formula | Cinnamon Twig Powder Gui Zhi San |
source | Taiping Shenghui Fang Volume 17 |
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bubble_chart Composition Cinnamon Twig 15 gm, Kudzu Root 15 gm, Ephedra 22 gm (de-rooted and de-noded), Gypsum 30 gm, Red Peony Root 15 gm, Licorice Root 15 gm (roasted slightly red, filed), Apricot Kernel 15 gm (soaked in hot water, peeled, tips removed, double kernels, stir-fried with bran until slightly yellow).
bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage
Grind the above ingredients into coarse powder. Take 9 grams each time, add 300 ml of water, 4 grams of fresh ginger, and 16.5 cm of scallion white, decoct until reduced to 180 ml, remove the dregs, and take hot at any time. Cover with clothing to induce sweating, and if no sweating occurs, take another dose.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Clearing heat with pungent-cool medicinals.
bubble_chart Indications
On the second day of Rebing, headache and high fever, without sweating and dysphoria.