bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage Take the above seven ingredients, boil them in 700 milliliters of water until reduced to 300 milliliters, and take the decoction warm in three divided doses.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Tonifying yin and yang, calming and securing.
bubble_chart Indications
Deficiency fatigue, deficiency of both yin and yang, nocturnal emission, lower abdominal tension, coldness in the glans, dizzy vision, hair loss, pulse manifestation of extreme deficiency, hollow and slow, or hollow, moving, slightly tight; also treats lower energizer deficiency cold, lower abdominal spasms, and enuresis with pulsations below the navel.
bubble_chart Formula Principles
The formula of Cinnamon Twig Decoction harmonizes yin-yang; adding Fossil Bone and oyster shell to set the heart and calm the mind, to subdue and absorb. If yin can consolidate and astringe, and yang can internally stabilize, then essence will not be lost externally.
bubble_chart Pattern Identification
- deficiency of both yin and yang, lower abdominal tension.
- dizzy vision, hair loss.
- men experience seminal emission, women dream of intercourse.
- insomnia.
- enuresis.
bubble_chart Formula Modification
- night sweat, tidal fever: add Tortoise Carapace, Prepared Rehmannia Root.
- soreness and weakness of the waist and legs: add Achyranthes Root, Eucommia Bark.
- spleen deficiency lack of strength: add Tangshen, White Atractylodes Rhizome.
bubble_chart Modern Application
Seminal emission, nocturnal emission, enuresis, neurasthenia, infant night crying, sexual neurasthenia, alopecia areata, insomnia, hysteria.
