HERB FORMULAS

GUI ZHI SHENG JIANG ZHI SHI TANG - 桂枝生姜枳实汤 - CINNAMON TWIG, FRESH GINGER AND BITTER ORANGE DECOCTION

English: Cinnamon Twig, Fresh Ginger and Bitter Orange Decoction
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Ram. Cinnamomi Gui Zhi 10g Warms the channels and collaterals to relieve pain, warms and facilitates the flow of Qi through the channels and collaterals and Blood through the vessels, warms the Middle and directs Turbid Yin downward.
Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jiang 10g Warms the Middle, normalizes the flow of Qi at the center and stops vomiting.
With Gui Zhi, warms and dispels thin mucus in the Stomach with nausea, hiccup, Stomach pain, acid reflux or vomiting of clear fluid.
Fr. Aurantii Immaturus Zhi Shi 10g Breaks up Stagnant Qi, reduces accumulation, descends Qi, unblocks the bowels and removes Stagnant Food.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Regulates Qi
  • Subdues Rebellious Qi
  • Transforms Damp-turbidity

SYNDROMES

  • Stomach Cold

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • General signs and symptoms:
    Epigastrium cold with pain
    No thirst
  • Mild cases:
    Constant pain
  • Severe cases:
    Sudden bouts of sharp pain
    Pain is aggravated by Cold and pressure and relieved by warmth and hot drinks
    Cold hands and feet
  • Cold Penetrates the Stomach and Intestines:
    Pain is sudden and sharp
    Pain is relieved by warmth
    Nausea
    Diarrhea
  • Retention of Fluid in the Stomach due to Cold:
    Pain is dull
    Pain is relieved by warmth
    Succussion sound in the epigastrium on palpation
    Vomiting of clear, watery fluid
    Hypersalivation
    T: Pink
    C: White and sticky
    P: Thready or Thready and slow

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

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