| Fang name | Cinnamon Twig Decoction |
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The above 5 ingredients, finely chewed the 3 ingredients, with 7 shēng of water, decoctioned to 3 shēng over low heat, remove the dampness, suitable for cold temperature, take 1 shēng. After taking it for a while, sip the hot porridge for 1 shēng to enhance the efficacy of the medicine. If it is spread all over the body for a while, it seems that there is slight sweat, the patient will be better. If it is not allowed to flow like water, the disease will not be cured. If you feel sick after taking one dose of sweat, no more taking, no need to finish the dose; if you don’t sweat, take more dose, follow the same method as before; if you still don’t sweat, take it for a short period of time, and take three doses in half a day. If the illness is serious, take it for one day and one night, and observe the symptoms every week. After taking one dose, if the symptoms are still there, take more. If there is no sweating, take two or three doses. It is forbidden to eat cold, sticky, meaty noodles, spicy food, wine, cheese, stinky food, etc.
releasing flesh dispelling wind, harmonizing nutrient and defensive aspects.
external exterior contraction cold exterior deficiency syndrome/pattern. Headache, fever, sweating, retching, thin and white fur, weak or slow pulse.
Our recipe is the first among the Zhongjing recipe. Its combination of medicinals is rigorous, combined medicinals for relieving exterior with tonics, combined medicinals for relieving exterior with astringents, it is an ancient famous recipe that is still used today. Fangzhong Cinnamon Twig releasing exterior with pungent-warm, warming meridians and unblocking yang; Peony Root sour, bitter and slightly cold, nourishing blood and astringing yin, and Gui, Paeony, etc. The amount is matched, once loosened and then collected, it can not only induce sweating to disperse evil spirits on the muscle surface, but also stop sweating without retaining evil spirits; Fresh Ginger Rhizome is pungent and warm, and can not only help Cinnamon Twig releasing flesh dispels cold, warms the stomach and relieves vomiting; Chinese Date is sweet and flat, can not only tonify qi and neutralize, but also tonify the spleen and promote fluid production; the combination of ginger and jujube can elevate the spleen and stomach and expeling pathogen from exterior qi, harmonizing nutrient and defensive aspects; Liquorice Root tonifying qi and harmonizing the medicines. All medicines are used together to regulate yin-yang and nutrient-defense. Both external contraction diseases and Zabing can be used in addition or subtraction.
- external exterior contraction cold exterior deficiency sweating aversion to wind.
- headache fever.
- Rhinorrhoea retching.
- The coating is white and thin.
- The pulse is weak or slow.
- Mild panting or panting: add Magnolia Bark, Bitter Apricot Seed.
- Neck aching pain: Add Pueraria.
- yang deficiency profuse sweating: Add Aconite Lateral Root.
- Weak and susceptible to: Astragalus Root.
- Periarthritis of the shoulder: Add Turmeric, Salvia, Chinese Angelica.
- Abdominal pain: Double Peony Root.
- aversion to cold without sweating: add Ephedra, Pueraria.
- If there is more heat than cold: add gypsum and Anemarrhena.
It is forbidden for those with exterior excess without sweating, external contraction due to dampness, habitual alcoholism, and internal dampness-heat.
This recipe adjusts sweat gland function, promotes blood circulation, and inhibits common cold viruses. Used to improve common cold, profuse sweating, allergic rhinitis, skin disease, shoulder coagulation, neuralgia, cold abdominal pain, impotence, panting, and weak constitution.
- Antipyretic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory and sedative effects "Chinese patent drug research" 1983(3):25, antipyretic test shows that 75% Cinnamon Twig Decoction can reduce the rectal temperature of fever rabbits by 0.71, The skin temperature test can also reduce the normal skin temperature of mice by 8.13%. The results of the analgesic experiment showed that at 120 minutes, 37.5% and 75% Cinnamon Twig Decoction increased the basal pain threshold of mice by 64.82% and 105.35% respectively; the effect was similar to that of 0.1% morphine (20mg/kg); 75% Cinnamon Twig Decoction The inhibition rate of mice's writhing reaction is 90%. In addition, Cinnamon Twig Decoction has a strong anti-formaldehyde-induced inflammation effect, 37.5% and 84.77% 1 hour after inflammation. Experiments have shown that Cinnamon Twig Decoction can inhibit the free movement of mice and enhance the hypnotic effect of barbiturates.
- Promoting effect on macrophage function "Fujian Chinese Medicine" 1983(1):61, this prescription has a significant promoting effect on macrophage function in mice. The macrophage phagocytosis rate and phagocytosis index of the Cinnamon Twig Decoction group were 24.4% and 42.2%, respectively; in the control group, they were 21.0% and 36.4% respectively, with significant differences (P<0.05). The experiment also referred to the observation results proposed by Ashman and Ellinggon that the activity of macrophages increases as body temperature increases, confirming the scientific nature of the original recipe of "sipping porridge and warming it up". Observations were conducted in groups using different administration times, and it was found that taking 2 to 3 doses a day or taking it for several days has the best effect, which is consistent with Zhong Jing's records of "a small boost after taking it" and "no improvement before recovery".
