HERB FORMULAS

GUI LING GAN LU YIN - 桂苓甘露飲 - CINNAMON AND PORIA SWEET DEW DRINK

English: Cinnamon and Poria Sweet Dew Drink
Also Known As: Cinnamon and Poria Sweet Dew Decoction

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Talcum Hua Shi 12-30g Promotes urination, drains Heat from the Urinary Bladder, expels Damp-Heat, releases Summeheat and resolves Dampness.
With Gan Cao, for Summerheat causing painful urinary dysfunction, thirst, irritability, and fever.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao 6g Tonifies the Spleen, augments Qi, clears Heat and moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs.
Gypsum Fibrosum Shi Gao 6-20g Clears Heat in the Qi Stage, drains Fire, relieves irritability and quenches thirst.
Glauberitum Han Shui Shi 6-20g Clears Heat, drains Fire from the Yang Ming/Qi Level and expels Summerheat.
With Shi Gao, for Excess Qi Level Heat.
With Shi Gao and Huan Shi, for Heat in the Yang-Ming/Qi level and Summerheat with high fever, thirst and irritability.
Cx. Cinnamomi Rou Gui 1.5-3g Leads the Fire back to its source.
Polyporus Zhu Ling 1.5-10g Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness and dispels Damp-Heat.
With Zhu Ling, drains Damp, unblocks and drains urinary pathways and drains Heat from the Bladder.
Poria Fu Ling 3-10g Promotes urination and leaches out Dampness.
With Ze Xie, facilitates the removal of water and leaches out Dampness to treat stagnant water and Dampness leading to edema, jaundice, diarrhea, Milky Lin, and scanty, difficult urination with abdominal distention.
With Ze Xie and Zhu Ling, for dysuria.
With Bai Zhu, strengthens the Spleen and resolves Dampness.
With Zhu Ling, promotes urination.
Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie 3-10g Promotes urination and leaches out Dampness.
With Bai Zhu, for Spleen Deficiency leading to accumulation of Dampness with urinary difficulty, loose stools, diarrhea, Milky Lin or vaginal discharge.
Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu 1.5-10g Dries Dampness and promotes water metabolism.
With Zhu Ling and Ze Xie, for edema due to Internal Dampness.
With Fu Ling and Gan Cao, for Spleen and Stomach Qi Deficiency.
With Fu Ling, Zhu Ling and Ze Xie, for edema with Spleen Deficiency.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Expels Summerheat
  • Clears Heat
  • Regulates Qi
  • Resolves Dampness

SYNDROMES

  • Summerheat with Internal Stagnation of water and Dampness

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Fever
  • Headache
  • Irritability
  • Extreme thirst
  • Dysuria with reduced urine
  • Oliguria with reddish urine
  • Foul smelling vaginal discharge
  • Yellow urine
  • Dirty complexion
  • Severe: simultaneous vomiting and diarrhea
  • Abdominal fullness, pain or stifling sensation
  • All symptoms and signs occur during the summer
  • T: Red
  • C: White and smooth
  • P: Rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • This formula treats Summerheat and Dampness with overwhelming Heat and Dampness or Heat more pronounced than Dampness. It is contraindicated for those with Dampness more pronounced than Heat.
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

  • This formula is used to treat vomiting, diarrhea and fright Wind in children during the summer.

MODIFICATIONS

For diarrhea: For diarrhea with Exterior symptoms:
- Cx. Cinnamomi Rou Gui - Cx. Cinnamomi Rou Gui
- Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie - Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie
For watery diarrhea, spontaneous sweat, reddish urine and a soft, rapid pulse: + Rx. Puerariae Ge Gen
+ Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua
- Gypsum Fibrosum Shi Gao    
- Glauberitum Han Shui Shi    
+ Faeces Bombycis Can Sha    
+ Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia