
  • Psychiatric disorders
  • Adverse effects from xanthine-type bronchodilator drugs
  • Viral myocarditis
  • Cholecystitis
  • Icteric jaundice
  • Prostatitis
  • Cystitis
  • Glossitis
  • Conjunctivitis
  • Coronary artery disease
  • Acute gastritis
  • Hemoptysis
  • Weakness
  • Esophagitis
  • Peptic ulcers
  • Bile reflux gastritis
  • Upper gastrointestinal bleeding
  • Epistaxis
  • Bronchiectasis
  • Pneumonia
  • Pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Tonsillitis
  • Periodontitis
  • Otitis media
  • Hypertension
  • Neurasthenia
  • Vomiting
  • Anorexia

Symptoms

Cautions

Names

Pinyinzhi zi sheng jiang chi tang
English Namegardenia, fresh ginger and parepared soybean decoction

Classification

Category
Clear Heat from Qi Level